We're all familiar with the trials and tribulations of the current British Royal Family, but there are more than 25 royal families that still wield power in the world today from Japan and Thailand to Saudi Arabia and Scandinavia.
As Canadians, we all think we know hockey inside and out, but Doug Lennox, the head referee of Q&A, delivers the score on everything from All-Stars to Zambonis and stickhandles the skinny on who wore the first mask in hockey, how the term hat trick originated, and just where hockey was invented.
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, fires, mine cave-ins, bridge collapses, ship sinkings, airplane crashes, explosions, and plagues - natural and human-engineered calamity and catastrophe have many forms and guises.
Doug Lennox is back with a treasure trove of his favourite trivia culled from his four previous Now You Know books plus 125 brand new questions answered by the master of Q & A.
Building on the success of his previous bestsellers, Now You Know, Now You Know More, and Now You Know Almost Everything, this fourth volume is headed straight for the bestseller list!
Fascinating facts, trivia, and little-known details about the Master of the Macabre's life from the "e;world's leading authority on Stephen King"e; (Entertainment Weekly).
Our cherished culturally shared beliefs stem from a variety of sources, many of which propagate old wives tales, myths, self-serving fantasies, innocent fallacies, or sheer nonsense.
