Download or read book Amazing True Stories written by Don L. Wulffson and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of unusual stories that are hard to believe but true, in such categories as "Travel and Transportation," "Crime and Punishment," and "Accidents and Disasters."
Download or read book Amazing True Stories written by Don L. Wulffson and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of unusual stories that are hard to believe but true, in such categories as "Travel and Transportation", "Crime and Punishment", and "Accidents and Disasters".
Download or read book The Executioner Always Chops Twice written by Geoffrey Abbott and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2004-04-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A morbidly fascinating mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests, and classic final one-liners from medieval times to the present day. Sometimes it's hard to be an executioner, trying to keep someone from popping up to make a quip when they should have spectacularly sunk without a trace. Or to be told that the condemned to the guillotine won't have a last drink for fear of "completely losing his head." The business of death can be absurd, and nothing illustrates this better than these tales of the gruesome and frankly ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met (or failed to meet) their maker. Did you know: When Sir Thomas More was ordered to position his head on the block, he said "though you have warrant to cut off my head, you have none to cut off my beard?" When the guillotine took three strokes to sever the neck of Isabeau Herman, the mob attempted to stone the executioner to death for cruelty? After the English hanged the pirate Captain Kidd they chained his body to a stake on the Thames River as a warning to seafarers? From the strange to the gruesome, from the weird to the completely unbelievable, The Executioner Always Chops Twice is popular history at its best: witty, lively, and wonderfully bizarre.
Download or read book The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made written by Fiona Katauskas and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GO-TO BOOK FOR PARENTS WANTING HELP WITH THAT TALK ... SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS It's one of the most amazing stories ever told -- and it's true! Funny, frank and embarrassment-free, THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF HOW BABIES ARE MADE gives a fresh take on the incredible tale of where we all come from. REVIEWS: 'If you're looking for a book for children that's accessible but honest, sex positive and inclusive, THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF HOW BABIES ARE MADE is pretty much perfect.' -- Child Magazine 'Common sense, facts, the delightful humour and illustrations will enable this book to be universally accessible and a joy to be shared. A must buy for all parents.' -- Buzzword Books 'Highly recommended ... a necessary addition to every parent library' -- ReadPlus.com.au 'It's the inclusive nature of the book as well as its light touches of humour that make it a worthy update of a perennially interesting subject' -- Sydney Morning Herald 'terrific, funny and explicit-in-a-good-way ... Destined to become a classic.' -- Weekend West
Download or read book Amazing but True Sports Stories written by Steve Riach and published by Hallmark Cards, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australia s Most Unbelievable True Stories written by Jim Haynes and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that in 1932 the Australian army was called out to wage war on an invading army of 20,000...emus? Or that the first royal personage to arrive in Australia was the King of Iceland and he came as a convict? And how about the spooky phenomenon of the mischief-making Guyra Ghost? From Jim Haynes, one of our most successful and prolific tellers of yarns and bush tales, comes this ultimate collection of unbelievable true Australian stories: the unknown, the forgotten, the surprising, the truly weird and the completely inexplicable. Told with a refreshing understatement, Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories vividly evokes a vanishing Australia when anything was possible, when characters were larger than life and the bizarre and strange were normal.
Download or read book Strange But True written by Donald J. Sobol and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1988 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accounts of twenty-two unbelievably strange but true happenings.
Download or read book Five Epic Disasters I Survived True Stories 1 written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times-bestselling I Survived series expands to include this thrilling nonfiction exploration of five true stories, from the Titanic to the Henryville Tornadoes. REAL KIDS. REAL DISASTERS.From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come five harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters.From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.Read their incredible stories:The Children’s Blizzard, 1888The Titanic Disaster, 1912The Great Boston Molasses Flood, 1919The Japanese Tsunami, 2011The Henryville Tornado, 2012
Download or read book Nature Attacks I Survived True Stories 2 written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series come four harrowing true stories of survival, featuring real kids in the midst of epic disasters. REAL KIDS. REAL DISASTERS.The author of the New York Times-bestselling I Survived series brings us more harrowing true stories of real kids up against terrible forces of nature. From fourteen-year-old lone survivor of the shark attacks of 1916, to nine-year-old who survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), here are four unforgettable survivors who managed to beat the odds.Read their incredible stories:The Deadly Shark Attacks of 1916The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871A Venomous Box Jellyfish AttackThe Eruption of Mount Tambora
Download or read book The Amazing True Stories of Pepito the Squirrel written by F. Jordan Erebia and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazing True Stories of Pepito The Squirrel is based on the real life adventures of Pepito, who was injured when very young, and the retired physician who nurtured him back to good health."This was perhaps the finest care a squirrel without health insurance could receive in the United States." - The Boston GlobePepito's true story was documented in videos shared on social media. These caught the eye of a staff reporter of The Boston Globe. The article on the front page of The Boston Globe captivated readers from around the world!The physician is both author and illustrator. He writes in third person to give Pepito center stage. His poetic writing is amusing and fanciful. The vibrant illustrations originate from actual photography taken of Pepito The Squirrel.The words and illustrations transport the reader into Pepito's two worlds: one of human care (with a warm bed, nuts, and fresh pineapple), and the other of nature (with trees, dirt, moss, and other squirrels)!The Amazing True Stories of Pepito The Squirrel [Book 1] recounts Pepito's random encounter with the doctor, his physical therapy, his luxuries, and his gradual release back into nature.More Amazing True Stories of Pepito The Squirrel [Book 2] follows Pepito's adventures living in nature through the passing of the seasons.Your heart will melt as you experience each new adventure and illustration! You will want to share and read this with people of all ages!
Download or read book Time Travel True Stories written by Richard Bullivant and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do Scientists Say About Time Travel? It's fair to say that most scientists today will tell you that time travel is impossible. Three of today's top physicists - Charles Liu, Brian Green and Michio Kaku - all hold that time travel is, if not impossible, unlikely in the extreme. However, one of the most brilliant minds of our time, physicist Stephen Hawking, disagrees - although only partially. He believes that time travel is theoretically possible, but only into the future. …. But What Do Real People Experience? The opinion of science, however, has never stopped thousands of people around the world from reporting what they firmly believe are actual experiences of spontaneous time travel! Still others insist that time travel is not only possible, but they have already done it as part of top secret government programmes. Claims for time travel range from the highly flaky to the astoundingly believable. They are especially difficult to dismiss when time travel reports come from absolutely ordinary, rock-solid people who have nothing to gain by proclaiming they travelled in time. Many people who report time travel experiences don't necessarily believe it themselves. What happened to them was so strange, so unexpected, yet so real; they simply have no other good explanation for their experience. You will meet a number of such individuals in this book, most of their stories straight out of the headline of local newspapers. No doubt, a story or two will strike the reader as pure balderdash. On the other hand, some of these cases of time travel are tantalizing and unexplainable. They also come with a certain amount of solid evidence, such as stopped clocks, frozen machines and electromagnetic devices acting in inexplicable ways. Physicist and NASA scientist Tom Campbell said that scientific advances always 'come from the fringe.' Thus, even if you consider some of these stories stepping dangerously 'out there' onto that fringy edge, remember that many of yesterday's fringe theories are today's scientific fact. At the very least, it doesn't hurt to approach the idea of time travel with an open mind and a sense of wonder.
Download or read book 50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing and True Stories written by Saundra Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of short biographies profiling some of the most influential kids in history and today. From inventors, athletes, and musicians, to artists, actors, and even world leaders"--
Download or read book 125 True Stories of Amazing Animals written by National Geographic Kids and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals.
Download or read book Epic Book of Unbelievable True Stories written by Chili Mac Books and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-14 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you believe that a woman fell over 30,000 ft and lived? Would you believe the U.S.S.R dropped a nuclear bomb...on itself...on purpose? Would you believe a bear helped soldiers fight in during WW1? Would you believe . . . To all these questions as well as the others in this book, they all looked like tabloid headlines rather than factual stories to me when I first came across them. However, after careful research, I have discovered that each of the statements in the book is true. Prepare to be educated; the articles are fact-based - I am not making this stuff up! Prepare to have fun; the stories are shared by myself, a folksy narrator with a great sense of humor and a gift for taking boring, complicated subjects and making them interesting and intelligible to the average person. Prepare to be amazed; these are gems that most schools forget to teach. In this book you will find fascinating stories that you can share to amaze your friends and family. This is a book you will want to return to again and again. Buy your copy today!
Download or read book 5 Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime written by Various and published by Britannica Books. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories about bedtime, you can go on a journey of wonder and learning to find out the answers to all these questions, and many more! Travel to Ancient Egypt to explore the beds of Tutankhamun, jet off into space to see how astronauts get ready for bed, or even plunge underwater to learn how hibernating turtles breathe through their bottoms!"--Back cover.
Download or read book The One Year Book of Amazing Stories written by Robert Petterson and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ECPA 2020 Christian Book Award Finalist! You wouldn’t believe it, but . . . James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, grew up mute. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Albert Einstein was bullied mercilessly in school. Beethoven’s mom almost aborted him. Life takes the strangest sharp turns—and sometimes, U-turns. Robert Petterson—popular speaker, storyteller, and author—has been a student for his entire life of what God is teaching us through those real-life U-turns. In this book, he compiles 365 amazing stories that teach lessons you won’t easily forget. Each entry is written in the rest-of-the-story style popularized by Paul Harvey. With The One Year Book of Amazing Stories, you’ll marvel at how God has used the lives of these ordinary people to change the course of human history.
Download or read book Once Upon a Road Trip written by Angela N. Blount and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen-year-old Angeli doesn't "fit in." She's never been on a single date, and she lives vicariously through an online world of storytelling. With the pressures of choosing a practical future path bearing down, she needs a drastic change. Too old to run away from home, she opts instead to embark on a solo 2-month road trip. But her freedom is tempered by loneliness - and anxiety tests her resolve as she comes face-to-face with her quirky internet friends. Aside from contracting mono and repeatedly getting herself lost, Angeli's adventure is mired by more unforeseen glitches - like being detained by Canadian authorities, and a near-death experience at the hands of an overzealous amateur wrestler. Her odyssey is complicated further when she unwittingly earns the affections of two young men. One a privileged martial artist; the other a talented techie with a colorful past. Bewildered by the emotions they stir, Angeli spurns the idea of a doomed long-distance relationship. But she is unprepared for the determination of her hopeful suitors. In the wake of her refusal, one man will betray her, and the other will prove himself worthy of a place in her future. Angeli sets off in search of a better understanding of herself, the world, and her place in it. What she finds is an impractical love, with the potential to restore her faith in happy endings. A true story with an unapologetically honest outlook on life, love, faith, and adventure - Once Upon A Road Trip is a coming-of-age memoir.
