Doug Lennox's Now You Know Series

Now You Know Big Book of Answers

Doug Lennox is back with a treasure trove of his favourite trivia culled from his four previous Now You Know books plus 125 brand new questions answered by the master of Q & A. Lennox dispenses knowledge concisely, never losing sight of the joy and fun of discovering the why or ordinary things. He covers a wide range of topics from sports to war, from crime to religion, from pop culture to politics. Answers to questions and the origins of hundreds of expressions and customs are brought together in this fascinating compilation. Thanks to Doug, you'll learn the answers to:

Why do humans kiss?
Why is a miserly person called a "cheapskate"?
Why is an evil adversary called a "villain"?
Why is football played on a "gridiron" and a leg injury called a "charley horse"?
Why is confetti thrown at a wedding?
Why do golf courses have 18 holes?
Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right?
Why is a road called a "highway" and the ocean the "high seas"?

Also Available:

Now You Know Christmas

From oversized socks filled with treats to firs in living rooms and strange stories and songs, Christmas makes us all scratch our heads now and then. Now You Know Christmas will help everyone make sense of the holiday season.

Now You Know Extreme Weather

"When it rains, it pours," especially when it comes to best-selling author Doug Lennox's Now You Know Extreme Weather. Weather concerns us all, and now with this tightly packed compenium of questions and answers, everyone can get the lowdown on things like global warming, killer hurricanes, murderous tornadoes, melting permafrost, and more!

Now You Know Crime Scenes

With hit cop TV dramas like the various CSI and Law and Order shows, Bones and Criminal Minds. everybody seems to think they're a forensics expert. But what do we really know? Now, with Now You Know Crime Scenes, we can all get the dope on how long it takes to analyze DNA samples, the first forensic laboratory, who invented criminal profiling, and loads of other expert material.

About the Author

Doug Lennox has been called a national treasure. He's a legend within the entertainment industry yet to the general public he's best known as "that guy".

"That guy" from his starring or featured roles in over 60 films and television programs; (X-Men, Police Academy, The Herd, Nero Wolf etc.), "that guy" I hear on radio every day, (his syndicated radio programs; "Now You Know" and "Life in the 20th Century" reach a daily audience of over a million Canadians) or "that guy" from both his on-camera and voice-over commercials. (Labatt's ... "Hello men ...")

What you don't see or hear are his behind the scenes work as a producer, consultant or writer in both radio and television.

Now with his best selling series of, "Now You Know", The Book of Answers Volumes 1 to 4 with Volume 5 (The BIG Book of Answers) arriving on store shelves this Fall, Doug has become "that radio guy" who writes those books explaining the fascinating origins of everyday customs and language. Doug Lennox's chameleon-like existence is by design. The art of maintaining a career in front of the Canadian public for 40 years has required several re-inventions.

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