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John Farndon

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John Farndon is the author of many books on contemporary issues, including the bestselling Do you Think you are Clever? and The World's Greatest Idea (Icon Books). He also writes widely for children, including Do Not Open (Dorling Kindersley), and has been shortlisted four times for the Royal Society Junior Book Prize. He lives in Islington, London.

Books by John Farndon

The Omnipaedia

'Something about everything, and everything about something' - all the information you need to become a pocket polymath, by the bestselling author of DO YOU THINK YOU'RE CLEVER.

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China Rises

WHAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS RISING WORLD POWER

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India Booms

WHAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS RISING POWER

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