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Mysterious Places takes you in a voyage to the unknown and mystery.
It discusses facts that lie in plain daylight. Structures that are
hard to believe were made by people that apparently did not have
the knowledge or the tools to build them, buildings that scientists
and archaeologists have no idea why, how or by whom they were
built. Questions that arose the curiosity of mankind and cannot be
answered by scientists, archaeologists or engineers.
Did You Know That . . . ?: "Revised and Expanded" Edition:
Surprising-But-True Facts About History, Science, Inventions,
Geography, Origins, Art, Music, and More is an uncommon compendium
of knowledge that will astound, demystify, edify, and debunk. It is
a book of ambitious design that is both eminently informative and
vastly entertaining. Assiduously researched, it will be the arbiter
of disagreements and will stand cherished misconceptions right on
their heads. It will also expose factoids, unmask present-day
orthodoxy, identify misinformation, clarify the confusing, and
present new information. Did You Know That . . . ? is all you need
to know . . . for knowledge is power!
We are said to be living in the age of entitlement, and
millennials-those in their late teens to early thirties-are
declared by scholars and pundits to expect special treatment more
than any prior generation. The Myth of the Age of Entitlement peels
back the layers of the entitlement myth, exposing its
anti-democratic faults and offering a more nuanced understanding of
the millennial generation. Cairns argues that the majority of
millennials in fact face bleak economic prospects and mounting
ecological disaster. In lively prose, and punctuated with insights
from millennials rarely profiled in mainstream media-including
indebted university students, young retail workers, Indigenous
youth, and supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement-he offers
a passionate defense of how this generation is bravely addressing a
legacy of inequality and social and ecological injustice. It is
this kind of action that can precisely reinvigorate democracy and
bring about a new era of universal entitlement.
An Encyclopedia of Seven is a fascinating and fun-filled compendium
celebrating all things relating to the number seven. Author Marty
Cooling has transformed a personal quest to compile and document
interesting lists with seven component items, alongside countless
registers of seven-related matters, into this delightful volume of
trivia, facts, and fictions. If you are already a septomaniac-a
person who loves the number seven-you will be surprised to discover
just how much you know, and will marvel over how much there is yet
to learn about the number seven. Everyone else in the world will
invariably find upon reading An Encyclopedia of Seven that the
number is a boundless source of intriguing convergence, inspired
utility, and improbable good fortune. It is a topic that has
remained a subject of ardent fascination dating back to the
beginning of recorded history, and Marty Cooling brings a fresh
perspective that embraces all of the number seven's wonderful and
particular qualities. Carefully steering clear of academic jargon
and proselytizing cliches, the author has created a work of good
will and good humor in the form of this unprecedented comprehensive
and coherent reference devoted to the number seven. An Encyclopedia
of Seven is an indispensible companion for readers who count seven
among their favorite numbers. Here are fun facts and anecdotes to
learn and share, memorable and informative bits of trivia, and
revelatory items relating to the number that you thought you knew
correctly, only to discover you were actually mistaken or
misinformed.
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