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This book was the only one of the twentyfour histories to be authored by a member of the chronicled dynastys ruling. Hello, and welcome to qi, where fools rush in, and angels suddenly remember they have a prior engagement. Buy 1, 342 qi facts to leave you flabbergasted quite interesting main by john lloyd, john mitchinson, james harkin, anne miller isbn. It is a trivia book, aiming to address and correct the comprehensive and humiliating catalogue of all the misconceptions. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Qi is the smartest comedy show on british television. The book of general ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual british panel game qi. It was written by xiao zixian during the succeeding liang dynasty. Published on 1 november 2012 9 september 20 in the us, it is a trivia book containing 1,227 facts collected during the making of the series, which had been ten. An audiobook adaptation called the sound of general ignorance was scripted and read by the authors on 4 november 2008. Faber holds world rights to the title which will be written by john lloyd, john mitchingson, james harkin and anne miller. An indispensable compendium of popular misconceptions, misunderstandings and common mistakes culled from the hit bbc show, qi. Latest qi facts book out in october the bookseller. John mitchinson books list of books by author john.
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