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With a reasonable claim to be the most useful book ever written, John Oldale's Who, or Why, or Which, or What...? is a cornucopia of history, travel, politics, wildlife, language - indeed, a celebration of everything which makes this planet so fascinating.
With an entry for every country, from the impenetrably immense (China) to the most completely marginal (San Marino - although it has stiff competition), this beautifully illustrated book is jammed with the most peculiar, fascinating and surprising information.
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Bona fide facts, presented with a refreshingly earnest charm ... an information-compendium of ... infinite fascination about every country on our sweet earth ... Oldale organizes his ceaseless flow of facts in a droll, inviting way that reveals as much about his own sensibilities as it does about the subjects themselves (Wall Street Journal)
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Dr John Oldale is a scientist by training, a lawyer by profession and an explorer by passion. His life can be summarized as a four-decade struggle between sound career advice and following his heart. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, speaks five languages and has travelled some half a million miles, visiting over ninety countries. He has outrun knife-wielding brigands (twice), been rescued from a sub-Antarctic beach, faced down a charging buffalo and breakfasted on thirty-seven sorts of mushroom in a Korean monastery. He lives with his family in a former village pub in Hampshire.
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- EditoreParticular Books
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 1846143365
- ISBN 13 9781846143366
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine320
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