The Best, Worst, & Most Unusual: Noteworthy Achievements, Events, Feats & Blunders of Every Conceivable Kind

by Bruce Felton and Mark Fowler

In this, the biggest volume of bizarre knowledge ever, seekers of unique trivia will find the answers to many fascinating questions. It includes every possible field, from astronomy to taxidermy,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883658615
• ISBN13: 9780883658611
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Galahad
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Weird and Wonderful

This is a very strange book. Unlike most books, you can feel free to open it anywhere and find something interesting. Felton and Fowler have come up with many odd entries: Worst Senatorial Rationale, Most Unusual Concession to Modesty, Best Cucumbers, etc. You will learn that the world's worst acronym is PUMCODOXPURSACOMLOPOLAR (which stands for Pulse Modulated Coherent Doppler-Effect X-Band Pulse-Repetition Synthetic-Array Pulse Compression Side Lobe Planar Array), and much, much more.I read the whole thing on a trip to Iceland, and on occasion could not stop laughing (even on the plane). The book's only drawback is that it is actually a compendium of two previous books published a few years ago, so it is not totally up to date with recent world silliness.Read the book and laugh. You won't be able to stop yourself.

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

This book is outstanding! When we first receive it as a present my husband and I both sighed inside thinking it was some boring historical work........we were wrong! The authors have done a wonderful job in packing this book with some of the most interesting, amazing and unusual facts you would have a hard time to find elsewhere! Great job!Some of the facts are down right crazy, some are interesting and some almost unbelievable, but they are all true. They cover many topics such as, The Fine Arts, The Movies, Music, Food, and Life Styles, just to name a few. Here is an example of what you will find between the pages of this book. Did you know thata 61 year old man donated 189 pints of blood in his life? Unbelievable, but true! How about reading the worse poem ever written? I have to agree it was pretty bad!All in all this book is a winner! We share many of the tid bits that we are reading with friends and family and have a great timewith the knowledge we have obtained. Well worth your money and your time!

What?!?!?!? Only 3 reviews?!?!?!?!?

I received this book as a gift from my aunt just a couple days ago. It was late at night and I was cramming for an exam. I noticed the book's title and discovered that it was a book of unbelievable accomplishments, which I love. I decided to leaf through the book and read just a few anecdotes of these noteworthy accomplishments by both man and nature........and I couldn't put it down. It didn't take long for me to push all those history notes clear out of my head. I only intended on reading a few stories and I wound up reading hundreds! They are absolutely hilarious! Like the story of the "best pen": One day a guy paid $400 for steel-banded tires that were said to be bomb-proof and spike-proof. But later he wound up puncturing them by running over a ball-point pen, and the pen still wrote afterwards!Are you hungry for more of these stories? Then pick up this book! It's got stories on movies, literature, food, science, technology, nature, psychology--anything you want to know! Just don't buy it if you have a exam coming up. I haven't gotten mine back yet and I don't think I did very well on it.

You'll flip through it again and again . .

Felton and Fowler's hilarious volume citing the best, worst, and most unusual in movies, music, sports, art, literature, etc. (according to the authors, their own book is the worst ever). This book has long been a favorite of mine, and I was thrilled to find out that this book was still in print and highly recommend it to anyone who is intrigued by the unconventional. Some of the articles include: "The Most Unusual Jazz Band" (the Hilton Sisters, Daisy and Violet, siamese twins joined at the hip); "Most Unusual Reformer" (an imposing woman named Carrie Nation who was active during the turn of the century; her mother thought she was Queen Victoria); and "Most Unusual Auction" (a certain body part belonging to Napoleon cited as a "dried up object", which was set to be auctioned for a staggering amount). One of the funniest and most absorbing reference works ever (once you get into it, it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to put down), well written and filled with illustrations which serve to verify some of the far-out stories. To anyone who enjoys the "Guinness Book of World Records" and the like, I heartily recommend it.

A Perfect Read!

Seems to me I first read this book - possibly an earlier edition - around 20 years ago, & I still quote from it and mimic its wonderfully snide, ironic tone. It covers every possible piece of weirdness in an absolutely hilarious way. A joy to read over & over. I've gotta hunt down that almost mangled-with-use copy of mine...