This encyclopedia brings together all the good things about some of the worst things on Earth. It is an ants to zits encyclopaedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants and food. It explains why vomit smells, where dandruff comes from and why maggots adore rotting meat.
In this irresistible compendium of unusual facts, Charles Panati, the foremost specialist on everything, tells how hundreds of our everyday items, expressions and customs actually came to be. Sure to delight the curious fact and trivia lover in all of us. Illustrated.
"The Science Book" covers a wide range of scientific areas, providing both a general overview of topics for the browsing reader, and more specific information for those who wish to obtain a more in-depth insight into a particular subject area. Natural phenomena, revolutionary inventions, scientific facts, and up-to-date questions are explained in ...
Completely updated for 2008, the undisputed source for amazing records contains hundreds of extraordinary new entries and exciting photos, fascinating features, and information for aspiring record-breakers. Revised reissue.
"Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader" is jam-packed with over 500 pages of humor, history, science, pop culture, and more. This all-new 21st edition in this popular series is divided into short, medium, and long sections that explore topics including: Breaking the Mayan Code, Cycads: The Most Ancient Plants on Earth, The History of the Library ...
Chuck Palahniuk moved to Portland, Oregon, right out of high school, and continues to live there, and to enjoy the city's oddities and traditions. Here he takes the reader on a tour that includes a vacuum cleaner museum, the raunchy Dirty Duck Pub, and the world's largest hairball.
In the thrilling sequel to the bestselling "Seven Deadly Wonders," super-soldier Jack West, Jr. and his elite team must race to secure the world from a looming Armageddon.
From the creators of the #1 "New York Times"-bestseller "The Book of Useless Information" comes another fun, foolhardy, and completely frivolous fact-filled book.
The world's leading authority on record-breaking feats launches the ultimate annual compendium of videogaming achievements. "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition" features record-breaking computer- and video-game accomplishments from around the world, including high scores, biggest tournaments, largest cash prizes, and the most successful games.
First published in 1975, this true story is the basis for the upcoming motion picture from Sony Pictures starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Debra Messing, scheduled for release in March 2002. Keel, a journalist, recounts how in the mid-1960s he investigated strange occurances in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, which included multiple ...
What's weird around here? That's a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years - and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the best-selling phenomenon of Weird series and there's so much that's strange, odd and utterly nutty all across the U.S. that they have expanded it. They've taken their act on the road ...
"Guinness World Records 2008" continues to build on the intriguing, informative, and inspiring records and superlatives that have made Guinness World Records one of the most famous brands and books in the world.
An indispensable reference for every home, library, or office, "The Knowledge Book" distills thousands of years of humankind's most significant ideas and achievements, explains how they are linked and why they are important, and packs it all into a single impressive volume. Inside these vibrantly written and richly illustrated pages, readers will ...
What was so important about the Dred Scott decision? Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What happened inside Plato's cave? What's the difference between a fade-out and a dissolve? Fission and fusion? Shi'ites and Sunnis? The apostles and the disciples? Is postmodernism dead or just having a bad hair day? And for ...
Featuring cool information on how to land an airplane in an emergency or fight off a shark, this volume is filled to the brim with information on just about everything boys are interested in. Includes a special solve-the-code puzzle on random pages through the book that leads to a solution.
Uncle John is rightly enamored of a state with the world's only two-story outhouse. What other state has spawned such disparate personalities as J. Paul Getty, Bob Dylan, and Jesse Ventura? Uncle John now offers this collection of fascinating facts and amusing trivia, providing armchair travelers with a glimpse into Minnesota's people, places, and ...
In this bestseller, Erich von Daniken's puts forth the proposition that Earth may have been visited by aliens long ago, and points to archaeological phenomena as evidence.
This brief, inexpensive text helps the reader to think critically, using examples from the weird claims and beliefs that abound in our culture to demonstrate the sound evaluation of any claim. The authors focus on types of logical arguments and proofs, making "How to Think about Weird Things" a versatile supplement for logic, critical thinking, ...
Aimed at the legions of literate bathroom lingerers, this toilet tome is filled with pop culture, forgotten history, strange lawsuits, weird news, and unknown origins of all sorts of things from voodoo to anime.
In their first book, "The Book of Useless Information," the members of the Useless Information Society proved that knowledge doesnt have to be useful to be entertaining. Now they present a new collection of their most fascinating, hilarious, and wholly trivial findings.
From the same evil geniuses that brought you "Condensed Knowledge" comes an adorably naughty and delightfully mischievous romp through the dark side of human nature. The brainiest team at mental floss have scoured the darkest, dirtiest corners of history and the globe to gather this ultimate collection of the bad stuff you're not supposed to know ...
The number 13 is lucky for the thousands of bathroom readers eagerly awaiting Uncle John's latest lighthearted collection of facts, quotes, history, science, word origins, pop culture, gossip, and "uncanny" humor. As always, the entries are organized by length to accommodate short, medium, and long visits, and the book features the popular ...
A cult classic and a work of remarkable scholarship, this title is an investigation into the inspired world of side shows, circuses, and singularly talented performers. Jay's unparalleled collection of books, posters, photographs, programs, broadsides, and data about unjustifiably forgotten entertainers all over the world made this unique book ...
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