This is not your usual history book. The Amazing Book of History, from the popular Armchair Reader series, takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening journey through time and presents fascinating events, obscure facts, and startling details that many will be learning about for the first time. The Amazing Book of History s innovative approach and witty style will capture the interest of all readers. Here is a summary of what you will find in the book: Nearly 200 untold stories, little-known anecdotes, and fascinating articles on countless topics, from ancient history to pop culture, the Wild West to outer space, science to sports, and many more. A history timeline that threads through the book, tracing major events from the dawn of time into the 21st century. Hundreds of remarkable fast facts and notable and famous quotations. From the famous to the infamous, the clandestine to the notorious, The Amazing Book of History enables readers to discover an amazing collection of world history presented in a concise and entertaining narrative.

Armchair Reader: The Amazing Book of History: Extraordinary Facts and Stories

William Martin

J.K. Kelley

Jonathan W. Jordan

Robert Bullington

William Sasser

William, David

West Side Publishing

World War II, the greatest conflict of the 20th century, spawned a fascinating array of personalities and events. World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories, from the popular Armchair Reader series, relates the battles, bombings, and politics of World War II, and reveals intriguing and often overlooked details and little-known stories of the war. This book includes more than 150 fascinating anecdotes and articles; hundreds of fast facts; and a World War II timeline that traces major events from the early 1930s to 1951. Here is a sampling of the topics that will inform and educate you about World War II: Stella Goldschlag, The Blonde Poison, the fair-haired and attractive Jewish woman whose acts of betrayal condemned as many as 2,300 fellow Jews to Hitler s Nazi concentration camps. Japan s Fu-go project, an attempt to attack the United States with balloon bombs released into the Pacific jet stream. About 300 reached the United States. Nazi Germany s V-2 rockets that inflicted tremendous destruction in England were assembled underground near Nordhausen, Germany, by concentration-camp prisoners. More than 50,000 prisoners were assigned to this project, and only about half survived. The United States s failed attempt to deploy bats armed with firebombs -- flying mammals, not Louisville Sluggers -- as weapons against Japan. From President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George Patton to Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, from war strategies and tactics to the weapons of war, World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories presents an extensive collection of World War II articles and personality profiles.

Armchair Reader: World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories

History

Jonathan Jordan

David Lesjak

Bill Sasser

Ed Moser

World

The Book of Incredible Information, from the popular Armchair Reader series, is an informative and entertaining compilation of data covering hundreds of fascinating, funny, and unfamiliar facts on topics ranging from the odd to the obscure. This book will cause you to both laugh out loud and shake your head in amazement. Here is a sampling of what you will find in The Book of Incredible Information: You can earn a good living by working as a banana gasser. In Ohio, it s illegal to get a fish drunk. Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest. United States President James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other--at the same time. In some parts of Italy, people savor a worm-filled cheese called casu marzu. The Book of Incredible Information is a treasure trove of not-so-common knowledge, presenting anecdotes, stories, trivia, fun facts, and quotations that will entertain history buffs, trivia experts, and anyone who delights in the quirky and unusual.

Armchair Reader: The Book of Incredible Information: A World of Not-So-Common Knowledge

Eric Peterson

Donna Beech

Mary Fons

Anna Zaigraeva

Mary C. Nadalin

Reference

World War II, the greatest conflict of the 20th century, spawned a fascinating array of personalities and events. World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories, from the popular Armchair Reader series, relates the battles, bombings, and politics of World War II, and reveals intriguing and often overlooked details and little-known stories of the war.This book includes more than 150 fascinating anecdotes and articles; hundreds of fast facts; and a World War II timeline that traces major events from the early 1930s to 1951. Here is a sampling of the topics that will inform and educate you about World War II: Stella Goldschlag, The Blonde Poison, the fair-haired and attractive Jewish woman whose acts of betrayal condemned as many as 2,300 fellow Jews to Hitler s Nazi concentration camps. Japan s Fu-go project, an attempt to attack the United States with balloon bombs released into the Pacific jet stream. About 300 reached the United States. Nazi Germany s V-2 rockets that inflicted tremendous destruction in England were assembled underground near Nordhausen, Germany, by concentration-camp prisoners. More than 50,000 prisoners were assigned to this project, and only about half survived. The United States s failed attempt to deploy bats armed with firebombs -- flying mammals, not Louisville Sluggers -- as weapons against Japan.From President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George Patton to Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, from war strategies and tactics to the weapons of war, World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories presents an extensive collection of World War II articles and personality profiles.

Armchair Reader World War II

Publications, International, Ltd.

Don t believe everything you hear, at least not until checking it out in The Book of Myths &amp; Misconceptions. This book, from the popular Armchair Reader series, shines new light on hundreds of topics, setting the record straight on urban legends, old wives tales, misattributed quotes all the so-called facts we picked up from any number of less than reliable sources. The Book of Myths &amp; Misconceptions presents the origins and the truths about history, pop culture, health and medicine, science, and the paranormal, to name just a few subjects. Here is a sampling of some common myths addressed in the Armchair Reader editors: Two bloody blockbuster movies, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Fargo, were based on real-life events. People use only ten percent of their brains. A penny dropped from the Empire State Building can kill a pedestrian. Ronald Reagan, not Humphrey Bogart, was the first choice to play the role of Rick Blaine in the iconic movie Casablanca. If you consume Pop Rocks and soda together, your stomach will explode. Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen, and his body is buried beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. Wolves howl at the moon. From the absurd (lemmings commit mass suicide) to the misinformed (Thomas Edison invented the light bulb) to the seemingly logical (cats purr when they re happy), The Book of Myths &amp; Misconceptions sets the record straight on hundreds of topics

Armchair Reader: The Book of Myths & Misconceptions

Humor & Entertainment

BIll Martin

Jeff Bahr

Ken Sheldon

Tom DeMichael

Katherine Don

James Duplacey

Emily Dwass

Susan McGowan

Lawrence Robinson

Puzzles & Games

Anthropologist George Dorsey said, Play is the beginning of knowledge. Armchair Reader: The Origin of Everything takes this dictum seriously, digging into the origins of hundreds of things people, places, concepts, names even stuff that doesn t exist except in the imagination. Some examples: Kitty litter, and how its invention turned cats from outdoor pets into indoor members of the family The fork, which has suffered through many eras when it was considered low-class (reminiscent of a pitchfork used to feed a horse) or too diabolical (the devil s instrument) The knuckleball, hotpants, FM radio, and Spam Origins in the broader sense, like a long list of real names of the rich and famous Mother s Day, and why its inventor lobbied against its celebration A breakfast cereal that was invented with the aim of inhibiting sexual desire Armchair Reader: The Origin of Everything contains more than 500 pages of carefully researched, eminently readable mini-essays that range from The Secret Origin of Comic Books to America s First Skyscraper. It s an entertaining and informative addition to the wildly popular Armchair Reader series.

Armchair Reader The Origins of Everything

The Extraordinary Book of Information, from the popular Armchair Digest series, is a treasure trove of stories, interviews, hilarious trivia, quotes, timelines, and astounding facts. The information is culled from thousands of sources and pulled together in one handy volume. Here is a sampling of the fascinating facts in The Extraordinary Book of Information: In some parts of Italy, people savor a worm-filled cheese called casu marzu. Sand tiger shark eggs hatch in one of two chambers in the womb. The shark embryos eat each other until there are only two survivors -- one in each chamber. On the Micronesian island of Yap, people once used 12-foot limestone coins as money. President John Quincy Adams started each summer day with a skinny dip in the Potomac River. Tokyo subways and train stations employee large men called oshiya ( pushers ) to cram people into crowded cars. Open to any page of The Extraordinary Book of Information and you ll find something amazing that you didn t know.

Armchair Digest: The Extraordinary Book of Information

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The Fascinating Book of History, from the much-loved Armchair Digest series, is a lively collection of the most compelling, bizarre, chilling, and hilarious stories from world history. In 304 packed pages, you ll read about an array of stuff that they didn t teach you in school, such as: Elizabeth of Bathroy, the insane Hungarian countess and real-life vampire who tortured and killed more than 600 people before authorities locked her up in her own castle Animals dressed up and put on trial for their crimes in the Middle Ages The shortest war ever, a 38-minute face-off between Great Britain and Zanzibar The mysterious Voynich manuscript, a bizarre medieval book filled with indecipherable code, drawings of plants that botanists still haven t identified, and illustrations featuring naked nymphs cavorting around Hatshepsut, the lady pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt dressed as a man -- complete with a fake beard Written for the curious mind, The Fascinating Book of History gives you an inside look at hundreds of odd episodes and eccentric figures.

Armchair Digest: The Fascinating Book of History

No one is more intriguing than a survivor, which is why the editors of the acclaimed Armchair Reader series have compiled more than 450 pages of survivor stories. You ll read about crazy twists of fate, tales of perseverence and courage, and eyewitness accounts of some of history s most harrowing events. Yes, you ll find it all in Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events, Movies, Disasters, and More. Learn about the last living Revolutionary War veteran and the last living survivor of the Titanic tragedy. Read about German legislators who voted agains the Nazis, the wives of Henry VIII, the original Siamese twins, and hundreds of other people who lived to tell about their ordeals. Here are some of the other people you ll discover in Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events, Movies, Disasters, and More: Jasper Kanseah, Geronimo s nephew and the last living survivor of the Apache chief s bitter surrender to the U.S. army in 1886 Ralph Miller, the last surviving 19th-century professional baseball player John Astin, the last living cast member from the beloved Addams Family television series William T. Coleman Jr., the last living attorney who worked on the landmark Brown v. Board of Education legal case Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events, Movies, Disasters, and More is a fascinating trip through the annals of history. Once you start reading it, you won t be able to put it down.

Armchair Reader: The Last Survivors of Historical Events, Movies, Disasters, and More

David Morrow

Robert Ernest Hubbard

Kick n Back in Texas is an entertaining collection of fascinating trivia, little-known anecdotes, legends, and folk wisdom about the Lone Star State. From the popular Armchair Reader series, this source of Texas historical tidbits will entertain and inform readers of all ages. Texas is a state of many superlatives: the biggest ranch, the most farmland, the most wool produced, and the largest number of bat species. Because of the state s size, Texas seems to embody all that s good, bad, and especially big about the United States. This book captures the best of the state s strange and special stories, people, and places. Each Texas topic is covered in a few pages, so you can pick up Kick n Back in Texas anytime, anywhere to enrich your knowledge of all things Texas. Readers will be entertained as they read stories of the state s history, culture, land, homegrown heroes, food, and more. Highlights of Kick n Back in Texas include: Texas trivia presented in a concise and entertaining format. Fast facts that detail unique historical events, little-known facts about Texas celebrities, sports-related anecdotes, and more. A rundown of what Texans eat and how they talk. You Can Thank Texas recounts the contributions the state has made to the world, like the car radio, the electric typewriter, and Liquid Paper. Ludicrous laws in the state, like prohibitions against selling armadillos or allowing camels to roam unattended. Timelines that clarify what happened when throughout Texas.

Kick'n' Back in Texas (Armchair Reader)

Donald Vaughan

Paul Seaburn

Winter D. Prosapio

Michael Witzel

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