The Book of Lists Paperback by Ira Basen and Jane Farrow

Product Details

• Publisher: Knopf Canada (2017-10-24)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 496 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780735273061
• Item Weight: 449.06 grams
• Dimensions: 8.96 x 5.98 x 1.08 cm

A revised, updated and even more Canadian edition of the classic bestseller.

In 1977, The Book of Lists, the first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, was published. Filled with intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia it has spawned many imitators--but none as satisfying or successful. In 2005, Ira Basen and Jane Farrow brought together the most entertaining and informative of these original lists and augmented them with homegrown material in the first Canadian edition. Now, more than a decade later, this refreshed and expanded edition gives us even more highly addictive lists, including

·  Margaret Atwood’s 10 Annoying Things to Say to Writers 
·  6 Cases of People Killed by God 
·  Jesse Wente’s 8 Films You Should Watch to Prepare for the End of the World
·  First Sexual Encounters of 17 Prominent Canadians 
·  Cathal Kelly’s 9 Most Compelling Players in Soccer History
·  10 People Who Died Laughing
   
Fun, revealing and full of facts you didn’t know you needed to know, The Book of Lists will inspire the list-maker in every reader.

About the Author

Ira Basen is a Toronto writer, teacher and broadcaster. At CBC Radio he was responsible for the creation of several network shows, including The Inside Track, This Morning and Workology (with Jane Farrow). He was also senior producer at Quirks and Quarks and Sunday Morning. He currently produces documentaries for The Sunday Edition on CBC Radio One.


Jane Farrow is a writer, former CBC broadcaster and advocate for livable cities. Her books include the bestselling Wanted Words 1 & 2 and, as co-editor, Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer. She worked as a CBC Radio One producer (This Morning, Sunday Edition) and hosted And Sometimes Y and Workology. Jane has helped people tell the stories of their neighbourhoods as the first director of Jane’s Walk, a global movement of free, citizen-led walking tours celebrating urbanist Jane Jacobs’s ideas about livable, walkable cities.