Aiming to provide a comprehensive picture of the UK in the 1990s, this book consists of a miscellany of facts and figures on its geography, society, economy, politics, industry, commerce, sport, culture, communications media, and legal and educational systems. Among the facts which may surprise the reader are that the Isle of Wight and Shetland are not part of Great Britain; an entire English city has been declared a World Heritage Site; it is an offence to kill or injure an adder; Hester Grenville was the mother, wife, sister and aunt of British Prime Ministers; and the UK's smallest university has only 725 students.

The Guinness UK data book

Travel

Carpenter, Clive. (Editor)

Europe

Guinness Pub

Intended for both the serious local historian and anyone with just a passing interest in the subject, this is a guide to the history and study of place-names in Britain. Its topics include how place-names change - and why they stay the same; Old English names - how the Anglo-Saxons lived and the landscape they left us; the effects of the Norman Conquest and the Domesday Book; the Industrial Revolution - satanic mills and model villages; and urban sprawl - the naming of suburbs, streets and houses.

The Guinness book of British place names

Science & Math

Fred McDonald

Julia Cresswell

Earth Sciences

The Guinness book of car facts & feats

Engineering & Transportation

Hodges, David et al.

Transportation

The Guinness book of Irish facts & feats

Deane, Ciarán

The Guinness dictionary of poisonous quotes

colin-jarman

Literature & Fiction

(Ranging from the earliest civilizations to the Gulf conflict, this is an illustrated examination of the art and practice of warfare. Thumbnail surveys single out crucial battles and campaigns of world history, outlining not only why and how they were fought, but exactly what made them so important. These are linked to detailed analysis of other key themes - notably the impact of developing technologies affecting the way in which wars have been fought, from the Bronze Age chariot to the helicopter gunship)

The Guinness encyclopedia of warfare

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