Hailed as a serious work of reference, it presents a browsable collection of information, with a phrase-and-fable slant. It includes anecdotes, odd news reports, quotations, superstitions, tall tales and truths. It also contains a myriad of drawers, cupboards and hidden compartments.

This quirky and eclectic collection will open your eyes to a whole world of things you didnt know you didnt know and have you peppering your conversation with such diverse trivia as political nicknames, unusual weapons, notable cat lovers and heroic animals. This attractive volume includes snippets of classic Brewers phrase and fable as well as stranger-than-fiction facts, amusing anecdotes, quotations and weird news items. Amongst the pages you may encounter: the champagne monk - glow-in-the-dark testicles four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie - Big Bertha Nostradamus - the Viennese Vegetable Orchestra - the Harmonious Breakfast Gris-jambon Vert - Kruptadia - Monsieur Mangetout the Dog of God - Indian Jasmine

Alphanumerical Soup
A Brewer's Bestiary
Compendium Toponymicum: Places and Nations
Flora Breweriana
Kings and Queens, Saints and Sinners
Liquors and Victuals
Linguistical Loafing and Lexical Byways
A Musical Miscellany
Secrets and Lies of the Cosmos
A Valetudinarian's Vade Mecum