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

J.K. Kelley

Puzzles & Games

West Side Publishing

Amazing and Unusual USA gives you on a thrill-packed look at the weirdest, silliest, tackiest, and most amazing things in the country. You'll discover a side of America that you never knew existed, one that s filled with enormous animals, bizarre museums, odd events, and oversized furniture. Amazing and Unusual USA profiles hundreds of fascinating sights, including: The world s oldest edible ham in Smithfield, Virginia Knight s Spider Web Farm in Williamstown, Vermont The Roswell UFO Festival in Roswell, New Mexico The world s largest chest of drawers in High Point, North Carolina The Museum of Bad Art in Dedham, Massachusetts Salem, Sue, the 38-foot-tall cow in New Salem, North Dakota The Seattle Milk Carton Derby in Seattle, Washington There's a whole weird world out there just waiting to be explored. Whether you're planning your next family road trip or you prefer to do your sightseeing from the couch, Amazing and Unusual USA is just the ticket.

Amazing and Unusual USA (Hardcover)

Janet Friedman

Publications, International, Ltd.

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

Ghostly Encounters Terrifying Tales of Paranormal Encounters Jeff Bahr

Publishing International

You ve never really needed a book like you need Armchair Reader: Vitally Useless Information. It includes everything you never wanted to know about many topics. From the popular Armchair Reader series, the book is packed with articles, statistics, facts, and lists covering topics that range from absurd to useless to hilarious. Here is a sampling of what you will find in this compendium of informatoon: Inventors killed by their own inventions. The most deadly occupations. What s visible on Earth from space. How the birds and bees really do it. Statistics on everything from ER visits to Facebook. Everything you never wanted to know about The Simpsons, MAD magazine, Barbie, GI Joe, and more. The 468 pages of trivia, articles, statistics, and lists in Armchair Reader: Vitally Useless Information provide countless hours of entertainment and amusement. It s nothing you must to know, but is worth reading nonetheless. Trivia buffs of all ages will love this book. Can you survive without it? Maybe. The question is: Why would you want to?

Armchair Reader: Vitally Useless Information

Diane Lanzillotta Bobis

Tim Frystak

Tom Harris

Noah Liberman

Matt Modica

Terri Schlichenmeyer

Pat Sherman

Donald Vaughan

Vivian Wagner

Jodi Webb

Dan, Rafter

Reference

Publications International

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