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The Areas of My Expertise
Paperback, 255 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $14 | purchase
Book Summary
A humorous compendium of reference tables, trivia, and wisdom—largely invented by the author—lists the mottoes of the fifty-one states, identifies U.S. presidents with hooks for hands, describes the menu items in addition to eel at the first Thanksgiving, and more. Reprint.
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The (Wacky) World According to John Hodgman
September 5, 2006 Writer John Hodgman expounds on a variety of fascinating and sublimely ridiculous subjects — historical, literary and hobo — in his book The Areas of My Expertise.
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