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So much more than a reference book What I love about this book is that it allows you to pick up erudite 'common knowledge' that you may have missed, even if you're a widely read person. Those who read it from cover to cover (and remember it) will doubtless conquer at trivia games too, as an...

Great audio book I listened to this book in its audio format and it was great! You miss out on all the diagrams and lists in the paper version, but the narration makes it worth it.

A few titles on the international scene The best book on African politics I've read is Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa's Future, by George B.N. Ayittey. It's dense but so insightful. For Europe, I recommend Jeremy Rifkin's European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is...

So many great NF books I chose these titles for the NF book club at my library (yes, I am one of the buns, although I prefer to call it a chignon). The group loved them, and so did I. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, by A.J. Jacobs - This...