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From Library Journal: Librarians probably remember when the author's Big Secrets: The Uncensored Truth About All Sorts of Stuff You Are Never Supposed To Know (Quill: Morrow, 1983) was published. The explanation Poundstone gave about the detection "tattletape" in library books meant that--at least in this reviewer's library--the book disappeared. Poundstone's other title in the series is Bigger Secrets: More Than One Hundred Twenty-Five Things They Prayed You'd Never Find Out (Houghton, 1989). Like the People's Almanac "Book of Lists" series by Irving Wallace, Poundstone's works plow into an apparently bottomless source of odd, quirky gossip and trivia. He includes a chapter on the true ages of celebrities and another on the alleged recorded messages that are imbedded in some rock'n'roll songs. Poundstone also gives the inside scoop on the actual recipes for Mrs. Field's cookies and Play-Doh. Overall, the book is well written and researched. Purchase if your library needs more trivia or caters to inquiring patrons. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 1/93. - J. Sara Paulk, Concord Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.