New Releases by David Wallechinsky

Suzy Watkins is a journalist who writes a column about strange and unexplained events, like reports of UFO abductions, fish falls and haunted houses. Mostly she mocks the true believers by exposing the truth behind these phenomena. But she finds herself wishing that just once one of these incidents will prove to be real, and that there is still magic in the world. One day she receives a letter about rumors that, in an extremely remote part of Appalachia, there lives a young man who can fly. Wanting to believe, she enters a world of bizarre characters, some of them violent, some of them kind and some of them just plain weird. David Wallechinsky is the best-selling author of numerous books, including The People’s Almanac, The Book of Lists and Tyrants: The World’s 20 Worst Living Dictators.

From the multi-million selling author of The Book of Lists and The Complete Book of the Olympics comes an entirely new take on the Games. Wallechinsky has a uniquely vast knowledge of the Olympics and an unrivalled head for arcane – now the two are combined in this collection of 150 unexpected Olympic lists, including: • The eight slowest Olympic competitors • The twelve strangest sports ever contested • The six most spectacular collisions and falls • The top ten shaven-headed Olympians Published for the 2012 Games, The Book of Olympic Lists is a quirky compendium of the unusual, the unknown and the downright bizzare. More than simply a book of lists, Wallechinsky elaborates and expands on the reason for an athlete or incident’s inclusion, to create a winning – and highly addictive – alternative history of the Olympics.

The best-selling author of The People''s Almanac surveys the crimes and characters of twenty of the modern world''s most notorious dictators, from Kim Jong-Il and Crown Prince Abdullah to Mu''ammar al-Gaddafi and Omar al-Bashir, in a series of portraits that also reveals to what extent they are supported by foreign corporations and governments. 25,000 first printing.

This book is an indispensable companion for all winter sports fans who will be watching the games and is a fantastic reference book for the thousands of journalists from around the world who will be covering the Games.

The original, benchmark compendium of facts weirder than fiction, intriguing information, and must-talk-about trivia that has sold over eight million copies worldwide and spawned many imitators. For nearly three decades David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace have been researching curious facts and unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a long-awaited, thoroughly up-to-date, and Americanized new edition, including brand-new lists and list makers. Contributors include: Oliver Stone; Jane Fonda; Sean Connery; Robert Duvall; Pedro Almodovar; Stephen King; John Waters; Wynton Marsalis; Quincy Jones; Arnold Palmer; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Isaac Stern; Ian Rankin; Alan Dershowitz; Margaret Atwood; Dave Eggers; Brian Eno; and Elmore Leonard.

Completely updated, this ultimate Olympic reference book contains all the nitty-gritty detail,including all records, statistics and medal standings as well as results of the top eight finishers in every Olympic event from the 1896 Games in Athens to the 200 edition in Sydney.

Unlike any other history or reference book, The People''s Almanac Present''s the 20th Century captures the century''s most intriguing people, events and discoveries -- and makes them come alive, giving you a wonderfully engaging panorama of the past one hundred years. With more than seven hundred lively entries, covering everything from war and assassinations to popular songs and movie trivia, the is the book praised by the Washington Post Book World as, "the latest grab-bag filled by a notorious fact monger". Believe-it-or-not stories, unusual facts, dubious achievements and amazing people abound, making this book the most offbeat -- and most definitive -- look at our century ever published.

Contains everything about the Modern Olympic Games, which take place, for the01st time, at the Sydney Olympiad.

This colossal compendium presents highlights of history of the 20th century - the biggest and most interesting events, people, crimes, disasters, inventions, discoveries, songs, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Unlike any other history or reference book, it really does make the facts come alive, giving readers an exciting panaorama of the last 100 years and it shows, like no other book, just what a truly extraordinary century it''s been. Includes over 200 illustrations.

In 1984 David Wallenchinsky published the first thorough guide to the Olympics, a book written with the same rigor and style that made the bestselling "The Book of Lists," co-authored by Wallenchinsky, a compelling read and must-purchase volume. Ever since then, David Wallenchinsky''s books have set the standard for Olympics reference -- the first purchase and the last word for all those who love and follow the Olympic Games. In "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics," he provides all the statistics for each winter sport throughout Olympic history, as well as complete information about the 1998 athletes and teams. Fully revised and meticulously researched, and compiled with classic photographs, this is the ultimate source for sports fans and Olympic enthusiasts alike.

Offers anecdotes and dramatic moments from Olympic history, the top eight finishers from every Olympic event since 1896, and rules and scoring for each event

A unique collection of curious facts and statistics updated for the 1990s.

An overview of the past century offers believe-it-or-not stories, unusual facts, dubious achievements, and other offbeat trivia, presented in more than seven hundred short entries

Ten years ago, Wallechinsky (What Really Happened to the Class of ''65) reported the effects of a turbulent decade on the members of his own high-school class. Now he reunites the national class of ''65 and listens to their stories as they approach middle age. Published in hardcover by Viking as Mid-Term Report.

Interviews with 28 people from all walks of life who graduated from high school in 1965, the vanguard of the Baby Boom generation.

Gathers interesting and little known facts about people, history, America, the law, war, language, inventions, transportation, sports, money and food

During the dry summer of 1871 in rural Wisconsin, as forest fires threaten, Sylvanus Morgan, a wealthy landowner, falls in love with Susannah Snell, the local minister''s neglected wife