You thought you knew these stories - historical, biblical, nursery rhymes, famous people, pantomimes and more - but here are the same stories, told as dialogues, from a different - and hysterical point if view.Was Little Red Riding Hood in cahoots with the wolf? Could Mrs Beeton really cook? Who was Wendy's friend, Pan? Who knew that Bob Cratchit had had his hand in the till? What did Dog Toby have to do with Punch's aggressiveness? How did the caretaker at the Houses of Parliament...

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Geography as a subject covers a very wide range of topics, and the concepts are constantly being updated and revised. Dictionary if Geography , designed to aid understanding of a sometimes complex field, is an A-Z guide to key geographical terms. Each entry begins with a clear, one-sentence definition and is then developed in line with the relative importance of the concept covered, often through the use of worked examples and illustrations. Entries are carefully cross-referenced.