Download or read book Sod s Law written by Sam Leith and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To every explorer with his map upside down, to every air-traffic controller suddenly receiving Magic FM through his headphones, to every astronomer whose new planet turns out to be a bit of bran-flake on the eyepiece of his telescope, Sod's Law says: you are not alone. Sam Leith tells the hilarious—and painful—stories of the unsinkable boat that sunk, the unbeatable horse that lost, and the fireproof theater that burned to the ground. Sod's Law demonstrates that the entire universe is actually set up to ensure that your toast always lands butter side down and, what's more, that it lands precisely where the cat has shed hair all over the carpet. In this age of doubt, fewer and fewer of us are able to believe that a higher power takes an interest in our fate. This book reassures us that indeed it does—and that that higher power is hell bent on buggering things up. Only by laughing heartlessly at the misfortunes of others can we make ourselves feel better. Sod's Law enables us to do just that.
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Download or read book Leith Through Time written by Jack Gillon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Leith and its surroundings have changed and developed over the last century.
Download or read book Leith History Tour written by Jack Gillon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of the historic port of Leith, showing how it has been transformed over the centuries.
Download or read book Reports written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Leith Reflections written by Jack Gillon and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of merged historic and modern images that reflect the changes in Leith through the decades.
Download or read book Encyclopaedia Perthensis or Universal dictionary of Knowledge written by Encyclopaedia Perthensis and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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