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Ian Graham

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After working as an in-house journalist and editor in consumer electronics magazines, Ian Graham became a freelance writer. He has written more than 230 illustrated non-fiction books for children and teens, and contributed chapters to books including Dorling Kindersley’s Know it All and Big Ideas that Changed the World. He has a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism.

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	Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses 3.26 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ultimate Book of Impostors: Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds 3.33 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Be on Apollo 13!: A Mission You'd Rather Not Go On by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator), David Salariya (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World 4.02 avg rating — 95 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Be a World War II Pilot!: Air Battles You Might Not Survive by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Railroad!: A Track You'd Rather Not Go Down by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Salariya (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2000 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Climb Mount Everest! by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Be in the First Submarine!: An Undersea Expedition You'd Rather Avoid by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator), David Salariya (Goodreads Author) (Created by) 3.66 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Hoover Dam!: An Explosive Job You'd Rather Not Do by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Wouldn't Want to Be on the Hindenburg!: A Transatlantic Trip You'd Rather Skip by Ian Graham (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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You Wouldn't Want to Be ... (74 books)
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“The family had been reasonably prosperous until “the Enclosures.” These were a series of acts of Parliament that enclosed land that had previously been open. Until the Enclosure Acts, local people had been able to use this common land for grazing animals and collecting firewood. More than a fifth of the land in England was enclosed by these acts to bring it into more productive use by farmers and landowners. Whole villages that had previously been self-sufficient were driven into poverty as a result. The impoverishment of Witheridge by the Enclosure Acts rendered most of Mr. Willcocks’s usual customers unable to afford new footwear. After this, everyone in the village fell on hard times, except for the squire, who benefited from the land enclosure.”
― Ian Graham, The Ultimate Book of Impostors: Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds

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“Jürgen agreed with the analysis. ‘We should have won that game! You saw it?’ No, I hadn’t seen it. I had just analysed the data.”
― Ian Graham, How to Win the Premier League: The Inside Story of Football’s Data Revolution

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“The Foundling Hospital was established in 1741 by a businessman and philanthropist named Thomas Coram as a children’s home for the “education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children.” He was moved to establish it by the sight of abandoned babies and young children starving and dying on the streets of London. Today, part of the site the Foundling Hospital stood on is a children’s playground near the world-famous Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. The Foundling Hospital itself has gone, but the charitable organization behind it still exists, now known as the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, or simply Coram.”
― Ian Graham, The Ultimate Book of Impostors: Over 100 True Stories of the Greatest Phonies and Frauds

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