SOS How Do You Do That?    

SOS How Do You Do That?
What you really must know how to do!

• The ultimate manual of everything you really must know how to do
• Practical and entertaining instructions for all situations such as How do you tie a tie? What is the lateral recumbent position? How do you change a tyre?
• An informative gift book and impulse buy
• 288 pages, two colours, paperback, 16.3 x 21.5 cm

Why Things Are the Way They Are 

Why Things Are the Way They Are
Answers to 666 everyday questions

• Answers to the questions everyone asks: What does Google really mean? Why are slices of sausages round and slices of cheese square?
• Special boxes with curious facts and figures
• Unique concept with a guaranteed turnover!
• 320 pages, two colours, hardcover, 16.3 x 21.5 cm

The Savings Book

The Savings Book

• The topic everyone wants to read about: saving is in
• Humorously written with over 100 original illustrations
• A clever present for all life’s occasions
• The stress-free way to save time and money
• By the successful lifestyle author Linda Freutel
• 208 pages, two colours, paperback, 11 x 18 cm
• Rights sold: Czech, Slovak

Clever Sayings for Conversationalists

Clever Sayings for Conversationalists

• More than just a collection of quotes: over 700 clever sayings and amazing background details to drop into your conversation
• With smart sayings by prominent people, quick-witted insults, significant last words and amusing slips of the tongue by well-known personalities
• An original present for every occasion
• By the successful author Christa Pöppelmann
• 208 pages, two colours, hardcover, 16.3 x 21.5 cm
• Rights sold: Korean

Laptop, Laser & Co.

Laptop, Laser & Co.

• What is the origin of all these everyday things? This book describes how such everyday things as cellphones, subway and supermarket came to be and how their use, names etc. have changed.
• The inventions are classified according to topic with chapters on the office and working life, the kitchen and home, clothes and accessories, and many others.
• 288 pages, four colours, hardcover, 16.3 x 21.5 cm
• Rights sold: Korean, Russian, Spanish

Popular Misconceptions XXL

Popular Misconceptions XXL

• Enjoyable and amusing snacks of knowledge
• 1,500 widespread misconceptions entertainingly exposed and corrected
• Unbeatable XXL version
• Detailed index in the appendix makes topics easy to find
• 512 pages, two colours, hardcover, 16.3 x 21.5 cm
• Rights sold: Bulgarian, Chinese (complex and simplified), Czech, English, Estonian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Taiwan

"Handbooks, reference works, dictionaries - general knowledge is a major theme of the Munich Compact Verlag." ABENDZEITUNG
"Immediately number two in the category of specialised reference works!" BUCHREPORT

Further titles:

• New Popular Misconceptions
• The 1.000 Most Popular Misconceptions of Mankind

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