New England Patriots: Yesterday & Today

RICHARD A. JOHNSON

West Side Publishing

Armchair Reader Civil War: Untold Stories of the Blue and Gray

Armchair Reader: Civil War, Untold Stories of the Blue and Gray

Editors of West Side Publishing

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

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

Boston Red Sox Yesterday and Today

Nick Cafardo

Sports & Outdoors

Grand Slam Baseball is a treasury of trivia, anecdotes, and fascinating statistics will change the casual enthusiast into a sports buff. With this Armchair Reader, even the fanatic finds a mother lode of unique information: the world's fastest pitcher, the greatest comeback in a single game, and Little League stars that made it big. You will also enjoy stories about the female pitcher who struck out Joe DiMaggio, Moe Berg, the ball player who was also a spy, and how eating eels kept Lou Gehrig's Yankees on a winning streak.

Armchair Reader: Grand Slam Baseball, The Lore & Legends of America's Game

Baseball

Armchair Reader: The Amazing Book of History

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

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

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

BIll Martin

Jeff Bahr

Ken Sheldon

Tom DeMichael

Katherine Don

James Duplacey

Emily Dwass

Susan McGowan

Lawrence Robinson

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