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The Book of General Ignorance
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 21.00Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented in America, Henry VIII had six wives, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain? Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong again. Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the... more...
The Book of Animal Ignorance
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 19.95Fast on the heels of the New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance comes The Book of Animal Ignorance , a fun, fact-?lled bestiary that is sure to delight animal lovers everywhere. Arranged alphabetically from aardvark to worm, here are one hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom explained, dissected, and illustrated,... more...
If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People?
Crown Publishing Group 2009; US$ 21.99John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. Their gifts are on full display in Quote Interesting, a lively, wonderfully enjoyable anthology... more...
The Book of the Dead
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 21.95The team behind the New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance turns conventional biography on its head?and shakes out the good stuff. Following their Herculean?or is it Sisyphean??efforts to save the living from ignorance, the two wittiest Johns in the English language turn their attention to the dead. As the authors themselves... more...
The Second Book of General Ignorance
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 19.95From the brains behind The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. The original Book of General Ignorance was published in 2006. It has since been translated into twenty-six... more...
QI: The Second Book of General Ignorance
Faber and Faber 2010; US$ 10.19At last! The sequel to the phenomenal international bestseller The Book of General Ignorance, with, as ever, a foreword by Stephen Fry. more...
QI: The Book of General Ignorance - The Noticeably Stouter Edition
Faber and Faber 2010; US$ 11.65This new edition of the bestseller has 26% added ignorance, and is republished in hardback to match the sequel! more...
QI: Advanced Banter
Faber and Faber 2008; US$ 11.65Upgrade your small talk instantly with this compendium of crisp one-liners collected by the creators of QI. more...
QI: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance
Faber and Faber 2008; US$ 10.19The runaway bestseller of Christmas 2006 in a handy pocket-sized edition, perfect for flaunting facts on-the-go. more...
QI The Book of the Dead
Faber and Faber 2009; US$ 11.65In The Book of the Dead you will meet hundreds of Dead People, some well-known, others completely obscure, organised into 42 short chapters that play merry hell with the usual classifications. So, instead of Royalty, Scientists and Sportsmen, you'll find rather more diverting categories like People who died Penniless, The One-Legged, Only Children,... more...









