The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else: The Ultimate A-Z of Bizarre Information

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else: The Ultimate A-Z of Bizarre Information
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Hartston
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreGeneral encyclopaedias
Popular science
Humour
ISBN/Barcode 9781838957230
ClassificationsDewey:030
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Atlantic Books
Imprint Atlantic Books
Publication Date 3 November 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great dealof weird and wonderful material is squeezed out. The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else takesthe opposite approach and leaves out all the dreary stuff you can find elsewhere. The result is the most fascinating, astonishing, varied and utterly useless collection ofinformation ever assembled and organized between two covers. From aardvark tooth braceletsto the genus of tropical weevils known as Zyzzyva, via Mark Twain's views about cabbages,this is a quarter of a million words of sublime pointlessness.

Author Biography

William Hartston is a Cambridge-educated mathematician and an international chess master.He writes the off-beat Beachcomber column for the Daily Express and is the author of severalbooks on chess, numbers, humour and trivia, including Sloths and The Things That NobodyKnows. He has been one of the viewers on Channel 4's Gogglebox.

Reviews

Highly enjoyable... Captivating and inspiring * New Scientist on THE THINGS THAT NOBODY KNOWS * Properly researched, and the elegance of its pop-cosmology or pop-biology mini-narratives rivals that of many specialists. It is slyly witty, and pleasingly optimistic. * Guardian on THE THINGS THAT NOBODY KNOWS *