Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Prentice Hall (1993), Edition: 2nd, 930 pages
Description
"A Stonesong Press book." This collection of the most frequently sought information is organized into 26 subject areas. Includes events, discoveries, people, facts, dates, terms, etc.
User reviews
LibraryThing member MuzLibrary
Ok, yes, I know the concept of a reference book like this is outdated by the internet. But the browsing alone leads to hours of amusement. I mean, if you're a factoid nerd like me. A quick reference for so much, from who won the World Series in 1976 to how to get grass stains out. It might actually
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be faster than google for some questions. Just sayin'. Show Less
LibraryThing member wenestvedt
I bought this book years after I worked in a bookstore but still couldn't keep my mind off it. The data in the charts has grown stale (but isn't that what the web is for?), but it remains a real treat for browsing.
LibraryThing member rampaginglibrarian
Handy little (big) book to have around--especially if you don't have a computer and/or internet access handy. Since my copy was published in 1989 the internet was rather uncommon if not unheard of and this was a much more called for/handy resource. This is still a very useful compendenium of info
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and sometimes is quicker and easier than a google search because it is WELL INDEXED--such an important component in these days and so very rare. Show Less
LibraryThing member keylawk
1. Time and Dates - reckoning, measuring, lunar calendar, perpetual calendar, holidays.
2. Weights and Measures - US and Metric conversion, expedient measures.
3. Symbols and signs - alphabets, musical notation, diacritical marks (breve {cafe}, cedilla {francois}, circumflex {chateaux}, diaeresis
4. Animal World - taxonomy (KPCOFGS: Kingdom, Phylum, Subphylum, Superclass, Class, Subclass, Infraclass, Order, Superfamily, Family Genus, Species), Orders, extinctions, Zoos.
5. Math & Science. Decimals, Rules, Formulas of Physics, Geological Time Chart, Planets, Stars.
6. Inventions / Scientific Discoveries.
7. Arts - composers, jazz, musical terms, lists, architecture.
8. Literature - authors, terms, pseudonyms, laureates, awards.
9. Religions - major beliefs, dates, holy books (Analects, Bhagavad Gita, Five Classics, Koran, NT, OT[3 pts: Law, Prophets, Writings {Torah or Pentateuch, Former Prophets , latter prophets , and Psalms, Job, Songs, and Ruth, etc}), patron saints, 4 Horsemen (Pestilence, War, Famine, Death; Gold Crown, Red/Sword, Black/scales, Pale/Hades), Talmud, Tao-te-ching, Upanishads, Veda; Greek/Roman dieties, 10 commandments
10. Philosophy - list, proofs, arguments, quotes.
11. Libraries and Museums - Dewey Decimal, LOC Subject Headings.
12. Words - phrases, scrabble, oxymoron, acronyms, palindromes, Greek/Roman Pre/Suffixes
13. Grammar - turning words into sentences, list American/English spelling.
14. Etiquette.
15. Forms of Address.
16. Legal Information.
17. Personal Finances.
18. Useful Addresses.
19. Travel.
20. Household Tips.
21. Outdoors - plants, frost, germination, clouds, eclipses, constellations.
22. Sports and games - Monopoly most landed-on spaces.
23. Health.
24. First Aid - M2M breathing, Pressure Pts, Kits, signals of Stroke and Heart Attack.
25. United States - map, population, immigration, economic statistics, documents.
26. The World - countries, events, discovery, cities, UN, conversion tables, rulers.
INDEX
2. Weights and Measures - US and Metric conversion, expedient measures.
3. Symbols and signs - alphabets, musical notation, diacritical marks (breve {cafe}, cedilla {francois}, circumflex {chateaux}, diaeresis
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{umlaut}, grave {`}, macron {-}, tilde{~}.), Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Roman numerals...4. Animal World - taxonomy (KPCOFGS: Kingdom, Phylum, Subphylum, Superclass, Class, Subclass, Infraclass, Order, Superfamily, Family Genus, Species), Orders, extinctions, Zoos.
5. Math & Science. Decimals, Rules, Formulas of Physics, Geological Time Chart, Planets, Stars.
6. Inventions / Scientific Discoveries.
7. Arts - composers, jazz, musical terms, lists, architecture.
8. Literature - authors, terms, pseudonyms, laureates, awards.
9. Religions - major beliefs, dates, holy books (Analects, Bhagavad Gita, Five Classics, Koran, NT, OT[3 pts: Law, Prophets, Writings {Torah or Pentateuch, Former Prophets , latter prophets , and Psalms, Job, Songs, and Ruth, etc}), patron saints, 4 Horsemen (Pestilence, War, Famine, Death; Gold Crown, Red/Sword, Black/scales, Pale/Hades), Talmud, Tao-te-ching, Upanishads, Veda; Greek/Roman dieties, 10 commandments
10. Philosophy - list, proofs, arguments, quotes.
11. Libraries and Museums - Dewey Decimal, LOC Subject Headings.
12. Words - phrases, scrabble, oxymoron, acronyms, palindromes, Greek/Roman Pre/Suffixes
13. Grammar - turning words into sentences, list American/English spelling.
14. Etiquette.
15. Forms of Address.
16. Legal Information.
17. Personal Finances.
18. Useful Addresses.
19. Travel.
20. Household Tips.
21. Outdoors - plants, frost, germination, clouds, eclipses, constellations.
22. Sports and games - Monopoly most landed-on spaces.
23. Health.
24. First Aid - M2M breathing, Pressure Pts, Kits, signals of Stroke and Heart Attack.
25. United States - map, population, immigration, economic statistics, documents.
26. The World - countries, events, discovery, cities, UN, conversion tables, rulers.
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LibraryThing member xenchu
I did not actually read the book but I looked through it completely. It is a handy reference. I did read all the text in red which was amusing trivia. At any rate it is worth having even if now somewhat out of date.
LibraryThing member Borg-mx5
Dated but still useful.
LibraryThing member rybie2
Back before the internet, back before Wikipedia, there was the NY Public Library Desk Reference. Such a wealth of information, important, obscure, and miscellaneous! I've never used mine, and it's sat on a shelf for decades. Time to pass it along.
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Language
Original language
English