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Schott's Original Miscellany

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA
ISBN 13 : 9781582343495
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Schott's Original Miscellany written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2003-08-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of fabulous trivia. 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.

Schott's Quintessential Miscellany

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury UK
ISBN 13 : 9781408815779
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Schott's Quintessential Miscellany written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury UK. This book was released on 2011 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the all-new, indispensable collection of necessary trivia, uncommon knowledge, and vital irrelevance from Schott--the inventor of the Miscellany genre.

Schottenfreude

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 039916670X
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Schottenfreude written by Ben Schott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language can. Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott’s Original Miscellany, now there is. In what other language but German could you construct le mot juste for a secret love of bad foods, the inability to remember jokes, Sunday-afternoon depression, the urge to yawn, the glee of gossip, reassuring your hairdresser, delight at the changing of the seasons, the urge to hoard, or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow? A beguiling, ideal gift book for the Gelehrte or anyone on your list—just beware of rapidly expanding (and potentially incomprehensible) vocabularies.

Schott's Almanac 2006

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747583073
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Schott's Almanac 2006 written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schott's Almanacredefines the traditional almanac to present a record the year just past and a guide to the year come. It is designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume, that tells the real stories of the year, from the winner of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!to the distribution of income across the British social spectrum, from the Asian Tsunami and its aftermath to Live8 and the crisis of the referenda on the European constitution, and from the death of the Pope to the trial of Michael Jackson. Section headings are: Chronicle; World; Society & Health; Sci, Tech, Net; Celebrity & Media; Music & Cinema; Books & Arts; Travel & Leisure; Money; Parlimanent & Politics; The Establishment; Sport; Ephemerides. In an age when information is plentiful but selection is rare, Schott's Almanac offers both the essential facts and the lucid analysis. It will combine the authority and accuracy of the Economist with the wit and vitality of Have I Got News for You.

Jeeves and the King of Clubs

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0316524581
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Jeeves and the King of Clubs written by Ben Schott and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What ho! A new Jeeves and Wooster novel that is "impossible to read without grinning idiotically" (Evening Standard), penned in homage to P.G. Wodehouse by bestselling author Ben Schott -- in which literature's favorite master and servant become spies for the English Crown. The misadventures of Bertie Wooster and his incomparable personal gentleman, Jeeves, have delighted audiences for nearly a century. Now bestselling author Ben Schott brings this odd couple back to life in a madcap new adventure full of the hijinks, entanglements, imbroglios, and Wodehousian wordplay that readers love. In this latest uproarious adventure, the Junior Ganymede Club (an association of England's finest butlers and valets) is revealed to be an elite arm of the British secret service. Jeeves must ferret out a Fascist spy embedded in the highest social circles, and only his hapless employer, Bertie, can help. Unfolding in the background are school-chum capers, affairs of the heart, antics with aunts, and sartorial set-tos. Energized by Schott's effervescent prose, and fully authorized by the Wodehouse Estate, Jeeves and the King of Clubs is a delight for lifelong fans and the perfect introduction to two of fiction's most beloved comic characters.

The Uncyclopedia

Author : Gideon Haigh
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401381618
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Uncyclopedia written by Gideon Haigh and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make way for this defiantly idiosyncratic, hilariously illuminating compendium of curiosities you never knew you wanted to know! How do you flirt in Turkish? How do you dump someone in Japanese? What are the names of all the animals ever sent into space? These are just some of the fun and insightful oddities that made Gideon Haigh's The Uncyclopedia a hit overseas. The first ever encyclopedia for the curious, The Uncyclopedia is a compendium of illuminating knowledge and a delight for all inquisitive readers. As proved by Schott's Original Miscellany and the enormous rise in popularity of quiz and trivia nights, arcane knowledge and non-essential facts have never been so popular. At last in one convenient volume, everything for knowledge-hungry readers: Lists of Norse gods Suicide notes of the famous All anyone needs to know about How to toast in 10 languages A list of all the men to walk on the moon Twenty Latin mottoes Fortune-telling techniques Neither trivial nor essential, yet always engaging and illuminating, The Uncyclopedia is the reference book referred to purely for the purposes of amusement -- and readers just can't put it down!

Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA
ISBN 13 : 9781582344065
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the international bestsellers Schott’s Original Miscellany and Schott’s Food and Drink Miscellany comes the third and most playful installment in the series: a miscellanist’s wisdom from the worlds of sports, games, and idling. What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the link between crosswords and the devil; the story behind the Nike “swoosh”; or why surfing is the “Sport of Kings” (in Hawaii)? Which other volume will list the seven deadly sins of golf; the secrets of Houdini’s Code; or the myriad personalities of the Pac-Man ghosts? Where else will you stumble across an account of Evel Kneival’s broken bones, a detailing of Mike Tyson’s tattoos, the nicknames for classic poker-hands, or every sporting ailment from jogger’s nipple to housemaid’s knee? You don’t have to be a sports fanatic to enjoy this irresistible volume of factual odds and ends. Schott’s Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany scores big with its fascinating hodge-podge of sports- and activity-related trivia.

Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet?

Author : Catherine O'Reilly
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1628732784
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet? written by Catherine O'Reilly and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which came first, sliced bread or the toaster? When did most people begin wearing deodorant? Who invented the electric blanket? Catherine O’Reilly tackles questions such as these with a keen curiosity and well-honed writing skills. Her ability to turn any normal home into a jungle of history, invention, and technological wonder is a treat. For fans of Schott’s Original Miscellany and The Book of Useless Information, O’Reilly’s Did Thomas Crapper Really Invent the Toilet? is another smart and quirky look at miscellaneous items. Learn the real histories of the blender, the fire extinguisher, the cheese grater, the clock radio, deodorant, Post-its, fabric softener, and, of course, the toilet. These are the unknown stories of everyday items that we take for granted.

Just My Type

Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847652921
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Just My Type written by Simon Garfield and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers ... and typefaces became something we realised we all have an opinion about. As the Sunday Times review put it, the book is 'a kind of Eats, Shoots and Leaves for letters, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.' This edition is available with both black and silver covers.

Just Say Nu

Author : Michael Wex
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429919728
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Just Say Nu written by Michael Wex and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-10-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross between Henry Beard's Latin for All Occasions and Ben Schott's Schott's Original Miscellany, JUST SAY NU is a practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations. Along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, Wex also explains the five most useful Yiddish words–shoyn, nu, epes, takeh,and nebakh–what they mean, how and when to use them, and how they can be used to conduct an entire conversation without anybody ever suspecting that the reader doesn't have the vaguest idea of what anyone is actually saying. Readers will learn how to shmooze their way through such activities as meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; maintaining personal hygiene; going to the doctor; driving; parenting; getting horoscopes; committing crimes; going to singles bars; having sex; talking politics and talking trash. Now that Stephen Colbert, a Catholic from South Carolina and host of the "Colbert Report," is using Yiddish to wish viewers a bright and happy Chanukah, people have finally started to realize that there's nothing in the world that can't be improved by translating it into Yiddish. Wex's JUST SAY NU is the book that's going to show them how.

This Day in Business History

Author : Raymond L. Francis
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 : 9780071447775
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book This Day in Business History written by Raymond L. Francis and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handsomely bound collection of business quips, quotables, and quandaries makes an ideal office gift for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs. Each daily entry features a fun and fascinating glimpse behind historyŁ?s greatest financial triumphsŁ®and failuresŁ®from the art-loving Medicis to the Microsoft-selling Bill Gates.

I Is an Other

Author : James Geary
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062041770
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book I Is an Other written by James Geary and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author examines how metaphors influence every aspect of our lives, from art to medicine, psychology to the stock market. Metaphor is much more than a mere literary device. Often hiding in plain sight, it is a critical aspect of how humans think and communicate. Metaphor is at work in all fields of human endeavor, including economics, business, science, and psychology. In I Is an Other, James Geary takes readers from Aristotle's investigation of metaphor right up to the latest neuroscientific insights into how metaphor works in the brain. Along the way, he demonstrates how metaphor affects financial decision making, creates effective advertising, and helps us achieve emotional insight and psychological change. Geary also explores how a life without metaphor, as experienced by some people with autism spectrum disorders, significantly changes the way a person interacts with the world.

Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany

Author : A. Parody
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 9781843170815
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany written by A. Parody and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Schott's Original Miscellany

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN 13 : 9780747563204
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book Schott's Original Miscellany written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. This book was released on 2002 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schott's Original Miscellany makes few claims to be exhaustive or even practical. It does, however, claim to be essential. It will afford you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bon mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. Where else can you find, packed on to one page, the 13 principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, all of the clothing care symbols, a list of the countries where you drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing? Where else, but Schott's Miscellany, will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple? A book like no other, Schott's Miscellany is entertaining, informative, unpredictable and utterly addictive.

A Reader's Book of Days

Author : Tom Nissley
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393351696
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book A Reader's Book of Days written by Tom Nissley and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty and addictively readable day-by-day literary companion. At once a love letter to literature and a charming guide to the books most worth reading, A Reader's Book of Days features bite-size accounts of events in the lives of great authors for every day of the year. Here is Marcel Proust starting In Search of Lost Time and Virginia Woolf scribbling in the margin of her own writing, "Is it nonsense, or is it brilliance?" Fictional events that take place within beloved books are also included: the birth of Harry Potter’s enemy Draco Malfoy, the blood-soaked prom in Stephen King’s Carrie. A Reader's Book of Days is filled with memorable and surprising tales from the lives and works of Martin Amis, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, Roberto Bolano, the Brontë sisters, Junot Díaz, Philip K. Dick, Charles Dickens, Joan Didion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Keats, Hilary Mantel, Haruki Murakami, Flannery O’Connor, Orhan Pamuk, George Plimpton, Marilynne Robinson, W. G. Sebald, Dr. Seuss, Zadie Smith, Susan Sontag, Hunter S. Thompson, Leo Tolstoy, David Foster Wallace, and many more. The book also notes the days on which famous authors were born and died; it includes lists of recommended reading for every month of the year as well as snippets from book reviews as they appeared across literary history; and throughout there are wry illustrations by acclaimed artist Joanna Neborsky. Brimming with nearly 2,000 stories, A Reader's Book of Days will have readers of every stripe reaching for their favorite books and discovering new ones.

Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany

Author : Ben Schott
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA
ISBN 13 : 9781582344201
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany written by Ben Schott and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2004-08-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.

Hypochondria Can Kill

Author : John Michael Naish
Publisher : Plume Books
ISBN 13 : 9780452286887
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Hypochondria Can Kill written by John Michael Naish and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty, highly entertaining compendium of the many obscure potential killers that lurk in modern society. From telephone stroke (holding the receiver too tightly to one's head) to the most common housework-related fatalities among men, health journalist John Naish culls the most intriguing, odd, and completely true medical findings and bizarre syndromes. Fans of The Worst Case Scenario books and Schott's Original Miscellany will revel in this latest addition to the reference shelf. But don't let it make you fret too much--research shows that worrying about your health quadruples your chances of an early death.