Journal Entry 1 by caldron from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Synopsis from Amazon.co.uk

Which book was first published in a cover made of human skin? Who wrote The Benefits of Farting Explain'd under the pseudonym Don Fart-inhando Puff-indorst? Which 18th-century playwright was such a compulsive drinker he would drink eau-de-cologne? What was in Hitler's secret library? What is the most shoplifted book in the world? Which author wrote most of his books standing up?

If you've ever picked up a novel and settled down in a nice comfy chair, rummaged though a secondhand bookshop or spent hours in the library thumbing through the volumes you mean to read one day, then this is the book for you. Within these pages are hundreds of facts, figures, stories, quotes and trivia about reading and writing, from the earliest printed books to today's best sellers. You'll find out whether you're a sponge, a sandglass, a strainbag or a mogul diamond; why Lewis Carroll was once accused of being Jack the Ripper; the working title of Lady Chatterley's Lover; and which best-selling classic was rejected 22 times, once with the note: 'garbage passing itself off as literature'.

It's the only book about books that you'll ever need.
 

Journal Entry 2 by caldron from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Being forwarded by mail to the winner of the most recent Aussie/NZ Sweepstakes; goodthinkingmax of Sydney.

Well done gtm & I hope you enjoy this little treasure :)
 

Journal Entry 3 by AnonymousFinder on Monday, July 25, 2005

What a great book..just the type of book I love. Thank you! I have already become engrossed just picking it up and flicking through.  

Journal Entry 4 by goodthinkingmax from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, September 11, 2006

Oops. I mustn't have been signed in when I wrote that last entry. It's time for this wonderful book to move on. I did scribble down some notes as I read it a while ago which I must find before I complete my journal entry. Hoping to pass this to an appreciative Bookcrosser at the Sydney meetup tonight. 

Journal Entry 5 by goodthinkingmax at Civic Hotel, Pitt St in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Monday, September 11, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (9/12/2006 UTC) at Civic Hotel, Pitt St in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia

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Journal Entry 6 by marceller from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, May 22, 2007

i found the book on a bench inside the Glasshouse building off of Pitt St in the city.