A book compiled of anecdotes from other collections, arranged under the name of the person they're about.

From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in a

An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the p

“A delightful book of personal essays dedicated to delving into the mysteries of the modern Southern belle” (Janis Owens, author of My Brother Michael). Wit

This colleciton of anecdotes is principally concerned with American and British conflicts. Hastings has sought stories that illustrate the military condition th