Curiosities category: 913 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
From strange medical afflictions such as crumbling skeletons and "mortifying" limbs, to miraculous escapes and singular preservations, wonderful beasts such as the vast guardian snake of Nurrah, and all manner of plagues, earthquakes, and disasters, the Terrific Register was an essential...
The Book of the Bizarre
Freaky Facts and Strange Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
Did you know duck dander is hallucinogenic? Or that Katherine Hepburn had a phobia of dirty hair? Have you ever wondered about the Magickal Skull of Doom or contemplated the mysterious Transylvanian Tablets? The Book of the Bizarre is a veritable treasure trove of startling and stranger-than-? ction...
The World's Best Book
The Spookiest, Smelliest, Wildest, Oldest, Weirdest, Brainiest, and Funniest Facts
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
With all of the books in the world, this one is the best! With a multitude of did-you-knows, accompanied by hilarious illustrations, page after page is packed with the best entertainment and education. For kids craving to jam their brains with odd and intriguing facts, here's a banquet-stuffed with...
by Anne Renaud
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Hailed as the pride of Nova Scotia, the giant Anna Swan (1846-1888) continues to be acclaimed as a woman who, despite her unusual and challenging physical attributes, rose above adversity to lead a life of love, happiness and great accomplishments.
by Bathroom Readers' Institute
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
A compendium of kookiness, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wonderful World of Odd digs up the oddest, strangest, most bizarre tales and true facts from this weird, weird world.
This volume--*Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wonderful World of Odd--*exposes the best of the weirdest news, facts,...
Book of Odds
From Lightning Strikes to Love at First Sight, the Odds of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
From the popular Book of Odds website, this stylish and accessible reference book offers a fascinating peek at the probabilities that govern every aspect of human life
Did you know that your odds of dying from drowning are higher than the odds of meeting your mate on a blind date? That the...
The Ultimate Book of Useless Information
A Few Thousand More Things You Might Need to Know (But Probably Don't)
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2007
Bigger, better, and more useless than ever!
In their groundbreakingly useless book, The Book of Useless Information, the members of the Useless Information Society proved that knowledge doesn't have to be useful to be entertaining. Now they present a new collection of their most fascinating,...
by Noel Botham
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
From the creators of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Useless Information comes another enlightening, entertaining, and ultimately useless assortment of trivia.
If you find yourself transfixed by the most trivial of trivia, or mesmerized by the most minor of minutiae, The Useless...
by Donald Lemke
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
A brand-new Guinness World Records book for kids!
Super Humans! is all about the incredible people who push it to the physical limit. Whether it’s swallowing the most swords, single-handedly pulling a 200-ton plane, or balancing for the longest time, these Guinness World Records holders show...
Fish Are Fantastic
Amazing Animals Adventure Series, #3
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Welcome to the Amazing Animals Series!
Come with us around the globe to explore the animal world.
In this book we will be visiting some fascinating, fun and fishy underwater creatures. We will be looking at the many wonderful and unusual fish that live in watery environments.
What...
by Marian Joyce Kolb
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2012
Surprise! What you are seeing is almost double in size of Vol. I, as Vol II shares many more researched patterns that make the whole reading process even more student Reader friendly, + older students get the "used to be hard parts" even easier! Vol. II helps students connect familiar traffic...
Ireland 366
A Story a Day from Ireland's Hidden History
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
In this entertaining and engaging book, Frank Hopkins delivers an episode from Ireland's history for every single day of the year, including 29 February. Some are surprising, some sensational and others sad, but they are always fascinating. The Whiteboys, the Ribbonmen, the Invincibles, the cat o'nine...
by Juan José Jurado
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 28, 2016
¿Te gusta el fútbol? ¿El baloncesto? Quizá seas más de tenis, béisbol o rugby
Aunque también puede ser que te interese el golf, la natación o el balonmano… Sea como fuere, el libro que tienes en tus manos te brinda la oportunidad de adentrarte en el mundo de los deportes desde una...
This Phenomenal Life
The Amazing Ways We Are Connected with Our Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Entertaining, colorful, and deceptively full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that humans are always completely at one with our surrounding world. From the vast galaxies above to the miniature microbes within, humans are organically connected to the complex cycles...