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| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury UK |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2010-11-01 |
| Genre | : Almanacs, English |
| ISBN | : 9780747599517 |
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Schott's Almanacis designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume that tells the real stories of the year. Section headings are: Chronicle; World; Society & Health; Sci, Tech, Net; Celebrity & Media; Music & Cinema; Books & Arts; Travel & Leisure; Money; Parliament & Politics; The Establishment; Sport; Ephemerides. In an age when information is plentiful but selection is rare, Schott's Almanacoffers both the essential facts and the lucid analysis, combining the authority and accuracy of the Economistwith the wit and vitality of Have I Got News for You.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 200? |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 9781408800201 |
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| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury UK |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc |
| ISBN | : 9781408815779 |
Download Schott's Quintessential Miscellany Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Introducing the all-new, indispensable collection of necessary trivia, uncommon knowledge, and vital irrelevance from Schott--the inventor of the Miscellany genre.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury USA |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 2006-10-31 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9781596911710 |
Download Schott's Almanac 2007 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Schott's Almanac redefines the traditional almanac to present a record of the year just past and is designed to be read, not merely consulted. Practical and entertaining, it tells the real stories of 2006, from the winner of American Idol to the Supreme Court nominations (including how different justices have voted), from baseball and football statistics to the founder of amazon.com's new private rocketship factory. In an age when information is plentiful but selection is rare, Schott's Almanac offers both the essential facts and the lucid, provocative analysis. It is comprehensive, innovative, endlessly engaging – in short, indispensable.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2013-10-31 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 039916670X |
Download Schottenfreude Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language can. Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott’s Original Miscellany, now there is. In what other language but German could you construct le mot juste for a secret love of bad foods, the inability to remember jokes, Sunday-afternoon depression, the urge to yawn, the glee of gossip, reassuring your hairdresser, delight at the changing of the seasons, the urge to hoard, or the ineffable pleasure of a cold pillow? A beguiling, ideal gift book for the Gelehrte or anyone on your list—just beware of rapidly expanding (and potentially incomprehensible) vocabularies.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Almanacs, English |
| ISBN | : 9780747583073 |
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Schott's Almanacredefines the traditional almanac to present a record the year just past and a guide to the year come. It is designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume, that tells the real stories of the year, from the winner of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!to the distribution of income across the British social spectrum, from the Asian Tsunami and its aftermath to Live8 and the crisis of the referenda on the European constitution, and from the death of the Pope to the trial of Michael Jackson. Section headings are: Chronicle; World; Society & Health; Sci, Tech, Net; Celebrity & Media; Music & Cinema; Books & Arts; Travel & Leisure; Money; Parlimanent & Politics; The Establishment; Sport; Ephemerides. In an age when information is plentiful but selection is rare, Schott's Almanac offers both the essential facts and the lucid analysis. It will combine the authority and accuracy of the Economist with the wit and vitality of Have I Got News for You.
| Author | : Claire Cock-Starkey |
| Publisher | : Michael O'Mara Books |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2014-04-01 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 1782433023 |
Download Seeing the Bigger Picture Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Information needn't be boring. Seeing the Bigger Picture is jam-packed with fascinating global statistics in a visually-arresting and easily digestible format.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury USA |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2003-08-04 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9781582343495 |
Download Schott's Original Miscellany Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is 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 but Schott's Original Miscellany will 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 Miscellany is entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury USA |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008-10-28 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9781596915428 |
Download Schott's Miscellany 2009 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Schott’s Miscellany 2009: An Almanac records the events of the past year, with the trademark clarity, humor and selectivity that have made Schott an international sensation. In the modern age, where information is plentiful but selection and analysis elusive, Schott’s Miscellany Almanac presents a unique biography of the year: from the historic 2008 presidential election to Britney Spears’s mental breakdown and Major League Baseball's Mitchell Report; from marriage and crime statistics to the prolonged writer’s strike and the incidence of shark-bites worldwide. Practical, entertaining, and utterly compulsive, Schott’s Miscellany2009 presents an annual volume that has changed the way people think about the year.
| Author | : Ben Schott |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury UK |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Almanacs, English |
| ISBN | : 9780747598428 |
Download Schott's Almanac 2010 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Schott's Almanac 2010 is designed to be a practical and entertaining annual volume that tells the real stories of the year, from the anxious South African elections to the hope generated by the election of Barack Obama, from worldwide recession to the green shoots of recovery, from Russia's growing ambition to the Copenhagen Conference on climate change, and from the Ashes rivalry to the possibility of another all-English Champion's League final, all in the UN's Year of Astronomy. Section headings are- Chronicle; World; Society and Health; Sci, Tech, Net; Celebrity and Media; Music and Cinema; Books and Arts; Travel and Leisure; Money; Parliament and Politics; The Establishment; Sport; Ephemerides. In an age when information is plentiful but selection is rare, Schott's Almanac offers both the essential facts and the lucid analysis, combining the authority and accuracy of the Economist with the wit and vitality of Have I Got News for You.
