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Caroline Taggart

I Used to Know That

Stuff You Forgot From School

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 01/09/2011

ISBN: 9781843176558

Subject: Non-Fiction

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 192 pages

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

'This is a fascinating book ... it will no doubt be a great source of entertainment around many a dinner table' – She
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A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days.

This great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series, and old fans alike. Nostalgic, informative and entertaining, it is an ideal and accessible buy for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge.

If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction or the number of continents in the world, I Used to Know That is guaranteed to provide all the answers.

Reviews:

Amusing but useful... I am not the only one planning to keep it on my desk to avoid any intellectually embarrassing moments

The Scotsman

a droll personal audit of how much - or how little - of school learning lingers on into later life... it is not only fun to dip into, it is a mine of useful information... It's all there, easily found, clearly laid out

The Oldie

This is a fascinating book... it will no doubt be a great source of entertainment around many a dinner table

She

A fun and witty collection of snippets of information we 'used to know' from school

Essentials

This is an absorbing volume of familiar facts and figures you may well have forgotten... If the answers are just out of reach, but you know them really, this is the book for you

Sainsbury's Magazine

It is a fascinating read and you might even learn a few things you missed out on first time around

Townswoman Magazine

It covers everything we should remember from school but don't

The Western Mail

could help you connect with your childhood, boost your brainpower and remind your kids just how clever you are

Irish News

an] entertaining rag-bag of a book, a sort of cocktail of half-remembered things from your schooldays

Birmingham Evening Mail

Sales points:

  • The second book in the hit I Before E series and the Sunday Times bestseller - now available in paperback

  • An entertaining collection of the most important but half-forgotten facts, theories, equations, phrases, rules, and sayings from our school days, presented in bite-size chunks

  • Covers a range of different subjects, including English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Geography and Religion

  • The hardback edition has sold over 235,000 copies to date and the I Before E series has sold over one million copies

About the Author:

Caroline Taggart

Caroline Taggart worked in publishing as an editor of popular non-fiction for thirty years before being asked by Michael O'Mara Books to write I Used to Know That, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. Following that she was co-author of My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?), and wrote a number of other books about words and English usage. She has appeared frequently on television and on national and regional radio, talking about language, grammar and whether or not Druids Cross should have an apostrophe. Her website is carolinetaggart.co.uk and you can follow her on Twitter @citaggart.

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