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unusual facts about Dorling Kindersley


The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia

The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia is a reference work on wine written by Tom Stevenson and published since 1988 by Dorling Kindersley, selling over 600,000 copies in 14 languages.


Christopher Dorling

Christopher Dorling is the co-founder of Dorling Kindersley, a publishing company, along with Peter Kindersley.

Juliet Clutton-Brock

Her most popular books include A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals (Cambridge University Press) and the Cat, Dog, and Horse volumes of the Eyewitness Books series (DK Publishing).

Peter Kindersley

Peter Kindersley (born 1941) was the co-founder of the publishing company Dorling Kindersley and ran it with Christopher Dorling from 1974, until he sold his family stake for £105m in 2000.

Ralph Lazar

The Brainwaves are cartoon characters that populate Dorling Kindersley's children's reference titles, published in over a dozen languages.

Richard Platt

Since then, Richard Platt has gone on to complete some 60 more books for UK publishers Oxford University Press, Kingfisher, Dorling Kindersley and Walker Books (Candlewick Press in the U.S.).

Terry Burrows

Best known as a performer under the pseudonym Yukio Yung, Burrows is also a prolific author of books relating to music tuition, technology, business, popular psychology and history - including KISS Guide to Playing Guitar (Dorling Kindersley), Total Guitar Tutor (Barnes & Noble), and Play Electric Guitar (St Martin's Press).


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