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For the bestselling miscellany market, an NPR librarian's compendium of fascinating facts on history, science, and the arts
How much water do the Great Lakes contain? Who were the first and last men killed in the Civil War? How long is a New York minute? What are the lost plays of Shakespeare? What building did Elvis leave last? Get the answers to these and countless other vexing questions in a All Facts Considered. Guaranteed to enlighten even the most seasoned trivia buff, this treasure trove of "who knew?" factoids spans a wide range of intriguing subjects.
- Written by noted NPR librarian Kee Malesky, whom Scott Simon has called the "source of all human knowledge"
- Answers questions on history, natural history, science, religion, language, and the arts
- Packed with valuable nuggets of information, from the useful to the downright bizarre
The perfect gift for every inquiring mind that wants to know, All Facts Considered will put you at the center of the conversation as you show off your essential store of inessential yet irresistible knowledge.
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30 人中、29人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
What a great collection of fascinating stories!
2010/10/17
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
You will greatly enjoy this book- but be warned that you will become a terrible pest to all those around you! "Bill, did you know that..." "Honey, isn't it amazing that..."
I can't imagine a better gift book for the holidays. Everyone will find something fascinating to learn about in this book.
This isn't a compilation of "fascinating factoids"- it is a book of "fascinating stories about unusual facts".
What? Really? "the first solar observatory was built in Germany two THOUSAND years before the Egyptians started building pyramids?! (AND nobody even knew it was there!)
-AND this book arrives just in time for the annual challenge of "how can I possibly come up with gifts for Aunt Edna, my boss, and my niece?"
I can't imagine a better gift book for the holidays. Everyone will find something fascinating to learn about in this book.
This isn't a compilation of "fascinating factoids"- it is a book of "fascinating stories about unusual facts".
What? Really? "the first solar observatory was built in Germany two THOUSAND years before the Egyptians started building pyramids?! (AND nobody even knew it was there!)
-AND this book arrives just in time for the annual challenge of "how can I possibly come up with gifts for Aunt Edna, my boss, and my niece?"
20 人中、20人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Wow, what a read
2010/10/22
形式:ハードカバー
I picked this up at the book store just to flip through it during my lunch hour. But after experiencing several "gee whiz" moments (all on one page!), I had to have it. The author presents brief fact-filled writings organized into three sections: Memory and History; Reason and Science; and Imagination, Poetry and Art. There are facts, lists, histories and stories on a mind-boggling range of topics. (Did you know it takes about 450 artisans to build one Steinway concert grand piano?) Malesky's writing is lively and often humorous, making her book easy to read and fascinating. I'll be buying more copies for Christmas gifts. I hope there's a Volume II in the works.
15 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Everything you never knew you wanted to know
2010/11/4
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
As another reviewer mentioned, this book is not a compendium of NPR reference questions. That might be fun to read, but could be fairly limited in scope. Instead, Kee Malesky has written a book with interesting facts about just about everything.
The book is organized into three fairly broad categories (Memory and History, Reason and Science, Imagination, Poetry, and Art). These work well, and each is further divided into subcategories which help keep related items together. Ms. Malesky even has some fun with the order of individual entries. In the chapter entitled "Links in the Chain of Being", she discusses "One God", "Two Natures", "Three Fates", "Four Truths", etc. These move from discussions of Christianity, Manichean duality, Greek mythology, Buddhism, and so on, taking the reader from one entry to the next. Too often in these types of books, facts seem to be scattered randomly, which can be a bit jarring. It's clear that a lot of thought went into the layout of the book, not just the facts themselves.
Speaking of the facts, the book includes an extremely detailed notes section (48pp long) and a comprehensive index. You can even go to the book's web site and access clickable links for all these notes. Leave it to a librarian to encourage her readers to keep exploring.
Finally, it's the nature of a book like this that some facts may be outdated by the time the book is printed. Living in California in 2010, I was especially sensitive to the entry entitled "The Cost per Vote", which lists Michael Bloomberg's $110 million as the most expensive self-financed political campaign. That record has now been broken, but that just means there will always be new facts for Kee Malesky to share with us in the future.
The book is organized into three fairly broad categories (Memory and History, Reason and Science, Imagination, Poetry, and Art). These work well, and each is further divided into subcategories which help keep related items together. Ms. Malesky even has some fun with the order of individual entries. In the chapter entitled "Links in the Chain of Being", she discusses "One God", "Two Natures", "Three Fates", "Four Truths", etc. These move from discussions of Christianity, Manichean duality, Greek mythology, Buddhism, and so on, taking the reader from one entry to the next. Too often in these types of books, facts seem to be scattered randomly, which can be a bit jarring. It's clear that a lot of thought went into the layout of the book, not just the facts themselves.
Speaking of the facts, the book includes an extremely detailed notes section (48pp long) and a comprehensive index. You can even go to the book's web site and access clickable links for all these notes. Leave it to a librarian to encourage her readers to keep exploring.
Finally, it's the nature of a book like this that some facts may be outdated by the time the book is printed. Living in California in 2010, I was especially sensitive to the entry entitled "The Cost per Vote", which lists Michael Bloomberg's $110 million as the most expensive self-financed political campaign. That record has now been broken, but that just means there will always be new facts for Kee Malesky to share with us in the future.
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