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Politics Weird-o-Pedia - The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics (Paperback) Loot Price: R220
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Politics Weird-o-Pedia - The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics (Paperback): Tim...

Politics Weird-o-Pedia - The Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about Politics (Paperback)

Tim Rowland

Series: Weird-o-Pedia

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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.

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Imprint: Racehorse Publishing
Country of origin: United States
Series: Weird-o-Pedia
Release date: May 2018
Authors: Tim Rowland
Dimensions: 197 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-1-63158-388-9
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge > General
LSN: 1-63158-388-3
Barcode: 9781631583889

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