{"product_id":"mental-floss-curious-reader-sold-as-is-9781681887555","title":"Mental Floss: The Curious Reader","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReaders rejoice! Learn amazing facts about authors and their books, from Jane Austen to JRR Tolkien.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"With sumptuous, visually stimulating spreads, this book delivers on its promise– to unearth strange stories, bizarre facts, or unexpected details about the books on our shelves. Good for curious readers, whether they want to delve into authors and books they love, feel competent faking knowledge about books everyone else seems to have read, or just dip into and out of literary worlds\" –\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReaders rejoice! From \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMental Floss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of literature. From \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, from Chinua Achebe and Jane Austen to Jesmyn Ward and George R.R. Martin, learn surprising facts about the world’s most famous novels and novelists.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Curious Reader\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e will delight bookworms everywhere. This literary compendium from Mental Floss reveals fascinating facts about the world’s most famous authors and their literary works. Readers will learn about George Orwell’s near-death experience during the writing of 1984; meet the real man who may have inspired \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’s Mr. Darcy; discover which famous author kept her husband’s heart after he passed away; and learn about the influence of psychedelics on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Curious Reader\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e also contains the most-loved book-related articles from 20 years of Mental Floss, including “Cat-Loving Writers,” “Famous Authors’ Unfinished Manuscripts,” “Literary Characters Based on Real People,” and “Books You Didn’t Know Were Self-Published.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis literary miscellany is certain to inspire book lovers, aspiring writers, students, and teachers alike to discover a diverse selection of curated literary works—leading to an expansion of their library!\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Weldon Owen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42136150868174,"sku":"9781681887555","price":32.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781681887555_a.png?v=1693896244","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/mental-floss-curious-reader-sold-as-is-9781681887555","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}