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When you’re stuck at your desk day after day, do you find yourself daydreaming about a glamorous occupation, such as a racing driver, an astronaut or a stunt double? The adrenaline rush and prestige of these extreme jobs is one thing, but have you ever considered the practicalities? This...

Sometimes it’s neither art nor science that serves as the origins of the everyday kitchen and food items that we take for granted today. Sometimes, as Josh Chetwynd shows us in How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun, some of our greatest culinary achievements were simply by-products of “damned good luck.”...

This book is an anthology of quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche and selected facts about Friedrich Nietzsche. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” “All I need is a sheet of paper; and something to write with, and then; I can turn the world upside down.” “You must have chaos...

This book is an anthology of quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer and selected facts about Arthur Schopenhauer. “Life without pain has no meaning.” “Truth is most beautiful undraped.” “Each day is a little life.” “After your death, you will be what you were before your birth.” “Science...

From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students.

Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till tonight. -Romeo and Juliet Antony and Cleopatra, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Priscilla...

This book is your ultimate resource for The BFG. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about The BFG's whole picture right away. Get countless The BFG...

Wouldn’t it be great to be a fly on the wall as the great writers took pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard)? While reading this work, you’ll be just that. Here are behind-the-book stories and facts about authors, publishing and everything literary that will entertain both casual and serious readers....

Quotations from famous authors about the writing process—to inspire you, advise you, or just make you laugh. “Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” —Gene Fowler Anyone who has ever wanted—or been...

This book is your ultimate Karl Lagerfeld resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Karl Lagerfeld's whole picture right away. Get countless...

This book is your ultimate Tom Ford resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Tom Ford's whole picture right away. Get countless Tom Ford facts...

This book is your ultimate Jimmy Fallon resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Jimmy Fallon's whole picture right away. Get countless Jimmy...

This book is your ultimate Larry David resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Larry David's whole picture right away. Get countless Larry...

This book is your ultimate Richard Simmons resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Richard Simmons's whole picture right away. Get countless...