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This year's edition compiles the very best of the thousands of new records approved over the past year. And with lockdowns and quarantines gradually ...
This is not a book of facts; it's a book of 'facts'. Should you finish it believing we became the planet's dominant species ...
The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators - but none as addictive or ...
'Witty and geekily eclectic' The Times
An erudite and amusing exploration' Financial Times
'Full of jawdropping facts' Mail on Sunday
'Remarkable . . . engrossing' Sunday Times
'A ...
Dazzling in scale, diversity and detail, the world never ceases to open our eyes and captivate our curiosity. Ever since the earliest cave paintings, humans ...
WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM ZOE BALL
'Funny and fascinating.' ZOE BALL
From spiders to stinging nettles, bees to boy bands and twins to thermal undies ...
The Notebook has shaped the world for eight hundred years. In medieval Italy, the blank ledger transformed international trade, and enabled the intellectual artistic advances ...
This informative and engaging illustrated reference provides the stories behind 1,001 signs and symbols, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern-day political and subculture symbols. What ...
From Mental Floss, the premier destination for curious minds, comes a deep dive into the the world of words! You'll discover the surprising (and ...
An accessible, one-stop guide to the why, what, and how of contemporary editorial fact-checking.
Over the past few years, fact-checking has been widely touted as ...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"It's undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings...Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience...An ...
Caroline Taggart has carved out a niche for herself in user-friendly, wittily written factual books. Yorkshire PostIn this highly entertaining book, language enthusiast and Sunday ...
The ideal gift for anyone interested in language, geography and people.
We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the ...
In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to give ...
The ultimate compilation of famous quotes to inform and inspire.
Be inspired and moved by the words of Malala Yousafzai, Amelia Earhart, Michelle Obama and ...