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By JoAnn Gutin 10/27/03 12:00am

‘You’re Better Than That’: Do-It-Yourself Decorating Tips

Jeffrey Bilhuber’s Design Basics, by Jeffrey Bilhuber with Annette Tapert. Rizzoli, 208 pp., $39.95

I’ve just spent three hours re-arranging the wall-to-wall bookcase in my dining room, bringing the spines of all the books into alignment with the edges of the shelves. This strange maneuver-which involved ditching many yellowed photos of our long-dead Read More

By JoAnn Gutin 9/08/03 12:00am

How Big Is a D-Cup? A Trove of Trivia-With Heft

Schott’s Original Miscellany: A Collection of Necessary Trivia, Uncommon Knowledge, and Vital Irrelevance , by Ben Schott. Bloomsbury, 158 pages, $14.95.

The old chestnut about what book you’d want on a desert island is outmoded now, what with most desert islands dedicated to reality programming. However, if you were to find yourself stranded in a Read More