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By Kipfer Barbara Ann

 
 
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Utterly compelling!Barbara Ann Kipfer has elevated the list to high art and bestselling pleasure. A foremost expert of classification, in The Order of Things, s...he does for life what her previous books do for happiness and wisdomand#8212;organize it in a way that is brilliantly conceived.The The Order of Things is practical, entertaining, eclectic, and impossible to put down. Beginning with Earthand#8212;Smog Alert States, Rain Forest Layers, Coal Sizesand#8212; and ending with General Knowledge and Philosophy (the I Ching's64 andquot;chapters,andquot; Ludwig Wittgenstein's four-step Method of Overcoming Puzzlement), it is a 14-chapter taxonomy of the world as we know it:and#8226; The Seven Hills of Rome, the Seven Deadly Sins, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Seven Dwarfsand#8212;check.and#8226; The belt degrees of karate and judo, weight classes of professional and amateur boxing, flower names of the golf holes at Augustaand#8212;check.and#8226; The hierarchy of the FBI, publication order of Shakespeare's plays, cuts of beef, Freud's divisions of the human psyche, order of rank in world armies and navies, Jupiter's satellites, ships' bells, traditional and modern wine measures, blood-pressure levels, fastest animalsand#8212;check.A completely indispensable referenceand#8212;check.Detailed info »« Brief info

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Publisher: Workman Publishing
Publication Date: 11/30/2008
ISBN: 9780761150442
Ean: 0761150447
Paperback:615 pages
Language:English
Physical Info:4.08 x 1.53 x 5.96 inches, (0.74 lbs)
Categories:Trivia
LC Subjects:Civilization, Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc
Dewey:902

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