Are Lobsters Ambidextrous?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Series)
Ponder, if you will …Has anyone ever seen a live Cornish game hen?Why do quarterbacks say “Hut”?Why do “sea” gulls congregate in parking lots of shopping centers?What does the “Q” in Q-Tips stand for?Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in Are Lobsters Ambidextrous? Part of the Imponderables® series—the unchallenged source of answers to …
From the award-winning Web site visited by more than 2.5 million people every month comes the hardcover reference guide How Stuff Works. This book is a definitive guide to the inner workings of everyday items. In this fun and infinitely informative guide, Marshall Brain and staff of “stuff” experts at HowStuffWorks, Inc. unravel the mysteries of more than …
The idea of choosing the Wonders of the World can be traced all the way back to the 5th century, B.C., when the Greek historian Herodotus of the Halicarnassus listed seven must-sees, the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt and six other constructions that long ago vanished from the earth.In this deluxe new LIFE book, Wonders of the …
Know It All: 132 Head-Scratching Questions About the Science All Around Us
A joy for science lovers, Know It All is your ticket to a grand meeting of curious minds!New Scientist magazine’s beloved “Last Word” column is a rare forum for “un-Google-able” queries: Readers write in, and readers respond! Know It All collects 132 of the column’s very best Q&As. The often-wacky questions cover physics, chemistry, zoology and beyond: When …
From the same team that brought you Show Me How and More Show Me How comes a whole new way of looking at the crazy facts that drive the world—and discovering that real life is not only stranger than fiction but more unexpected than anything you’ve ever dreamed of. Trivia fanatics and anyone fascinated by the new frontiers …
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Nature Calls (Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers)
It’s a wild world out there, and the folks at the BRI want to explore it with you. From hornywinks to Dracula orchids, from alluvium to zymogen, Uncle John is embarking on a back-country safari to track down the wackiest, weirdest, silliest, and most amazing stories about the natural world. It’s 448 wild pages of great outdoor facts, …
Uncle John’s Extra Large Bathroom Reader (Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers)
What makes it Extra Large? It’s two great Bathroom Readers (Ahh-Inspiring and Unstoppable) stuffed into one low-priced, hard-cover edition. Overflowing with more than 700 pages of some of the best bathroom reading ever put on paper, Uncle John’s Extra Large Bathroom Reader is a treasure trove of weird news, forgotten history, celebrity gossip, strange science, eye-opening origins, stupid criminals, …
Uncle John’s Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader (Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader)
The big brains at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have come up with 544 all-new pages full of incredible facts, hilarious articles, and a whole bunch of other ways to, er, pass the time. With topics ranging from history and science to pop culture, wordplay, and modern mythology, Heavy Duty is sure to amaze and entertain the loyal legions …
Weird Ohio: Your Travel Guide to Ohio’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Everybody Poops 10 Million Pounds: Astounding Fecal Facts from a Day in the City
A CLASSIC BATHROOM READER FOR ADULTS THAT PRESENTS FUNNY TRIVIA, GROSS STORIES, AND FASCINATING FACTS IN AN ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOK STYLEEvery day, Americans produce hundreds of millions of pounds of poop. In New York City alone, the weight of poop-based sludge produced each day is around 1,200 tonsthe equivalent of 200 African elephants. So unbuckle your trousers and …
