Curiosities Wonders category: 913 books

We know that the moon influences the tides, but did you know that with the full moon, you always see the same side of the moon? Or that a yawn is contagious for humans and some animals? And what precisely causes birds not to bump into one another when they fly in a swarm and they swerve? These facts...

Hauntings and eerie tales abound in northern Ohio. Does Esther Hale, believed to have been executed for witchcraft, really haunt Columbiana County's Bowman Cemetery? Is Lonesome Lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal as haunted as rumors say? Do restless spirits stalk the rooms at the Wolf Creek Tavern in...

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...

Patricia Müller ci fa conoscere, indagando sulle situazioni storiche, sui personaggi e sui luoghi importanti di Buenos Aires, come gli indios, gli schiavi africani, i coloni spagnoli e gli immigranti europei hanno plasmato il tango e sviluppato il suo ballo. Attraverso esercizi pratici e semplici...

Perpetual calendars are a fascinating way to look at time, and can be defined in a variety of ways. In a comprehensive how-to manual, James Saltvold shares valuable insight on how to use his unique concepts to make practical perpetual calendars for everyday home and office use. These calendars, which...

A book which deals with the general knowledge varying from science to humanities.from the books of dickens to the discoverer of nylon plastics,little bit of everything is supplied in this book.from sidney sheldon to notorious trees everything will amaze you.do you know what marconi did?or who is known...

Our world usually consists of us, our family, work, sleep and everything else in between. It is both what happens in between our ears and what happens between us and the outside world. We usually feel we have a pretty good grasp of reality. We can get comfortable knowing how the world works, but here...

69 curiosità sulla più antica squadra di calcio italiana.  Ambra Dell'Anno nasce a Gaeta nel 1986. Fin da bambina cresce con la passione per la scrittura, la lettura e la buona musica. Da 7 anni vive a Genova con suo marito con cui condivide la passione per la musica, i viaggi, e il grande Genoa.   

L’ATLANTE DELLE MERAVIGLIE - luoghi che forse non avete mai visto è una guida agile, divertente, curiosa e ricca di informazioni e aneddoti alla scoperta di luoghi naturali ed edifici costruiti dall’uomo poco noti o del tutto sconosciuti. Il libro è diviso in 6 sezioni: · Il turista...

Reflections is a selection from some 670 exercises in the use of words, written in tea and lunch breaks between 1986 and 1997. An imperative was that they were to be written entirely spontaneously, without forethought, correction or editing. During the writing I was simply the wielder of the pen. Where the words came from I do not know.

A cantankerous collection of the 50 most overhyped people, places and things in the world What do horoscopes, hemlock, Star Trek, the Oscars, and sliced bread have in common? They're all overrated-and systematically skewered in this hilariously opinionated takedown of all things overhyped. Discover...

Quando capita sottomano un bel libro d’altri tempi, come “L’arte di convitare” di Giovanni Rajberti, è giusto il caso di ricordare l’affermazione di Goethe che tutto ciò che è intelligente è già stato pensato: basta cercare di pensarlo di nuovo. Il convito è un frammento del grande...

What do Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan all have in common? HINT: They share the same fateful phenomenon that afflicted the Titanic, the Deepwater Horizon, Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Facility, the Exxon Valdez and so many more. From John Belushi to John Candy, Sharon...

1000 cuestiones, 2000 opciones. Cada pregunta cuenta con dos posibles respuestas, unas bastante próximas entre sí, otras completamente disparatadas, unas con respuestas bastante obvias, otras que no lo son tanto, todo con la intención de que el grado de dificultad no sea ni muy bajo ni muy elevado....