A guide full of great advice for living a richly rewarding life, this handbook is a 21st-century version of Ben Franklin's "The Way of Wealth."

The marvel of medicine spans the tribal shamanism of prehistory to simple herbalism to today's technological feats. To study its history is to encounter case after case of the wonderful accident of it, wherein some combination of genius, observation, perseverance, coincidence, and just plain luck came together to move medical science forward. DOCTORS KILLED GEORGE WASHINGTON is a collection of approximately 500 fascinating facts about doctors.

Everyone seems to love to hate lawyers, and it's easy to shake your head at the profession given its dark side: painstakingly detailed and convoluted documents, the notorious practice of twisting the truth in an effort to win, and exorbitant fees. DRACULA WAS A LAWYER is a copious collection of approximately 500 fascinating trivia facts about lawyers.

This latest romp through history, politics, religion, and science from the dyno-duo Barrett and Mingo is sure to tickle the fancy of trivia buffs everywhere. Amuse your date, impress your boss, bore your kids, or be the 6th caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know that a Twinkie in the microwave will explode in 45 seconds, that you have a 1 in 3,448,276 chance of dying from a snake bite, that 342 cases of tea were tossed into the "hahbah" during the Boston Tea Party or that white rhinoceroses are not actually white but grey (you'll have to read the book to discover why). Barrett and Mingo, partners in life and crime (er, writing) can do a thing or two with random facts, and this book ranks right up there. From the time the Wallace family made famous books of lists of one kind or another, readers have found fascination--or maybe just food for their obsessions--in books like Random Kinds of Factness.

Did you know that Mussolini was a school teacher before he was a dictator? So was Margaret Hamilton - the actress who portrayed the wicked witch of the west Here are over 500 amazing, little-known facts you will never learn in school.

The mysteries of the natural world are endless, but your trusty manservant, Jeeves, has the answers to hundreds of nature's most fascinating mysteries. Based upon questions received at the popular Ask Jeeves® website, Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves is a fun and freewheeling safari of discovery that can tame even the most savage intellectual curiosity. Packed with incredible facts on everything from the size of a giraffe's tongue (yow, two feet!) to just how fast a fly can fly (4.5mph) to whether dogs have belly buttons (yes, they do), this is a book certain to both amuse and amaze.

With a little help from everybody's butler, you'll unlock the secret behind the firefly's glow, wonder at the language of hippos, and scratch your head when you learn the truth about poison ivy. Certain to help you develop the kind of brainpower that will impress your friends and frighten your enemies, Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves is perfect for fans of flora and fauna, or for anyone who wants to know the whats, whens, whys, and hows of nature.