I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School - Couverture souple

Taggart, Caroline

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1621451828 ISBN 13 : 9781621451822

Editeur : Readers Digest, 2014

Synopsis

This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in school-from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. Witty, engaging, entertaining-a book you'll pick up again and again. Here is a light-hearted and informative reminder of the many things we learned at school that have since been lost over time. Author Caroline Taggart discovered two things while researching this book and talking with other people. One, everybody had been to school. And two, they had all forgotten entirely different things. Here, in this handy little book, are the facts that you learned in school but may not remember completely or accurately. Covering subjects such as English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Geography, Religion, and Music, it will feature all the most important facts, theories, equations, phrases and rules we were taught all those years ago. You can discover: - Mathematics: How to work out a quadratic equation - History: That the first president to occupy the White House was John Adams in 1800 - Geography: The capital of Chile and the modern name of Nyasaland - Religion: The seven deadly sins and the names of the twelve apostles - Literature: Which Shakespearean play The Quality of Mercy Speech appears. The information will be presented in bite-sized chunks and in a self-motivated way, but it will be accurate and up-to-date. It will touch a chord with anyone old enough to have forgotten half of what they learned at school. Here is a perfect gift for every perennial student.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Caroline Taggart was born in London of Scottish parents, spent her childhood in New Zealand and went to university in Sheffield. Confused for some time, she has now lived in Pimlico for 25 years and thinks of herself as a Londoner, but continues to change allegiance whenever it suits her, particularly during the rugby season.

She has worked in publishing for nearly 30 years, the last 18 of them as a freelance editor of non-fiction. She has edited innumerable natural history titles, notably Jonathan Scott's Big Cat Diary books and the tie-in to the BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs, as well as books on gardening, cookery, health, witchcraft, pop music, the Blitz, the D-Day landings, the workings of the House of Commons and the English language. She has also written a handbook for mature students and an encyclopedia of dogs and is the editor of Writer's Market UK 2009. She has forgotten at least 90% of everything she has ever known about any of these subjects, which makes her an ideal person to write this book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Readers Digest
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1621451828
• ISBN 13: 9781621451822
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 175
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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