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The Areas of My Expertise: An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order Paperback - 2006
by John Hodgman
In the great tradition of the American almanac, this volume is a brilliant and hilarious compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom on all topics large and small.
Summary
Hot on the heels of the #1 bestsellers The Onion's Our Dumb Century and Jon Stewart's America comes The Areas of My Expertise, the brilliant and uproarious #15 bestseller (i.e., a runaway phenomenon in its own right-no, seriously) - a lavish compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom - all of it completely unresearched, completely undocumented and (presumably) completely untrue, fabricated by the illuminating, prodigious imagination of John Hodgman, certifiable genius.
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- Title The Areas of My Expertise: An Almanac of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order
- Author John Hodgman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1ST
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York
- Date 2006-09-05
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781594482229 / 1594482225
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.27 x 5.54 x 0.55 in (21.01 x 14.07 x 1.40 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects American wit and humor
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007276806
- Dewey Decimal Code 031.02
Media reviews
"Wonderfully absurd." - New York Times
"Hilarious...Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson." - Time Out New York
"If Borges and Ben Franklin got drunk and decided to write a book together, the result might have been something a lot like this freaky 'almanac'." - Tom Perrotta
"Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth." - Dave Eggers
"A book of absurd tall tales, tables and charts spun from the warped brain of John Hodgman...Impressively eclectic." - Los Angeles Times
"Hilarious...Nabokov's Pale Fire as directed by Wes Anderson." - Time Out New York
"If Borges and Ben Franklin got drunk and decided to write a book together, the result might have been something a lot like this freaky 'almanac'." - Tom Perrotta
"Even if you buy this book for the 700 hobo names alone, you will have gotten more than your money's worth." - Dave Eggers
"A book of absurd tall tales, tables and charts spun from the warped brain of John Hodgman...Impressively eclectic." - Los Angeles Times
Citations
- New York Times, 09/24/2006, Page 28
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