books by Ben Schott

books by Ben Schott

books:

Ben Schott

Schott's Miscellany 2009: An Almanac
Ben Schott

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

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 ...

Schott's Almanac 2009

Ben Schott

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2008

Schott in the dark - A high caliber almanac
Slide-rule companies pretty much went out of business with the advent of computer age. Though in the Internet age the printed page is far from endangered, traditional reference works are. All the words of the massive bound volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, for ...

Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany

Ben Schott, 2004

Didn't your mom tell you,"You're what you eat"?
A great little book that tells you everything you would want to know about what you eat and drink--and many things you may be better off not knowing.Glance at a few things in this book before you go out to eat and/or drinking and you'll be able to spout out a few ...

Schott's Miscellany Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Page-A-Day Calendars)

Ben Schott

Workman Publishing Company, 2008

Schotts Page-A-Day Calendar is unusual.
This is the second year I've ordered this page-a-day for my family. We enjoyed it so much last year, with its unusal bits of random information, often with underlying British humor. Also, the other items rotated each day -- a quote, "this day in history" or a defined ...

Schott's Almanac Page-A-Day Calendar 2008

Ben Schott

Workman Publishing Company, 2007

Feed your mind!
We love this eclectic little calendar-some of the best information and quotes we now know have come from this page-a-day-our high school students actually refer to it for homework sometimes-as it is hard to find facts and information-sometimes it just makes you think a ...

Schott's Almanac 2007
Ben Schott

Bloomsbury, 2006

Schotts 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 ...

Schott's Miscellany 2008: An Almanac

Ben Schott

Bloomsbury USA, 2007

Facts for the Trivia Buff
This book is a brilliant review of the year (well, a portion of the year, see below) that hits all of the highlights - and the lowlights as well! With lists such as Grammy and "Blackwell's Best-Dressed" winners, population charts, surveys of Americans' opinions, ...

Schott Miscellanies

Ben Schott

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2005

Interesting Tid Bits to pass the time
This set has Three Volumes: Schott's Original Miscellany(159 Pgs); Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany(159 Pgs); and Schott's Sporting, Gaming, & Idling Miscellany(160 Pgs). This is the same Miscellany's featured on CBS Sunday Morning program. Ben Schott spends his time ...

Schott's Original Miscellany

Ben Schott

Bloomsbury USA, 2003

Things you thought you'd never know
This is one of the most unusual books I've ever seen. It contains a virtual treasure trove of miscellaneous information that is most cleverly organised and presented. A work that you will go back to again and again. No personal library should be without it.

Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany

Ben Schott

Bloomsbury USA, 2005

Endlessly entertaining
I bought this book as a gift for my husband, a true sports addict and a true student of all that he watches. Ever since he received it, I've caught him many times, poring over the pages, learning even more trivia with which to bedevil me and his friends. Part of ...