Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers: A Little Book of Whimsy and Wisdom from the Files of the New York Public Library

by New York Public Library

Book Overview

The New York Public Library staff answers questions remarkable and preposterous, with illustrations by Barry Blitt.

Have you've ever wondered if you can keep an octopus in a private home? Do you spend your time thinking about how much Napoleon's brain weighed? If so, Peculiar Questions and Practical Answers is the book for you. The New York Public Library has been fielding questions like these ever since it was founded in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250203627
• ISBN13: 9781250203625
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.6"