Synopses & Reviews
For ten years, the knowledge seekers at mental_floss have been hunting and trapping the worlds rarest facts, locking them into captivating lists for the world to admire. Thanks to their tireless efforts,
Mental Floss: The Book is packed with a decades worth of the smartest, quirkiest stories around, including:
Five Presidential Fashion Flubs
Seven Shameless Abuses of Diplomatic Immunity
Five Units of Measurement Weirder Than the Metric System
Four Toys That Have Gone to War for America
Seven Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever
Five Things Your Body Can Do After You Die
Six of Baseballs Strangest Trades
Four Foods People Actually Die For
Seven Things Walmart Has Banned
Four TV Shows That Changed the Course of History
Ten “Q” Words That Arent “Q-U” Words
Four Horrifying Parasites to Keep You Awake at Night
Eight Fake Archaeological Finds
Five Articles of Clothing That Caused Riots
Four Memorable Moments in Cross-Dressing History
Five Doomsdays Weve Already Survived
And 124 Other Extraordinary Lists!
Review
IndieFab Award Finalist and#160; and#8220;
Super Pop is as snappy as its titleand#8212;a wonderful gateway to broadened horizons for current and future pop culture obsessives.and#8221;
and#8212;Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Magazine, television critic
and#160; and#8220;Thanks to Super Pop, youand#8217;ll never be caught without a pop culture recommendationand#8212;or tenand#8212;to fit every social setting (and fill many weekday nights at home as well).and#8221;
and#8212;Ethan Alter, Television Without Pity, film critic
and#160; and#8220;Super Pop is the Holy Grail for ALL your social and antisocial needs. Daniel Harmonand#8217;s book is smarter than your average bear, funnier than your average LOLcat, and more useful than a dozen remote controls. In a top ten list of the top ten and#8220;top tenand#8221; books, Super Pop goes straight to number one.and#8221;
and#8212;Nancy Holder, New York Times bestselling author of Buffy: The Making of a Slayer and#160; and#8220;This book of annotated lists reads like an effective study guide for your next trivia nightand#8230;(the) content is actually far more substantial than first impressions would implyand#8230;This is a go-to resource for teens looking to bone up on pop culture, sound interesting at a party, or craft the perfect playlist for a workout.and#8221; and#8212;Booklist and#160; and#8220;For anyone who has ever felt the slightest bit deficient in their pop-culture expertise, here is the ultimate guide, guaranteed to fill any voidand#8230;.The bizarre choices will prompt many double takes and lots of laughterand#8230;.A weird, witty, endlessly entertaining compendium for the budding pop-culture aficionado.and#8221; and#8212;Kirkus Reviews
"This book is terrific fun just for browsing purposes. But as aand#160;source of potential teaching / discussion / writing ideas, itand#8217;s downrightand#160;invaluable."and#160;and#8212;Peter Gutierrez, "Connect the Pop,"and#160;School Library Journal blog
"Super Pop bursts with titillating pop cultural tidbits and trivia . . . Author Daniel Harmonand#8217;s intent when he wrote Super Pop was to go beyond the usual lists of movies, books, and trivia, that Harmon calls 'unsurprising' and create exciting lists that spark the imagination, and 'go beyond the old standard and a few new staples.' Super Pop achieves this with flying colors."and#160;and#8212;ForeWord Reviews
"Highly intriguing...Harmon envisions a world where his audience will take these recommendations, discover new things, and add to the cultural archive with their own lists and recommendations. In this way, everyone will have an investment in keeping artifacts of pop culture from 'slipping through the cracks,' as he put it. 'I did not intend these lists to be an endpoint,' Harmon said, 'but rather a beginning.'"and#160;and#8212;Flavorwire
Synopsis
The geniuses at mental_floss are back with mental_floss: The Book, a funny, surprising, fact-packed compendium of more than 200 of the Greatest Lists in the History of Listory. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning mental_floss magazine, authors Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur, and Ethan Trex offer a cornucopia of additive, edifying, oddball, and irreverent information guaranteed to make dedicated trivia fans “feel smart again.” In the spirit of their top-selling book, Condensed Knowledge, mental_floss: The Book is perfect for everyone who likes to laugh while they learn.
Synopsis
This wide-ranging collection organizes pop cultureand#8217;s greatest hitsand#8212;including movies, books, comic books, songs, and podcastsand#8212;into hilarious, provocative, and weirdly edifying top ten lists.
Synopsis
Super-Pop offers a maximum-pleasure, minimum-effort way to become smarter, happier, and more likely to survive your next family function (or a shark attack). This hilarious and wide-ranging guide sorts nearly 500 different bestsellers, blockbusters, and underappreciated gems into quirky top ten lists, like and#8220;Outwit Death: Essential Lessons in Survival,and#8221; and and#8220;Achieve Mindfulness: Movies That Will Show You the Way (With Wise Elders Now Included).and#8221;and#160; So whether youand#8217;re looking for some motivational workout music, need help planning a July 4th double feature, or just want to pick up some knowledge without straining your brain, this book has you covered. With new insights on old classics and fresh ideas for jaded eyes, Super Pop makes sense of pop culture and#8211; and then puts pop culture back to work!
About the Author
Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University, where they parlayed their cafeteria conversations into the first issue of
mental_floss. magazine They have collaborated on more than ten books together, including
Condensed Knowledge,
Forbidden Knowledge, and
The mental_floss History of the World.
Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University, where they parlayed their cafeteria conversations into the first issue of mental_floss. magazine They have collaborated on more than ten books together, including Condensed Knowledge, Forbidden Knowledge, and The mental_floss History of the World.