Author: Kevin McFarland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780805501667
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Incredible People
Author: Kevin McFarland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780805501667
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780805501667
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Incredible But True
Author: Harish Yadav
Publisher: Pustak Mahal
ISBN: 9788122303506
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Ever heard of man struck by lightning seven times.Or a man who flew in his easy chair up to three miles?Truth is stanger than fiction,goes an oft-repeated, but valid and sound observation.Reliving the age-old saying,the book is packed with anecdotes and excerpts of real-life facts which may appear all impossible but are stangely true!The book covers:*Incredible story of a man struck by lightning seven times: Sullivan survived each time. Later, he committed suicide after an unsuccessful love affair.*Balloon Flight: Larry Walers tied 42 balloons to his easy chair and up he went, in the sky. He travelled 3 miles in the air. But when he landed back, he found the police waiting for him. Larry did not have the licence to fly.*Crazy for horses: George Evar of Peru was so crazy about horses that he himself started living like one. With a bridle in his mouth he started pulling horsecart and even began to eat grass.Read on, for endless fascinating, intriguing but factual accounts.
Publisher: Pustak Mahal
ISBN: 9788122303506
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Ever heard of man struck by lightning seven times.Or a man who flew in his easy chair up to three miles?Truth is stanger than fiction,goes an oft-repeated, but valid and sound observation.Reliving the age-old saying,the book is packed with anecdotes and excerpts of real-life facts which may appear all impossible but are stangely true!The book covers:*Incredible story of a man struck by lightning seven times: Sullivan survived each time. Later, he committed suicide after an unsuccessful love affair.*Balloon Flight: Larry Walers tied 42 balloons to his easy chair and up he went, in the sky. He travelled 3 miles in the air. But when he landed back, he found the police waiting for him. Larry did not have the licence to fly.*Crazy for horses: George Evar of Peru was so crazy about horses that he himself started living like one. With a bridle in his mouth he started pulling horsecart and even began to eat grass.Read on, for endless fascinating, intriguing but factual accounts.
Dinosaurs
Author: Parragon Books Ltd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474850353
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dinosaurs is a guide filled with amazing facts and information about Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Velociraptors and so much more!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474850353
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dinosaurs is a guide filled with amazing facts and information about Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Velociraptors and so much more!
Your Body
Author: Parragon Books Ltd
Publisher: Parragon
ISBN: 9781474850346
Category : Human anatomy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Your Body is a guide filled with amazing facts and information about bones, how the heart pumps, why identical twins look the same and so much more!
Publisher: Parragon
ISBN: 9781474850346
Category : Human anatomy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Your Body is a guide filled with amazing facts and information about bones, how the heart pumps, why identical twins look the same and so much more!
The Incredible True Story of the Making of the Eve of Destruction
Author: Amy Brashear
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616959045
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"Though the story takes place in the '80s, it feels eerily timely."—Bustle Arkansas, 1984: The town of Griffin Flat is known for almost nothing other than its nuclear missile silos. MAD—Mutually Assured Destruction—is a fear every local lives with and tries to ignore. Unfortunately that’s impossible now that film moguls have picked Griffin Flat as the location for a new nuclear holocaust movie, aptly titled The Eve of Destruction. When sixteen-year-old Laura Ratliff wins a walk-on role (with a plus-one!) thanks to a radio call-in contest, she is more relieved than excited. Mingling with Hollywood stars on the set of a phony nuclear war is a perfect distraction from being the only child in her real nuclear family—which has also been annihilated. Her parents are divorced, and her mother has recently remarried. Her father, an officer in the Strategic Air Command, is absent . . . except when he phones at odd hours to hint at an impending catastrophe. But isn’t that his job? Laura’s only real friend is her new stepbrother, Terrence. She picks him as her plus-one for the film shoot, enraging her fair-weather friends. But their anger is nothing compared to what happens on set after the scripted nuclear explosion. Because nobody seems to know if a real nuclear bomb has detonated or not.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616959045
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"Though the story takes place in the '80s, it feels eerily timely."—Bustle Arkansas, 1984: The town of Griffin Flat is known for almost nothing other than its nuclear missile silos. MAD—Mutually Assured Destruction—is a fear every local lives with and tries to ignore. Unfortunately that’s impossible now that film moguls have picked Griffin Flat as the location for a new nuclear holocaust movie, aptly titled The Eve of Destruction. When sixteen-year-old Laura Ratliff wins a walk-on role (with a plus-one!) thanks to a radio call-in contest, she is more relieved than excited. Mingling with Hollywood stars on the set of a phony nuclear war is a perfect distraction from being the only child in her real nuclear family—which has also been annihilated. Her parents are divorced, and her mother has recently remarried. Her father, an officer in the Strategic Air Command, is absent . . . except when he phones at odd hours to hint at an impending catastrophe. But isn’t that his job? Laura’s only real friend is her new stepbrother, Terrence. She picks him as her plus-one for the film shoot, enraging her fair-weather friends. But their anger is nothing compared to what happens on set after the scripted nuclear explosion. Because nobody seems to know if a real nuclear bomb has detonated or not.
5000 Amazing Facts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781472379337
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781472379337
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Weird But True!
Author: Rebecca Baines
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780606364263
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of food! Step up to the plate to get 100 percent new content, with 300 more of the amazing facts plus photos that kids just can't get enough of"--Publisher.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780606364263
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focused totally on the subject of food! Step up to the plate to get 100 percent new content, with 300 more of the amazing facts plus photos that kids just can't get enough of"--Publisher.
The Incredible True Story of Blondy Baruti
Author: Blondy Baruti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501165011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The inspirational and true rags-to-riches story of how one young boy made it from the war-torn Congolese jungles to America and onto the silver screen, all the while facing extraordinary trials and twists of fate with an unwavering faith and unflagging spirit. Blondy Baruti’s boyhood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shaped by a desperate ordeal to survive. After marauding soldiers invaded his village, he, his mom, and his sister fled to the jungle and trekked countless miles to escape the atrocities and violence—only to encounter more unspeakable horrors at every turn. Their odyssey ended some sixteen months later when they finally reached safety—but Blondy’s journey had only just begun. In an amazing true story that seems more like fiction, we see Blondy overcome incredible odds—poverty, fever, hunger, betrayal—in pursuit of daring dreams that take him from his fight for survival in the Congolese jungle to a dazzling turn on an A-list red carpet after earning a role in the Marvel blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. In between are some incredible twists and turns: basketball dreams nurtured and squashed; a crooked cousin who breaks the inviolable bonds of family; and beneficent strangers who change everything. A powerful and timely tale of triumph over adversity, The Incredible True Story of Blondy Baruti will have you rooting for Blondy throughout his tale and leave you inspired on your own path to greatness.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501165011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The inspirational and true rags-to-riches story of how one young boy made it from the war-torn Congolese jungles to America and onto the silver screen, all the while facing extraordinary trials and twists of fate with an unwavering faith and unflagging spirit. Blondy Baruti’s boyhood in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shaped by a desperate ordeal to survive. After marauding soldiers invaded his village, he, his mom, and his sister fled to the jungle and trekked countless miles to escape the atrocities and violence—only to encounter more unspeakable horrors at every turn. Their odyssey ended some sixteen months later when they finally reached safety—but Blondy’s journey had only just begun. In an amazing true story that seems more like fiction, we see Blondy overcome incredible odds—poverty, fever, hunger, betrayal—in pursuit of daring dreams that take him from his fight for survival in the Congolese jungle to a dazzling turn on an A-list red carpet after earning a role in the Marvel blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. In between are some incredible twists and turns: basketball dreams nurtured and squashed; a crooked cousin who breaks the inviolable bonds of family; and beneficent strangers who change everything. A powerful and timely tale of triumph over adversity, The Incredible True Story of Blondy Baruti will have you rooting for Blondy throughout his tale and leave you inspired on your own path to greatness.
Empire of Deception
Author: Dean Jobb
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616204966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
“A rollicking tale that is one part The Sting, one part The Great Gatsby, and one part The Devil in the White City.” —Karen Abbott, author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy In a time of unregulated madness, nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. It was the perfect place for a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz to entice hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. It was an ingenious deceit, one that out-Ponzied Charles Ponzi himself. In this rip-roaring tale of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar deceit, illicit sex, and a brilliant and wildly charming con man on the town and then on the lam, Empire of Deception proves that the American dream of easy wealth is truly a timeless commodity. “Captivating . . . Dean Jobb tells the story of Leo Koretz, a legendary con artist of Madoffian audacity, with terrific energy and narrative brio.” —Gary Krist, author of Empire of Sin “A brilliantly researched tale of greed, ambition, and our desperate need to believe in magic, it’s history that captures America as it really was--and always will be. A great read.” —Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness “Reads like a Gatsby-Ponzi mashup . . . Kudos to Jobb for unearthing this overlooked story and bringing to life a charming, witty, naughty, iconic American crook.” —Neal Thompson, author of A Curious Man “The granddaddy of all con men, Leo Koretz gives Jobb the opportunity to exhibit his impressive research and storytelling skills . . . A highly readable, entertaining story.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616204966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
“A rollicking tale that is one part The Sting, one part The Great Gatsby, and one part The Devil in the White City.” —Karen Abbott, author of Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy In a time of unregulated madness, nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. It was the perfect place for a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz to entice hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. It was an ingenious deceit, one that out-Ponzied Charles Ponzi himself. In this rip-roaring tale of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar deceit, illicit sex, and a brilliant and wildly charming con man on the town and then on the lam, Empire of Deception proves that the American dream of easy wealth is truly a timeless commodity. “Captivating . . . Dean Jobb tells the story of Leo Koretz, a legendary con artist of Madoffian audacity, with terrific energy and narrative brio.” —Gary Krist, author of Empire of Sin “A brilliantly researched tale of greed, ambition, and our desperate need to believe in magic, it’s history that captures America as it really was--and always will be. A great read.” —Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness “Reads like a Gatsby-Ponzi mashup . . . Kudos to Jobb for unearthing this overlooked story and bringing to life a charming, witty, naughty, iconic American crook.” —Neal Thompson, author of A Curious Man “The granddaddy of all con men, Leo Koretz gives Jobb the opportunity to exhibit his impressive research and storytelling skills . . . A highly readable, entertaining story.” —Kirkus Reviews
The Big Book of Blooms
Author: Yuval Zommer
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 050065199X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The next installment in the popular Big Book series is a fascinating introduction to some of the most magnificent and surprising flowering plants from around the world. In The Big Book of Blooms, the next installment in the wildly successful Big Book series, Yuval Zommer’s charming illustrations bring to life some of the most colorful, flamboyant, and unusual flowers from across the globe. In the opening pages, readers will learn all about botany, including how to recognize different types of flowers. Subsequent pages illustrate the various habitats that are home to flora such as pitcher plants, the giant water lily, and the weirdly wonderful corpse flower. Readers will discover which flowers are endangered and why some blooms are fragrant or colorful, not to mention grisly details about carnivorous and poisonous flowers. This title pairs picture-book charm and concise, informative text to create a beautiful book for children to return to. Zommer’s quirky illustrations appeal to young readers, who will relish these fun and amazing facts about the world’s most exciting plants.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 050065199X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The next installment in the popular Big Book series is a fascinating introduction to some of the most magnificent and surprising flowering plants from around the world. In The Big Book of Blooms, the next installment in the wildly successful Big Book series, Yuval Zommer’s charming illustrations bring to life some of the most colorful, flamboyant, and unusual flowers from across the globe. In the opening pages, readers will learn all about botany, including how to recognize different types of flowers. Subsequent pages illustrate the various habitats that are home to flora such as pitcher plants, the giant water lily, and the weirdly wonderful corpse flower. Readers will discover which flowers are endangered and why some blooms are fragrant or colorful, not to mention grisly details about carnivorous and poisonous flowers. This title pairs picture-book charm and concise, informative text to create a beautiful book for children to return to. Zommer’s quirky illustrations appeal to young readers, who will relish these fun and amazing facts about the world’s most exciting plants.