The encyclopaedia of everything else / William Hartston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartston, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (648 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Atlantic Books, [2022]

Summary:

A delightful and witty treasure trove of utterly useless information by the author of The Things That Nobody Knows. Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great deal of weird and wonderful material is squeezed out. The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else takes the 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 of information ever assembled and organized between two covers. From aardvark tooth bracelets to 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.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Preface

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hartston, William The Encyclopaedia of Everything Else

ISBN:

9781838957247

OCLC:

1347025102