Download or read book Strange But True Alabama written by Lynne L Hall and published by . This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is stranger than fiction, and in the pages of Strange But True Alabama, you can take an armchair tour and see for yourself the wacky wonders of the state. So sit back, read, and shake your head in amazement. You're in Strange But True Alabama.
Download or read book Alabama Curiosities written by Andy Duncan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Alabama's curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Coon Dog Cemetery, learn about the cattle-mutilation mystery, view the world's largest boll weevil, and sip Kudzu Tea. Only a true Southerner could capture the essence of these and other authentic Alabama phenomena, and Andy Duncan does his home state proud.
Download or read book Strange But True America written by John Hafnor and published by John Hafnor. This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 101 curious tales and oddball facts about events and people from the fifty states.
Download or read book Crazy in Alabama written by Mark Childress and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stupid Alabama written by Michael P Wines and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So there's this nerdy fifth-grader named Melvin. He lives in Brooklyn, and wants nothing more in life than to go to computer camp. There he can build the ultimate robot to thwart his enemies, do his chores, and make him look cool in front of girls. Instead, he gets his butt kicked by a bully and a guilt trip from his parents. Somehow, after an epic day of defeat, worry, and woe, he agrees to spend the summer in stupid Alabama with his stupid biologist Uncle Petro who works for Auburn University. On the drive, Melvin and Petro pick up a couple of burping alligators from the Bronx Zoo, mistakenly become international terrorists, and somehow survive the fartapocolypse. Petro is attempting to save the Red Hills salamander from extinction and drags Melvin through the culture and wilderness of the deep, dirty South. Melvin decides to forgo his ultimate robot and design a video game from the embarrassing footage he recorded on the journey in an attempt to out-prank his uncle. They get helped along the way by a freakish group of characters, including a horse-dog named Choopy, Melvin's best friend Chucky (AKA DJ Chuck-N-Stuff), and a few other wierdos. All the while, the two are chased by a butt-chinned, New York reporter attempting to ruin their already stupid lives. From gorilla spankings to gator heists, man-eating hound dogs to midnight salamander raids, the uber-snarking Melvin tries to conquer all.Stupid Alabama - A Tale about Growing Up to Discover Not All Things are Stupid but a Lot of Them Are.
Download or read book Welsh History Strange but True written by Geoff Brookes and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest prehistoric burial in Europe was found in Wales. The skeleton was known as the ‘Red Lady of Paviland’ – well, until scientists discovered that it had, in fact, belonged to a man... ‘Rhodri the Great’, Wales’ first king, was killed by a Saxon army. The second King of Wales was killed by his own men... English armies usually contained Welsh bowmen. A Welsh-fired arrow could – and did – go all the way through armour, leg, saddle and horse. Welsh bowmen often used English longbows against them, firing them at point-blank range during ambushes...This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ facts and anecdotes about Welsh history. Arranged into a miniature history of Wales, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will interest and delight readers everywhere.
Download or read book The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities written by Nathan Belofsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're probably breaking the law right now-and don't even know it. Did you know... ? Naples, Italy, enforces laws for what constitutes real pizza, and "pizza police" visit restaurants to crack down on unlawful pies? ? In West Virginia it is a crime to display or possess a red or black flag? ? It is illegal to sell stuffed articles depicting female breasts within a thousand feet of any county highway in California? ? Spherical fishbowls have been banned in Rome since 2004? There are hundreds of bizarre laws that we could be breaking at any moment. What exactly are we doing that we shouldn't be doing, and what happens if we get caught? In this engaging and insightful collection, Nathan Belofsky takes us on a journey of eclectic, unexpected, and bizarre laws from around the world. Written by a practicing lawyer with an eye for his profession's most unusual quirks, The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities offers a delightful look at the legal system's peculiarities through the ages. From laws that crack down on how we eat, look, and have sex, to real legal battles involving litigious chimpanzees, you'll start wondering whether you're really the law-abiding citizen you claim to be.
Download or read book Alabama Hard to believe but true written by Carole Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Boys of Alabama A Novel written by Genevieve Hudson and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “soul-stirring debut,” Boys of Alabama tells the “bewitching” (Michelle Hart, O, The Oprah Magazine) tale of sixteen-year-old Max’s first year in America. “Daring, unusual . . . and startlingly fresh” (Don Noble, Alabama Public Radio), Boys of Alabama announced Genevieve Hudson’s place in the canon of the southern gothic alongside Donna Tartt and Harper Lee. Newly arrived in Alabama, Max falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. Although his German parents don’t know what to make of a South pining for the past, shy Max thrives after being taken in by the football team. But when he meets fishnet-wearing Pan in physics class, they embark on a quixotic, consuming relationship. Writing in “prose that is always imaginative and sensual” (Sarah Neilson, Believer), Hudson offers a complex portrait of masculinity, religion, immigration, and the adolescent pressures that require total conformity.
Download or read book Alabama Curiosities written by Andy Duncan and published by Insiders' Guide. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A laugh-out-loud guide that reveals the strange-but-true spirit of Alabama.
Download or read book 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey written by Kathryn Tucker Windham and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of six Jeffrey ghost story books centers on Jeffrey's favorite 13 ghostly tales set in Alabama.
Download or read book The Hard to believe but true Book of Alabama History Trivia Mystery Legend Lore More written by Carole Marsh and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lesser known facts on the history, legends, and lore of Alabama.
Download or read book Blue Alabama written by Madison Smartt Bell and published by Damiani Limited. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Moore's new book, Blue Alabama, focuses on the American South, depicts the economic, social and cultural divisions that characterize the South and the love of history, tradition and land that binds its citizens. Following upon in-depth explorations of the economically ravaged city of Detroit (2007 - 2009) and the mythic high plains region along the 100th Meridian (2011 - 2014), Blue Alabama continues the artist's investigation of "the inner empire" of the United States.
Download or read book More Ghosts and Eerie Tales of Alabama written by David Middleton Edelen II and published by Publish America. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book can not really be put into a synopsis as other stories, novels, etc., are. It is no novel with a story line, settings, and plot. It is a collection of stories that the author compiled, that the author himself and family members have experienced, and stories of which were experienced and related to the author by friends and associates. To the best of the author's knowledge, the stories related to the author by these friends and associates are purported to be true experiences of those people also. Some names and place names have been omitted to protect their privacy. The book begins with a story about an occurrence that happened to the author, in which the author experienced a most hair-raising and frightening experience. The rest are stories that happened to the author interspersed with the stories related to the author by others. These stories range from the first frightful episode to various types of experiences that happened to the author and his friends and associates. They range from out-and-out ghost stories to eerie sounds and smells, to things moving around in a seemingly empty room. Some are pertaining to strange, eerie, seemingly unnatural and/or unearthly animals and other creatures that cannot be explained. The book ends up with a story that takes place within the author's home, which he and members of his immediate family have experienced there as of late.
Download or read book God Bless the Crimson Tide written by Ed McMinn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-08-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing In America Is More Exciting Than College Sports! Each weekend, stadiums and gymnasiums across America are fi lled with the sound of the band, the smell of nachos and hot dogs, and the roar of the fans. Sports have become an integral part of American life, and college fans are among the loudest and most faithful. These fans lead the cheers, speak the language, and know the history. They attend as many games as possible and want to know all they can about "their" team. 'Bama fans are no exception: just take a look at their T-shirts, pillows, bumper stickers, banners, screen savers, coffee mugs, blankets, license plates, and ringtones -- all designed to declare their loyalty and cheer on their team. This exciting collection of stories from the many sports played at the University of Alabama is perfect for the Crimson Tide fan who is also a fan of God. Each story, while giving accurate information concerning a sporting event, will also lead you into a moment of refl ection about God and his greatness. Alabama fans will have the best of both worlds. This is the ideal book for the faith-fi lled and faithful Alabama Crimson Tide fan!
Download or read book Weird But True written by National Geographic and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you hear the one about the crook who broke into a vending machine and then left a trail of cheese curls all the way to his hideout? Or the burglar who left his wallet in an apartment he robbed, and actually went back to get it? Based on the Stupid criminals busted! column in National Geographic kids magazine, this collection of stories about stupid criminals and the ridiculous ways they give themselves away is illustrated with collage art and sprinkled with more than 150 weird-but-true facts about crime.
Download or read book A History of Alabama s Deadliest Tornadoes written by Kelly Kazek and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey just west of America's infamous Tornado Alley to Alabama, home to some of the deadliest tornadoes of the past century. These twisters remain etched in the collective memory of the people, from the 1908 Dixie Tornado, regarded as one of the most brutal tornadoes in U.S. history, to the 1998 Birmingham Tornado, the most expensive twister in Alabama's history. Discover how the 1932 Deep South Tornadoes resulted in 268 fatalities and millions of dollars in damage, and read the terrifying account of the 1977 Smithfield Tornadoes, which rocked this Birmingham suburb with as many as six twisters in a one-hour span. Join local journalist Kelly Kazek as she shares the tales of these natural disasters and the hardy Alabamians who endured them.
