New World Order

by Dixe Wills

The USA may boast a population of 300million, have put the first man on the moon and be responsible for Jimi Hendrix and the glass harmonica but does that mean we're the best? Dixe Wills guides you through the weird world of the nation state from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe looking at flags, money, history, national anthems and popular misconceptions. Guaranteed to make you laugh at world geography like you never knew you could.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published October 8, 2003

About the author

Assuming for a moment that we are what we do, I’m an author and freelance non-flying travel journalist. I’ve written a number of genre-bending books and one or two that give librarians fewer dilemmas. My most recent work is Tiny Stations (AA) which is a journey through the penumbric world of Britain’s railway request stops. Prior to Tiny Stations, I penned Tiny Islands (AA) and Tiny Campsites (Punk). Before the mania for all things tiny struck me, I managed to knock out a few non-size-specific books, including The Z-Z of Great Britain, Places to Hide in England, Scotland and Wales, New World Order (Wills Weltordnung in its Bloomsbury Berlin edition) and, under the name Johnson P Johnson, The Armchair Naturalist (all Icon).

I write for the UK newspaper The Guardian, mainly on green travel. You can read my articles here. You might also find me popping up in other newspapers (though not ones owned by Rupert Murdoch or edited by Paul Dacre, you’ll be pleased to learn) and magazines, some of which you’ll find listed here. I host a monthly spoken word night-cum-pub quiz mash up called Stranger than Fiction that you really ought to come along to because it’s great fun and only costs six quid. I also have a cracking Isle of Dogs-based romcom script unjustly gathering dust in a cupboard. Is there no start to my talents?

Reviews

[Holmes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dixe Wills writes with humour, but most of it elicits laughter lasting no more than half a second. The wealth of insignificant information about the countries is impressive, but after reading a dozen or so it gets pretty boring, so imagine reading about 200 countries, and then finding that you have never even heard of the names of most of them.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fairly amusing book. Though it did get a little dull at times.

[Ann-Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didnt read the entire book because there are countries i dont really know much about from before.what i did read was fun,some a little boring and some was giggle worthy :-)