Michael Colin Vazquez

If you like to have huge amounts of utterly useless information at your fingertips, this book is one you should have. I have spent many happy hours simply thumbing through my copy, simply opening the book at random places and reading what the pages hold. For example, pages 260 and 261 have information on the Great Wall of China (continued from p. 259), El Greco, Edward Grieg, W. W. Griffith, and the Grimm Brothers. Unfortunately, I didn't learn much from these entries because I already knew about these places and people.

But another random opening brought me to Louis Kosseth (1802-1894), Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevsky, Mykhailo [Mykhailovych] Kotsiubnsky, and the beginning of the the article on the Kremlin. Bingo! I do know about the Kremlin -- it would have been surprising if I didn't since I grew up during the Cold War -- but the three men are all strangers.

In any case, this is a great "bathroom" book -- and my husband enjoyed it there for several months. In fact, it's one of the few times I ever see him read. Since I assume that anyone reading this can automatically be described as a bibliophile, I'm sure you all would read this Dictionary in many rooms of your house. I highly recommend that, if you find a copy while wandering your local used book store, you buy it. You'll have some fun and probably learn a few things at the same time.… (plus d'informations)