Schott's Original Miscellany (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9780747563204 - UTGIVEN: 200211"Schott's Miscellany" makes few claims to be exhaustive or even practical. It does, however, claim to be essential. It will afford you great wisdom in the morning, several conversational bons mots for the afternoon, and many an enlightened smile after dark. Where else can you find, packed on to one [...]
Schott's Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9780747569244 - UTGIVEN: 2004-10What other sporting book will explain the rules of elephant polo; the perils of the Cresta Run; the intricacies of the Palio; the breathtaking antics of Kabaddi; or why surfing is the 'Sport of Kings' (in Hawaii). Which other volume will inform you of the importance of snooker to nuns; the correct t[...]
Schott's Original Miscellany (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9781582343495 - UTGIVEN: 200308A treasury of lesser-known but everyday trivia includes the structure of the military hierarchy, clothing-care symbols, a list of countries where cars are driven in the left lane, and the name of John Lennon's cat. 10,000 first printing.[...]
Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9781582344201 - UTGIVEN: 200408From the author of the international bestseller "Schott's Original Miscellany" comes a new collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge culled from the worlds of food and drink. From food history to cooking terms, cocktail recipes to dining etiquette, grace before meals to after-dinner toa[...]
Schott's Quintessential Miscellany (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9781608190218 - UTGIVEN: 201110In 2003, a curious, old-fashioned, pocket-size book transformed the way we look at information. Since then, "Schott's Original Miscellany" and its two sequel volumes have been translated into more than fifteen languages and have sold some three million copies.
Now Ben Schott returns to the miscel[...]
Whose Bird (Häftad)
avBo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Ben Schott
ISBN: 9780300103595 - UTGIVEN: 2004-02Is Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon Bonaparte? Is the Pallas' Sandgrouse named for the same individual as the Pallas' Warbler? This entertaining book provides for the first time a mini-biography of every person after whom a bird has been named in the English vernacular---some 1,400 individuals.[...]
Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9780399166709 - UTGIVEN: 2013-10Ever thought, "There should be a German word for that"? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind "Schott's Original Miscellany," now there is. "Schottenfreude "is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German l[...]
Schottenfreude (Inbunden)
avBen Schott
ISBN: 9781848549104 - UTGIVEN: 2013-10Ever thought, 'There should be a German word for that'? Well, now there is. From the mind that created Schott's Original Miscellany comes a unique volume exploring the idiosyncrasies of the human condition ...auf Deutsch. In which language but German could you construct le mot juste for: a shameful [...]
