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Random Obsessions
Cleis Press 2009; US$ 16.95Did you know Thomas Jefferson?s grandson was an ax murderer? Don?t you delight knowing some dinosaurs were teeny tiny as hens? Before buying that plane ticket, don?t you NEED to know which exotic islands still have cannibals? Wonder what it?s like to live in Hell Town at the End of the World? How about an ailment so surreal it?s named after Alice... more...
Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists
Ulysses Press 2010; US$ 15.95FREAKS OF NATURE, ODD CRIMES, SHOCKING DEATHS, DEVASTATING DISASTERS, BLOOD-CURDLING RITES, CRAZY CONSPIRACIES & MUCH, MUCH MORE ?Gruesome Torture Devices ?Mass Hysteria Outbreaks ?Unbelievable Miniatures ?Disturbingly Scary Clowns ?Outer Space Mysteries ?Astonishing Aphrodisiacs ?Disgusting Ancient Jobs ?Spooky Sports Curses ?World-Famous... more...
I Used to Know That
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 14.95This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in school-from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. Witty, engaging, entertaining-a book you'll pick up again and again. Author Caroline Taggart discovered two things while researching this book and talking with other people: One, everybody had been to school.... more...
The Quote Verifier
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 19.99Our language is full of hundreds of quotations that are often cited but seldom confirmed. Ralph Keyes?s The Quote Verifier considers not only classic misquotes such as ?Nice guys finish last,? and ?Play it again, Sam,? but more surprising ones such as ?Ain?t I a woman?? and ?Golf is a good walk spoiled,? as well as the origins of popular sayings... more...
Ask Bearders
Ebury Publishing 2010; US$ 13.34What is the highest number of runs a player has scored in Test matches without ever being dismissed? Did P. G. Wodehouse name Bertie Wooster's valet, Jeeves, after a county cricketer? Why is Ashley Giles known as the 'King of Spain'? Who scored the 1,000th century in Test cricket? No one knew and loved, cricket... more...
Players
Random House 2009; US$ 26.69It may be natural to play games, but the sports we love aren't natural at all. Each and every one of them has been invented, tweaked, pushed and pulled to come up with better rules, cleverer tactics and more effective techniques. There are no prizes for guessing who invented the Cruyff Turn or the Fosbury Flop - but who invented the header or the... more...
The Importance of Being Trivial
Random House 2008; US$ 10.67If you're intrigued by the fact that Jack the Ripper was left-handed, or that Heinz ketchup flows at 0.7 miles per day - and, more importantly, intrigued by why you're intrigued - then this book is required reading. Convinced that our love of trivia must reveal something truly important about us, Mark Mason sets out to discover what that something... more...
Reel Winners
Dundurn 2005; US$ 24.99Canada?s premier movie critic Richard Crouse delivers this definitive guide to the inside scoop on movie awards. more...
Now You Know Big Book of Answers
Dundurn 2007; US$ 29.99The master of Q & A is back with a treasure trove of his favourite trivia culled from his four previous Now You Know books, plus 150 brand new questions. Doug Lennox dispenses knowledge concisely in this fun, fascinating compilation. more...
Now You Know Baseball
Dundurn 2010; US$ 9.99Everyone will know the score with this grand slam of Q&A thats sure to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Doug Lennox hammers it out of the park by filling us in on whos won the most Cy Young Awards and the five ways that a player can be called out. This is a treasure trove of baseball lore. more...









