Dr. Fegg's Encyclopedia of All World Knowledge: (Formerly the Nasty Book

by Terry Jones (Author), Michael Palin (Author)

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An illustrated compendium of humorous facts such as the recipe for oxygen tart and an explanation of how man evolved from small rocks.

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Terry Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales on February 1, 1942. He was a writer for such BBC programs as The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set, before joining with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin to form the Monty Python comedy troupe. Best remembered as the nude organist, Jones co-directed Monty Python and the Holy show more Grail (1975), and directed Life of Brian (1979) and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). Along with many Python-related books, screenplays, and records, he has written several non-fiction works including Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary, Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery, and Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror. He also wrote numerous children's books including The Saga of Erik the Viking, which won the Children's Book Award in 1984, Fantastic Stories, The Beast with a Thousand Teeth, The Curse of the Vampire Socks, and Bedtime Stories. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Honeysett, Martin (Illustrator)

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Original title
Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls
Alternate titles
Dr. Fegg's Encyclopaedia of All World Knowledge; Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge
Original publication date
1974

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
828.91402Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish miscellaneous writingsEnglish miscellaneous writings 1900-English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999English miscellaneous writings 1945-1999Anecdotes, epigrams, graffiti, jokes, quotations
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PN6175 .J66Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Collections of general literatureWit and humorBy region or country

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