Whitaker's Little Book of Knowledge

by Oli Lurie (Contributor)

An authoritative, quirky trivia book divided into themed chapters. Whitaker's Little Book of Knowledge contains thousands of general knowledge from everything you learned at school to fascinating lists of contemporary 'top-tens', mini-biographies of famous artists and writers, plus condensed guides to films and works of art and literature. In addition, there is a light-hearted journey down memory lane featuring humorous entries on forgotten treasures from different decades and a stand-alone sport chapter with guides to both well-known and obscure sports, key rules, a glossary of terms and short biographies of the world's greatest sporting heroes. Facts are both newly researched and drawn from the rich treasure-trove of the Whitaker's Almanack archive, which dates back to 1868. Whitaker's Little Book of Knowledge is a truly unique ready-reference containing fascinating facts for every trivia buff while providing a unique insight into the world from the 19th century through to the present day.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2012

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

On the surface it looked fun, catching up on culture you've missed out on but after reading it it's mostly just random trivia and whilst you find some interesting tidbits most them are just filler and irrelevant, unless you're interested in number of tons of wheat produced in 1934 in which case there are better sources for it.

[Shajie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good ‘tid bits’.