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Do you want to be entertained by strange, unique and interesting true stories? Or maybe just have a laugh? The World's Best Short Stories is a compendium of crazy and oddly funny stories from different periods across human history. You'll learn about pompous politicians, admirable animals, and some very strange oddballs! The book provides the reader with an easily accessible entrance into some of the most important aspects of human history. Th...

Are you ready to have your mind wander while you discover some of the craziest and most interesting true stories ever told? The world is an everchanging place full of incredible and interesting stories from our past, present and future. Do you know how the Romans managed to deliver mail across Europe faster than anyone for 2000 years? Do you know what happened when Australia went to war against its emus? The answer will surprise you! O...

Ever wondered what you'd do if the world went ballistic? Fear not! How To Survive A Freakin' Nuclear War is your witty, no-nonsense, and downright hilarious guide to navigating the chaos, bombs, and mutated creatures that might come your way. This book reveals how you should prepare for a nuclear disaster and the steps you must take in the hours, days, and weeks after to ensure survival for yourself and your loved ones. A nuclear explosion wou...

Did you know that in 1520, at the age of 29, the English king Henry VIII challenged his French counterpart, King Francis I of France, to a wrestling match? Even more bizarrely, the entire affair took place at a lavish diplomatic conference in the middle of a field in Calais-with the English king eventually being outplayed and beaten by his French rival. (Happily, despite his notoriously fierce temper, Henry so admired King Francis that he t...

Did you know that you'll spend roughly two years sitting on the toilet? That's because the average person spends around three and a half hours every week on the throne-which, multiplied across the seventy or eighty years of an average lifespan, makes for a pretty long time just sitting using the facilities! So why not make the most of all that time with some POOPERTAINMENT-a brand new pocket-sized collection of puzzles, word games, jumbl...

Do you like adventure? Sit tight because these adventures are quite something else. Amazing Survival Stories for Adventurous Kids is here to inspire you through the incredible courage and persistence a select few had to overcome the most challenging adventures of their lives. There are no fewer than 16 stories here that detail some of the greatest survival adventures ever told, from a woman named Blackjack, to a daring captain called Shackleto...

Want to impress your buddies at the bar? Need to think of something interesting to do at the next family gathering? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, true crime, and the paranormal? Pick up Interesting Stories for Curious People, the ultimate guidebook for a plethora of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics. A quick read packed with information from cover to cover. Here you ...

Who doesn't love a bit of random trivia now and then? Or, for that matter, who doesn't enjoy plucking some obscure tidbit of information from the back of their mind and dropping it into conversation? Pick up The Ultimate Bathroom Reader, your ultimate source of interesting facts about a wide range of diverse topics. This book is truly a quick read packed with information from cover to cover. In this amazing trivia book, you will find o...

Du willst deine Schulkameraden beeindrucken? Du brauchst noch eine lustige Idee für das Familientreffen oder Weihnachten? Dir steht der Sinn nach jeder Menge Information und Wissen über Geschichte, Wissenschaft und das Paranormale? Wenn du eine oder alle dieser Fragen mit ¿Ja" beantworten kannst, dann hol dir Interessante Geschichten für neugierige Kids: Eine spannende Sammlung der interessantesten, unglaublichsten und verrücktesten Ges...

Would you know what to do if a bear charged at you? What about if you were out driving and an earthquake struck? Or a tornado? What about if you were bitten by a snake in the middle of nowhere, or caught in an avalanche while out skiing or hiking? What if you found yourself the sole survivor of some awful incident, and had to make a new home for yourself stranded on a desert island? Would you know how to spear a fish, or how to distill pur...

Are you ready to dive into some of our world's greatest mysteries? Do you ever find yourself questioning what makes everything tick? Are you a knowledge sponge, always wanting to know more? If this sounds like you, you'll love The Big Book of Unexplained Mysteries. Making use of incredible storytelling and detailed historical accounts, we dive into unexplained mysteries such as: · The Pennsylvania man with a superpower: he could make i...

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What are the most amazing inventions that have changed the world? Humankind has accomplished incredible things, and this book will remind you just how great we can be! In this book, you will learn about how things we take for granted now completely revolutionized the world back then. Inventions like paper, the steam engine, the printing press, electricity and, of course, the computer! You'll find yourself captivated by the interesting stories ...

So, you know about history's biggest events... but do you know the story behind them? Knowledge is power - we've all heard that before and seen it proven right. Because of this, learning a bit of history can help us not make the same mistakes in the future. History, after all, is one big series of lessons we can apply to our present to avoid repeating the biggest errors ever made. The main problem is that sometimes history can get... kind of b...

Have you ever sat down and thought about how absurd and strange some of the things in our world are? If you have, then you know that in just about every aspect of human life-science, history, the art, etc.-there are plenty of absurd and crazy facts that often defy explanation. And even the absurdities that have an explanation often leave you scratching your head. In Absurdly Strange But True, we take a look at some of the most absurd inc...

Have you ever wondered what the biggest failures in American history are? Which sports teams just can't seem to catch a break and keep failing, over and over and over in the most disastrous manner? What are some of the biggest failures in American pop culture? In The United States of Epic Fails: 52 Crazy Stories and Blunders Through History That You Didn't Get Taught in School you'll learn all about these embarrassing moments and many...

The Systems of the Body series has established itself as a highly valuable resource for medical and other health science students following today's systems-based courses. Now thoroughly revised and updated in this third edition, each volume presents the core knowledge of basic science and clinical conditions that medical students need, providing a concise, fully integrated view of each major body system that can be hard to find in more traditi...

Okay boomer, are you ready to get out of your chair, challenge your mind, and have some fun in the process? If so, then open up the pages of I Remember That! - Captivating Stories, Interesting Facts and Fun Trivia for Seniors, and embark on this epic trivia challenge that was written specifically for your generation.You'll take an engaging stroll down memory lane to test just how much you remember from the biggest moments in history, pop cultu...

Have you ever wondered what the craziest and most insane missions in the CIA's history are? In this book you'll embark on a wild trip of some of the strangest, brutal, bizarre, and most head-scratching missions the CIA has undertaken and allowed to be declassified. You'll learn about the truth behind these missions, finding out the answers to some of the following: ¿ How and why did the CIA come to use sex dolls, and were they successful?¿ Why...