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Author : Albert William Macy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Curious Bits of History written by Albert William Macy and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Albert William B. 1853 Macy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781361672945
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (729 download)
Download or read book CURIOUS BITS OF HIST written by Albert William B. 1853 Macy and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Greg Jenner
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125008945X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book A Million Years in a Day written by Greg Jenner and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices we take for granted. In this gloriously entertaining romp through human history, Greg Jenner explores the gradual—and often unexpected—evolution of our daily routines. This is not a story of wars, politics, or great events. Instead, Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs, and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising, and sometimes downright silly historical nuggets from our past. Drawn from across the world, spanning a million years of humanity, this book is a smorgasbord of historical delights. It is a history of all those things you always wondered about—and many you have never considered. It is the story of your life, one million years in the making.
Author : Ian Crofton
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623652448
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)
Download or read book History Without the Boring Bits written by Ian Crofton and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the years of major discoveries. But there are other more interesting stories to tell--stories that don't usually get into the history books, but which can nevertheless bring the past vividly and excitingly to life. Imagine a history lesson that spares you the details of such seminal events as the 11th-century papal-imperial conflict, that fails to say much at all about the 1815 Congress of Vienna--and that neglects entirely to mention the world-changing moment that was the 1521 Diet of Worms. Imagine instead a book that tells you the date of the ancient Roman law that made it legal to break wind at banquets; the name of the defunct medieval pope whose putrefying corpse was subjected to the humiliation of a trial before a court of law; the identity of the priapic monarch who sired more bastards than any other king of England; and last but not least the date of the demise in London of the first goat to have circumnavigated the globe twice. Imagine a book crammed with such deliciously disposable information, and you have History without the Boring Bits. By turns bizarre, surprising, trivial, and enlightening, History without the Boring Bits offers rich pickings for the browser, and entertainment and inspiration aplenty for those who have grown weary of more conventional works of history.
Author : Kate Lister
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783528060
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)
Download or read book A Curious History of Sex written by Kate Lister and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a comprehensive study of every sexual quirk, kink and ritual across all cultures throughout time, as that would entail writing an encyclopaedia. Rather, this is a drop in the ocean, a paddle in the shallow end of sex history, but I hope you will get pleasantly wet nonetheless. The act of sex has not changed since people first worked out what went where, but the ways in which society dictates how sex is culturally understood and performed have varied significantly through the ages. Humans are the only creatures that stigmatise particular sexual practices, and sex remains a deeply divisive issue around the world. Attitudes will change and grow – hopefully for the better – but sex will never be free of stigma or shame unless we acknowledge where it has come from. Based on the popular research project Whores of Yore, and written with her distinctive humour and wit, A Curious History of Sex draws upon Dr Kate Lister’s extensive knowledge of sex history. From medieval impotence tests to twentieth-century testicle thefts, from the erotic frescoes of Pompeii, to modern-day sex doll brothels, Kate unashamedly roots around in the pants of history, debunking myths, challenging stereotypes and generally getting her hands dirty. This fascinating book is peppered with surprising and informative historical slang, and illustrated with eye-opening, toe-curling and meticulously sourced images from the past. You will laugh, you will wince and you will wonder just how much has actually changed.
Author : Ian Crofton
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623658268
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)
Download or read book A Curious History of Food and Drink written by Ian Crofton and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered where noodles came from? How Worcester Sauce was invented? Or even who the "Cucumber King of Burma" was? Beginning with the hippo soup eaten in Africa in 6000 BC, through to the dangerous blowfish enjoyed in contemporary Japan, A Curious History of Food and Drink reveals the bizarre origins of the food and drink consumed throughout history. From the pheasant brains and flamingo tongues scoffed by the Roman emperor Vitellius, to the unusual uses of licorice (once a treatment for sore feet), Ian Crofton makes use of original sources--including journals, cookbooks and manuals--to reveal the bizarre, entertaining and informative stories behind the delicacies enjoyed by our ancestors.
Author : Ian Crofton
Publisher : Quercus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780878028
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)
Download or read book History without the Boring Bits written by Ian Crofton and published by Quercus Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the years of major discoveries. But there are other more interesting stories to tell - stories which can bring the past vividly and excitingly to life. Imagine a book that tells you the date of the ancient Roman law that made it legal to break wind at banquets; the name of the defunct medieval pope whose putrefying corpse was subjected to the humiliation of a trial before a court of law; the identity of the priapic monarch who sired more bastards than any other king of England; and last but not least the date of the demise in London of the first goat to have circumnavigated the globe - twice. Imagine a book crammed with such deliciously disposable information, and you have History without the Boring Bits. By turns bizarre, surprising, trivial, and enlightening, History without the Boring Bits offers rich pickings for the browser, and entertainment and inspiration aplenty for those who have grown weary of more conventional works of history.
Author : Henry William Wolff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Odd Bits of History written by Henry William Wolff and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Latham
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1849944563
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Londonopolis written by Martin Latham and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paperback reissue of Londonopolis (9781849941655) This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the cockneys, politicians, fairies, philosophers, gangsters and royalty that populate the city, their stories becoming curiouser and curiouser as layers of time and history are peeled back. Find out which tube station once housed the Elgin Marbles and what lies behind a Piccadilly doorway that helped Darwin launch his theory of evolution and caused the Swedes to wage war against Britain. Do you believe in fairies? Do you know which Leadenhall site became a Nag's Head tavern, morphing into the mighty East India Company, before taking flight as the futuristic Lloyds Building? Who named the Natural History Museum's long-tailed dinosaur Mr Whippy? Spanning above and below ground, from the outer suburbs to the inner city, and from the medieval period to the modern day, Londonopolis is a celebration of the weird and the wonderful that makes the mysterious city of London so magical.
Author : Christopher Pinney
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239696
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Waterless Sea written by Christopher Pinney and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Traditional Chinese and Japanese poetry and art depict the above-horizon, superior mirage, or fata morgana, as exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources relate mirages to the “thirst of gazelles,” a metaphor for the futility of desire. Starting in the late eighteenth century, mirages became a symbol in the West of Oriental despotism—a negative, but also enchanted, emblem. But the mirage motif is rarely simply condemnatory. More often, our obsession with mirages conveys a sense of escape, of fascination, of a desire to be deceived. The Waterless Sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. Christopher Pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion—and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity.
Author : John Mansfield
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781437065114
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (651 download)
Download or read book Interesting Collection of Curious Anecdotes, Scarce Pieces, and Genuine Letters written by John Mansfield and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Anthony Grafton
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674307605
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Footnote written by Anthony Grafton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engrossing account, footnotes to history give way to footnotes as history, recounting in their subtle way the curious story of the progress of knowledge in written form.
Author : Helen Sheumaker
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812203400
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Love Entwined written by Helen Sheumaker and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2007-05-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a wide array of evidence drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, letters, and examples of hairwork, Love Entwined traces the widespread popularity of the craft from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.
Author : Ian Crofton
Publisher : Quercus Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Science Without the Boring Bits written by Ian Crofton and published by Quercus Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronology of scientific curiosities comprises a host of cranky theories, crackpot experiments, crazed professors, questionable quacks, mischievous pranksters, deluded pundits, and a priceless host of wild and baseless speculations.
Author : Ben Tausig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1937994457
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (379 download)
Download or read book The Curious History of the Crossword written by Ben Tausig and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the curious history of the world's most addictive game and its unusual upbringing. Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the beloved crossword puzzle, readers can solve over 100 different puzzles from top constructors.
Author : Publications International Ltd
Publisher : Book of
ISBN 13 : 9781450807456
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Book of Amazing History written by Publications International Ltd and published by Book of. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazing Book of History is a 708-page collection of hundreds of articles, lists, quotes, and anecdotes that explore a lively range of human history, from the ancient world to the recent past to pop culture. The hardcover volume looks at history from an anything-goes perspective, with nearly 300 dynamic tales of people, places, and events. Its innovative approach and witty style should appeal to a wide range of readers.
Author : Walter Gratzer
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578622
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Terrors of the Table written by Walter Gratzer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrors of the Table is an absorbing account of the struggle to find the necessary ingredients of a healthy diet, and the fads and quackery that have always waylaid the unwary and the foolish when it comes to the matter of food and health. Walter Gratzer tells the tale of nutrition's heroes, heroines and charlatans with characteristic crispness and verve. We find an array of colourful personalities, from the distinguished but quarrelsome Liebig, to the enterprising Lydia Pinkham. But we also find the slow recognition that the lack of vital ingredients can cause terrible illnesses - scurvy, rickets, beriberi. These diseases stalked the poor in the West even into the 20th century, and scandalously remain in poorer parts of the world today. The narrative stretches from classical times to the modern day and gives a valuable historical perspective to our current understanding. It also highlights some of the problems faced by the developed world regarding health today - in particular diabetes and obesity. And despite our far greater understanding of what our body needs, there are still many who would fall for fads and fancy diets - some dangerous, others just daft. Of course, the story of nutrition does not end there. We have discovered the key vitamins and minerals our body needs, but research continues on the connections between diet, health and disease. The body's biochemistry is complex, and there are no easy answers, no magic formula, that applies to all individuals. The safest and most rational course would seem to be a sensible, moderate, and varied diet, not forgetting that 'a little of what you fancy does you good'.
