The Uncyclopedia
$23.40
- Hardcover
154 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2003
Summary
Neither trivial nor essential, yet always illuminating, it is antipathetic to a world of relevance. Away with dull care, farewell to vocational learning, viva epistemophilia! The Uncyclopedia is the reference book referred to purely for the purposes of delight.
Highly acclaimed sports writer Gideon Haigh has turned his talents to compiling a most extraordinary book of miscellaneous fact. Now, at last in one convenient volume you can find- lists of Norse gods, phobias, poets laureate, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781877008870 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1877008877 |
| Author: | Gideon Haigh |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 154 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2003 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 205mm x 135mm x 18mm |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
Gideon Haigh
Gideon Haigh has been a journalist for more than thirty years, contributed to more than a hundred newspapers and magazines, written thirty books and edited seven others. His book On Warne won the British Sports Book Awards Best Cricket Book of the Year Award, the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award, the Jack Pollard Trophy, and the Waverley Library Nib Award; it was also shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Biography of the Year, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. The Office won the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction. Other recent titles include Uncertain Corridors- Writings on Modern Cricket, End of the Road? on Australia’s automotive industry, and The Deserted Newsroom, about media in a digital age.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.