de la Bédoyère, Camilla.
World facts : an essential A-Z guide / Camilla de la Bédoyère [and five others] ; general editor : Dr. James Mackay. - London : The Foundry Creative Media Company Limited, c2001. - 223 pages : illustration (chiefly color), facsimile, maps, portraits ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Alvar aalto to Aztecs -- Babylon to Byzantium -- Cacti to Czech Republic -- Dadaism to Bob Dylan -- Earth to extinct species -- Falklands war to fungi -- Clark Gable to gymnastics -- Hadrian's wall to hydrology -- Henrik Ibsen to Italy -- Michael Jackson to Jupiter -- Franz Kafka to Kuwait -- Labour party to Luxembourg -- Machu Picchu to Benito Mussolini -- Namibia to nuts -- Oases to ozone layer -- Al Pacino to Pyrenees -- Qatar to Qur'an -- Racetracks to Rwanda -- Saints to Syria -- Table mountain to typography -- UFOs to Uruguay -- Vaccination to volleyball -- War and peace to Frank Lloyd Wright -- Xizang Gaoyuan Plateau to Zurich.
English
1903817196 [hardbound]
History, Modern--Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
World facts : an essential A-Z guide / Camilla de la Bédoyère [and five others] ; general editor : Dr. James Mackay. - London : The Foundry Creative Media Company Limited, c2001. - 223 pages : illustration (chiefly color), facsimile, maps, portraits ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Alvar aalto to Aztecs -- Babylon to Byzantium -- Cacti to Czech Republic -- Dadaism to Bob Dylan -- Earth to extinct species -- Falklands war to fungi -- Clark Gable to gymnastics -- Hadrian's wall to hydrology -- Henrik Ibsen to Italy -- Michael Jackson to Jupiter -- Franz Kafka to Kuwait -- Labour party to Luxembourg -- Machu Picchu to Benito Mussolini -- Namibia to nuts -- Oases to ozone layer -- Al Pacino to Pyrenees -- Qatar to Qur'an -- Racetracks to Rwanda -- Saints to Syria -- Table mountain to typography -- UFOs to Uruguay -- Vaccination to volleyball -- War and peace to Frank Lloyd Wright -- Xizang Gaoyuan Plateau to Zurich.
English
1903817196 [hardbound]
History, Modern--Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries.