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Schott In The Heart
Ben Schott has compiled some of the most delightful, mostly useless trivia into a new book. In Schott’s Original Miscellany, you can review the ten events that make up the decathlon, decode international washing symbols, and learn famous last words (“either that wallpaper goes, or I do”-Oscar Wilde).
Rall's Well
Ted Rall Cartoonist and columnist for Universal Press Syndicate, featured in The Village Voice and author: To Afghanistan and Back (Comics Lit 2003) on his recent cartoons and his trip to Afghanistan
Righting Human Wrongs
Geraldine Finucane Irish human rights activist and widow of murdered activist Pat Finucane and honoree at the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights annual dinner on carrying on her slain husband's work and Archbishop Pius Ncube Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and honoree at the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights annual dinner on his struggle for greater respect for human rights on the part of the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe
Schott in the Dark
Ben Schott Author, Schott's Original Miscellany (Bloomsbury, 2003)quizzes listeners on the sophisticated brand of trivia found in his book
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