The Cassell Dictionary of Word Histories

From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

This book contains thousands of questions divided into hundreds of quizzes all about the United Kingdom's people, places, culture and customs.

When your base camp is overrun by zombies, whom do you save if you cannot save everyone? Is it permissible to sacrifice one survivor to an undead horde in order to save a greater number of the living? Do you have obligations to loved ones who have turned?

These are some of the troubling ethical questions ...