WHY DO CLOCKS RUN CLOCKWISE? AND OTHER IMPONDERABLES

Feldman, David

ISBN 10: 0060915153 / ISBN 13: 9780060915155

Published by Perennial /Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1993

About this Item

Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Illustrated softcover/NF w/light edge/surface wear and faint soiling to lower back. Some 239 answers to everyday mysteries of life that are never important until they rise to the surface. 2nd volume in David Feldman's (1950 -) Imponderables series. Need to know why hot dogs come in packages of ten while the buns come in eight?

Seller Inventory # 012816

Bibliographic Details

• Title: WHY DO CLOCKS RUN CLOCKWISE? AND OTHER IMPONDERABLES
• Publisher: Perennial /Harper & Row, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060915153
• ISBN 13: 9780060915155
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Kas Schwan (Illustrator)
• Edition: First Edition, 20th Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humor, Wit
  • Reference, Resource

About this title

Synopsis

Here are the answers to questions that have been keeping you and your loved ones up nights, questions that have driven families to feuds, questions that nag and nag just won't let go. Have you ever wondered juts what purpose those warning labels on mattresses are supposed to serve? Or what happens to the trend that wears off tires? And how many meals have you spent pondering the perennially baffling question of why hot dogs come ten to a package while hot dog buns come in eight?

Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? has the solutions to these and scores of other Imponderables. David Feldman's witty and irresistible compendium of knowledge goes where other reference books fear to trend, uncovering closely guarded secrets, revealing long-hidden facts, and, like all other invaluable works of detection, never letting well enough alone. Whether you want to settle those arguments about the difference between a kit and a caboodle, or just curious about dry cleaning, Teflon, Wayne Gretzky, or chocolate bunnies, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? is indispensable.

About the Author

David Feldman is the author of Imponderables and How to Win at Just About Everything. He has a masters degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Formerly in the programming department of NBC-TV, he consults and lectures on the media and writes about a wide range of popular culture.