Based on a host of questions posed at the Ask Jeeves Web site, an array of historical trivia ranges from ancient times to the twentieth century and provides fascinating facts about the reputation of Ivan the Terrible, Cleopatra's makeup, the Pig Wars, the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, and many other topics. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: FACE IT. WE CAN GO ANYTIME. BUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS! Death becomes you, and it's just another fact of life explored in Cause of Death, a revealing abundance of startling data, false perceptions, bizarre fallacies, and some totally unexpected statistics about how, why, when, and where we all bite the dust, check out, buy the farm, kick the bucket, and all those other euphemisms for perishing after falling out of bed (roughly 1,800 fitful sleepers a year)...read more

Product Description: Firecrackers, sparklers, and rockets offer maximum flash for minimum cash, and over the years, manufacturers have created dazzling labels to hype their pyrotechnic products. FIRECRACKERS! pays tribute to this eye-popping art form, featuring some of the most vibrant and eccentric labels from the 1950s and 1960s...read more

Product Description: This latest romp through history, politics, religion, and science from the dyno-duo Barrett and Mingo is sure to tickle the fancy of trivia buffs everywhere. Amuse your date, impress your boss, bore your kids, or be the 6th caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know that a Twinkie in the microwave will explode in 45 seconds, that you have a 1 in 3,448,276 chance of dying from a snake bite, that 342 cases of tea were tossed into the "hahbah" during the Boston Tea Party or that white rhinoceroses are not actually white but grey (you'll have to read the book to discover why)...read more

Product Description: Ben Franklin’s Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders, one of Ben Franklin’s many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively, and follow his intellectual musings, which in turn led him to become an accomplished scientist, inventor, political activist, diplomat, and writer...read more

Full-color photographs, descriptions, trivia, and values highlight an entertaining and informative look at the history of lunchboxes, in a pop-culture guide to the favorite collectible. Original.

A hilarious compilation of jokes, anecdotes, trivia, quizzes, fiction, and pop culture oddities enlivens an offbeat compendium for bathroom readers, which includes helpful tips on escaping killer bees, instructions for building a log cabin, obscure sports rules, and other eclectic delights. Original. 35,000 first printing.

A third installment in the popular trivia series by the makers of the ask.com website provides accessible information in the fields of astrology, biology, chemistry, and physics. Original.

Product Description: From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce," about young Thomas Edison) to tales of the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this book gathers hundreds of facts about teachers and students...read more

Builds on the popularity of Just Curious About History, Jeeves in a trivia guide that considers such topics as why ostriches hide their heads in the sand, why possums hang upside down, and the diet of the Venus Fly Trap. Original.

Product Description: Golfers consumed with the details of the game — isn’t that all golfers? — will delight in this collection featuring more than 500 facts about the sport that Paul Harvey describes as “a game in which you shout ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five...read more

Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

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Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

Questions culled from one of the top search engines on the internet include, who won the first World Series? who invented time? and why don't spiders stick to their webs? among many others. Original. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

A humorous look at the game of golf discusses the object of the game, its origins, scoring, the swing, clubs, putting, dress, and etiquette

Reveals unusual and little-known facts from the lives of notable twentieth century figures, including Fidel Castro, Lee Harvey Oswald, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, J. Edgar Hoover, and Howard Hughes

Amazon.com Review: To be or Wannabe, that is the question -- and Jack Mingo, author of Wannabe Guide to Golf, has all the answers. Why spend years studying wine when, with the help of this funny little book, you can impress your friends, humiliate your enemies, and qualify as an Instant Wine Snob! Flip through it on Friday, and you'll be ready to swirl 'n' sip on Saturday...read more

Product Description: From the bestselling author of The Whole Pop Catalog and The Couch Potato Guide to Life comes this entertaining look at the true, often bizarre, and entertaining stories behind the invention and marketing of our most familiar and cherished products...read more