Jack Barrett: 16 books

Book cover of Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Peri-Operative Pain Relief E-Book

Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Peri-Operative Pain Relief E-Book

Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Peri-Operative Pain Relief : ExpertConsult Online and Print

by Dominic Harmon, FFARCS(I), FRCA
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010

The new edition of this practical multimedia resource shows you exactly how to perform successfully a full range of peripheral nerve block techniques. Over four hundred illustrations, the majority of which are in colour, plus online video clips, portray the relevant surface anatomy, the internal anatomy,...
Book cover of It Takes A Certain Type To Be A Writer: Facts From The World Of Writing And Publishing
by Erin Barrett,Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books. The sixth book in the Totally Riveting Utterly...
Book cover of Dracula Was A Lawyer: Hundreds Of Fascinating Facts From The World Of Law
by Erin Barrett,Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010

We are all fascinated by the legal system and the people behind it. With Dracula Was a Lawyer, trivia experts Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo explore lawyers we love to hate (until we need one!), the pitfalls in our legal system, celebrity lawyers, and more. This compendium puts lawyers and legal history on trial and exposes over 500 outrageous oddities from the wild world of law.
Book cover of Doctors Killed George Washington

Doctors Killed George Washington

Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the World of Medicine

by Barrett, Erin, Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2002

It's no joke that we are all fascinated by the medical profession and the people in it. With Doctors Killed George Washington, trivia mavens Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo explore accidental medical discoveries, medical follies, bizarre cures, and more. This titillating tome puts doctors and medical history...
Book cover of Random Acts of Factness: 1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (mostly) Everything
by Erin Barrett,Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005

This latest romp through history politics religion and science from the dyno-duo Barrett and Mingo is sure to tickle the fancy of trivia buffs everywhere. Amuse your date impress your boss bore your kids or be the 6th caller to win a pair of tickets to the nose-flute band concert! All because you know...
Book cover of Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth

Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth

Being a 21st Century Treatise on What It Takes to Live A Rich Life

by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004

Ben Franklin’s Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders, one of Ben Franklin’s many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively, and follow his intellectual...
Book cover of Just Curious About Animals and Nature, Jeeves
by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY CAN YOU GET FROM AN ELECTRIC EEL? WHEN CAN MISTLETOE BE THE KISS OF DEATH? HOW MANY SHEEP DOES IT TAKE TO GET ENOUGH WOOL FOR A SUIT? WHAT DID BOOK WORMS EAT BEFORE THERE WERE BOOKS? The mysteries of the natural world are endless, but your trusty manservant, Jeeves, has the answers...
Book cover of Cause of Death

Cause of Death

A Perfect Little Guide to What Kills Us

by Jack Mingo, Erin Barrett, Lucy Autrey Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

FACE IT. WE CAN GO ANYTIME. BUT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS! Death becomes you, and it's just another fact of life explored in Cause of Death, a revealing abundance of startling data, false perceptions, bizarre fallacies, and some totally unexpected statistics about how, why, when, and where...
Book cover of Not Another Apple For The Teacher: Hundreds Of Fascinating Facts From The World Of Education
by Erin Barrett,Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010

From devastating remarks made by teachers ("Addled, backward dunce" said about young Thomas Edison) to the rich and famous on campus (William Randolph Hearst kept a pet alligator at Harvard), this is a spirited and humorous collection of facts about teachers and students.
Book cover of W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion
by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015

Here you sit, brokenhearted ...with nothing to read but the writing on the wallpaper? Don't get flushed with despair! W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion is a book that's good for your heart – the more you read, the better you'll feel. Designed to make a porcelain throne into a seat...
Book cover of Code Name: C.I.N.D.E.R.

Code Name: C.I.N.D.E.R.

Counter-Intelligence Narcotics Detection Enforcement and Regulation

by Jack Edward Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018

Jonathan St. Honore is a federal narcotics agent living a nightmare within the dark walls of a Saigon prison. He has been convicted of murdering a crewman after he intercepted a fishing boat he suspected was smuggling opium into the country that instead turned out to be pure gold. Even as he is ruthlessly...
Book cover of Cats Don't Always Land On Their Feet: Hundreds Of Fascinating Facts From The Cat World
by Erin Barrett,Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010

Every little fact cat lovers could want to know about the mysterious creatures that live in their homes is contained in this collection. For example, cats use at least a hundred different sounds to communicate and can pronounce thirteen vowel sounds and seven or eight consonant sounds; housecats typically blink twice a minute; and in ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death!
Book cover of Just Curious About History, Jeeves
by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

Is it true that King Louis XIV never bathed? Was Doc Holliday really a doctor? Who were the twelve knights of King Arthur's Round Table? And what do Scots traditionally wear under their kilts? You'll get the answers to these fascinating questions and many, many more in the wildly entertaining, un-put-down-able...
Book cover of W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion, Number 2
by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015

Number 2 in the W.C. Privy series, this bathroom companion is chock full of jokes, stories, historical factoids, quizzes, trivia, and pop culture fun. An ecletic reading array, the book includes: *Rules and Histories of Laughably Obscure Sports *The Night They Invented Champagne--the Accidental...
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