Chris Woolsey
An Irreverent Compendium of Must-Know Info from Sputnik to Smallpox and Marie Curie to Mao We've all been there. You're at a party, surrounded by the most important people in your life. You're cool. You're casual. You're witty and urbane. Until ... [... more]
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Jon Winokur
A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights Jon Winokur is the author of He lives in Pacific Palisades, California. , gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a ... [... more]
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Dianne Hales
Dianne Hales is one of the country's most widely published and honored writers on health subjects, the author of twelve texts and lay books, and most recently the co-author, with Robert E. Hales, M.D., of the award-winning compendium of mental ... [... more]
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Robert Leiberman
The ultimate compendium of wit and humor for all occasions from business meetings to sales presentations to professional conventions to political rallies to rehearsal dinners--all organized by topic and fully indexed by subject. A treasury of ... [... more]
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Kathryn Petras
A connoisseur's compendium of Freudian slips, spoonerisms, double-talk, and utter bosh from famous and infamous figures past and present -- a complete course in anti-eloquence by the foot-in-mouth champions of all time. A hilarious collection of ... [... more]
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Christopher Cerf
Meet Blackie, the stubbornly motionless equine hero of Christopher Cerf and Paige Peterson's delightful and touching... The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation (Revised Edition) Blackie, The Horse Who Stood Still Christopher ... [... more]
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Jake Kalish
JAKE KALISH is a freelance journalist and humorist whose work has appeared in Details, Maxim, Stuff, New York Press, Blender, Men's Fitness, and Playboy, among other publications. He could totally kick your ass. The Official Compendium of ... [... more]
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Denise Diamond
Everyone who loves flowers will revel in The Complete Book of Flowers. Veteran horticulturalist Denise Diamond's magnificent compendium describes hundreds of creative ways to use flowers grown in home gardens or gathered in the countryside. This ... [... more]
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David Matalon
An Irreverent Compendium of Must-Know Info from Sputnik to Smallpox and Marie Curie to Mao We've all been there. You're at a party, surrounded by the most important people in your life. You're cool. You're casual. You're witty and urbane. Until ... [... more]
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Bruce Bernard
Bruce Bernard wrote the introductory essay to the definitive monograph on Lucian Freud published by Random House in 1996, and edited Century, a vast compendium of photographs of the twentieth century, published to great acclaim in 2000. He worked ... [... more]
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Robert Burton
One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn ... [... more]
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Julian Rothenstein
Mind Games is a fascinating compendium of playful picture tests, games, and questionnaires that hold a revealing mirror up to your inner self. What's in the box? Three card sets that answer the critical questions: What are you like? What kind of ... [... more]
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