Download or read book You Swallow Spiders in Your Sleep written by Paul Mason and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth or Busted explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you think you know about popular everyday topics! Quirky, odd and humorous statements are explored and evaluated with an ultimate truth or busted outcome! Humorous illustrations and clever use of typography makes these titles appealing reads for tweens and teens.

Download or read book The Fact or Fiction Behind Animals written by Paul Mason and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is full of amazing animals, but some “facts” about them often seem too strange to be true. Do goldfish really have short memories? Is cow flatulence really ruining the ozone layer? This book takes a magnifying glass to some of the wildest things people say about animals to find the truth behind the exaggerations, misunderstandings, or even lies we accidentally spread as fact. Fact boxes throughout the book help readers separate the facts from fiction, and entertaining cartoons and illustrations add to the animal fun.

Download or read book We Swallow ed Spiders in Our Sleep written by Zachary C. Bush and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Myths and Misconceptions written by Richard Benson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you always thought that a goldfish has a 3-second memory span? Do you think your morning coffee comes from a bean? Do you believe that those accused at the Salem Witch Trials were burned at the stake? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you’ve been lied to. But don’t worry, this book will set the record straight on all the common myths that most people take for fact, making you the most well-informed smart-alec in town. So next time someone proclaims that Napoleon Bonaparte was short, or that shaving causes hair to grow back thicker, you can correct them, and tell them smugly that everything they think they know is wrong.

Download or read book The Fact or Fiction Behind Human Bodies written by Paul Mason and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human body is full of amazingly complex systems. Science has helped explain so much about the way our bodies work, but there are still plenty of myths some consider as fact. Are human bones really four times as strong as concrete? How close can someone sit to a TV before damaging his or her eyes? This fun, informative book separates fact from fiction through the use of engaging fact boxes and specific scientific research to debunk some of the myths surrounding the human body.

Download or read book Eight Legged Wonders written by James O'Hanlon and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encounter with a spider will never be the same again … This warm-hearted book offers fascinating science and captivating storytelling to persuade readers to fall in love with—or at least tolerate—these eight-legged wonders. Eight-Legged Wonders unveils the remarkable lives of one of the most misunderstood and maligned creatures on the planet: the spider. With over 50,000 species, spiders play vital roles in our ecosystems and the vast majority are harmless to humans. With this in mind, shouldn’t we at least try to set aside our creepy-crawly associations, and cultivate a deeper appreciation for these truly wonderful beings? Eight-Legged Wonders helps us do just that. In this affectionate and surprisingly giddy ode to spiders, James O’Hanlon, a scientist and spider expert, introduces spiders that we may never have noticed before, including spiders that cosplay as ants, balloon through the air, and scuba-dive. He describes the peacock spider's colorful dances and the Portia jumping spider's cunning hunting techniques. He dispels bite concerns, highlights groundbreaking research using spiders for human benefit, and aims to shift perceptions, ultimately revealing spiders as truly remarkable beings worthy of our admiration.

Download or read book Andrew Zimmern s Field Guide to Exceptionally Weird Wild and Wonderful Foods written by Andrew Zimmern and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The host of the Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods America shares memorable moments from his unconventional culinary travels while describing some of the more unusual foods he has sampled, in an account that features fun facts about culture, geography, art and history.

Download or read book The Book of Common Fallacies written by Philip Ward and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before Snopes.com and Wikipedia, The Book of Common Fallacies set out to debunk popular beliefs and set the record straight. By tracking down the facts and citing experts in a multitude of fields, Philip Ward points out the senseless ideas that we have come to accept as fact. Newly updated with today’s common misconceptions and available as a single-volume paperback for the first time, The Book of Common Fallacies exposes the truth behind hundreds of commonly held false beliefs.

Download or read book Could a Walrus Play the Saxophone written by Paul Mason and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could a walrus play the saxophone? Could an earwig crawl into your ear? Can cows forecast the weather? This book takes a fun look at animals by asking and answering a series of quirky yet thought-provoking questions such as these! Although primarily a recreational read, the book nevertheless contains a wealth of fascinating information and bizarre facts about animals that readers will be sure to find captivating.

Download or read book I Can t Believe it 2 written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boggle your mind with the weird and wonderful facts, photos, and illustrations packed into the pages of this awesome almanac. I Can't Believe It! 2 brings together some of the most fascinating information and myth-busting true-or-false questions from four of DK's bestselling titles: It Can't Be True! (astonishing visual comparisons that explain extraordinary facts about the world around us); True or False? (unbelievable but true answers to big questions); Strange but True! (bizarre beasts, incredible places, and peculiar phenomena that are really real); and It Can't Be True! 2 (a compendium of hundreds more visual comparisons). Covering a huge range of subjects from outer space to dinos, head lice to hamburgers, and snowflakes to fearsome flowers, this is truly a book with the "Wow!" factor that tells you things about our crazy universe you will hardly believe. I Can't Believe It! 2 has something to astound everyone, over and over again. Parents will want to steal this book from their kids.

Download or read book Sorority written by Genevieve Sly Crane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sisterhood is forever…whether you like it or not. Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s deliciously addictive, voyeuristic exploration of female friendship and coming of age that will appeal to anyone who has ever been curious about what happens in a sorority house. Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that hold sisters together in a sacred bond of everlasting trust. Certain chaste images spring to mind when one thinks of sororities. But make no mistake: these women are not braiding each other’s hair and having pillow fights—not by a long shot. What Genevieve Sly Crane has conjured in these pages is a blunt, in-your-face look behind the closed doors of a house full of contemporary women—and there are no holds barred. These women have issues: self-inflicted, family inflicted, sister-to-sister inflicted—and it is all on the page. At the center of this swirl is Margot: the sister who died in the house, and each chapter is told from the points of view of the women who orbit her death and have their own reactions to it. With a keen sense of character and elegant, observant prose, Crane details the undercurrents of tension in a world where perfection comes at a cost and the best things in life are painful—if not impossible—to acquire: Beauty. A mother’s love. And friendship…or at least the appearance of it. Woven throughout are glimmers of the classical myths that undercut the lives of women in Greek life. After all, the Greek goddesses did cause their fair share of destruction….

Download or read book Joke Notes written by Seth Kinstle and published by Seth Kinstle. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where would you be without the diverse jokes of this book? There are tons of people telling jokes but only so many can do it this well. No one in the world can compare to the notes jotted down here. It's no wonder they created a massive revolution of comedic idealism. If that was too complicated for you, let me elaborate with a simplistic senseless sentence. These jokes are the best thing you ever laid eyes on. They will calm your spirits and elevate your perceptions of life. They will treat your wounds and send your worries on their way. In this unique one of a kind collection, you'll be sure to experience electricity flowing through your veins, and be electrocuted into a hilarious eternal awakening of funniness. There's a new joke to be discovered on every page. It's truly the best piece of comedic work that ever existed. Jump on in and witness the divine laughter inside.

Download or read book The Boy Most Likely To written by Huntley Fitzpatrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romantic companion to My Life Next Door—great for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. With bonus Jase and Samantha content in the paperback! Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To find the liquor cabinet blindfolded, need a liver transplant, and drive his car into a house Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To . . . well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart” choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard. Told in Tim’s and Alice’s distinctive, disarming, entirely compelling voices, this novel is for readers of The Spectacular Now, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and Paper Towns.

Download or read book Areion Fury MC Collection Part One written by Esther E. Schmidt and published by Esther E. Schmidt. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** WARNING; The Areion Fury MC collection part one is filled with off the charts chemistry. Each story will leave you wanting more! *** Meet these bad boy bikers with a heart for only one woman. To make it a bit interesting, that woman needs to be a badass herself. The Areion Fury MC collection part one contains the correct reading order of the first four books in this series. Full length, fast-paced novels filled with hot, alpha biker romance and their happily ever after.

Download or read book Attending to Movement written by Sarah Whatley and published by Triarchy Press. This book was released on 2015-05-09 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somatics, Movement and Embodiment * What does it actually mean to embody an idea or an action? * What has somatic practice to offer the teaching and development of modern dance? * How can an investigation of our embodied movement open up the possibility of making new choices - on an individual, social, cultural or political level? * How can somatic practice be used to open up intercultural dialogue? * How can embodied art exist alongside social and religious practice?

Download or read book Charlotte s Web written by E. B. White and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books. Whether enjoyed in the classroom or for homeschooling or independent reading, Charlotte's Web is a proven favorite.

Download or read book Death and the Seaside written by Alison Moore and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearing thirty, with an abandoned literature degree and half-hearted dreams of becoming a writer, Bonnie Falls gives in to her parents’ insistence that she finally move out of their home and takes up residence in a shabby first-floor flat with a concrete garden. When her landlady takes an uncommon interest in her—and one of her unfinished stories—Bonnie’s aspirations are rekindled, and when Sylvia suggests the two of them take a summer holiday to a seaside town oddly similar to the one in which the story is set, Bonnie is quickly persuaded to accompany the enigmatic older woman. A tense exploration of power and vulnerability, obsession and manipulation, Death and the Seaside is a masterpiece of form and gripping psychological novel about the stories that we tell ourselves.