The Bible has inflamed the hearts of poets and martyrs, spawned revolutions and reformations, and influenced cultures and personal lives in sometimes small, sometimes dramatic ways.
Delightful doses of medical miscellany about wacky doctors and their curious patients, from their smallest bones (the stapes) to their heaviest organs (the liver) In this addictive collection of trivia, Nicholas Bakalar, the "e;Vital Signs"e; columnist for The New York Times, spoons out the things you never realized you really want to know about your body and your health.
An entertaining trip through pop culture, for the "e;old fogeys"e; and "e;kids these days"e; Today's teens and twentysomethings have never seen a real airplane ticket.
Go Spanning the World with Len Berman in this wildly entertaining, insightful, and often hilarious book that takes sports fans behind the scenes and inside locker rooms.
The Bible has inflamed the hearts of poets and martyrs, spawned revolutions and reformations, and influenced cultures and personal lives in sometimes small, sometimes dramatic ways.
It can be difficult to keep different historical events and figures straight in your head, which is why I Used to Know That: World History presents major episodes in history with short, easily understood sections.
Collecting hundreds of quips and quotes, and beautifully illustrated throughout, The Test Match Special Book of Cricket Quotes is a cricket fan s indispensable guide to bats, beards, boundaries and bowls.
Bible Christianity versus Roman Catholic System was written to raise awareness that biblical Christianity as Jesus preached is much different from what the Roman Catholic System portrays as Christianity.
A fun-filled volume for Chicagoans, visitors, and anyone interested in Chicago, it is a collection of fascinating facts, wonderful quotations, and surprising history about famous biggests, longests, oldests, and firsts"e;"e;.
'FASCINATING' Daily Mail'FULL OF AMAZING FACTS' The QI ElvesEach of the United Kingdom's 124 postcode areas has a story to tell, an unexpected nugget to dust off and treasure.
In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as a gift and sign of friendship.
Did you know that crossword puzzles first appeared in the New York World in 1913, and soon became a popular feature in newspapers or that Kellog's as a brand had spent $90,000 on advertising, more than 100 years ago in 1906, including one $4000 a page ad in the July issue of the Ladies Home Journal, Apple had lured John Sculley away from Pepsi because they wanted him to apply his marketing skills to the personal computer market.
It's refreshing that this book does not simply look to advances in technology and artificial intelligence as the cause or the future of the Great Legal Reformation.
