Item 495410Strange Stories, Amazing Facts: Stories That are Bizarre, Unusual, Odd, Astonishing, and Often Incredible
Readers Digest, July 1981. Hardcover.
Readers Digest, July 1981. Hardcover.
Ripley Publishing, September 2011. Hardcover. The newest title in the Ripley's Annual series is a compendium of new and bizarre stories, pictures and interviews all of which are packaged nicely within a vibrant red foil and lenticular cover. For the legions of dedicated Ripley's fans, and anyone else on the.....
Quora. Trade Paperback. Vol. I: Sciences; Vol. II: Humanities; Vol. III: Life. Vol. I: Sciences; Vol. II: Humanities; Vol. III: Life.
FLATIRON BOOKS (mps), NA. Hardcover. From the duo behind the massively successful and award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know comes an unexpected look at things you thought you knew. Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast Stuff You Should Know back in 2008 because they were curious--curious about the.....
Crown, October 2011. Hardcover. From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. Just when you thought that.....
Villard Books, July 1998. Paperback. Did you ever have the uneasy feeling the experts are not...well, expert? "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." -- Irving Fisher, professor of economics at Yale University, October 17, 1929 "Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel.".....
TarcherPerigee, August 2016. Paperback. YouTube sensation Matthew Santoro amazes with eye-opening facts that are sure to blow your mind. Matthew Santoro's originality and humor has attracted millions of fans, making him a beloved YouTube star. His weekly videos on amazing and little-known facts are eagerly anticipated by his many subscribers.....
Independently published, January 2017. Paperback. Our world is full of miracles. Every day, so many incredible things happen, which always inspire us anew. Did you know, for example, that only five people per year die by shark attacks but 22 people by cows and even 2,900 by hippos? Who would.....
Mountain Press, 2014. Unknown. The names of Wyoming's cities, counties, streams, and mountains are reflections of its history. It was Lewis and Clark who in 1805 dubbed a Wyoming mountain range Big Horn, and that name soon graced a town, a river, and countless local businesses. The Union Pacific Railroad.....
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2016. Hardcover. The New York Times best-selling authors of the Quite Interesting series have made you see sideways, knocked your socks off, and left your jaw on the floor. Now John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin are back to offer even more--1,234, to.....
Grand Central Publishing, September 1992. Mass Market Paperback.
Ulysses Press, July 2011. Paperback. Prep your home and family for any disaster situation with this best-selling, comprehensive handbook on emergency preparedness and survival. Over 75,000 copies sold. From California earthquakes and Rocky Mountain wildfires to Midwest floods and Atlantic hurricanes, you can't escape that inevitable day when catastrophe strikes.....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 1992. Hardcover. "Getting to Yes" offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict--whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project.....
Hearst Books, May 2012. Paperback. Which 1958 invention can be used to repair a broken taillight, reassemble a vase, close wounds, and lift fingerprints? How fast (in milliseconds) does a batter have to react in order to hit a fastball hurtling in at 90 mph? What's the easiest way to.....
Harpercollins Pub Ltd, July 1998. Paperback.
Harper Collins Publishers, October 1995. Paperback.
William Morrow, May 2015. Hardcover.
Houghton Mifflin company, January 1983. Paperback.
Ballantine Books, 1987. Hardcover.
Ballantine Books, September 1982. Paperback.
Aurum Pr Ltd, March 1996. Hardcover.
Portable Press, November 2004. Paperback.
Parragon Books Ltd, December 2015. Hardcover.
Avery, May 2021. Hardcover. A New York Times bestseller One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a......