Ash, Russell

Contains top ten lists for a wide assortment of categories, covering the universe, humans, crime, culture, music, entertainment, food, transportation, sports, and other topics.

Contains 1,001 lists that provide facts about science, sports, space, people, crime, the arts, and many other topics.

An anthology of lists, rankings, facts, and juxtapositions which provides information on a variety of topics, including the natural world, cultures, technology, literature, art, music, and others. Includes illustrations, charts, maps, and photographs.

A selection of Aesop's fables with illustrations from older editions, featuring such artists as Randolph Caldecott, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane, and Alexander Calder.

Presents unusual facts and comparisons about a variety of topics, including human population, travel, buildings, and forces of nature.

Presents six hundred top-ten lists on such subjects as the universe, humans, crime, culture, music, entertainment, food, transportation, and sports, and provides background information on the topics covered.

Provides statistics on what happens to the world in a single day, in such areas as geology, biology, technology, and culture.

Offers a visual guide, with brief explanatory text, to comparative sizes, heights, weights, and numbers in such areas as capacity, population, growth, weather, disasters, speed, and others.

Describes the Seven Wonders of the World, providing background and related information, and surveying such modern wonders as the Channel Tunnel, Hoover Dam, Versailles, and the bullet train.