In which country did a rhinoceros win an election? What is a kakistocracy? Which Mexican president held a funeral for his own leg? For answers to these and hundreds more burning political questions, turn to any page in this entertaining, bizarre, highly enlightening collection of facts, statistics, quotes, and trivia.
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Ever wonder what happens to the 36,000 tennis balls used at the annual Wimbledon championships? Or what was on the menu at Henry IV's coronation? Would you like to know how to master the Japanese art of packing a rucksack? Or how to say hello in 20 different languages? The delightfully eclectic, exceedingly collectable volumes in The Companion Series are bursting with useful trivia and quirky facts to amuse and amaze. Pleasingly designed, eminently browsable, downright addictive.
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Consultant editor Daisy Sampson began her career in politics as a researcher in the House of Commons, and spent several years at the frontline of politics before moving on to political broadcasting. She has worked for several television and radio stations, and now presents The Daily Politics on BBC2 with Andrew Neil, and has a slot on BBC Breakfast called Yesterday in Parliament.
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Prime Minister, House of Commons, White House, Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, New York, South Africa, Abraham Lincoln, John Major, United States, George Washington, Palace of Westminster, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Downing Street, Lord Chancellor, Ronald Reagan, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Harold Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Camp David, Middle East, National Party, Benjamin Disraeli New!
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- Politics' Strangest Characters by Neil Hamilton on page 84, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- New Century by Eric Hobsbawm on page 94, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Unconditional Surrender by Evelyn Waugh on page 121, and Back Matter
- Nelson Mandela (First Biographies) by Gini Holland on page 71, and page 109
- Friends, Voters, Countrymen by Boris Johnson on page 59, and Back Matter
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- The Literary Companion (A Think Book) by Emma Jones in Front Matter
- The Moviegoer's Companion (A Think Book) by Rhiannon Guy in Front Matter
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