Product Description

This is an updated and revised edition of Jessica Williams' hugely praised international bestseller. Originally published in May 2004, it has sold in excess of 60,000 copies. This edition is updated throughout and includes a number of brand-new facts. In it, Jessica discusses how the world has changed since 2004, how readers have reacted to the book - and her experiences discussing the book on a prime-time Japanese TV show.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299211 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
'"50 Facts that Should Change the World" is the shocking, incredible, to-the-point research handbook for the No Logo generation' Guardian

Guardian
A research handbook for the No Logo generation.

The Ecologist
Lucidly written, excellently researched and with detailed referencing, the world won’t look so rosy when you’ve put it down.

Customer Reviews

By no means a light read!
After having read through my collection of holiday reading, I begrudgingly followed my boyfriend's advice and read '50 facts' and I have to admit it was a really interesting read..and it certainly made me think. Each fact is well explained in a concise way, with enough detail to interest you without being overwhelming. I've recommended it to many friends and it has provided a basis for many intelligent sounding conversations! I'd say that this book should be read by everybody, a really good read.

Fact not Fiction
50 Facts that should change the world is an astoinishing piece of writing. The author, Jessica Williams impressively crafts fifty statistics into thought provoking, hard-hitting facts which indeed, should change the world.

'There are 27 million slaves in the world today'. This fact epitomises what the book successfully conveys from cover to cover. Extensive media coverage has opened our eyes to poverty around the world. However, few would know that the slave trade is still a significant part of society in country's such as Sudan, South Asia and Pakistan.

'Cars kill two people every minute'. A great majority of us spend so much time travelling that this is a terrifying fact. Like many facts in this book, Williams points out shocking statistics that potentially effect our lives on a day-to-day basis.

The fifty facts that Williams uses cleverly implies the shocking inequalities and contradictions evident in every day life. Hopefully, if more people read this 'eye-opener', we will avoid driving into an inevitable moral and social 'cul-de-sac'.

Amazing
This brought my attention to many things, its very inspiring and motervating. I can't say I agree with everything she said, but I think she gives you the room for that, to make your own opinion. This book has helped make me look at the World in a different way. The facts really should change the World