Schott's Original Miscellany

by Schott, Ben

• ISBN13: 9781582343495
• ISBN10: 1582343497
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-04
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable,Schott's Original Miscellanyis a unique collection of fabulous trivia. What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and dwarves; the hair color of Miss America and the Hampton Court maze? Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the names of golf strokes, a history of the Hat Tax, cricketing dismissals, nouns of assemblage, an unofficial motto of the US Postal Service, and the flag of Guadeloupe? Where else butSchott's Original Miscellanywill you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the labors of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple? A book like no other,Schott's Original Miscellanyis entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.

Author Biography

Ben Schott is a photographer, designer, and trivia collector. He is twenty-eight (although he believes you might prefer to picture him as a white-haired librarian) and lives in Highgate, London.