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10,000 Answers : The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopediaby Stanley Newman, Hal FittipaldiISBN 0517223708 (0-517-22370-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: '10,000 Answers : The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia'Book summary:Authoritative and browsable, comprehensive and fun, 10,000 Answers is both a portal to the world of little-known facts and an absorbing destination itself. This book stands in the tradition of Fred Worth's Trivia Encyclopedia, a cult classic that unfortunately was never updated and had no index. Perfect for trivia buffs who've had to wait too long for a new book like this, 10,000 Answers is also entertaining and accessible for any lover of odd, interesting, engaging facts -- and of course, "Millionaire" watchers.
Features Include:
" Foreword by Will Shortz, The New York Times puzzle editor
" Unlike other trivia books, it's organized by answer
" A full category index helps you find subjects quickly
" Truly encyclopedic -- over 10,000 entries on a wide range of subjects
" Hundreds of lists (the original 31 Flavors of Baskin-Robbins ice cream; Henry VIII's six wives)
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Arco Test Your Cultural Literacyby Diane Zahler, Kathy A. ZahlerISBN 0671847163 (0-671-84716-3)
Softcover, Petersons
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arco Test Your Cultural Literacy'Book summary:A runaway smash hit in its first edition, this fascinating quiz book dared Americans to prove their knowledge of Western and global culture--and wound up a national bestseller. Now it's back to challenge and entertain a new crop of readers and to offer brand-new coverage of the key events and ideas that are reshaping today's world. Photographs and locator maps. [via]
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Big Secretsby William PoundstoneISBN 0688048307 (0-688-04830-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Secrets'Book summary:The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets.
Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out.
What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here's the whole story, including -- yes! -- the electric carpet.
Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken's eleven secret herbs and spices "stand on everybody's shelf." We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis.
Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney's body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth.
Don't bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. "Big Secrets" has complete explanations and diagrams, nothing left to the imagination.
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The Book of Listsby David Wallechinsky, Amy WallaceISBN 1841956619 (1-84195-661-9)
Softcover, Canongate Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Lists'Book summary:The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators - but none as addictive or successful. For nearly three decades, the editors have been researching curious facts, unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now, the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a thoroughly up-to-date edition. Published all over the world, and containing lists written specially for each country, this edition has something for everyone. [via]
The Book of Listsby Amy Wallace, Irving WallaceISBN 0553278681 (0-553-27868-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Book of Listsby Irving WallaceISBN 0688035744 (0-688-03574-4)
Hardcover, Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated
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Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffsby Ken JenningsISBN 1400064457 (1-4000-6445-7)
Hardcover, Villard Books
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The Browser's Book of Beginnings: Origins of Everything under (and Including) the Sunby Charles PanatiISBN 0140276947 (0-14-027694-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Browser's Book of Beginnings : Origins of Everything under and Including the Sun'Book summary:Obsessed with the origins of things, Charles Panati has dug up enough beginnings and firsts for any barroom sage, or academician, to fend off the most troublesome trivia queries. Ranging from the beginnings of galaxies, the emergence of bacteria, and from bony fish to soap, loaded dice, ethnic slurs, hypnosis, comic strips and much more, The Browser's Book of Beginnings is a fascinating read--sampled randomly or digested whole. Illustrated with more than 100 drawings, diagrams, and archival photographs, and including comprehensive bibliographies and an index, The Browser's Book of Beginnings is a most readable and concise quick-reference book. [via]
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- The Browser's Book of Beginnings: Origins of Everything under (and Including) the Sun: ISBN 0395360994 (0-395-36099-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Browser's Book of Beginnings: Origins of Everything under (and Including) the Sun: ISBN 0395344158 (0-395-34415-8)
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The Browser's Book of Endings : The End of Practically Everything and Everybodyby Charles PanatiISBN 014028690X (0-14-028690-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Complete Unabridged Super Trivia Encyclopediaby Fred L. WorthISBN 051729365X (0-517-29365-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Bookby David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060740914 (0-06-074091-4)
Softcover, Quill
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book'Book summary:The fifth book in the Imponderables series that answers questions about everyday life for which encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have the answers. [via]
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- Do Penguins Have Knees? an Imponderables Book: ISBN 006092327X (0-06-092327-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book: ISBN 0060162945 (0-06-016294-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book: ISBN 0060740914 (0-06-074091-4)
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- Do Penguins Have Knees? an Imponderables Book: ISBN 006092327X (0-06-092327-X)
Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Askby New ScientistISBN 0743297261 (0-7432-9726-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Imponderables: Answers to the Most Perplexing and Amusing Mysteries of Everyday Lifeby David FeldmanISBN 0762107499 (0-7621-0749-9)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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Imponderables: The Solution to the Mysteries of Everyday Lifeby David Feldman, Kas SchwanISBN 0688059147 (0-688-05914-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imponderables: The Solution to the Mysteries of Everyday Life'Book summary:In gathering the most fascinating questions asked about science into a handy Gem format, pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these and much more in Imponderables®: Science. Providing you with information you can't find in encyclopedias, dictionaries, or almanacs, Science is a fun look at the little things that make life so interesting.
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An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn'tby William Wilson, Judy JonesISBN 0345468902 (0-345-46890-2)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't'Book summary:When it was originally published in 1987, An Incomplete Education became a surprise bestseller. Now this instant classic has been completely updated, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here's your chance to brush up on all those subjects you slept through in school, reacquaint yourself with all the facts you once knew (then promptly forgot), catch up on major developments in the world today, and become the Renaissance man or woman you always knew you could be!
How do you tell the Balkans from the Caucasus? What's the difference between fission and fusion? Whigs and Tories? Shiites and Sunnis? Deduction and induction? Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What are transcendental numbers and what are they good for? What really happened in Plato's cave? Is postmodernism dead or just having a bad hair day? And for extra credit, when should you use the adjective continual and when should you use continuous?
An Incomplete Education answers these and thousands of other questions with incomparable wit, style, and clarity. American Studies, Art History, Economics, Film, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Science, and World History: Here's the bottom line on each of these major disciplines, distilled to its essence and served up with consummate flair.
In this revised edition you'll find a vitally expanded treatment of international issues, reflecting the seismic geopolitical upheavals of the past decade, from economic free-fall in South America to Central Africa's world war, and from violent radicalization in the Muslim world to the crucial trade agreements that are defining globalization for the twenty-first century. [via]More editions of An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't:
- An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't: ISBN 0345295706 (0-345-29570-6)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books - An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't: ISBN 0345391373 (0-345-39137-3)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books - An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't: ISBN 0345468902 (0-345-46890-2)
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- An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't: ISBN 0345295706 (0-345-29570-6)
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The Know-it-all: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The Worldby A. J. JacobsISBN 0743250621 (0-7432-5062-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World'Book summary:33,000 pages
44 million words
10 billion years of history
1 obsessed manPart memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z.
To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His wife, Julie, tells him it's a waste of time, his friends believe he is losing his mind, and his father, a brilliant attorney who had once attempted the same feat and quit somewhere around Borneo, is encouraging but, shall we say, unconvinced.
With self-deprecating wit and a disarming frankness, The Know-It-All recounts the unexpected and comically disruptive effects Operation Encyclopedia has on every part of Jacobs's life -- from his newly minted marriage to his complicated relationship with his father and the rest of his charmingly eccentric New York family to his day job as an editor at Esquire. Jacobs's project tests the outer limits of his stamina and forces him to explore the real meaning of intelligence as he endeavors to join Mensa, win a spot on Jeopardy!, and absorb 33,000 pages of learning. On his journey he stumbles upon some of the strangest, funniest, and most profound facts about every topic under the sun, all while battling fatigue, ridicule, and the paralyzing fear that attends his first real-life responsibility -- the impending birth of his first child.
The Know-It-All is an ingenious, mightily entertaining memoir of one man's intellect, neuroses, and obsessions and a soul-searching, ultimately touching struggle between the all-consuming quest for factual knowledge and the undeniable gift of hard-won wisdom. [via]
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- The Know-it-all: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World: ISBN 0743250605 (0-7432-5060-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Know-it-all: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World: ISBN 0786271310 (0-7862-7131-0)
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Legendary Lost (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)by Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1879682745 (1-879682-74-5)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Legendary Lost (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)'Book summary:Yep! These high-demand editions are finally back in print! This lighthearted, easy-to-read collection of facts, quotes, history, science, word origins, pop culture, gossip, humor, and more is organized by length: Readers can spend a minute with the Quickies, relax with Normal-Length articles, or really get cozy with Long Items.
This collection of reprints includes information readers have been patiently awaiting, such as:
*How to start your own country
*How one nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day
*The origin of video games
*The origins of common words and phrases
*The truth about the Bermuda Triangle
*The inside story of Dr. Seuss
And, of course, it offers the more than 100 hot topics that the Bathroom Reader series is known for: movies, education, entertainment, corporate America, celebrities, literature, practical jokes, music, and a host of others. [via]
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Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledgeby Editors of Mental Floss, Mangesh Hattikudur, Elizabeth HuntISBN 006078475X (0-06-078475-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge'Book summary:Think of anything bad, from art heists to Genghis Kahn, and it's likely to be included in this wickedly smart and humorous guide to the seedy underbelly of basically everything. The brainiac team at "mental_floss", creators of the hit magazine and last year's Condensed Knowledge, have scoured the darkest, dirtiest corners of history and the globe to gather this ultimate collection of the bad stuff you're not supposed to know and you certainly never learned in school.
Organized by theme, with chapters for each of the seven deadly sins, the book includes feuds, plagiarists, hoaxes, lies, schemes, scandals, evil dictators, mob bosses, acts of revenge, angry queens, cannibals and much more, all organized into bite-sizedalbeit foul-tastinglists (i.e."The Fascist Style Guide: Five Dictator Grooming Tips", Four Biblical Girls Gone Wild" and Three Delicious Animals We Charbroiled Into Extinction."). It's the perfect way to add some spice to a dull conversation and proves that learning can be not only easy, but exquisitely sinful.
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Mental_Floss Presents: Condensed Knowledgeby Mangesh Hattikudur, Elizabeth HuntISBN 0060568062 (0-06-056806-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mental_Floss Presents: Condensed Knowledge'Book summary:Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts!
mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind!
Ingredients include:
5 tiny nations that get no respect " 4 civilizations nobody remembers " 5 classics written under the influence " 4 things your boss has in common with slime mold " 3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex " 4 things Einstein got wrong " 5 classical tunes you know from the movies " 3 famous studies that would be illegal today " 2 religious mysteries solved by chemistry " 5 scandals that rocked art, and much more ...
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More of the Straight Dopeby Cecil Adams, Ed Zotti, Slug SignorionISBN 0345381114 (0-345-38111-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Return of the Straight Dope'Book summary:Why do parachute jumpers yell "Geronimo"?
Is it aerodynamically impossible for bumblebees to fly?
Will watching too much TV ruin your eyes?
Fresh from the popular newspaper column by CECIL ADAMS!
WHAT IS CECIL ADAMS'S IQ?
"Do you want it in scientific notation? Little Ed, get out the slide rule."
--Cecil Adams
For more than a quarter of a century Cecil Adams has been courageously
attempting to lift the veil of ignorance surrounding the modern world.
Now, in his fifth book, he takes yet another stab, dissecting such classic
conundrums as
--If you swim less than an hour after eating, will you get cramps and die?
--What's the difference between a Looney Tune and a Merrie Melody?
--Can you see a Munchkin committing suicide in The Wizard of Oz?
--Was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre based on actual events?
--Did medieval lords really have "the right of the first night"?
And much more!
THE CRITICS: STILL RAVING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!
"Trenchant, witty answers to the great imponderables."
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Panati's Browser's Book of Beginningsby Charles PauetiISBN 0395562384 (0-395-56238-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybodyby Charles PanatiISBN 0060962798 (0-06-096279-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody'Book summary:Hardcopy, 1989 by Charles Panati [via]
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- Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody: ISBN 0060159200 (0-06-015920-0)
Hardcover, Perennial Library - Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody: ISBN 006055181X (0-06-055181-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody: ISBN 0060962798 (0-06-096279-8)
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- Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody: ISBN 0060159200 (0-06-015920-0)
Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Thingsby Charles PanatiISBN 0060964197 (0-06-096419-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things'Book summary:For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons. [via]
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The People's Almanac Presents the Book Lists No. 2by Irving WallaceISBN 055313101X (0-553-13101-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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People's Almanac Presents the Book of Listsby David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, Irving WallaceISBN 0553247689 (0-553-24768-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists #3by David Irving, Amy Wallechinsky Wallace, Wallace IrvingISBN 0688016472 (0-688-01647-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists/the '90s Editionby David Wallechinsky, Amy WallaceISBN 0316920797 (0-316-92079-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Peoples Almanac No 2by Irving WallaceISBN 0688033725 (0-688-03372-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peoples Almanac No 2'Book summary:This informative(1, 416 parge) book by David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace is a second issuance regarding little known facts. This book is not a revisal but a brand new book containing over one million new words. Its contents equals ten-normal sized books. It searches behind the facts to offer inside information as well as constant entertainment. [via]
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Schott's Food & Drink Miscellanyby Ben SchottISBN 1582344205 (1-58234-420-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany'Book summary:From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany, the new collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge from the worlds of food and drink.[via]
The eponymous foods, famous last meals, and perfect martini proportions revealed in the bestselling Schott's Original Miscellany were only the tip of the iceberg: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany is a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles from the culinary world. From food history to cooking terms, cocktail recipes to dining etiquette, grace before meals to after-dinner toasts-this olla podrida offers everything for the wine drinker, gastronome, and glutton. Ben Schott's brilliant juxtaposition of delectable tidbits makes this new miscellany so hard to put down, it may even make you late for dinner.More editions of Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany:
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Schott's Original Miscellanyby Ben SchottISBN 1582343497 (1-58234-349-7)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schott's Original Miscellany'Book summary:Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of fabulous trivia.[via]
What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and dwarves; the hair color of Miss America and the Hampton Court maze?
Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the names of golf strokes, a history of the Hat Tax, cricketing dismissals, nouns of assemblage, an unofficial motto of the US Postal Service, and the flag of Guadeloupe?
Where else but Schott's Original Miscellany will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the labors of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple?
A book like no other, Schott's Original Miscellany is entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.More editions of Schott's Original Miscellany:
The Straight Dopeby Cecil AdamsISBN 0345333152 (0-345-33315-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Straight Dope'Book summary:This collection of Adams' best newspaper columns answers with erudition and wit all the weird questions Americans ponder to distraction. Why didn't the Incas invent the wheel? Is the frequency of bald women on the increase? And how many square feet of flesh on the human body? Incredibly sarcastic, knowledgeable and entertaining, The Straight Dope makes a great bathroom book or gift book or personal treasure. [via]
The Straight Dope Tells Allby Cecil Adams, Ed ZottiISBN 0345420071 (0-345-42007-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Test Your Cultural Literacyby Diane Zahler, Kathy A. ZahlerISBN 0139037586 (0-13-903758-6)
Hardcover, Arco
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Test Your Cultural Literacy'Book summary:A runaway smash hit in its first edition, this fascinating quiz book dared Americans to prove their knowledge of Western and global culture--and wound up a national bestseller. Now it's back to challenge and entertain a new crop of readers and to offer brand-new coverage of the key events and ideas that are reshaping today's world. Photographs and locator maps. [via]
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The Top 10 of Everythingby Russell AshISBN 1564587037 (1-56458-703-7)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Top 10 of Everything'Book summary:What is so appealing about a list? It's tidy, it's pithy, it's easy on the eyes and noggin. In this over-saturated age of information inundation, the list presents preorganised data in a format that doesn't require a lot of concentration or drain vast stores of brain wattage. Even the weariest intellect can enjoy a list of 10 data points. Ten most suicidal countries? Lithuania, Estonia and Hungary get top billing. The best-selling postcard in the Tate Gallery is of The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, whereas the top postcard in London's National Gallery shows Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers. And the list of top 10 countries with the most video rental outlets starts with the US, Pakistan,and China, and South Korea and Romania don't trail far behind.
Russell Ash provides lists on the universe and the earth, animals and vegetation, births, deaths and political achievements. There are city lists and country lists, building lists and park lists, as well as lists pertaining to music, books, movies, theatre, transportation, sports and the commercial world, plus a special section of millennium-milestone lists to prepare us for the next century.
The top 10 reasons to get The Top Ten of Everything? It is:
1.Entertaining
2.Educational
3.Fine Bathroom Reading
4.An Excellent Statistical Resource
5.Fun to Read Aloud to Anyone Who'll Listen
6.Doesn't Require a V-Chip
7.Portable
8.Great Classroom Reference
9.Keeps the Back Seat Quiet During Family Trips
10.It Has Only One Adverse Side-Effect: Know-It-All-ism.--Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Top 10 of Everything 1997by Russell AshISBN 0789412640 (0-7894-1264-0)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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The Top 10 of Everything 1998by Russell AshISBN 0789420821 (0-7894-2082-1)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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The Top 10 of Everything 1999by Russell AshISBN 0789435233 (0-7894-3523-3)
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Top 10 of Everything 2000by Russell AshISBN 0789446324 (0-7894-4632-4)
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The Top 10 of Everything 2001by Russell AshISBN 0789461323 (0-7894-6132-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Top 10 of Everything 2001'Book summary:What's so appealing about a list? It's tidy, it's pithy, it's easy on the eyes and noggin. In this oversaturated age of information inundation, the list presents preorganized data in a format that doesn't require a lot of concentration or drain vast stores of brain wattage. Even the weariest intellect can enjoy a list of 10 data points. Ten most suicidal countries? Lithuania, Estonia, and Hungary get top billing. The bestselling postcard in the Tate Gallery is of The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, whereas the top postcard in London's National Gallery shows Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers. And the list of top 10 countries with the most video rental outlets starts with the U.S., Pakistan, and China, and South Korea and Romania don't trail far behind.
Russell Ash provides lists on the universe and the earth, animals and vegetation, births, deaths, and political achievements. There are city lists and country lists, building lists and park lists, as well as lists pertaining to music, books, movies, theater, transportation, sports, and the commercial world, plus a special section of millennium-milestone lists to prepare us for the next century.
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- Fun to Read Aloud to Anyone Who'll Listen
- Doesn't Require a V-Chip
- Portable
- Great Classroom Reference
- Keeps the Back Seat Quiet During Family Trips
- It Has Only One Adverse Side-Effect: Know-It-All-ism.
- Entertaining
The Top 10 of Everything 2002by Russell AshISBN 0789480433 (0-7894-8043-3)
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Top 10 of Everything 2003by Russell AshISBN 078948918X (0-7894-8918-X)
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Top 10 of Everything 2004by Russell AshISBN 0789496593 (0-7894-9659-3)
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The Top 10 of Everything 2006: The Ultimate book of Listsby Russell AshISBN 0756613213 (0-7566-1321-3)
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Top Ten of Everything 1996by Russell AshISBN 0789403382 (0-7894-0338-2)
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Russell Ash provides lists on the universe and the earth, animals and vegetation, births, deaths and political achievements. There are city lists and country lists, building lists and park lists, as well as lists pertaining to music, books, movies, theatre, transportation, sports and the commercial world, plus a special section of millennium-milestone lists to prepare us for the next century.
The top 10 reasons to get The Top Ten of Everything? It is:
1.Entertaining
2.Educational
3.Fine Bathroom Reading
4.An Excellent Statistical Resource
5.Fun to Read Aloud to Anyone Who'll Listen
6.Doesn't Require a V-Chip
7.Portable
8.Great Classroom Reference
9.Keeps the Back Seat Quiet During Family Trips
10.It Has Only One Adverse Side-Effect: Know-It-All-ism.--Stephanie Gold [via]
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Top Ten Of Everything 2005by Russell AshISBN 0756605180 (0-7566-0518-0)
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Top Ten of Everything: The Ultimate Book of Listsby Russell AshISBN 0756613221 (0-7566-1322-1)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom ReaderISBN 0762413859 (0-7624-1385-9)
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Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1879682737 (1-879682-73-7)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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*Weird tourist traps
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*The birth of the calendar
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Plus, it continues with the regular features readers look forward to, such as the stories behind popular songs, the origins of famous phrases, proverbs from prime-time television, and memorable people who made their mark in 15 minutes. [via]
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Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Reader InstituteISBN 1571458735 (1-57145-873-5)
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Uncle John's Ahh-inspiring Bathroom Readerby Running PressISBN 0762421959 (0-7624-2195-9)
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Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' Institute (Ashland, Or.)ISBN 159223173X (1-59223-173-X)
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An Underground Education: The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields ofby Richard ZacksISBN 0385483767 (0-385-48376-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth?by David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060924322 (0-06-092432-2)
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When Do Fish Sleepby David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060740930 (0-06-074093-0)
Softcover, Perennial
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Who Knew?: Things You Didn't Know About Things You Know Wellby David HoffmanISBN 1567314422 (1-56731-442-2)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?: An Imponderables Bookby David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060740922 (0-06-074092-2)
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What causes that ringing sound in your ears?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most nagging questions. Part of the Imponderables® series and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? challenges readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of why hot dogs come ten to a package while hot dog buns come in eights?
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise and Other Imponderablesby David FeldmanISBN 0060915153 (0-06-091515-3)
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? has the solutions to these and scores of other Imponderables. David Feldman's witty and irresistible compendium of knowledge goes where other reference books fear to trend, uncovering closely guarded secrets, revealing long-hidden facts, and, like all other invaluable works of detection, never letting well enough alone. Whether you want to settle those arguments about the difference between a kit and a caboodle, or just curious about dry cleaning, Teflon, Wayne Gretzky, or chocolate bunnies, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? is indispensable. [via]
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Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?by David FeldmanISBN 1569561036 (1-56956-103-6)
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Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?: And Other Inponderables of Everyday Lifeby David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060921110 (0-06-092111-0)
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Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds Of Questions You'd Only Ask A Doctor After Your Third Martiniby Mark Leyner, Billy GoldbergISBN 1400082315 (1-4000-8231-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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