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The Bluffer's Guides
Publisher: Wolfe Publishing [also: Mosby; Mosby Wolfe]. Country: U.K. Date: 1966-75.
Publisher: Centennial Press; Crown Publishers. Country: U.S.
Publisher: Ravette Publishing/Oval Books/Bluffer's Media. Country: U.K.
Bluff your Way in Literature by Martin Seymour-Smith
Wolfe, 1966 (Bluffer's Guides). Paperback.
THE BLUFFER'S GUIDES (WOLFE PUBLISHING)
Series Note: Each book in this series of small, humorous books was written by an expert with the aim of giving you a little knowledge and allowing you to pass yourself off before friends and work colleagues as an expert yourself in the chosen field.
A taste of this series' amusing tongue in cheek style can be seen in the opening sentences of The Bluffer's Guide to the Classics (Oval Books, 2005):
In these days of scholars of Peace Studies and BAs (Hons) in Countryside Recreation Participation, there has never been a better or easier time to become a distinguished bluffer in the Classics. As Greece comes to mean holidays and Italy pasta, as fewer and fewer people know or care who Homer was or what Brutus did, the opportunities for dazzling bluff in the Classics have become limited only by your imagination.
This series, originally published by Peter Wolf of Wolf Publishing in the United Kingdom, was later republished - with a number of new titles added - in the United States by Centennial Press (the same people who published CliffNotes) and by Crown Publishers.
The series was also republished - with many more new titles - in the United Kingdom by Ravette Publishing, by Oval Books and by the Bluffer's Media Limited (http://www.bluffers.com). For this republication the series editor was Anne Tauté and the cover designers were Rob Oliver and Vicki Towers. These titles were distributed in the U.S. by Globe Pequot Press.
The terms "Bluffer's Guides", "Bluffer's Guide", "Bluffer's" and "Bluff Your Way" are all registered trademarks. However, occasionally similarly named titles appear such as How to Be Oxbridge by Anton Gill (HarperCollins, 1985).
Title / Author / Year first published
Accountancy - Albert Martin. 1971.
Advertising - Eugene J. Sullivan. 1971.
Antiques - Andre Launay. 1969.
Art - Leslie Frank Lampitt. 1967.
Ballet - Francis Coleman. 1969.
The Cinema - Ken Wlaschin. 1969.
Finance - John Mattison. 1966.
Folk and Jazz - Peter Williams. 1969.
Gourmet Cooking - Dixie Dean Trainer. 1972.
Literature - Martin Seymour-Smith. 1966.
Management - Denis James. 1969.
Marketing - Neville Teller. 1966.
Music - Peter Gammond. 1970.
Opera - Francis Coleman. 1969.
Philosophy - Alan Reeve-Jones. 1975.
Politics - Norman Shrapnel. 1975.
P.R. - Martin Richard Attlee. 1971 (2nd ed.)
Salesmanship - Peter Wolfe. 1975.
Social Climbing - John Bruce Walker. 1967.
Teaching - Frank E. Taylor. 1969.
The Theatre - Michael R. Turner. 1967.
Wine - Nick Clarke. 1967.
Bluffer's Guides titles published by Ravette Publishing and Oval Books in 1980s through to 2000s
The Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck by Ken Beere
London: Oval Books, 2006 (Bluffer's Guides). Paperback.
Publisher's blurb: Be an instant expert on the flight deck and bluff your way without being pressurised. No pre-flight checks required, just a sense of humor. From 'The Dispatcher' to 'Diversions', and from 'Runways' to 'Reverse Thrust', The Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck provides all you need for a fully informed approach.
Accountancy
Archaeology
Astrology & Fortune Telling
Ballet
Chess
The Classics - Ross Leckie
Computers
Consultancy
Cricket
Doctoring
Economics
The Flight Deck by Ken Beere
Football
Golf
The Internet
Jazz
Law
Management
Marketing
Men
Men & Women
Middle Age
Music
Opera
Philosophy
Psychology
Public Speaking
The Quantum Universe
Relationships
Rugby
Science
Seduction
Sex
Skiing
Small Business
Stocks & Shares
Tax
Teaching
University
Whisky
Wine
Women
Note: The Ravette Publishing/Oval Books list of Bluffer's Guides originally appeared in The Bluffer's Guide to the Classics by Ross Leckie Oval Books, 2005 (new edition) (first published by Ravette Publishing in 1989).
Comprehensive List of Bluffer's Guides published by various publishers since 1965
Title / Author
Bluff Your Way as a Top Secretary by Sue Dyson
Bluff Your Way at the Races by Christopher Webber
Bluff Your Way in Advertising by Eugene Sullivan
Bluff Your Way in Advertising by Nigel Foster
Bluff Your Way in Antiques by Charles Hemming
Bluff Your Way in Archaeology by Paul Bahn
Bluff Your Way in Art by L. F. Lampitt
Bluff Your Way in Astrology and Fortune
Bluff Your Way in Ballet by Craig Dodd
Bluff Your Way in Chess by Brian Malpass
Bluff Your Way in Computers by Robert Ainsley
Bluff Your Way in Consultancy by Nigel Viney
Bluff Your Way in Cricket by Nick Yapp
Bluff Your Way in Doctoring by Patrick Keating
Bluff Your Way in Economics by Hilary Cooper
Bluff Your Way in Economics by Stuart Trow
Bluff Your Way in Espionage by Phil Kimby
Bluff Your Way in Feminism by Constance Leoff
Bluff Your Way In Finance by Michael Becket
Bluff Your Way in Football by Mark Mason
Bluff Your Way in Fortune Telling by Alexander C. Rae
Bluff Your Way in Gourmet Cooking by Joseph T. Straub
Bluff Your Way in Hi-Fi by Sue Hudson
Bluff Your Way in Hollywood by Virginia J. Nelson
Bluff Your Way in Home Maintenance by David L. Gale
Bluff Your Way in Japan by Robert Ainsley
Bluff Your Way in Jazz by Peter Clayton
Bluff Your Way in Journalism by Nigel Foster
Bluff Your Way in Law by David Mitchell
Bluff Your Way in Literature by Michael Kerrigan
Bluff Your Way in Management by Denis James
Bluff Your Way in Management by John Courtis
Bluff Your Way in Management by Joseph T. Straub
Bluff Your Way in Marketing by Graham Harding
Bluff Your Way in Math by Robert Ainsley
Bluff Your Way in Modern Art by Marina Dana Rodna
Bluff Your Way in Motoring by John McManus
Bluff Your Way in Music by Peter Gammond
Bluff Your Way in Music by Russell Robinson
Bluff Your Way in Opera by Peter Gammond
Bluff Your Way in P.R. by Martin Richard Attlee
Bluff Your Way in Paris by Jim Hankinson
Bluff Your Way in Personal Finance by Anne Gordon
Bluff Your Way in Philosophy by Alan Reeve-Jones
Bluff Your Way in Photography by John Courtis
Bluff Your Way in Poetry by Nick Yapp
Bluff Your Way in Politics by Norman Shrapnel
Bluff Your Way in Psychology by Richard L. Goldfarb
Bluff Your Way in Public Speaking by Chris Steward
Bluff Your Way in Publishing by Dorothy Stewart
Bluff Your Way in Salesmanship by Peter Wolfe
Bluff Your Way in Science by Brian Malpass
Bluff Your Way in Seduction by Yves Chebran
Bluff Your Way in Sex by Sarah Brewer
Bluff Your Way in Sex by Don Steel
Bluff Your Way in Skiing by David Allsop
Bluff Your Way in Small Business by John Winterson Richards
Bluff Your Way in Stocks and Shares by Anne Gordon
Bluff Your Way in Television by Richard Spence
Bluff Your Way in the City by Michael Toner
Bluff Your Way in the Classics by Ross Leckie
Bluff Your Way in the EU by Michael Toner
Bluff Your Way in the Great Outdoors by Brock Fowler
Bluff Your Way in the Occult by Alexander C. Rae
Bluff Your Way in the Quantum Universe by Jack Klaff
Bluff Your Way in the Rock Music Business by David Knopfler
Bluff Your Way in the Theatre by Michael R. Turner
Bluff Your Way in Theatre by Fidelis Morgan
Bluff Your Way in Weather Forecasting by David Milsted
Bluff Your Way in Whisky by David Milsted
Bluff Your Way in Wine by Alan Fulmer
Bluff Your Way in World Affairs by David Milsted
Bluff Your Way on the Flight Deck by Ken Beere
Bluff Your Way on the Internet by Rob Ainsley
The Bluffer's Guide by David Frost
The Bluffer's Guide: 2nd Series: Antiques, Gormet Cooking, Football, Interior Decorating, The Theatre, Traveling by David Frost
The Bluffer's Guide to Accountancy by John Courtis
The Bluffer's Guide to Antiques by Charles Hemming
The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology by Paul Bahn
The Bluffer's Guide to Ballet by Craig Dodd
The Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
The Bluffer's Guide to British Class by Peter Gammond
The Bluffer's Guide to Chess by Brian Malpass
The Bluffer's Guide to Doctoring by Patrick Keating
The Bluffer's Guide to Economics by Hilary Cooper
The Bluffer's Guide to Espionage by Phil Kimby
The Bluffer's Guide to Football by Joe Singer
The Bluffer's Guide to Football by Mark Mason
The Bluffer's Guide to Fortune Telling by Alexander C. Rae
The Bluffer's Guide to Journalism by Nigel Foster
The Bluffer's Guide to Law by David Mitchell
The Bluffer's Guide to Literature by Martin Seymour-Smith
The Bluffer's Guide to Men by Antony Mason
The Bluffer's Guide to Opera by Francis Coleman
The Bluffer's Guide to Philosophy by Jim Hankinson
The Bluffer's Guide to Philosophy by Thomas V. Morris
The Bluffer's Guide to Poetry by Nick Yapp
The Bluffer's Guide to Rugby, Revised by Alexander C. Rae
The Bluffer's Guide to Secretaries by Sue Dyson
The Bluffer's Guide to Small Business by John Winterson Richards
The Bluffer's Guide to Stocks and Shares by Anne Gordon
The Bluffer's Guide to Tax: Bluff Your Way In Tax by A. J. Carroll
The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema by Ken Wlaschin (Leslie Elliott, ed.). Intro. by David Frost.
The Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe by Jack Klaff
The Bluffer's Guide to the Races by Christopher Webber
The Bluffer's Guide to Teaching by Nick Yapp
The Bluffer's Guide to University by Rob Ainsley
The Bluffer's Guide to Wine by Harry Eyres
The Bluffer's Guide to Wine by Nick Clarke
The Bluffer's Guide to Women by Marina Muratore
The Bluffer's Guide to World Affairs by David Milsted
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