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Andrea Barham

The Pedant’s Revolt

Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 20/05/2011

ISBN: 9781843176725

Subject: Non-Fiction

Size: EPUB 2

Extent: 192 pages

Territorial Rights: World ex EU

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Summary:

The bell goes for last orders and you still haven't sorted out whether or not flamingos are pink because of their diet or if Lady Godiva really rode through the streets of Coventry naked? The Pedant's Revolt is the ultimate go-to book for settling many an unresolved dispute, shedding light on a wide range of facts that we have always believed to be true, but which are, in fact, completely false. The book covers a wide range of diverse topics, from history to science, the arts, the animal kingdom, medicine, the human body, and food and drink. Presenting its well-researched facts in a highly accessible and entertaining manner, this intriguing book sets the record straight, exposing misconceptions that have become entrenched in everyday thought.

Reviews:

There's an awful lot of nonsense that is accepted as fact and this book, compiled by Andrea Barham, goes at least part of the way to putting it right. It's informative, interesting and amusing - and it will help you settle arguments

The Times

A really funny book... it's all there, fully researched

Richard Madeley, Richard & Judy

Barham guides us through hundreds of common misconceptions and sets us straight clearly and entertainingly

What's On Magazine

An excellent new book . . . Ever since Ben Schott brought out his miscellany, there has been hundreds of trivia clones released. This takes a different slant and a very welcome one . . . A great book to dip into, one that will appeal especially to fans of the programme QI

Lowestoft Journal

Exposes many of the common myths, legends and fallacies that have become entrenched in everyday thought in a humorous fashion

Sunderland Evening Echo

About the Author:

Andrea Barham

Author and freelance technical writer, Andrea Barham is the acceptable face of pedantry: while she is a big fan of the world, she feels there should be less wrongness and more rightness in it. Painfully aware of her inability to correct the bigger issues such as war, poverty and global warming, she is concentrating her skills on smaller issues more suited to her skills, which consists of 'looking stuff up'. By correcting common misconceptions, such as the belief that your heart stops when you sneeze, she is hoping that this will have a knock-on effect and eventually all wrongs will be righted, but she is not holding her breath (which, indidentally, one cannot die from, as is commonly believed). Please support her in her crusade.