Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge
|
Not currently available
Politics Weird-o-Pedia - The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics (Paperback)
Loot Price: R220
Discovery Miles 2 200
You Save: R100
(31%)
|
|
Politics Weird-o-Pedia - The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics (Paperback)
Series: Weird-o-Pedia
(sign in to rate)
List price R320
Loot Price R220
Discovery Miles 2 200
You Save R100 (31%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
Government and politics might seem twisted today, but they've
always been strange. There's something about public office that,
throughout time, has transcended normalcy. Politics Weird-o-Pedia
presents some of the oddest and most interesting political
absurdities and tidbits from around the world, from Peter the
Great's tax on beards to a lawmaker's mistress whom he kept on the
congressional payroll despite her admission that "I can't type, I
can't file, I can't even answer the phone." Eminences include: Some
of America's Founding Fathers wanted to jail newspaper reporters. A
Mongolian conqueror liked to build cement walls out of the bodies
of his vanquished opponents (while they were still alive). An
all-female resistance to nuclear missiles in Britain resulted in a
protest that lasted for nineteen years-long after the missiles were
gone. Politics Weird-o-Pedia doesn't stand still for a minute. It
is intriguing, funny, and occasionally startling. It is more than a
collection of trivia, adding bits of context and historical
vignettes that make it clear that no matter how dysfunctional
politics and government might seem today-we've been through it all
many times before.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.