Stevens W. Anderson

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1. Stevens W. Anderson

   Author of The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume 1: Single-Sitting Summaries of All Time Great Books, The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume 2: The Second Sitting, The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume 3

2. Will Durant

   Author of The Story of Philosophy, The Age of Faith, The Age of Louis the XIV

3. Charles Panati

   Author of Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything & Everybody, Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias: The Origins of Our Most Cherished Obsessions

4. William J. Bennett

   Author of The Book of Virtues, The Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey, The Educated Child: A Parents Guide From Preschool Through Eighth Grade

5. Kenneth C. Davis

   Author of Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learned, Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned

6. Griff Rhys Jones

   Author of The Nation's Favourite Poems, The Nation's Favourite Comic Poems: A Selection of Humorous Verse

7. James Burke

   Author of Connections, The Day the Universe Changed, The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys

8. New Scientist

   Author of Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Questions (New Scientist), Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions

9. E. D. Hirsch Jr.

   Author of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

10. Simon Schama

    Author of A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3000 B.C. - 1603 A.D, A History of Britain: The Wars of the British

11. Daniel J. Boorstin

    Author of The Discoverers, The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination

12. Mortimer J. Adler

    Author of How to Read a Book, Ten Philosophical Mistakes

13. Stephen Fry

    Author of The Hippopotamus, Paperweight

14. Tony Hawks

    Author of Round Ireland with a Fridge, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis

15. Eugene H. Ehrlich

    Author of Amo, amas, amat, and more: How to use Latin to your own advantage and to the astonishment of others, The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literate

16. The New York Public Library

    Author of The New York Public Library Desk Reference

17. Paul F. Boller

    Author of Presidential Anecdotes

18. Peter Cook

    Author of Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook

19. Jeremy Paxman

    Author of The English: A Portrait of a People

20. Bob Phillips

    Author of Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts & Funny Sayings: A Stupendous Collection of Quotes, Quips, Epigrams, Witticisms, and Humorous Comments. For Personal Enjoyment and Ready Reference