Will Pearson: 6 books
mental_floss: The Book
The Greatest Lists in the History of Listory
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The geniuses at mental_floss are back with mental_floss: The Book, a funny, surprising, fact-packed compendium of more than 200 of the Greatest Lists in the History of Listory. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning mental_floss magazine, authors Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur,...
The Book of Unexplained Mysteries
On the Trail of the Secret and the Strange
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2019
Everybody loves a good mystery and sometimes the questions can be more interesting than the answers.
Will Pearson investigates twenty unique mysteries with their broad spectrum of strangeness. Some, like the sudden disappearance of the sailing ship Mary Celeste's passengers and crew have gained universal...
Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing
Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress a Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Be amazing
Who says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level.
Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses
What good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool?...
The Mental Floss History of the United States
The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Smarter than your old history teacher, funnier than the founding fathers, and more American than apple pie, The Mental Floss History of the United States is an almost (but not entirely) comprehensive primer on American history (or at least, the good stuff). From the editors of MentalFloss.com and...
Go! Go! Go!
The Definitive Inside Story of the Iranian Embassy Siege
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
The first comprehensive account of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980.
GO! GO! GO! tells the action-packed story of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege. It is a comprehensive, detailed and gripping account of an unforgettable six-day drama that shook Britain -- and the wider world...
by Thomas Gilbert Pearson, Will Simmons, Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes,and Index
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BIRDS
Caution in Nest Hunting — Going Afield — Notebooks — Reporting Blanks — Bird Books — Movements of Birds — Artificial Cover in Hiding...