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  <title><![CDATA[Schotts Sammelsurium 2008]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;div&gt; Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, &lt;i&gt;Schott's Original Miscellany&lt;/i&gt; is a unique collection of fabulous trivia.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and dwarves; the hair color of Miss America and the Hampton Court maze?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the names of golf strokes, a history of the Hat Tax, cricketing dismissals, nouns of assemblage, an unofficial motto of the US Postal Service, and the flag of Guadeloupe?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where else but &lt;i&gt;Schott's Original Miscellany&lt;/i&gt; will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the labors of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A book like no other, &lt;i&gt;Schott's Original Miscellany&lt;/i&gt; is entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default-description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ben Schott]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 02 18:02:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 09 04:17:36 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A less cultured man might refer to this as excellent bathroom reading... and, oh hell, well that it is: But that and so, so much more. From a collection of Euclidian Axioms and Postulates to a list of Academy Award Winners (up until 2002, when it was published); From a listing of the rules and weigh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14405156">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 27 22:32:51 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 22 12:10:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite the Bathroom Reader-esque nature of its content, I love the presentation and earnest attempt at respectability of the Schott's Miscellany series. Always a joy to read. Below are some of my high points from the 2008 volume:<br/><br/>Most men lie about their height online while most women li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9639252">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 12:44:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 12:47:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Schott's Miscellany is a fascinating book of interesting, random, bizarre, hilarious, and informative facts and oddities. From Cockney Rhyming Slang to ways of saying &quot;I love you&quot; in numerous obscure languages (including Braile and Morse code), to sign language and Shakespearian insults, s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61919904">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 21:17:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 21:20:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a blast this book was to read.  Someday I'll own this for my collection.  It took me about a month to read this short non-fiction book.  It is a unique collection of trivia.Lists like Cockney Rhyming slang, Palmistry Lines, Demon's dictionary, American Diner Slang are just a few of the fun list...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49305253">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 09:10:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 22 09:11:02 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading the 2009 edition of this book. It is great for writing prompts and interesting factoids that might become future articles, stories or books.]]></body>
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    <review id="49024952">
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 07:58:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A consummate miscellany of facts, figures, and obscure information about all manner of topics.  Great for bathroom reading. ]]></body>
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    <review id="45074560">
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Feb 01 15:54:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book full of interesting quirky and useless facts. It's been sitting on my shelves for three years and I finally picked it up.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 15 10:23:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 16 08:51:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Omigosh...just started reading this last night as I'm in the midst of the odd quest to read something from each side of each aisle of Cascades Library.<br/><br/>I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to read this straight thru, but it was either this book--or beginning Word Perfect...which would you ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30229773">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 02 07:32:52 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 07:33:33 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>a million times</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Best book ever. Hands down. If you love worthless knowledge, this is the book for you. ]]></body>
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    <review id="25727910">
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  <date_added>Sat Jun 28 00:33:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you ever wanted to learn basic Cockney rhyming slang or which president had the shortest term (not to mention how to tie a sari, which honorific to use when greeting a foreign dignitary, or what a stratocumulous cloud looks like), then Schott's Original Miscellany has your answers. It's a perfect...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25727910">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat May 16 21:35:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott (2003)]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu May 14 04:07:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 14 04:08:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Did you know St. Jerome is the patron saint of librarians?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So many interesting things...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[PLAGARIST RATBAG<br/>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I purchased this book after seeing it sitting by the printers at my last job. It's a book of what it says, &quot;Miscellany&quot;. I think everyone should have a copy of it. Great facts and tidbits within it. I had the computer close by to look up topics that I wanted to know more about.<br/><br/>Fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28365692">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23654190">
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have ever spent a couple of hours leafing through an almanac or an encyclopedia, you will like this book. It consists of 150 pages of random information. Irish duelling codes, bed dimensions in England and America, the husbands of Elizabeth Taylor. I suppose the information is not really rand...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23654190">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4578894">
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 15 07:08:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 15 07:10:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I now nearly know all the things that Schott knows, but more thoroughly, because I have the gift of breadth, whereas he only has the gift of scope, and he says as much in the introduction so I don't feel like I'm slandering him. Then he proves it in the rest of the pages with a sort of viscous pride...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4578894">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This books is a seemingly random collection of facts. Though these facts are not individually weird, funny, or strange, when compiled together they reflect the bizarreness of our society. For example on page 52 you can learn American diner slang and all about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5270083">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is on my 'read' shelf, but I haven't read it cover to cover.  This is not your grandfather's almanac - no weather predictions or crop planting calendars.   It is fun to pick up for ten minutes and open to a random section.  Lots of interesting tidbits for a trivia nerd like myself.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the author interviewed on the news and I was very curious to order the book, he researches little known miscellaneous facts, figures and lists and compiles them into books every year, supposedly it is fascinating.... we shall see. I love useless trivia sometimes. tena]]></body>
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