false 1266188 0 0 6425996 0375841970 9780375841972 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256001314m/6425996.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256001314s/6425996.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6425996-the-great-and-only-barnum 4.15 41 Step right up! Meet the astounding . . . the amazing . . . P. T. Barnum!

The award-winning author of The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin’s Almanac brings us the larger-than-life biography of showman P. T. Barnum. Known far and wide for his jumbo elephants, midgets, and three-ring circuses, here’s a complete and captivating look at the man behind the Greatest Show on Earth. Readers can visit Barnum’s American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 inches tall) and his tinier bride (32 inches); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum’s legacy to the 19th century and beyond. Drawing on old circus posters, photographs, etchings, ticket stubs—and with incredible decorative art by Ray Fenwick—this book presents history as it’s never been experienced before—a show-stopping event!]]> 46273 4.01 696 253 1266188 3.99 72 32 2009 2927900 1560979100 9781560979104 12 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2927900.Hall_of_Best_Knowledge 3.76 29 A wildly original—and hilarious—debut.

Ray Fenwick has pioneered his own medium of storytelling, one best described as "typographical comics." Hall of Best Knowledge is presented as a handsome, personal journal written by an unnamed voice, referred to only as "The Author." Little is known about him; he makes occasional, derogatory references to a twin brother and younger sibling, but reveals little else. He clearly fashions himself a genius, writing with a faux-aristocratic air, and it is presumably his belief in his own genius that leads him to want to share his knowledge with the world. Each page features information such as "It hardly needs mentioning that riding a pony is no intellectual triumph.... If riding a pony is so fantastic, why have I never read of any renowned pony-riding genius? It is because such a person does not exist, making it a foolish waste of time unworthy of attention." These pearls of wisdom are lettered in an elegant, almost obsessive fashion, entirely hand-crafted and bedecked with Ionic columns and fleurs-de-lis.

It becomes obvious to the reader early on that all is not as it seems; only at the end does the picture become completely clear. The ensuing journey is a riotous tour through the narrator's ego and id, and the humor builds accordingly as he is revealed to be not nearly as smart—or sophisticated—as he thinks.

Hall of Best Knowledge is part graphic novel, part art object, part satire, part puzzle. The slow unfolding of the author and his story builds humor with each page, creating a peculiar examination of the idea of genius and the problems that arise in the search and transmission of knowledge.

HOBK will be an elegantly designed and packaged book, presented as a found journal, with rounded fore edges, a belly band, and other production/design touches to further solidify and give form to the concept of the book.]]> 1266188 3.99 72 32 2008 6768473 0811869660 9780811869669 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6768473-fuck-you-and-your-blog-journal 4.00 1 1266188 3.99 72 32 2009 7013319 0375945970 9780375945977 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256001319m/7013319.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256001319s/7013319.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7013319-the-great-and-only-barnum 4.00 1 46273 4.01 696 253 1266188 3.99 72 32 2009 7396392 0811869652 9780811869652 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7396392-hi-postcard-book 0.0 0 1266188 3.99 72 32 2009