What's in an Age?: Who Did What When, From Age 1 To 100 [Paperback]

Andrew Postman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1st edition (June 23, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688169112
• ISBN-13: 978-0688169114
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,623,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great party conversation material, July 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: What's in an Age?: Who Did What When, From Age 1 To 100 (Paperback)

Finally! Want to have something off-beat and smart (and maybe funny, too) to say at a party, or tell your uncle who's always ragging you about what you have yet to do with your life (like he's Mr. Accomplishment?)? This book has it all - composers, scientists, athletes, writers, presidents, bad men, prodigies, people who took their sweet time to make their mark on the world. And stuff like how old the guy was who invented the donut, the Slinky, Silly Putty (no, it wasn't all the same person), and more. This really is one of those books that you can't put down. And the pictures are hilariously brilliant.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating entries and v. funny illos-ideal birthday gift!, July 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: What's in an Age?: Who Did What When, From Age 1 To 100 (Paperback)

If you're looking for motivation to finally write that screenplay/start that new career/invent a gizmo that will make you rich, you'll find it here. Andrew Postman clearly did his homework. Who would've thought that at age 9 Genghis Khan became chief of his mongol tribe? That at age 42 Sigmund Freud stopped having sex? Or that at 87 Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Science Monitor? Nick Galifianakis's illustrations are so wickedly funny you want to tear them out and stick them on your refrigerator. A perfect birthday gift for the person who has it all--including a sense of humor.