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Dead Famous

Author : Ben Elton
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448167523
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Dead Famous written by Ben Elton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wry, fast and fiendishly clever" (The Times) One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones. Yet again the public gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another group of unknown and unremarkable people submit themselves to the brutal exposure of the televised real-life soap opera, House Arrest. Everybody knows the rules: total strangers are forced to live together while the rest of the country watches them do it. Who will crack first? Who will have sex with whom? Who will the public love and who will they hate? All the usual questions. And then, suddenly, there are some new ones. Who is the murderer? How did he or she manage to kill under the constant gaze of the thirty television cameras? Why did they do it? And who will be next?

The Book of the Dead

Author : John Mitchinson
Publisher : Crown Pub
ISBN 13 : 0307716406
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Dead written by John Mitchinson and published by Crown Pub. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A whimsical treasury of biographical profiles of famous and lesser-known individuals now dead includes hundreds of entries that reveal embarrassing-but-true details typically omitted by official biographers. Co-authored by the award-winning producer of Blackadder and the writer of QI.

A Million Years in a Day

Author : Greg Jenner
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125008945X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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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.

Dead Famous

Author : Larry Buttrose
Publisher : New Holland Australia(AU)
ISBN 13 : 9781741105643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Dead Famous written by Larry Buttrose and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deaths of the famous and famous deathsThis book explores the surprising and often startling details of the deaths of famous people throughout history, as far back as Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, right down to celebrity tragic Anna Nicole Smith.

Dead Famous

Author : Greg Jenner
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297869817
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Dead Famous written by Greg Jenner and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian 'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads '[An] engaging and well-researched book... Jenner brings his material to vivid life' Observer Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy; or the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt, who launched a violent feud with her former best friend; or Edmund Kean, the dazzling Shakespearean actor whose monstrous ego and terrible alcoholism saw him nearly murdered by his own audience - the list of stars whose careers burned bright before the Age of Television is extensive and thrillingly varied. In this ambitious history, that spans the Bronze Age to the coming of Hollywood's Golden Age, Greg Jenner assembles a vibrant cast of over 125 actors, singers, dancers, sportspeople, freaks, demigods, ruffians, and more, in search of celebrity's historical roots. He reveals why celebrity burst into life in the early eighteenth century, how it differs to ancient ideas of fame, the techniques through which it was acquired, how it was maintained, the effect it had on public tastes, and the psychological burden stardom could place on those in the glaring limelight. DEAD FAMOUS is a surprising, funny, and fascinating exploration of both a bygone age and how we came to inhabit our modern, fame obsessed society.

How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead

Author : Ariel Gore
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307393801
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead written by Ariel Gore and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This may come as a shock, but brilliant writing and clever wordplay do not a published author make. True, you’ll actually have to write if you want to be a writer, but ultimately literary success is about much more than putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys). Before you snap your pencil in half with frustration, please consider the advice writer, teacher, and self-made lit star Ariel Gore offers in this useful guide to realizing your literary dreams. If you find yourself writing when you should be sleeping and scribbling notes on odd pieces of paper at every stoplight, you might as well enjoy the fruits of your labor. How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead is an irreverent yet practical guide that combines solid writing advice with guerrilla marketing and promotion techniques guaranteed to launch you into print—and into the limelight. You’ll learn how to: • Reimagine yourself as a buzz-worthy artist and entrepreneur• Get your work and your name out in the world where other people can read it• Be an anthology slut and a brazen self-promoter• Apply real-world advice and experience from lit stars like Dave Barry, Susie Bright, and Dave Eggers to your own careerCheaper than an M.F.A. but just as informative, How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead is your catapult to lit stardom. Just don’t forget to thank Ariel Gore for her inspiring, hands-on plan in the acknowledgments page of your first novel!

How They Croaked

Author : Georgia Bragg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1547614536
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book How They Croaked written by Georgia Bragg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning book for reluctant readers is a fascinating collection of remarkable deaths--and not for the faint of heart. Over the course of history, men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess--especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. From King Tut's ancient autopsy to Albert Einstein's great brain escape, How They Croaked contains all the gory details of the awful ends of nineteen awfully famous people. Don't miss the companion, How They Choked!

Elvis and His Pelvis

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Hippo Bks
ISBN 13 : 9780439997560
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Elvis and His Pelvis written by Michael Cox and published by Hippo Bks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've probably heard of Elvis... He is dead famous for: ...being the King of Rock 'n' Roll ...having trouble fitting into his spangly white jumpsuits ...causing a riot with a wiggle of his pelvis. But have you heard that Elvis ...escaped from tornadoes by hidiing in a cave ...flew halfway across America for 22 giant sandwiches ...had a tooth stuck in his lung? Yes, even though he's dead, Elvis is still full of surprises. Now you can get the inside story with Elvis's lost diary, peek in the pages of 'The Hillbilly Herald', and check out our exclusive guide to Elvis impersonating.

Newton and His Falling Apple

Author : Kjartan Poskitt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781407123998
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Newton and His Falling Apple written by Kjartan Poskitt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody's heard of Isaac Newtown. He is horribly famous for discovering gravity, being clever and getting hit on the head with an apple. But not everyone knows that Isaac came from the bottom of the class at school, poked sticks in his eye and nearly blinded himself, and nearly got himself executed. Everything you ever wanted to know about the man with the apple.

Famous Dead Canadians 2

Author : Joanne Stanbridge
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780439957298
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Famous Dead Canadians 2 written by Joanne Stanbridge and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2006 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An upbeat approach to who's who in Canadian history... even when they're dead. In the hilarious sequel to the first book in the series, fifteen (yes, dead) Canadians are featured-explorers, inventors, politicians, and more. Readers will get a fresh and funny take on Canada's own spy, William Stephenson; mapmaker David Thompson; artist Emily Carr; and twelve other Canadians. The perfect book for all the readers who loved Famous Dead Canadians (a Silver Birch Honour Book), and First Folks and Vile Voyageurs.

Dead Famous

Author : Carol O'Connell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440679452
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Dead Famous written by Carol O'Connell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jurors on a controversial trial are being killed off one by one, and only Detective Kathleen Mallory can figure out why. But the FBI has told her to lay off and leave it to the Feds. That's never stopped Mallory before.

Dead Strange

Author : Matt Lamy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1936976277
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Dead Strange written by Matt Lamy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Loch Ness to Bigfoot, this book gives essential background information on the events and the people involved, discusses the impact of particular myths and beliefs, and provides updates on the latest investigations being undertaken in an attempt to find answers to these baffling phenomena.

Final Resting Places

Author : Michael Thomas Barry
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764334214
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Final Resting Places written by Michael Thomas Barry and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour 24 graveyards in Orange County, California. Photos help identify burial locations and 200 life stories include President Richard Nixon, murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson, famed aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, Olympic hero Florence Griffith-Joyner, and John Wayne. Also featured are numerous founders of Orange County, victims of true crime, sports stars, politicians, and legends of entertainment. Read their informative stories, and follow step-by-step directions to their graves.

Ask a Historian

Author : Greg Jenner
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9781474618625
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Ask a Historian written by Greg Jenner and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI 'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRIS Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths? Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through history from the Stone Age to the Swinging Sixties, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts and historical characters from the past. From ancient joke books, African empires and the invention of meringues, to mummies, mirrors and menstrual pads - Ask A Historian is a deliciously amusing and informative smorgasbord of historical curiosities.

Scientists and Their Mind-blowing Experiments

Author : Dr. Mike Goldsmith
Publisher : Hippo Bks
ISBN 13 : 9780439982283
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Scientists and Their Mind-blowing Experiments written by Dr. Mike Goldsmith and published by Hippo Bks. This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've probably heard of a few scientists... - Galileo Galilei and his telescope - Isaac Newton and his apple - Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. But have you heard that... - Galileo was sentenced to life in prison for his shocking ideas about the solar system - Newton wasn't all that keen on science - sometimes it got on his nerves - Darwin wrote a book about his pet worms? Yes, even though they're dead, scientists are still full of surprises - and the nine in this book are more surprising than most. Now you can get the inside story from their lost notebooks, read the news reports as their breakthroughs hit the headlines, and find out all about the mind-blowing experiments! Dead Funny ~ Dead Gripping ~ Dead Famous

Interviews with Famous Dead People

Author : Susanne B. Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781881217268
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Interviews with Famous Dead People written by Susanne B. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interviews with Famous Dead People is a captivating collection of inspirational conversations with well-know people who now reside in other realms. Each etheric being offers a rare glimpse of life from the other side. They introduce unique spiritual concepts while supporting a diversity of religious expression. They also demystify the death experience, and vouch for the immortality of the soul. In addition, many of these notable individuals encourage a new zeal for living by promoting creative Self-expression, fostering service to humanity, and reaffirming God's all-encompassing love.

Elizabeth I and Her Conquests

Author : Margaret Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439955751
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth I and Her Conquests written by Margaret Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides reissues of the popular Dead Famous titles in the Horribly Famous series. This work presents fresh livery and cover artwork.