Citizendia
Your Ad Here

Cover of Schott's Original Miscellany, published by Bloomsbury in 2002
Cover of Schott's Original Miscellany, published by Bloomsbury in 2002

Schott's Miscellanies are a trio of best-selling books by Ben Schott. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent London -based publishing house known for literary Novels It was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 and Ben Schott is a British writer and author of the " Schott's Miscellanies " and " Schott's Almanac " series They consist of a collection of trivia generally centred on the culture of the United Kingdom (and to a lesser extent the rest of the European Union and the Commonwealth). Trivia (singular trivium) are unimportant (or "trivial" items especially of information The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The first book was published in 2002 by Bloomsbury to widespread acclaim. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent London -based publishing house known for literary Novels It was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 and The books are as follows: Schott's Original Miscellany, Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany, and Schott's Sporting, Gaming & Idling Miscellany. Together the three books have sold over two million copies, and Schott's Original Miscellany has been translated into more than 13 languages (including Japanese). is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Schott also compiles the annual Schott's Almanac, a modern take on the traditional almanac. Schott's Almanac is a best-selling UK reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. ALMANAC is the name of a major Breast cancer trial The Acronym stands for "Axillary Lymphatic Mapping Against Nodal Axillary Clearance

In December 2005 The Guardian newspaper, which described Schott's Original Miscellany as "the publishing sensation of the year", produced a special edition of its G2 section with selections from the 2006 edition of the book. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.

It has a parody called Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany, written by "A. Parody". [1]

External links



© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic