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Impossible
to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, "Schott's Original Miscellany" is a unique
collection of fabulous trivia. What other book can boast an index that includes
shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; duelling and
dwarves; egg sizes and election results? Where else can you find, packed onto
one page, the thirteen principles of witchcraft, the structure of military
hierarchy, all of the clothing care symbols, a list of the countries that drive
on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing? Where else will you stumble
across John Lennon's car, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the twelve
labours of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by miss
Marple? A book like no other, "Schott's Original Miscellany" is entertaining,
unpredictable, and utterly addictive. |