The Armchair Reader series entertains and enlightens with little-known anecdotes, untold stories, fascinating facts, and games that make even the mundane fun. The Armchair Reader's innovative approach and witty style will capture the interest of all readers. By reading Lists, you will: learn the number of calories in your favorite fast food-and the best exercises to burn off those calories; discover the world's most thrilling roller coasters; learn about the top fads of the 20th century; and find out about the most dangerous jobs in America.
The Armchair Reader series entertains and enlightens with little-known anecdotes, untold stories, fascinating facts, and quizzes that make even the mundane fun.
Each page from this book turns into a project that can help you save the planet, from plastic-free diaries, bug hotel 'rooms' and apple seed planters to upcycling papers, organic recipe cards, and litter pickup invitations.
This is the ultimate book of lists that is sure to entertain and inform—a 1,000-page collection of fun and fascinating facts in a wide range of topics, presented in a wonderfully eclectic format that invites browsing, yet also provides an ...
Chief James Sagundai (Lenape/Delaware) Chief James Sagundai guided John Charles Frémont on his third western expedition into California. Truckee (Northern Paiute) Truckee guided the third western expedition of John Charles Frémont into ...
So when Pansy discovers that Anna is getting a surgery that might cure her, Pansy realizes this is her chance—she’ll become the friend she always should have been.
To shoot down the enemy, players used popguns – ingeniously loaded with 'ems' from Lloyd's small printing press. Face-down cards provided the element of luck in the game, serving up valuable military secrets.
Prepared to get lost perusing page after page of unusual facts, enthralling stories, and amusing anecdotes because The Book of Extraordinary Facts will keep you busy for hours Learn about the strange collaboration between surrealist painter ...
Extraordinary is not just the title of this book—it’s a description of the beauty within the pages.
A collection of lifelists to be filled out by the reader.
But with the help of her friend Ben, Phoebe ultimately learns her own worth and breaks the generations-old curse. "Werlin crafts her characters so deftly and unrolls the story so cleverly . . . readers will be under the spell to the end.