The Millennium: The Unofficial Guide Book

With The Millennium: The Unofficial Guide, Bob Fowke, the polymath and well- known author of more than 50 entertaining and unusual children's books published by Hodder, (such as What They Don't Tell You About World War II, What They Don't Tell You About Science, What They Don't Tell You About Ancient Greeks and What They Don't Tell You About Planet Earth) gives readers yet another fascinating collection of facts, figures and imaginings. Inside this wonderfully rich and amusing unofficial guide you can find out (to name but a very few of the ideas): exactly what the millennium is; why we should have celebrated it in 1994 and what people in different historical periods believed might happen when the new millennium dawns. There are also more practical issues such as how computers count, ideas for celebrating the millennium, and perhaps most importantly, what to do if the world comes to an end! Comically illustrated with the author's own cartoons, this is a book to make your information banks burble and your brain bubble. (Ages 9 and over) --Tamsin PalmerRead More