Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller. Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more, The Book of General Ignorance is a witty "gotcha" compendium of how little we actually know about anything. It'll have you scratching your head wondering why we even bother to go to school. Think Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe, baseball was invented...
Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on t...
This engaging story provides a platform for studying complex characters with unusual needs and desires. Research indicates that a majority of people secretly or openly harbor nonviolent fantasies about being consensually restrained and teased by their partners and the shear number of bondage scenes in movies and TV sitcoms tends to confirm this assertion. This mainstream novel provides a socially acceptable way for those harboring such thoughts to explore their inner needs and fantasize about what could be. Unlike many writings addressing the subjects of bondage and submission, this endeavor...
This engaging story provides a platform for studying complex characters with unusual needs and desires. Research indicates that a majority of people s...
Seed inoculation is the practice of effectively introducing a high number of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium) on the surface of legume seeds prior to planting. The bacteria penetrates the root, resulting in the formation of root nodules that fix nitrogen from the air, and make it readily available to the plant. This book describes the need, the development and the use of rhizobia, and how this process may be reproduced successfully around the world, especially in underdeveloped agricultural countries.
Seed inoculation is the practice of effectively introducing a high number of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium) on the surface ...
1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways is a gold mine of wide-ranging, eye-opening, brain-bursting nuggets of trivia that's impossible to put down, another "treasure trove of factoids" (National Public Radio, Weekend Edition).
Did you know?
Orchids can get jet lag
Lizards can't walk and breathe at the same time
Frank Sinatra took a shower 12 times a day
Ladybug orgasms last for 30 minutes
There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie
Traffic lights existed before cars
The soil in your garden is 2 million...
1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways is a gold mine of wide-ranging, eye-opening, brain-bursting nuggets of trivia that's ...
A major vehicle manufacturer goes to the public for a new fresh approach for a car of the future. This is done in the form of an award- winning competition. One Michigan family and its closest friends take on the challenge. Trying not to make the same mistakes of Mr. Tucker, 50 years earlier, with his failed car of the future. These individuals set out to change the way, and how, we think of automobile transportation. Design, security and new technology problems play out a very interesting adventure. And so we begin to explain how Stone Fire became a wave of future high-speed transportation.
A major vehicle manufacturer goes to the public for a new fresh approach for a car of the future. This is done in the form of an award- winning compet...
