Star Wars: Diplomatic Corps Entrance Exam
Star Wars 'Experts', Meet Your Maker: When I bought this book i expected another dull, dry trivia test that assumed i knew nothing more than the contents of episode IV-VI- was i ever wrong. This difficult trivia coolection draws upon the book series as [... more]
$12.00
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Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts
Amazon.com Review: Isaac Asimov was unquestionably one of America's greatest scientific writers--from his mind came the awe-inspiring Foundation trilogy and the classic I, Robot. It hardly comes as a surprise then, that the brain of Asimov was [... more]
$10.99
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Schott's Original Miscellany
very well received: This was purchased as a gift. The recipient has since remarked on how much he has enjoyed reading and learning and enjoying the scope of its information. Things you thought you'd never know: This is one of the most unusual books I've [... more]
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Guinness Book of World Records, 2004
Awesome Book: This is worth the money. It contains everything you could imagine and is very informative and interesting read. Its fun to read about the new technologys and records in the world. The cover and all the pictures inside are also impressive. I [... more]
$27.95
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Do Fish Drink Water?: Puzzling and Improbable Questions ...
Humorous, yet questionable: The content of Do Fish Drink Water? is largely quite entertaining, though its accuracy can oft be debated. Such references as the "osmosis of saltwater" (osmosis is singularly the diffusion of water, not salt) and [... more]
$13.00
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Uncle John's Unstoppable Bathroom Reader
Everyone should have a reader: I think everyone should have a bathroom reader. It is so full of fun and interesting facts, I started taking it out of the bathroom and reading it on the train to work. Since the tidbits are so short, it doesn't take much [... more]
$16.95
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Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany
Fun collection of low-cal snacks for the brain: As in his _Original Miscellany_ (2003), the author has simply collected a large number of factoids, grouped under useful headings, but where the first published collection ranged far and wide, this one is [... more]
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Forgotten Fads and Fabulous Flops: An Amazing Collection ...
Amazon.com Review: Rhino records, repository of cultural detritus, turns away from '60s garage rock and sleazy lounge recordings for this collection of Things That Were Meant to Succeed ... but Didn't. Entertaining tidbits profile such mega-flops as [... more]
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? and 100 Other ...
Amazon.com Review: Historic trivia is fascinating stuff. The secret to great trivia reporting is not just in the gathering of the details, however, but in the presentation. Organization is vital, because without an appealing structure, the mind won't [... more]
$15.95
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Scientific American's Ask the Experts: Answers to The ...
some interesting stuff, but overall dull: I usually like books like this, with questions that many people ask themselves and simple, to-the-point answers. Unfortunately, this book isn't all that great. First of all, many of the people who supply answers [... more]
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Everything You Pretend to Know And Are Afraid Someone ...
Now you really know what you're talking about!: When I picked up this little tome;I didn't really expect it to amount to much. As usual,I read the customer reviews,and was really left wondering.Quite a spread of opinions! After reading,I have to say that [... more]
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What Makes Flamingos Pink?: A Colorful Collection of Q & ...
Bravo Bill! ... but ...: Once again, the "answer whiz" has done it and done so in superlative form! As with his previous book, "Do Fish Drink Water?," most of what sets Bill's (and collaborators') work apart from others who have done [... more]
$12.95
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