by Russell Ash · A & C Black Publishers Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780713668797
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«Whitaker's World of Facts» is the reference work by Russell Ash, published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Reference compilation bringing together information on the planet's major topics, with world records, top-ten lists and data files on a wide variety of subjects, all illustrated with full-colour photographs. A reference work designed for the whole family, combining serious data with curiosities and rankings.
The 2005 edition comes from the publishers of Whitaker's Almanack and weighs 1.64 kg.
For the whole family: serves as a school reference work and as leisure reading for the curious who enjoy facts, records and lists.
Russell Ash was the British author of the Top 10 of Everything series of books, as well as Great Wonders of the World, Incredible Comparisons and many other reference, art and humour titles, most notably his series of books on strange-but-true names, Potty, Fartwell & Knob, Busty, Slag and Nob End and Big Pants, Burpy and Bumface. Once described as 'the human Google', his obituary in The Times stated that 'In the age of the internet, it takes tenacity and idiosyncratic intelligence to make a living from purveying trivial information. Russell Ash did just that'.
