Under the Covers and Between the Sheets: The Inside Story Behind Classic Characters, Authors, Unforgettable Phrases, and Unexpected Endings
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| Author | Tom Raabe |
| ISBN | 1555912400 |
Have you ever...
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been reprimanded or fired for reading on the job?
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| Author | Erica Bauermeister |
| ISBN | 0140175903 |
| Author | Howard Mittelmark |
| ISBN | 0061856037 |
| Author | Russell Ash |
| ISBN | 0965887642 |
Funnier than The Wit of Prince Philip and more fasciniating than Songs of a Chartered Accountant, this is the perfect gift for bibliophiles and lovers...
Lost Classics: Writers on Books Loved and Lost, Overlooked, Under-read, Unavailable, Stolen, Extinct, or Otherwise Out of Commission
| Author | Michael Ondaatje |
| ISBN | 0385720866 |
Seventy-four distinguished writers tell personal tales of books loved and lost–great books overlooked, under-read, out of print, stolen, scorned, extinct, or otherwise out of commission.
Compiled by the editors of Brick: A Literary Magazine, Lost...
| Author | Lauren Leto |
| ISBN | 0062070142 |
For all those...
| Author | Thomas Eaton |
| ISBN | 0740755617 |
Did you know Pope John VIII was actually a woman? Or that the U.S. Government smashed a bacteria-laden lightbulb in a New York subway station in 1966 to see how long it would take to travel throughout the entire system? You will after reading the...
| Author | Bill Fawcett |
| ISBN | 0060532505 |
Throughout history, the rich and powerful, and even just the dim-witted, have made horrifically bad decisions that have had resounding effects on our world. From...
| Author | Hallie Ephron |
| ISBN | 1605501050 |
"Hallie Ephron is like the best, friendliest, hippest librarian you ever met. Her taste is exquisite, her writing's a hoot, she's done her homework, and it's very clear that she loves, loves, loves books."
--Susan Stamberg, Special Correspondent for...
| Author | Lisa Adams |
We readers have many dirty little secrets-and our bestselling books are spilling them all. We can't resist conspiratorial crooks or the number 7. We have bought millions of books about cheese. And over a million of us read...
The Ultimate Book of Top Ten Lists: A Mind-Boggling Collection of Fun, Fascinating and Bizarre Facts on Movies, Music, Sports, Crime, Celebrities, History, Trivia and More
| Author | ListVerse.com |
| ISBN | 1569757151 |
BIZARRE STUFF, AMAZING FACTS, ASTONISHING MYSTERIES, NATURAL WONDERS, LITTLE-KNOWN PEOPLE, USEFUL TIPS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE
From crime, movies and music to science, history and literature, this book offers an incredible array of intriguing top-10 lists, including:
•Urban...
The Utterly, Completely, And Totally Useless Fact-o-pedia
| Author | Charlotte Lowe |
| ISBN | 0007837933 |
| Author | Mangesh Hattikudur |
| ISBN | 0060882514 |
You never know whom you'll have to impress
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Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists: Fascinating Facts and Shocking Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History, and More
| Author | Jamie Frater |
| ISBN | 1569758174 |
DEVASTATING DISASTERS, BLOOD-CURDLING RITES,
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•Gruesome Torture Devices
•Mass Hysteria Outbreaks
•Unbelievable Miniatures
•Disturbingly Scary...
| Author | Thomas J. Craughwell |
Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, ... Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion
| Author | Maggie Koerth-Baker |
| ISBN | 0061251488 |
Who says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level.
Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses
What good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool? mental_floss...
| Author | Mental Floss |
Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures
| Author | Margo Hammond |
| ISBN | 0738212296 |
| Author | Varla Ventura |
| ISBN | 1578634377 |
- Kim Elizabeth
I...
Living With Books
| Author | Alan Powers |
| ISBN | 1579590241 |
| Author | Will Pearson |
| ISBN | 0060568062 |
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...
Fact. Fact. Bullsh*t!: Learn the Truth and Spot the Lie on Everything from Tequila-Made Diamonds to Tetris's Soviet Roots - Plus Tons of Other Totally Random Facts from Science, History and Beyond!
| Author | Neil Patrick Stewart |
| ISBN | 1440525536 |
Think again. It's going to be a lot harder than you think to pick out the BS. Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to you to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius...
| Author | Lucy Daniel |
| ISBN | 1844036057 |
| Author | Cary McNeal |
| ISBN | 1605506249 |
This means that despite its name, the Kit-Kat candy bar is not a recommended snack for your kitty-cat. I wonder how many cats have died...