This completely updated, redesigned, and reimagined edition of 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything is a fun, fascinating collection of the Chicago Tribune’s popular weekly column 10 Things You Might Not Know. This collection is presented in an updated gift package and more than half of the content is new, providing an expanded trove of intriguing and surprising facts on a variety of subjects. Read More
This completely updated, redesigned, and reimagined edition of 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything is a fun, fascinating collection of the Chicago Tribune’s popular weekly column 10 Things You Might Not Know. This collection is presented in an updated gift package and more than half of the content is new, providing an expanded trove of intriguing and surprising facts on a variety of subjects. Read More
“Guaranteed to make you the smartest person in the room! One problem: you can’t stop reading this clever, amazing assortment of upscale trivia.” —Bill Kurtis, cohost of Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!
For years, the Chicago Tribune’s popular weekly column 10 Things You Might Not Know has been entertaining readers while informing them on a diverse range of fascinating subjects. 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything is a carefully curated collection of these columns, presented in a fun, easy-to-read format. This book provides well-researched, obscure facts on a variety of topics such as arts, culture, money, food, politics, war, science, technology, language, and more.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything contains a plethora of surprising trivia and pertinent tidbits that will appeal to everyone, from history buffs to sports fans to foodies. From amusing, lighthearted topics, such as misspellings and extreme eating, to more serious subjects, such as World War II and prison, this collection of carefully researched and universally appealing trivia will make readers laugh and their jaws drop. This book leaves readers brighter, wittier, and more curious about a myriad of subjects they may have never encountered before.
Details
Price: $22.95
Pages: 352
Carton Quantity: 12
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Imprint: Agate Midway
Publication Date: 10th October 2017
Trim Size: 7 x 7 in
ISBN: 9781572842083
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: HISTORY / World REFERENCE / Questions & Answers REFERENCE / Trivia HUMOR / Form / Trivia
Author Bio
Mark Jacob is the associate managing editor for metropolitan news at the Chicago Tribune and the coauthor of six books. He lives with his wife in Evanston, Illinois.
Stephan Benzkofer worked for the Chicago Tribune for nearly 20 years and coedited, with Mark Jacob, the paper’s popular feature column, 10 Things You Might Not Know. He is now the owner of Benzkofer Communications and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with his family.
“Guaranteed to make you the smartest person in the room! One problem: you can’t stop reading this clever, amazing assortment of upscale trivia.” —Bill Kurtis, cohost of Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!
For years, the Chicago Tribune’s popular weekly column 10 Things You Might Not Know has been entertaining readers while informing them on a diverse range of fascinating subjects. 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything is a carefully curated collection of these columns, presented in a fun, easy-to-read format. This book provides well-researched, obscure facts on a variety of topics such as arts, culture, money, food, politics, war, science, technology, language, and more.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything contains a plethora of surprising trivia and pertinent tidbits that will appeal to everyone, from history buffs to sports fans to foodies. From amusing, lighthearted topics, such as misspellings and extreme eating, to more serious subjects, such as World War II and prison, this collection of carefully researched and universally appealing trivia will make readers laugh and their jaws drop. This book leaves readers brighter, wittier, and more curious about a myriad of subjects they may have never encountered before.
Price: $22.95
Pages: 352
Carton Quantity: 12
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Imprint: Agate Midway
Publication Date: 10th October 2017
Trim Size: 7 x 7 in
ISBN: 9781572842083
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: HISTORY / World REFERENCE / Questions & Answers REFERENCE / Trivia HUMOR / Form / Trivia
Mark Jacob is the associate managing editor for metropolitan news at the Chicago Tribune and the coauthor of six books. He lives with his wife in Evanston, Illinois.
Stephan Benzkofer worked for the Chicago Tribune for nearly 20 years and coedited, with Mark Jacob, the paper’s popular feature column, 10 Things You Might Not Know. He is now the owner of Benzkofer Communications and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with his family.
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Your head is already my home.
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Walking around in my boxer briefs. Scratching my balls.
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Often, when we need to mark where we’ve got to in a book, we bend back the page or reach for an old receipt, but there’s a particular pleasure in having a robust and elegant bookmark to hand.
Here are twenty bookmarks, unusually assembled into a small pull-out “book” that simultaneously offers, across its surfaces, an essay on the pleasures of reading: why we do it, what the best books do for us, and how literature might change our lives.
This book of bookmarks prompts small, artful occasions when, at the start or end of a reading session, we can pause to consider the power of books and their vital place in our lives.
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This groundbreaking collection gives readers a glimpse of Trump's innermost thoughts and feelings on everything from the nature of truth, to what he hates about Lord Sugar. And it will reveal a hitherto hidden Donald, who may surprise and delight both students and critics alike.
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