Everything You Learnt at School... and Promptly Forgot

Homework for Grown-ups

Don't know your isosceles from your equilateral? Forgotten what actually happened in 1066? Any idea why the sky is blue? This bestselling bible of old-school knowledge for grown-ups has all the answers.

An obvious candidate to take to a desert island, along with Shakespeare and the Bible

Feel like you’ve forgotten everything you learned at school? Then this subject-by-subject guide, with tests, is for you

They write in a clear, brisk, no-nonsense style, and strike a perfect balance between seriousness and fun. It’s a glorious opportunity to dust the cobwebs from your brain

Relentlessly jolly-hockey-sticks on 10 subjects from maths to PE

After just a few pages of this you will be reminded of forgotten facts. You may even end up teaching your child a thing or two

Elizabeth Foley (Author) Elizabeth Foley is an author and editor living in London. With Beth Coates she is the author of Homework for Grown-ups, Advanced Homework for Grown-ups and the Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book. Shakespeare for Grown-ups was published in 2014. Beth Coates (Author) Beth Coates is an author and editor living in London. With Elizabeth Foley she is the bestselling author of Homework for Grown-ups, Advanced Homework for Grown-ups and The Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book. Shakespeare for Grown-ups was published in 2014.

'An obvious candidate to take to a desert island, along with Shakespeare and the Bible' Daily Telegraph 
 
Don't know your isosceles from your equilateral? Forgotten what actually happened in 1066? Any idea why the sky is blue? This bestselling bible of old-school knowledge for grown-ups has all the answers. 
 
With fun lessons in mathematics and algebra, English language and literature, chemistry and the sciences, geography, history, Latin, modern languages and more, Homework for Grown-ups is packed with essential information, facts, figures and theories, along with entertaining test questions to keep you on your toes and reignite those long-dormant brain-cells.

Everything you Need to Know about the Bard

Shakespeare for Grown-ups

Does your shaky knowledge of Shakespeare put you to shame? The only guide to the great bard you will ever need to bring you up to scratch!

This fascinating and fun volume delves into all things Shakespeare and will appeal to novices and experts alike... light, accessible, and engaging... Included in this book are synopses of all of Shakespeare's works and his life and times, key influences, language and style, controversies, and famous quotations. An entertaining and highly informative read, this is essential for students and scholars, theatergoers wanting to familiarize themselves with a particular work, and general readers who are simply curious about one of the most famous and influential playwrights of all time

'Rather jolly and very helpful’ The Times 
 
Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? The ultimate guide to the Bard, perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado and general reader alike. 
 
 If you’ve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven’t a clue what a petard (as in ‘hoist with his own petard’) actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to the Bard. 
 
 From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of they plays and sonnets. 
 
For parents helping with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment of the most popular plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain’s most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers Shakespeare's time; his personal life; his language; his key themes; his less familiar works and characters; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more.

Advanced Homework for Grown-ups

From the authors of the number one bestseller Homework for Grown-ups - 'An obvious candidate to take to a desert island, along with Shakespeare and the Bible.' 
Telegraph

If you paid attention to Homework for Grown-ups you should hopefully now have a grasp of the basics: know your chiasmus from your zeugma, your obliques from your acutes, and your Anne of Cleves from your Anne Boleyn. Now, sit up straight, and get your jotters and pencils out, because E Foley and B Coates are back to steer you through some of the more complicated elements of the curriculum and beyond. 
 
Advanced Homework for Grown-ups will revisit and refresh the core subjects of Maths, English, Science, Geography, History and Classics in a little more depth. This time, amongst other topics, they tackle logarithms, unlock the secrets of semantics, and explore the Agrarian Revolution, with a mix of really useful information and entertainingly esoteric material. 
 
In addititon, new subjects enter the timetable: Music, Modern Languages, Economics, Politics, Philosophy and Psychology, as well as Design and Drama. 
 
Packed with fun practical excercises and, of course, examination papers for the competitive, Advanced Homework for Grown-ups will be the perfect gift.

Elizabeth Foley

Beth Coates

This is a book of fiendish questions to test you on everything you should have learnt at school and have most likely forgotten

Your schooldays may be long gone but the Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book will take you back to the classroom for some competitive family fun

This fearsome little stimulant will soon get the brain chewing over whether Montreal or Seattle is the farthest city north and why a blivet is an impossible object

Fiendishly fun questions to test your old-school knowledge

Which literary giant also held the post of Controller of the Custom of Hides, Skins and Wools in the port of London? 
 
Which former concubine went on to become the first, and only, empress of China? 
 
Which French diplomat gave his name to the notoriously addictive nicotine? 
 
How old was George Harrison whent the Beatles split up? 
 
Test your wits, compete with your loved ones and check if it's all still there upstairs with these devilishly diverting questions on all the old-school subjects.

Beth Coates

Praise for Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book

This is a book of fiendish questions to test you on everything you should have learnt at school and have most likely forgotten

Your schooldays may be long gone but the Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book will take you back to the classroom for some competitive family fun

This fearsome little stimulant will soon get the brain chewing over whether Montreal or Seattle is the farthest city north and why a blivet is an impossible object

This is a book of fiendish questions to test you on everything you should have learnt at school and have most likely forgotten

Your schooldays may be long gone but the Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book will take you back to the classroom for some competitive family fun

This fearsome little stimulant will soon get the brain chewing over whether Montreal or Seattle is the farthest city north and why a blivet is an impossible object

This is a book of fiendish questions to test you on everything you should have learnt at school and have most likely forgotten

Your schooldays may be long gone but the Homework for Grown-ups Quiz Book will take you back to the classroom for some competitive family fun

This fearsome little stimulant will soon get the brain chewing over whether Montreal or Seattle is the farthest city north and why a blivet is an impossible object

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