Product Description: Chairs. Neat people. Ugliness. War. Over six decades of intrepid reporting and elegant essays, Andy Rooney has proven a shrewd cultural analyst—unafraid to question the sometimes ridiculous, often surprising facts of our lives. Rooney’s great gift is telling it straight, without a hint of sugar coating, but with more than a grain of truth and humor...read more

Product Description: This is a new collection of writings by one of America's favourite commentators. Every Sunday evening in America, millions of viewers tune into 60 Minutes to hear Andy Rooney riff on everything from coffee percolators to the state of the union...read more

Culled from the pages of The New York Times Science section, this fascinating tour of modern technology introduces readers to the inner workings of a host of devices, gadgets, and common household items. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)