Curiosities Wonders category: 913 books

A compendium of tantalizing facts and fascinating trivia!

This is the story of a teenage girl called Poppy Rose who comes to the aid of her best friend, Lauren, and then both girls end up on an adventure that they never thought they would have.  Enjoy this first ever instalment. 

The first of seven books, this is a magical story about a little mythical creature set in and around a garden. With hand drawn illustrations and photos as reference, it is a fantasy story that also aims to be educational. 

En este libro podrás ver y leer datos curiosos sobre muchísimas cosas que nadie te había podido explicar (o cuando menos no así). Aquí hablamos de pedos, mocos y costras; chocolate, fobias y burbujas. Nada nos da asco. Al contrario: cuanto más asqueroso, mejor. Cuanto más extraño, más divertido....

Cauldrons, broomsticks, spells, and black cats are some of the things that witches bring to mind. Yet, tales about witches are more than just spooky legends. Throughout history, people who looked or acted strangely have been accused of being witches and conjuring evil. The consequence of being found...

Équivoques, expressions grivoises, sens cachés... Un dictionnaire pour parfaire sa culture et enrichir son champ lexical érotique. POUR UN PUBLIC AVERTI. Ce dictionnaire offre la définition de toutes les expressions fleuries et de tous les termes relatifs à l’amour et issus de citations...

Celebrate America’s outrageous competitive fire 100 years of “see it to believe it” American contests Includes dozens of mind-blowing, little-known competitions Gorgeous design with 150 color and black-and-white photographs, plus sidebars From marathon dancing, to food eating contests,...

Oggi tutti parlano di "meritocrazia", giornali, televisioni, radio, tutto voluto dai politici per giustificare una forma di macelleria sociale. Si tratta forse di un trucco per trasformare una democrazia imperfetta in regime? Leggete e lo scoprirete. Un libro impietoso e feroce che vi aprirà gli occhi...

Everyone has seen the grainy, super-8 film clip of a tall, hairy man-beast lumbering on two huge feet along a forest edge, barely pausing to cast a glance over its furry shoulder. Is this really Bigfoot—a mysterious survivor of a previously unknown race of giant primates—or some misapprehended...

Learn the Secrets Behind Mind Tricks and Mental Mysticism with Cards Learn the Secrets Behind Mind Tricks and Mental Mysticism with Cards Looking to expand your magical repertoire? Want to entrance and confound your audience with amazing card tricks? Written by the great Jean Hugard, this classic...

The Story of a Special Day: March 5March 5 is the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, in which Crispus Attucks became the first martyr of the American Revolution... The day Elvis got out of the Army... The day the Nazis took power in Germany... The day Churchill gave his “Iron Curtain” speech......

There is something both sad and creepy about an abandoned amusement park. Perhaps it’s because a place that was once packed with fun seekers has become slowly choked with weeds. Or maybe it’s because the sound of kids’ excited laughter has been replaced with the quiet creaking of rusted rides....

Few sounds are as chilling as the metal bars of a prison slamming shut. Often, criminals are locked up in cells with other murderers, thieves, and robbers—sometimes for years, sometimes for life. Yet what about being locked up with a ghost? Some people say that the souls of those who died in prison...

Dieses Buch beschreibt die typischen Charaktereigenschaften der zwölf Sternzeichen und erklärt, wer mit wem gut kann und welche Flirt-Taktik bei welchem Sternzeichen die beste ist. Wie erobert man zum Beispiel eine Waage? Und vor allem: Wie wird man sie wieder los? All das, jede Menge Tipps und...