With 150 full-color illustrations, including dozens of classic comic covers, The Superhero Book is the ultimate A-Z compendium of everyone's favorite superheroes and their mythology, sidekicks, villains, love interests, superpowers, and modi operandi.
Featuring special sections on bizarre, delightful, and amazing aspects of our nation's unique past, these 450+ surprising but absolutely true stories examine America's history, not through its great moments, but...
Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more...
Notable Last Facts: A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events throughout History is a ground-breaking core reference work for libraries of all kinds. More than 16,000 facts have...
This entertaining collection of trivia includes such tidbits as the reason why Wisconsin is really called the Badger State, the state's claim to being the milk capital of the US,...
Match wits with the great minds of the world's greatest civilizations in this fascinating collection of ancient conundrums, brainteasers, and mind-benders. * What do prehistoric bone markings and modern...
What Does The Moon Smell Like? is an all ages quiz book that feeds your brain tasty, bite-sized tidbits of cool science trivia. It tickles your brain while giving it...
The world-famous reference that tells who did what when from 4500 BC to the present day—now updated for the 21st century. “A unique, encyclopedic book—rewarding, informative, entertaining.” —The Wall Street...
Curious to know about the wind chill factor, or how to make a Rob Roy, or locate the time in China? Why not peruse a list of common crossword-puzzle words,...
This, brand new 256-page, encyclopedia of oddities, broken down into eight sections (see below) offers a wealth of amazing stories and features showcasing unexpected and unimaginable people, places, and creatures...
Aurum first published Terry Crouch's compendious history of the World Cup in 2002. This is the third edition, fully updated to include not only all the results and drama from...