Karl Shaw

23 books

Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics by Karl Shaw

Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Delightful Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics

Karl Shaw

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Little Book of Loony Dictators by Karl Shaw

The Little Book of Loony Dictators

Karl Shaw

184 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography politics informative medium-paced
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy by Karl Shaw

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Extraordinary Exploits of the British and European Aristocracy

Karl Shaw

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction historical history dark funny slow-paced
The Mammoth Book of Oddballs and Eccentrics by Karl Shaw

The Mammoth Book of Oddballs and Eccentrics

Karl Shaw

512 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative medium-paced
5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists by Karl Shaw

5 People Who Died During Sex: and 100 Other Terribly Tasteless Lists

Karl Shaw

304 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty by Karl Shaw

Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty

Karl Shaw

336 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history funny informative slow-paced
10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse: and 100 More Dreadfully Distasteful Lists by Karl Shaw

10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse: and 100 More Dreadfully Distasteful Lists

Karl Shaw

320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Abject Quizzery: The Utterly Depressing Quiz Book by Karl Shaw

Abject Quizzery: The Utterly Depressing Quiz Book

Karl Shaw

328 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

medium-paced
Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens by Karl Shaw
Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens
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Karl Shaw

Deadly Dangerous Kings and Queens

Karl Shaw

124 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

adventurous informative lighthearted medium-paced
The First Showman: The Extraordinary Mr Astley, The Englishman Who Invented the Modern Circus by Karl Shaw

The First Showman: The Extraordinary Mr Astley, The Englishman Who Invented the Modern Circus

Karl Shaw

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history reference adventurous informative reflective medium-paced