That Book - ...of Perfectly Useless Information

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Symons is the author of Why Girls Can't Throw , as well as This Book , That Book , and The Other Book . The creator of dozens of crossword, trivia, and humor books, Symons is a columnist for London's Sunday Express . Klappentext Did you know that . . . John Wayne once won the dog Lassie from its owner in a poker game? Hijinks is the only word in the English language with three dotted letters in a row? The shortest war in history, between England and Zanzibar in 1896, lasted only thirty-eight minutes? Want to learn which U.S. president was a descendant of King Edward III? Or which famous people lived to read their own obituaries? Then That Book is the book for you! From history to science to pop culture, here is an irresistible, enlightening, and absolutely addictive treasure trove of fascinating and fun little-known facts that no one needs to know—an indispensable boon to every true lover of trivia and marvelous minutia! Zusammenfassung Did you know that . . . John Wayne once won the dog Lassie from its owner in a poker game? Hijinks is the only word in the English language with three dotted letters in a row? The shortest war in history! between England and Zanzibar in 1896! lasted only thirty-eight minutes? Want to learn which U.S. president was a descendant of King Edward III? Or which famous people lived to read their own obituaries? Then That Book is the book for you! From history to science to pop culture! here is an irresistible! enlightening! and absolutely addictive treasure trove of fascinating and fun little-known facts that no one needs to know—an indispensable boon to every true lover of trivia and marvelous minutia!

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell Symons
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2006
• EAN: 9780060732547
• ISBN: 978-0-06-073254-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 181 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Music, Sociology, Popular Culture, Science: general issues, History of Art, History of Science, Reference works, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Urban communities, Trivia and quiz questions, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Urban, ART: Popular Culture, HUMOR: General, SCIENCE: Essays, HISTORY: Reference, REFERENCE: Trivia, SCIENCE: History, LITERARY CRITICISM: Science Fiction & Fantasy, MUSIC: Reference