Herb Reich: 4 books
Don't You Believe It!
Exposing the Myths Behind Commonly Believed Fallacies
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Our cherished culturally shared beliefs stem from a variety of sources, many of which propagate old wives’ tales, myths, self-serving fantasies, innocent fallacies, or sheer nonsense. History is replete with stories of great men and events that either never happened or didn’t happen the way we...
Numberpedia
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (and a Few Things You Didn't) About Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2011
What does the number 67 mean to you? Do you associate it with a year? After all, 1967 was the year The Beatles released both Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour. It was also the year the first Super Bowl was held and in which Ernesto “Che” Guevara was executed. But...
2,501 Things That Really Piss Me Off
A Catalog of Insults and Intrusions That are Sure to Ruin My Day
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
An authoritative look at the life of a music legend from “the Number One Bestselling Pop Biographer” (Publishers Weekly).
Complaining, psychologists assert, is good for the soul. It acts as a relief valve to help dispel the pent-up energy generated by our frustration. If we weren’t able...
Lies, Half-Truths, and More Lies
The Truth Behind 250 "Facts" You Learned in School (and Elsewhere)
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
History is replete with stories of great people and extraordinary events that either never happened or didn’t happen the way we were told they did. Such news or embellishment thereof are part of what we consider common knowledge – information taught in schools and passed down to us. And they are...