Schott's Original Miscellany Author:Ben Schott 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... more » 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.« less
I enjoyed this book although somehow I thought it was about cooking. Well the joke was on me. It really is a little Brit book. Anyone traveling to England could really use it and since it is a little neat book it would fit nicely into a carry on. For a little book it is stuff pack with information. A good coffee shop book, in fact in came with an autograph coffee shop post card which I still haven't figured out what that means so I am sending it out with the book. It is a good book. Joalice