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A To Z Of Everything, 3rd Edition: The Compendium of General Knowledge [Hardcover]

Trevor Montague (Author)

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Publication Date: 22 Sep 2005

As with the second edition, the new A TO Z OF EVERYTHING has been updated and added to (and corrected). New material for this edition will include a Politics section revised and enlarged in the wake of the General Election and, by popular demand, a section on the derivation of phrases and sayings. Other additions include sections on county flowers, Jane Austen's characters, and the National Parks of England, Scotland and Wales.

The dedicated Current Affairs section will be revised to cover the two-year period since publication of the second edition. The Music section now lists al UK No. 1 singles since 1959. (Trevor works every day of the year to ensure that the book is as up to date as possible on publication.)

This ever more monumental work of reference is a must-have title for your bookshelf - enjoyable to dip into and a sheer cornucopia of fact.

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This ever more monumental work of reference is a must-have title for your bookshelf - enjoyable to dip into and a sheer cornucopia of fact.

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Hardcover: 1424 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown; 3rd Revised edition edition (22 Sep 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316731374
ISBN-13: 978-0316731379
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 15.3 x 23.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 460,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Quizmaster’s book 29 Jan 2006

By Paul Baldry

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This really is the best book for all the fact-hoovers out there. It brings together information and facts that are to some pointless, but to others captivating. An excellent read or reference tool it will take pride of place next to ‘The New Penguin Factfinder’ to have almost any general knowledge question covered.

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent reference book 6 April 2009

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An excellent way of finding out information without having to log onto the internet. Every household should have one for reference.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Everyone's said this book was so great...I have a different view 18 Jan 2012

By laurence

Format:Hardcover

This book is packed with knowledge and facts, some which is essential information and some which is random weird facts - thats fine by me. It's has all the information you need if you were writing an essay on a particular subject and covers pretty much every topic you an think of.

So why two stars?

Well basically it can be very, very difficult to find something specific, particularly people. If you're looking for, as an example, information on Elvis Pressley, do you look at the marriages section, the country of birth section, the death section etc, etc. These subsections just make it hard to find a certain person, as they're usually only mentioned in one of these lists instead of all of them.

The history section is concise, and it's good that it has a TV and film listings section. However you can't put in a TV show like Footballers Wives and leave more prominent drama shows like Spooks and Hustle, as an example. It's like it's trying to add a bit of everything, but not always whats most important. A book can't contain every piece of information there is, and the authors misunderstood that.

Maybe I was expecting more of an encyclopedia, but this book didn't do it for me. It's full of information, stuffed with it, but I didn't find it easy to use and some more important things (historical figures etc.) should have been included rather than wasting a page on paper sizes.

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I chose 5 because I got what I asked for. It was on time and in excellent condition. I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn.

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