Trivia, Humor • Knopf
Canada • Trade Paperback, 528 pages • November
2005 • $25.00 • 0-676-97720-0
ABOUT THE BOOK
A new edition of the classic bestseller from the original
authors, with additional material specifically prepared
for Canadian readers by long-time This Morning
CBC producer, Ira Basen, and Jane Farrow, the author
of Wanted Words.
In 1977, a publishing sensation was born. The
Book of Lists, the first and best compendium
of facts weirder than fiction, was published. Filled
with intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia
it has spawned many imitators — but none as
addictive or successful.
For nearly three decades since, the editors have
been researching curious facts, unusual statistics
and the incredible stories behind them. Now the most
entertaining and informative of these have been brought
together in a long-awaited, thoroughly up-to-date
new edition that is also the first Canadian edition.
Ira Basen and Jane Farrow have augmented the existing
lists with fascinating homegrown material, and compiled
lists specifically of relevance to Canadian readers.
So if you’ve always wanted to find out how
porcupines really mate, how comedy can kill and —
that most essential piece of knowledge — how
long the longest recorded nose was, this is the book
for you. With contributions from a variety of celebrities
and experts including Margaret Atwood, Mike Myers,
Michael Ondaatje, Dave Eggers, Phillip Pullman and
Charlotte Gray, this anthology has something for everyone
— and more than you ever suspected you wanted
to know.
Click here
for a full "List of Lists" from The
Book of Lists
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
photo credit: Flora Chavez
David Wallechinsky is the author of numerous books including
The People’s Almanac Presents the Twentieth
Century: History with the Boring Parts Left Out
and The Complete Book of the Olympics.
Amy Wallace is the co-author of four previous volumes
of The Book of Lists, as well as
several other popular reference books. She also wrote
the bestselling memoir Sorcerer’s Apprentice:
My Life with Carlos Castaneda.
Ira Basen is a long-time CBC Radio producer. He worked
together with Jane on Workology, and has
also produced This Morning, Quirks &
Quarks and Sunday Morning. His book
Spin will be published by Penguin
Books in 2006.
Jane Farrow is the author of Wanted Words
and Wanted Words 2. She has hosted
the CBC Radio One programs The Omnivore,
Home and Workology. |