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Erin Barrett

Jack Mingo

From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students.

Conari Press

Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining Trivia

Not Another Apple for the Teacher: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Education

What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, the type of cleats on their shoes, the distance between their feet, and the direction of the wind, not to mention statistics, statistics, statistics. Featuring more than 500 facts about the sport that Paul Harvey describes as “a game in which you shout ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.” Readers learn that experts believe shepherds invented the game using their staffs to bat around stones and that 12 percent of all lightning fatalities happen on the golf course.

Al Capone Was a Golfer: Hundred of Fascinating Facts from the World of Golf

True tales of trials and errors over the long, strange course of legal history, from the authors of Doctors Killed George Washington.

Did you know . . . 

If a husband in ancient Rome caught his wife drinking wine, he had the legal right to kill her.

Gandhi, John Cleese, and Julio Iglesias were all lawyers before moving on to other jobs.

The ice cream sundae was invented as part of an effort to get around the law.

The Scots outlawed golf in 1457—and again during the Second World War.

With more than five hundred fascinating facts about law through the ages and colorful characters in courtroom history, Dracula Was a Lawyer is filled with compelling quips and stories about lawyers we love to hate (until we need one!), the pitfalls in our legal system, celebrity attorneys, wild trials, and bizarre battles between opposing parties.

Dracula Was a Lawyer: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Law

A trivia collection that puts medical history under the microscope—with more than 500 little-known facts about doctors, diseases, and more.

Did you know . . .

Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet.

Working with pigs can raise your risk of appendicitis.

The Catholic Church has patron saints for many conditions, including hernias and syphilis.

In 18th-century New York, eight people were killed and many more wounded during three days of anti-doctor riots.

Doctors Killed George Washington reveals these and other stories of accidental medical discoveries, medical follies, bizarre cures, and more. With surgical wit, it examines centuries of medical practice, from herbalism and shamanism to the cutting-edge technology of today, providing hundreds of fascinating facts and outrageous oddities from the history of health care.