Is It True? The Facts Behind the Things We Have Been Told

Exisle Publishing, Auckland, 2014. Good secondhand condition.

In this revealing book, Max Cryer explores the truth or otherwise of facts and beliefs we may have always been told are true, but which on closer examination may not be. In a wide-ranging book encompassing social history, language, music, politics, food, sport, the natural world and much more, we discover the truth behind some of our most cherished beliefs.