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Magic Quizdom: Disneylandia Minutiae Semper Absurda
The trivia book of choice for Disneyland fanatics! Designed to appeal to both casual Disney lovers and hardcore fans, Magic Quizdom features trivia questions with three levels of difficulty, with the hardest questions left open-ended rather than multiple choice. Best of all, the answers to the trivia questions, given in their own sections, greatly expand upon the matter at hand. Paragraph-length answers provide additional details, explain the history behind the magic, and make connections between the modern-day Disneyland and its past. Disneyland is jam-packed with details of historical and cultural relevance - you just have to know where to look! It's a book by fans, for fans - but one that remains relevant and fun even for the casual Disney observer..
Price: $17.99
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Vital Statistics: An Amazing Compendium of Factoids, Minutiae, and Random
For lovers of Schott’s Original Miscellany, Jeopardy, and The Book of Lists Trivia lovers rejoice—Vital Statistics has arrived Part reference work, part compulsive bathroom read, this compendium of humorous, fascinating, quirky, and insightful tidbits offers knowledge on everything from sports and fashion to literature and architecture and everything in-between. Organized by subject, Vital Statistics helps readers learn the answers to such pressing questions as:
What did Charles Lindbergh eat on his transatlantic flight?
How did a goat lay a curse on the Chicago Cubs?
Which color do race car drivers consider unlucky?
What are the dimensions of the average fashion model?
How many lawyers in America are named “Crook”? Packed with an enormous array of factoids, minutiae, and random bits of wisdom, Vital Statistics is perfect for both knowledge hounds and pop culture fiends alike. From the cost of the first pair of Levi’s to the name and release date of the first color movie, rest assured, Vital Statistics has the answers..
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Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865 (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
This Civil War classic of soldiering in the ranks debunks all the romantic notions of war. Like his Northern counterpart, the Confederate soldier fought against bullets, starvation, miserable weather, disease, and mental strain. But the experience was perhaps even worse for Johnny Reb because of the odds against him. Never as well equipped and provisioned as the Yankee, he nevertheless performed heroically. Carlton McCarthy, a private in the Army of Northern Virginia, describes the not-always-regular rations, various improvisations in clothing and weaponry, campfire entertainments, the jaunty spirits and the endless maneuvering of the men in gray. Real but forgotten faces are glimpsed momentarily in famous battles, and the tramp of feet on the way to Appomattox is heard. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life does for the Confederate side what John Billings’s Hardtack and Coffee, also a Bison Book, does for the Northern. David Donald wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that McCarthy’s book, too, was "as fresh, as amusing, and as revealing" as the day it was first published in 1882. In a new introduction Brian S. Wills considers the book’s niche in Civil War literature. .
Price: $19.95
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Keith Moon: Instant Party: Musings, Memories and Minutiae
Renowned party animal and phenomenal drummer for The Who, Keith Moon lived fast and died young. Not a typical biography, this compendium of stories, facts, photos, and analysis is divided up by subject and details all aspects of Moon's personal and professional life. Among the topics discussed are his promising film career, his unique drumming style, his obsessions and addictive personality, and a notorious period in the 1970s called "the lost weekend." Interviews and commentary from some of his closest friends and contemporaries, such as Viv Stanshall, Harry Nilsson, Frank Zappa, and Screaming Lord Sutch, and more than 60 photographs fill in the details of Moon's short life. .
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Chemistry Applied to the Manufacture of Soap and Candles: A Thorough Exposition of the Principles and Practice of the Trade, in All Their Minutiæ, Based ... in Science and Improvements in Art
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DETAILED MINUTIÆ OF SOLDIER LIFE IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
According to historian Gerald Linderman, a period of "hibernation" took root in the decade and a half following the Civil War. Whether due to exhaustion, or feelings of overwhelm or embitterment from wartime memories, veterans and nonveterans tacitly agreed not to speak about the war. Because of this, little was written about the war from the late 1860s to 1870s. However, in the 1880s there was a remarkable re-awakening of interest in the war. In 1882, as the resurgence was beginning, the young soldier Carlton McCarthy published this account of life in the Confederate Army. Barely in his teens at the war's outset, McCarthy served in local units until he officially enlisted in the Richmond Howitzers of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1864. His book's stated purpose was to "look at the individual sodier separated from the huge masses of men composing the armies", thereby revealing "the habits and characteristics of the individuals who composed the rank and file.".
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