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 enlarge | Authors: Mangesh Hattikudur, Elizabeth Hunt
Creator: Will Pearson
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
Buy Used: $3.52
You Save: $11.43 (76%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 24826
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 345
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060568062
Dewey Decimal Number: 031.02
EAN: 9780060568061
ASIN: 0060568062
Publication Date: April 27, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Good used condition.
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 dissapointing February 27, 2005
17 out of 29 found this review helpful
I bought it after reading the positive reviews but was very dissapointed. There is no depth at all to any subject; usually just a sentence or two at most. More sophomoric wit than knowledge. I did not even find it to be an interesting powder room read!
Great Bathroom Reading February 17, 2005
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Perfect to keep in the bathroom. Short articles and interesting trivia - and long enough to last!
 Poker, beer and serving of Condensed Knowledge January 12, 2005
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
As a loyal subscriber to mental_floss magazine, I was among the first in line to purchase Condensed Knowledge (published by the peeps at MF). As I began reading the book, it was evident that the scrumptious tidbits of useful information similar to those found in each issue of mental_floss flowed seamlessly into book form. Condensed Knowledge is the metaphorical mountain of interesting facts and trivia that you never learned in school (or you have forgotten since then). It covers all the bases -- geography, physics, music, pop culture, religion, etc. -- and does it with short, humorous reads that won't make you go cross-eyed. My friends and I all own the book and get together every Wednesday night for poker, drinks, and discussion of previously assigned chapters of the book -- sort of like a gambling book club. Next on the agenda: Six of the most incomprehensible pop music lyrics in history dissected and explained by our friends at Mental Floss. I recommend the book AND the magazine. They are both outstanding.
Tasty January 11, 2005
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book is like a well done tuna sandwich. It makes for a light lunch, but still infuses the body with needed nutrients and only minor amounts of mercury.
This is a great book. January 8, 2005
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Condensed Knowledge, the delightfully irreverant book by the people who bring us mental_floss magazine every other month, is a romp in trivial excstasy. The book can best be described as a cross between awesome and cool, and I plan to be buried with it. Thanks, mental_floss!
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