The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else

The Ultimate A-Z of Bizarre Information

William Hartston

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Atlantic Books
31 January 2023

Reference; General encyclopaedias; Popular science; Humour

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.

By: William Hartston
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 693g
ISBN: 9781838957230
ISBN 10: 1838957235
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 31 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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 *