Mental Floss the Curious Viewer: A Miscellany of Bingeable Streaming TV Shows from the Past Twenty Years, Wood Jennifer M., The Team at Mental Floss

Автор: Floss, Mental Wood, Jennifer M.
Название: Mental floss: the curious viewer ultimate tv trivia & quiz book
ISBN: 1681888491 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681888491
Издательство: Insight Editions
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Цена: 15480.00 T
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Описание: Provides a surprising answer to the origins of America`s most durable myth. For the first time, this book links the stories and lives of Abner Graves, a mining engineer, and Adam Ford, a medical doctor, two residents of Denver, Colorado. While the actual origins of the game of baseball are the subject of ongoing debate and study, new light is shed on the source of baseball`s durable creation myth.

Автор: McCarthy &. the Team at Mental Floss Er
Название: Mental Floss: The Curious Reader: Facts about Famous Authors and Novels Book Lovers and Literary Interest a Literary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists
ISBN: 168188755X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681887555
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Описание: Readers rejoice! Learn amazing facts about authors and their books, from Jane Austen to JRR Tolkien.

"With sumptuous, visually stimulating spreads, this book delivers on its promise- to unearth strange stories, bizarre facts, or unexpected details about the books on our shelves. Good for curious readers, whether they want to delve into authors and books they love, feel competent faking knowledge about books everyone else seems to have read, or just dip into and out of literary worlds" - Library Journal

Readers rejoice! From Mental Floss, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of literature. From Americanah to War and Peace, from Chinua Achebe and Jane Austen to Jesmyn Ward and George R.R. Martin, learn surprising facts about the world's most famous novels and novelists.

The Curious Reader will delight bookworms everywhere. This literary compendium from Mental Floss reveals fascinating facts about the world's most famous authors and their literary works. Readers will learn about George Orwell's near-death experience during the writing of 1984; meet the real man who may have inspired Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy; discover which famous author kept her husband's heart after he passed away; and learn about the influence of psychedelics on Dune. The Curious Reader also contains the most-loved book-related articles from 20 years of Mental Floss, including "Cat-Loving Writers," "Famous Authors' Unfinished Manuscripts," "Literary Characters Based on Real People," and "Books You Didn't Know Were Self-Published."

This literary miscellany is certain to inspire book lovers, aspiring writers, students, and teachers alike to discover a diverse selection of curated literary works--leading to an expansion of their library!