The Pocket Guide to Brilliance

Punctuated with both sharp and dry wit, Bart King presents a wealth of fascinating trivia.

Brilliant people are those who walk farther, think deeper, and talk louder than the rest of us. They do what it takes to get the job done, and then some. The masters of brilliance include presidential candidate George Wallace, who released chickens into a crowd in order to spur on a debate; the first female journalist, Anne Newport Royall, who forced an interview with John Quincy Adams after catching him skinny dipping; and Benjamin Franklin, who of course coined the phrase "A penny saved is a penny earned," but also offered the lesser known "A man who lives on hope, dies farting."

Learn from these geniuses and many more in The Pocket Guide to Brilliance, providing countless hours of entertainment and insight, as well as providing tips on beefing up your own brilliance quotient.

Bart King is the best-selling author of The Pocket Guide to Mischief, The Pocket Guide to Games, The Big Book of Girl Stuff, and The Big Book of Boy Stuff. He is brilliant.

Punctuated with both sharp and dry wit, Bart King presents a wealth of fascinating trivia.

Brilliant people are those who walk farther, think deeper, and talk louder than the rest of us. They do what it takes to get the job done, and then some. The masters of brilliance include presidential candidate George Wallace, who released chickens into a crowd in order to spur on a debate; the first female journalist, Anne Newport Royall, who forced an interview with John Quincy Adams after catching him skinny dipping; and Benjamin Franklin, who of course coined the phrase "A penny saved is a penny earned," but also offered the lesser known "A man who lives on hope, dies farting."

Learn from these geniuses and many more in The Pocket Guide to Brilliance, providing countless hours of entertainment and insight, as well as providing tips on beefing up your own brilliance quotient.

Bart King is the best-selling author of The Pocket Guide to Mischief, The Pocket Guide to Games, The Big Book of Girl Stuff, and The Big Book of Boy Stuff. He is brilliant.

Bart King is the author of The Big Book of Boy Stuff, The Big Book of Girl Stuff and The Pocket Guide to Mischief. A longtime middle school teacher, Bart lives in Portland, Oregon, where he invents new sock designs and plays in a kazoo jazz quartet.