{"product_id":"more-information-than-you-require-9781594483646","title":"More Information Than You Require","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman--\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show'\u003c\/i\u003es \"Resident Expert\" and the \"PC\" in the iconic Apple ads--picks up exactly where his first book left off. In fact, \"the new volume is in every way a continuation of \u003ci\u003eAreas of My Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e, except in the ways it's clearly superior.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Onion AV Club\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2005, John Hodgman published his first compendium of Complete World Knowledge, \u003ci\u003eThe Areas of My Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e, a handy volume of fake trivia and made-up facts. Hodgmania was born. Virtually overnight, John Hodgman was whisked from tweedy obscurity to the high ether of minor celebrity. And from his strange new vantage point as a Famous Minor Television Personality, Hodgman realized that there is some world knowledge yet to be documented. And so he returned to exactly where he had left off--namely, page 256 of the paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Areas of My Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e. And he brought with him: \u003ci\u003eMORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE.\u003c\/i\u003e Which, naturally, begins on page 257. Like its predecessor, \u003ci\u003e More Information Than You Require\u003c\/i\u003e consists of brief articles, overlong lists, frighteningly complex charts, and beguiling narratives on new and familiar themes such as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e THE PAST (because there is always more of it) \u003cbr\u003eTHE FUTURE (because they say there is still some left) \u003cbr\u003eMOLE-MEN (including a list of 700 Mole-man names) \u003cbr\u003eGAMBLING, THE SPORT OF THE ATHSMATIC MAN (including hermit crab racing) \u003cbr\u003eCRYPTOGEOGRAPHY (including Canada) \u003cbr\u003eHOW TO BE A FAMOUS MINOR TELEVISION PERSONALITY (Hint: Go on television) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAND NOW, the relatively pocket-sized and inexpensive paperback edition includes even \u003ci\u003emore. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE, updated to include the very latest in implausibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e PLUS!: This paperback edition includes a special self-expanding fold-out edition of THE TAXONOMY OF COMPLETE WORLD KNOWLEDGE, which you have probably never seen before because it has been carefully hidden. UNTIL NOW. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook out for John Hodgman's latest book, \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e, available from Viking in Fall 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hodgman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.48w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594483646","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109239742601,"sku":"9781594483646","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_51ac1ece-06e8-4a1c-843a-b03d98b2b497.jpg?v=1767073338","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/more-information-than-you-require-9781594483646","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}