An A-Z of Almost Everything: A Compendium of General Knowledge

In this new edition, the original topics have been brought up to date, added to and elaborated Abbreviations, for example, now includes an essential array of chat room acronyms; Fashion boasts a complete list of British Hairdressers of the Year; and Music features a comprehensive listing of every Top Ten single of the last 40 years. There is a wealth of new subjects to be discovered and enjoyed too, from the Top Tens of 2002 to world coins and paper money, bingo calls to crime and punishment, the Mr Men books to the works of Charles Dickens. What can be Big Boy, Early Girl or Supersonic? Which British Prime Minister links John Lennon and Gary Lineker? Which classic novel begins "Now, what I want is facts"? This work of reference is both an enjoyable book to dip into and a cornucopia of fact.