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What On Earth is Going On

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Gertrude Stein The world`s a complex and bewildering place. Every day we are bombarded with far information than we can possibly hope to absorb. We don`t have the time, energy or patience to process it all and select what`s important, and sometimes it`s tempting to drop the news section straight in the bin and curl up on the sofa with the colour supplements instead. But there are a lot of things happening in the world that we simply can`t afford to ignore. What On Earth Is Going On? fills in the background to the key issues of our times — from Climate Change to the Credit Crunch, Darfur to Devolution — taking the form of an alphabetical glossary that can be consulted at convenient moments. This is a book for the bedside table, the morning commute or the downstairs loo. A rich hotchpotch of world events, current affairs, historical background and amusing trivia, it is a gentle survival guide for people of all ages who wish they knew a little bit more about what on earth is going on.

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