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The Book of General Ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson, [1] to help spread the QI philosophy of curiosity to the reading public. [2]
Michael M. Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called Trumped! "an interesting book, but a narrow one." Thomas said, "The best and most riveting parts of O'Donnell's spritely book are those which educate the reader in the marketing techniques and considerations which are the essence of running a profitable gambling operation on an industrial scale ...
1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off is the sixth in a series of books based on the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd, director of research John Mitchinson, and chief researcher James Harkin.
John F. Kennedy Jr. had a lot on his mind. The 33-year-old law school grad had recently quit his job at the district attorney’s office and was trying to start his own magazine.
Most readers know her famous books Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road, Barracoon, and Mules and Men, but here are a few surprising facts about this Guggenheim-winning author. 1.
3. My Father Babysat Him as a Child. Indeed, my father used to babysit John Legend when he was a child. Also, his sister was my grandmother’s hair stylist for several years.
Philip Aegidius Walshe (actually Montgomery Carmichael), The Life of John William Walshe, F.S.A., London, Burns & Oates, (1901); New York, E. P. Dutton (1902). This book was presented as a son’s story of his father’s life in Italy as “a profound mystic and student of everything relating to St. Francis of Assisi,” but the son, the father and the memoir were all invented by Montgomery ...
So Much to Tell You is a young adult novel by Australian author John Marsden, first published in 1987. [1] It was his debut book. It was instantly successful in Australia and the US and has since been translated into nine languages and awarded many highly acclaimed literary awards including the Christopher Medal and the Victorian Premier's Award.