Chambers Factfinder [Paperback]

Editors of Chambers (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 25, 2006 | Series: Chambers

Covering a wide range of subject areas, from politics to sports to the arts, the Chambers Factfinder is an easy one-stop shop for information. The text is enhanced with “fascinating fact” boxes that give interesting and quirky facts not found in other books. Whether it is used for winning arguments or trivia quizzes, this book is a great reference!

• John of God is the patron saint of the book trade.

• The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded from 1939 to 1943.

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About the Author

This internationally renowned reference publisher continues its celebrated tradition of excellence into the present day with such informative and authoritative works as the Chambers Crossword Dictionary, Chambers Encyclopedia, Chambers Biographical Dictionary and the all-new Chambers Dictionary of Quotations.

Chambers is based in Edinburgh, as it always has been, and employs editors with a wide range of skills on dictionaries and other titles for a variety of users, including students and teachers of English as a foreign or second language. As well as the core business of publishing dictionaries and thesauruses, Chambers also publishes a range of titles on grammar and usage, single-volume reference titles on science, history, biography and quotations, as well as titles for Scrabble® and crosswords.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 622 pages
• Publisher: Chambers; 2 edition (May 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055010142X
• ISBN-13: 978-0550101426
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,762,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Useful, August 26, 2006

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J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chambers Factfinder (Paperback)

I purchased this purely and simply to help with that inevitable last crossword clue that stares back at you off the page, as much as to say you can think till the cows come home but you are not going to get the answer.

This book is the ideal solution for that situation. No, it does not have everything you may need to know in it, that would be impossible, unless the book was too heavy to lift. But funnily enough, it does have most things. It is well laid out in a style that makes finding what you want relatively easy. Once you have it you realise it is useful for far more things than crosswords. The answers to question posed in other books or on television or radio. Questions asked by children or grandchildren, it uses are endless and I find that once you have read something, as opposed to hearing it on the radio or television you tend to remember it better. I don't know why this should be, but it seems to work for me.