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TriviaTrivia about Books, Internet and Computers

Amazon.com sold its first book on July 15, 1995. The book? Douglas Hofstadter`s `Fluid Concepts & Creative...

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AnecdotesPlayboy of the Western World

The debut production of The Playboy of the Western World - John Synge`s tragicomedy of rural life in Ireland -...

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TriviaTrivia about Crime, Theft and Bible

The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States.

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AnecdotesAnecdote about Dating, Lies and Dictionaries

Famed pickup artist Wayne Elise (Juggler): `We were standing near the door [in a bookstore] and I saw this Asian girl -...

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ImagesFunny Ad: Audio Books

"Don't read enough? Rent 10,000 books on tape/CD.."

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AnecdotesBrentano`s

"A stately old gentleman walked into Brentano`s, the New York bookstore, and asked for a copy of History of...

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AnecdotesChuck Barris & The Gong Show

"When I chose to do `The Gong Show,`" Chuck Barris once recalled of the wacky `70s game show, "it changed my life...

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AnecdotesG-Spot

One day Robert Schimmel`s wife told him about a hot book about finding a woman`s G-Spot. "I went to a bookstore,"...

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AnecdotesMargaret Laurence & Dale Zieroth

As a young student at United College (in Winnipeg), Margaret Laurence could not afford to buy books. "We read Gabrielle...

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AnecdotesSelf-Help

Brian Kiley once went into a bookstore and asked the woman behind the counter where the self-help section was. "If I...

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