Ben Schott

The Guinness Book of Records 2007

The daddy of them all has been recently released in a new edition for 2007. This issue sheds is 'reference book' image somewhat and proves it's moving with the times with sections on celebrity gossip and computer game scores, as well as all the usual weird and wonderful entries.

Guinness World Records 2007: RRP: £18.00

Children's Miscellany Vol 3

A book which will appeal to the younger fact fanatic, this is a charming book which prides itself on its self-proclaimed contents of 'useless information that it's essential to know' - things like why dolphins sleep with one eye open and how Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed by a tortoise…

Children's Miscellany Vol 3: RRP: £7.99

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

Edited by Mick O'Hare

A follow-up to last year's surprise hit, Does Anything Eat Wasps, this is a revealing collection of questions and answers posed - and answered - by readers and contributors to the New Scientist magazine. It's one of the biggest sellers for Christmas 2006, and is Ben Schott's heaviest competition for a number one bestseller.

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? Edited by Mick O'Hare: RRP: £7.99