Awards
- Short-listed for WH Smith Book Awards (General Knowledge) 2003
- Shortlisted for WH Smith Book Awards (General Knowledge) 2003.
- Shortlisted for WHSmith Book Awards (General Knowledge) 2003.
Overview
""Schott's 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 bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. Where else can you find, packed on to one page, the thirteen 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? An encyclopaedia? A dictionary? An almanac? An anthology? A treasury? An amphigouri? A commonplace? A vade-mecum? Well - yes. ""Schott's Original Miscellany"" is all these, and, of course, more. A book like no other, ""Schott's Original Miscellany"" is entertaining, informative, unpredictable and utterly addictive.
Full Product Details
Author: Ben Schott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions:
Width: 11.50cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 18.60cm
Weight: 0.230kg
ISBN: 9780747563204
ISBN 10: 0747563209
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 04 November 2002
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
We all have a sneaking admiration for people who know the names of every British Prime Minister, and most of us would be interested to know exactly what ingredients go into a Big Mac. This book is packed with the sort of fascinating trivia you feel you should know, and it contains wonderful lists of knowledge you wish you could memorize for the purpose of impressing others, subtly dropping snippets into casual conversation. This book boasts such a varied, far-reaching coverage of information that the mind truly boggles, and no sooner have you put the book down then you find yourself picking it back up again. Think you know all Ten Commandments and each of the Seven Deadly Sins? Can you list 86 Cockney Rhyming Slang terms? Did you know what was on the dinner menu the night the Titanic sank? The information seems both essential and useless, and can be either, which is why trivia is so addictive. The Clothing Care symbols and Shakespearean Insults are likely to be useful and amusing respectively, but will your friends and family thank you for your knowledge of the Curious Deaths of Some Burmese Kings? And it may be pleasant to know how to say 'I love you' in 43 different languages but unless you like to seduce far and wide you'll never need to know, and the same goes for the names of the suppliers to the Queen; it may not be particularly useful information but it's strangely interesting, and this is why this book is such a success. Perfect as a gift, to yourself or anyone else. (Kirkus UK)
Author Information
Author Website: http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=731
Ben Schott is a photographer, designer and trivia collector. He lives in Highgate. SCHOTT'S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY will be the first in a series of Miscellanies.
