Curiosities category: 913 books
Lo sapevi che?
50 curiosità che (forse) non sapevi!
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 5, 2018
La guerra più breve, il vino più costoso, la perla più grande: queste altre incredibili curiosità in un gustosissimo ebook.
I mini-ebook di Passerino Editore sono guide agili, essenziali e complete, per orientarsi nella storia del mondo.
Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition
An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
“A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.”
—New York Times
Praised as the “bestest travel guide ever” (Mary Roach) and “a joy to read and reread” (Neil Gaiman), Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of travel books: “Odds are you won’t get past three pages without being...
by Gideon Haigh
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Make way for this defiantly idiosyncratic, hilariously illuminating compendium of curiosities you never knew you wanted to know!
How do you flirt in Turkish? How do you dump someone in Japanese? What are the names of all the animals ever sent into space? These are just some of the fun and insightful...
by Cliff Dearing
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
This book delves into the viral videos and content in the darker corners of The Internet. None of the subject matter here is hard to find. The inclination to seek it out, however, sometimes is. What I've attempted to do here is to give you the details about them. Not only that, but also their back...
Book of Science Stuff
Wacky experiments, schocking discoveries, odd facts &other outrageous curiosities
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Rather than paying tribute to the great discoveries and discoverers, the BOOK OF SCIENCE STUFF takes a fun look at the silly, hilarious, horrible underbelly of science. In a series of enjoyable short accounts, it focuses on the failures, reveals the petty squabbles, and introduces the "nerds"...
The Gentleman's Bedside Companion
A Compendium of Manly Information for the Last Fifteen Minutes of the Day
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Delightful Things to Read About Before the Snoring Starts
Have you ever found that once you are between the sheets, Madame Bovary is too heavy, magazines are too slippery, and Crime and Punishment is too long?
The Gentleman's Bedside Companion is the answer-a bracing collection of information,...
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
**"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular Science
One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018
One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018
This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its jaw-dropping weirdness.**
A...
Daily Rituals
How Artists Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle...
The Big, Bad Book of Botany
The World's Most Fascinating Flora
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
David Attenborough meets Lemony Snicket in The Big Bad Book of Botany, Michael Largo’s entertaining and enlightening one-of-a-kind compendium of the world’s most amazing and bizarre plants, their history, and their lore.
The Big, Bad Book of Botany introduces a world of wild, wonderful,...
Mother Earth's Beauty: Types of Air Around Us (For Early Learners)
Nature Book for Kids - Earth Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
You breathe in oxygen and you breathe out carbon dioxide. But do you know that there are other types of airs around you, and each has its own functions? This amazing book breaks down the complexity of science into little parts that are easy for young children to understand and recall. Train little science achievers by getting a copy of this book today!
by Kris Mastracchio
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2014
Ponder wanders out of the woods and into a town created by humans. He decides to play a Sherlock Holmes type detective to uncover the mysteries of the objects used by people in their everyday lives!
Kids Want To Know About UFOs
Kids Want To Know About, #1
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Do Your Children Love Stories About Unknown Creatures? Kids Do Want To Know About UFO's Discover well known and little known facts about UFO's. Did you know that Christopher Columbus and some of his ship's crew said they saw a flying ship crash into the sea while on his first voyage to America?...
Red and Yellow and Pink and Green!: Colors Book for Toddlers
Early Learning Books K-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Introduce colors a bunch at a time with this beautifully illustrated coloring book. By following the instructions on how each image should be colored, your child will learn to recognize and appreciate the colors red, yellow, pink and green. This book will also improve your child's vocabulary and his/her ability to follow instructions. Secure a copy for your child today!
This Then That: Opposites Books for Kids
Early Learning Books K-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Opposites are among the most important concepts that children need to learn. Knowledge of the subject will allow children to understand words and their meanings, learn to follow directions, provide descriptions and even engage in classroom discussion. Hence, if your child understands the concept of opposites,...