Best Selling Books by Geoff Tibballs

Short, quick-fire jokes have been popular for centuries. Indeed the world's oldest surviving joke book, the Philogelos, which was written in Ancient Greek, contains this classic doctor joke: Patient: "Doctor! When I wake up I'm all dizzy. Then after half an hour I feel fine." Doctor: "Well, wait half an hour before waking up." It's not hard to see why one-liners remain in vogue with today's comedians. They are easy to remember, quick to deliver and if one gag dies on its feet, the next is waiting in the wings, hopefully to a better reception. Here is a compilation of the best one-liners around - a heady mix of old and new favorites, Dad jokes, thoughtful musings, corny puns and witty observations, covering a vast range of topics from Families to Fish, Money to Music, Relationships to Religion and Technology to Travel. They can be used to brighten up business conferences where the delegates are as tired as the sandwiches; dinner parties where the conversation is threatening to slide into a discussion about spreadsheets; seemingly interminable Zoom calls; and, of course, speeches at weddings that are so emotional that even the cake is in tiers.

After more than a decade the doors will be re-opening at Crossroads. Carlton Television is spending 10 million pounds reviving the much-loved soap (whose viewing peaked at over 18 million), which will be shown five days a week at lunchtime, with a repeat in early evening, from spring 2001. The new Crossroads will be made in Nottingham, with the old motel transformed into a modern hotel, and with a host of new characters - although it is expected that some of the original stars will return. Geoff Tibballs will tell fans everything they ever wanted to know about Crossroads new and old. As well as profiling the new arrivals and exploring how and why the show has been revived after all these years, the book will turn back the clock and consider life at the motel during the previous series run of 4,500 episodes. The book includes reviews of the show's most famous storylines including Diane's death, the motel fire, Meg Richardson's departure, the test-tube baby (the first time a subject like this had been explored in a soap), and the world's first eleven-month pregnancy.Containing profiles of all the show's favourite characters including Benny, Amy Turtle, Diane, David Hunter, Meg Richardson, Jill Richardson and her brother Sandy, as well the most popular stars of the new series. Crossroads is a must for fans old and new.

From getting a seat on the bus to forgetting what you were worrying about, there are countless reasons to be grateful for being old. Old Age is the new Golden Age, truly the time of our lives - or it ought to be! We should be glad to be gray! Geoff Tibballs issues a clarion call to wrinkly boomers to celebrate the numerous advantages to old age, from the joy of socks to the rush you get from standing up too quickly, easily the equivalent of the thrills your children and grandchildren get from street drugs. Old Age is the new Golden Age, truly the time of our lives - or it ought to be! Covering family, relationships, food and drink and other aspects of life, Geoff is here to tell us why. You're very unlikely ever to be asked to solve a simultaneous equation, or how to get on to Netflix. A ride in a lift or a walk around a shopping centre becomes an opportunity to hear all your favourite music, and you get all the excitement you need in a day from successfully completing Wordle. Your friends won't be blabbing your secrets all over town because they can't remember them either. You can multitask more effectively than ever - coughing, farting, sneezing and peeing all at the same time. Nobody expects you to run into a burning building. You're allowed - no, expected! - to be pedantic. Also, grumpy as hell. Absolutely nobody will be able to force you to eat cabbage, or anything else for that matter. You can proudly say you've never listened to anything by Ed Sheeran or Billie Eilish and people won't be surprised when you think that Dua Lipa is a lip balm. And who the hell is Tate McRae?

A full-color roller-coaster ride of a book combines shocking photography with unbelievable facts, amazing stories, incredible animals and bizarre humans from around the world.

Following hot on the heels of last year's best-selling edition,Ripley's Believe it or Not 2008offers a whole new feast of bizarre facts and fiends - all guaranteed to fascinate, surprise and amaze. Gasp at the snake with feet. Stare in wonder at the dog with wheels. Marvel at the catfish whose fight started a fire which destroyed an entire house. Imagine dodging 68,000 kilos of over-ripe tomatoes, pelted in the two-hour annual Spanish tomato festival. And cower before the Black Widow - America's competitive eating champion who can put away 552 oysters in ten minutes. Illustrated throughout with extraordinary colour photographs, this is a must-have for anyone intrigued by the stranger aspects of our planet and its inhabitants.

Collects unbelievable but true facts about animals, people, and the world, including the world's fattest cat, the largest collection of meteorites, and the longest kareoke session on record.

Presenting a complete guide to the romances, break-ups, breakdowns, births, binges, murders, sieges, fires, scams, gnome-thefts and sundry other dramatic events of Brookside Close from November 1982. This is the book for all fans of the TV sopa Brookside.

Ripley's is back! This year's blockbuster annual contains over 1,200 of the scariest, weirdest and funniest stories from around the world, including: - The man who lived in a sand castle for twenty years - The cat who was born with twenty-eight toes - The restaurant that served a burger made out of worms . . . and much, much more. Brimming with mind-boggling stories and eye-popping photographs, Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2020 is the perfect gift for anyone who is fascinated by the stranger side of life on earth.