This series humorously and light-heartedly introduces readers to a wide range of subjects, from history to science. Each volume aims to present complex information in the simplest and most accessible way possible. It's ideal reading for curious individuals who want to grasp the basics quickly without getting bogged down in excessive detail. The publications offer a refreshing and entertaining perspective on the world around us.
Part of the "Bluffer's Guides" series, this book explains how to bluff your way in theatre. These guides are designed to help the reader achieve instant expertise and become a successful bluffer. Other "Bluffer's Guides" look at accountancy, golf, music and world affairs.
A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
Také vás už nebaví sedět s přáteli u večeře a muset poslouchat jejich konverzaci o jídle, jehož příprava se v současnosti tak změnila, že máte pocit, že vám ujel vlak? V tom případě se naučte blafovat! Získejte základní znalosti o skutečném původu dnes již dobře známých jídel. Zorientujte se v Michelinském průvodci a jeho systému hodnocení restaurací. Přečtěte si o světoznámých restauracích, které nabízejí mimořádný kulinářský zážitek a které mají na volný stůl pořadník. Poznejte nejlepší kuchaře světa a seznamte se s novou koncepcí rychlého občerstvení a molekulární kuchyně. Po přečtení této knihy vás už žádná debata o jídle nezaskočí. Dobrou chuť!
Everything you need to know to bluff your way in social media.
Humorné postřehy a příměry o škole, pedagogice, kantorech a žácích z pohledu učitelstva.
A snappy little book containing facts, jargon, and inside information--all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
Written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own, the Bluffer's Guides provide hard fact masquerading as frivolous observation in one witty, easy read.
Gives a few easy-to-learn hints and techniques which allow the bluffer to be accepted as a skier of rare ability and experience without anyone discovering they can't ski to save their life.
The essence of bluffing is to retain control of a situation, or at least your position in it, without enough data, assets, or power to justify that retention...also the essence of management.
Written by an author who was at the forefront of developments in multi-variable spectral theory during the seventies and the eighties, this guide sets out to describe in detail the spectral mapping theorem in one, several and many variables. The basic algebraic systems – semigroups, rings and linear algebras – are summarised, and then topological-algebraic systems, including Banach algebras, to set up the basic language of algebra and analysis. Spectral Mapping Theorems is written in an easy-to-read and engaging manner and will be useful for both the beginner and expert. It will be of great importance to researchers and postgraduates studying spectral theory.
In most areas of human endeavor, bluffing is an easy way of getting by -- a method of artificially appearing knowledgeable. The Bluffer's Guides are a three million-copy best-selling series of snappy little books containing facts, jargon, and inside information -- all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
This book is for those who know nothing about accountancy, but feel they ought to, and those around the fringes. It offers a basic grounding which will enable you to mingle with accountants and finance staff without being spurned as a rank outsider.
Das Internet, die Informationsautobahn, der Cyberspace, das World Wide Web – all dies beschreibt die gleiche einfache Idee: Computer, die durch Telefonleitungen verbunden sind. Doch wie jeder gute Betrüger verwendet das Internet mehrere Namen, die jeweils darauf abzielen, auf unterschiedliche Weise zu täuschen. Das Internet hat jedoch eine äußerst wichtige Eigenschaft. Die Menschen glauben, es müsse interessant sein. Dies macht das Internet zum idealen Thema, um darüber zu bluffen. Egal, ob Sie es nutzen oder nicht, mit diesem Buch werden Sie in der Lage sein, mit Experten mitzuhalten und, was noch wichtiger ist, das Gespräch auf etwas anderes zu lenken. Sie werden informiert und überzeugend klingen. Zumindest für jeden, der so gut wie nichts über das Internet weiß. Was bedeutet, dass es ziemlich viele Menschen sind, die Sie im Fernsehen sehen, im Radio hören oder außerhalb ihres eigenen Schlafzimmers treffen.
Soubor nejdůležitějších znalostí, které potřebujete znát, abyste se mohli tvářit jako expert na vše, co se týká psů. Už nikdy se vám nestane, že si spletete krysaříka s Danielem Landou, stanete se znalcem na všechny blechy a typy kousnutí. Pes je odedávna nejlepším přítelem člověka. Po přečtení této knihy už vás nezaskočí diskuse na téma: je vhodné dávat psovi pivo, který večerníčkový pes je nejoblíbenější nebo jestli byl dřív per nebo hovínko.
Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of sex, seduction, and the sensual arts with Bluffer's Guide to Sex. Never again confuse a Flying Wallenda with an Inverted Wheelbarrow, food sex with vanilla sex, or a banjo string with a cupid stunt. Bask in the admiration of your fellow enthusiasts as you pronounce confidently on the comparative pleasures of identifying and arousing ‘P-spots’, ‘E-spots’ and ‘G-spots’, and effortlessly learn how to hold your own (figuratively speaking) against keen devotees of ‘frottage’. DO SAY: ‘A cursory look at the design and anatomical positioning of the male and female sexual organs shows that when God designed Homo sapiens, aestheticism and ease of access were not high on the job description. The human genitalia are not exactly user-friendly.’ DON’T SAY: ‘I feel that it’s time for our sex life to move on to the next stage. You don’t have a fear of rodents, do you?’
Someday, somewhere, someone will hurl a name at you that you don't recognize, a balladeer of whom you know nothing. This book teaches you when to smile gently and bluff.
Little did ancient people suspect that the garbage they discarded would one day be resurrected by these scientific rag-and-bone merchants.
In most areas of human endeavor, bluffing is an easy way of getting by -- a method of artificially appearing knowledgeable. The Bluffer's Guides are a three million-copy best-selling series of snappy little books containing facts, jargon, and inside information -- all that readers need to know to hold their own among the experts.
Bluffing about literature is largely facilitated by the fact that almost everyone, even the most educated, engages in it, as there is little else one can do with it. Literature is simply too vast a field for any single person to encompass, and each week it expands with new books that follow the old in an endless stream. With some practice, you will find that the very vagueness that frustrates literary criticism for casual readers is your greatest asset. This inherent ambiguity allows for easy and rapid redefinition of concepts and shifting of focal points, which can extricate you from any predicament.
Conducts the bluffer through circumstances in which the bluffer will encounter wine and the wine expert and equips the bluffer with vocabulary and evasive techniques to avoid being found out.
This book is about University (College) where you are free to decide, for yourself, when, and if, you will work. This is unlike school, where you have to, and real life, where you won't be able to. You are not there to learn but to earn a degree. If you decide to live on campus, refrigerators are very useful, but you should know how to use them. Anything labelled 'Brad's milk, do not touch' gets emptied immediately.
The only thing that can be said in Golf's favor is that it gives plenty of scope to practiced bluffers.
