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Featured Book #1

Take a hike

Mankind has been walking since around 3 million years BC (Before Cars), so understandably human feet are beginning to ache a bit now. However, in today’s congested world, it’s often quicker to leave modern transport methods behind and strike out on Shank’s Pony.

Oval | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #2

Size doesn’t matter

When it comes to the size of the cosmos, just remember that it’s not size but how you bluff it that matters. True bluffers won’t bother about the size of the Solar System. It’s too small. Things are always colliding with each other.

Oval | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #3

Blown Opportunities

Popular comment has it that: ‘It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to …’, as in ‘It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to programme a mobile phone.’ This is true – it takes a teenager. A rocket scientist would intellectualize the whole process, press two buttons at once, and crash the software. The last person you would want to ask is a rocket scientist.

Oval | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #4

On Human Bondage

James Bond is more than just a man, more even than a secret agent: James Bond is an eternal truth. To quote the Sunday Times book review of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Bond is what every man would like to be, and what every woman would like between her sheets.’ As Bond’s creator Ian Fleming himself said: “The target of my books lay somewhere between the solar plexus and the upper thigh.”

Oval | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

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Featured Book #5

Ashes to Ashes

With the Ashes in full swing and Australia fighting back in to the series, there are many a cricket widow around the country who would benefit from reading the Bluffer’s Guide to Cricket.

Oval | February 2nd, 2010 | Continued

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Great review for The Cosmos in UniverseToday

November 18th, 2009 • Oval • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

“The English language continually evolves. Just see Ambrose Bierce’s definition of dictionary. New concepts call for new words that often evolve from a new dictum. Astronomy has made its fair share of contributions to this cause. But, Daniel Hudon’s book “The Bluffer’s Guide to: The Cosmos” belies such augmentations. Within, the language is as common and everyday as what you used around the gas pump or barber shop. Yet, the science and information is as exact and appropriate as needed to communicate an idea.”

To read the entire review go here: http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/10/the-bluffers-guide-to-the-cosmos/

It’s all relative. Einstein theory of special relativity still true

October 30th, 2009 • Oval • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

A hint that quantum fluctuations in the fabric of the universe slow the speed of light has not been borne out in observations by NASA’s Fermi telescope, reports the New Scientist. The measurements contradict a 2005 result that supported the idea that space and time are not smooth.

To get an easy, erudite and authoritative take on the Quantum Universe travel at light speed to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of The Bluffer’s Guide to the Quantum Universe. Or use our online buying button above and to the right.

Dorset Magazine reviews The Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking

October 28th, 2009 • Oval • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

It’s not just great dinosaurs you find in Dorset. There’s a very nice review of the Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking in next month’s November issue of Dorset Magazine. “… perfect for slipping into your fleece and referring to quietly behind a hedge before joining the main throng and impressing them with your hiking knowledge.”
You can read the entire review on Dorset Magazine’s eMag here: http://tinyurl.com/yll5nn6 go to page 122.
And you can buy your very own copy by hiking down to your local bookstore or in true bluffer form by clicking through to our Amazon shop with the button in the top right. Alternately call us at 020 7733 8585.

Dr No no more

October 21st, 2009 • Oval • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Joseph Wiseman the first actor to play a Bond villain has died. Wiseman played the part of Dr No in the first ever Bond movie released in 1962. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8318145.stm

Dr No is the film in which Ursula Andress emerges from the waves in her white bikini. She may have looked great, but the producers of the film dubbed her voice thinking her Swiss accent too strong. Sean Connery had to be protected from the tarantula by a sheet of glass, you can see it if you look very carefully. For more great bluffs on Bond check out The Bluffer’s Guide to Bond – a great way to bluff your way in all things Bond.

Better still order yourself a copy from the button to the right. Also available as an audio download from Audible.co.uk

1939 Sutton Hoo 2009 Staffordshire WooHoo

September 25th, 2009 • Oval • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

The Bluffer’s Guide to Archaeology by internationally renowned archaeologist Paul Bahn unearths a treasure trove of finds for the novice and student alike. Available online from amazon, major retailers and direct from the publishers you will really dig this title. For more information on the amazing Staffordshire find click here, and to read more about Bluffer’s Guides click here.