Non-Essential Mnemonics
An Unnecessary Journey into Senseless Knowledge
Will be published approx. on 9. September 2014
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-938849-28-2 (ISBN)
Description
From the popular McSweeney's column, a witty look at mnemonics for everything you never wanted to remember.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Paradeso
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 132 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-938849-28-2 (9781938849282)
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Persons
Kent Woodyard has been a columnist for McSweeney's Internet Tendency since 2009. He has also written for Relevant Magazine, The Big Jewel, and Yankee Pot Roast. Originally from Oklahoma City, OK, Kent now lives in Southern California. This is his first book.
Content
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1: The Little You Know About the Mnemonics You Know Is Probably Wrong
Section 2: Stuff You Learned In School, or Were Expected to, or Learned but Shouldn't Have
Section 3: Nothing You Ever Wanted to Know About Sports
Section 4: The Pop Culture Facts You Couldn't Learn in Theaters!
Section 5: Mnemonics That Will Help You Better Understand the News but Not
Necessarily the World
Section 6: Miscellany You Didn't Know You Don't Want to Know
Section 7: The Ten-Year Reunion: The Horror! The Horror!
Introduction
Section 1: The Little You Know About the Mnemonics You Know Is Probably Wrong
Section 2: Stuff You Learned In School, or Were Expected to, or Learned but Shouldn't Have
Section 3: Nothing You Ever Wanted to Know About Sports
Section 4: The Pop Culture Facts You Couldn't Learn in Theaters!
Section 5: Mnemonics That Will Help You Better Understand the News but Not
Necessarily the World
Section 6: Miscellany You Didn't Know You Don't Want to Know
Section 7: The Ten-Year Reunion: The Horror! The Horror!