- Publisher: Michael O'Mara
- Year: 2020
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 197x127mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781843176558
- Product code: 510906
I Used to Know That
Stuff You Forgot from School
Caroline Taggart New Paperback
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In chapters on English language and literature, maths, science, history and geography, Caroline Taggart’s distillation of the essential stuff that you learned in school, but forgot to remember, is an enjoyable trip back to the land of subordinate clauses and metaphysical poets, quadratic equations, the periodic table and the Wars of the Roses – and no exams.
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'This is a fascinating book ... it will no doubt be a great source of entertainment around many a dinner table' - She Magazine
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A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days.
I Used to Know That is an ideal and accessible reference guide for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge - or prepare for a pub quiz!
If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction or the number of continents in the world, I Used to Know That is guaranteed to provide all the answers.
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A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008 and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days.
I Used to Know That is an ideal and accessible reference guide for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge - or prepare for a pub quiz!
If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction or the number of continents in the world, I Used to Know That is guaranteed to provide all the answers.
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In chapters on English language and literature, maths, science, history and geography, Caroline Taggart’s distillation of the essential stuff that you learned in school, but forgot to remember, is an enjoyable trip back to the land of subordinate clauses and metaphysical poets, quadratic equations, the periodic table and the Wars of the Roses – and no exams.
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