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Listellany: A Miscellany of Very British Top Tens, From Politics to Pop Kindle Edition

by John Rentoul (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
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Delightfully nerdy and geeky, perfect water cooler fodder that's guaranteed to generate discussion. This quirky and unusual book of top 10's covers politics, language, history, pop culture and more - with a distinctive British slant.

This is NOT a fact-based compendium. It’s purely opinion – the opinions of John Rentoul, his readers—and, yes, Twitter. Every week in the Independent on Sunday, John Rentoul publishes a top 10 based on suggestions from the great British public, covering a wide range of pressing issues, such as which are the books that people buy but never read?* Now collected together for the first time, and featuring previously unpublished lists, this is a book of open arguments that will ask readers to continue the discussion and contribute to the great debate online. It addresses essential topics such as: most overrated 1960s bands; meaningless words found on modern menus; great bands with terrible names; films panned as turkeys that are actually quite good; most beautiful British railway journeys; stupid car names; unsung villains; political heckles; words that ought to be used more often; British place names; best prime ministers we never had; visual clichés; political myths; anagrams; misquotations; worst Beatles songs; most interesting politicians. This book is a compendium of the answers to such quintessential pub arguments. But who knows best? You, John, or Twitter? Pick up this book and join the debate. *Top answers: Long Walk to Freedom; A Brief History of Time; Ulysses; Life of Pi; Longitude; Spycatcher; Gravity’s Rainbow; My Life by Bill Clinton; Living History by Hillary Clinton; anything by Jamie Oliver.

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    Elliott & Thompson
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    January 1, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PF1H8I6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elliott & Thompson (January 1, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3619 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 118 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 21 ratings

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3.9 out of 5 stars
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Gillian Maguire
5.0 out of 5 stars An amusing and interesting collection of lists. It has ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2017
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An amusing and interesting collection of lists. It has given me plenty of laughs and also things to thing about.
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Dazberry
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2015
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Very interesting book but rather tedious too after a while!
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Elle
3.0 out of 5 stars Listellany
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2015
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Quite amusing in parts but overall quite boring. I love a good list so I suspected to love this book but it was too smart at times for its own good. As someone who isn't familiar which certain linguistic terms I also found it confusing. Also extremely politically bias at parts which made me uncomfortable. Overall a bit pompous and far less fun than I expected. Also extremely subjective in parts and while suggested or voted for by the 'general public' it seemed extremely personal to the writer and who really wants to read a person books of someone you don't knows lists?
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5.0 out of 5 stars good service
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2014
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Amusing read, good service thanks
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Glenda Gilbert
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2014
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V pleased with book and quick delivery
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