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Bezig met laden... mental floss presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History's Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents) (2005)door Editors Of Mental Floss
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Fun easy little 'trivia' book to read. Sound facts, though there is no citations (but mental_floss is a pretty good accredited source, so there might be only small trivial issues), it's easy to read, and light, basically a bathroom book. Broken down into the 7 deadly sins, it ranges the gambit from tiny and trivial interesting facts to large facts that we don't know (but probably should) to things like you know X but it's really Y. Overall fun book. This is a fun little collection of factoids about people and events through history, organized in sections based on the seven deadly sins. It is a bit dated in some cases, as it is about 10 years old, but the older info is still fascinating. When I find myself thinking that the world today is going to hell in a handbasket, I can reflect on these little tidbits and realize it's really not any worse than it's ever been. Humans have been getting up to cruel, crazy, and kinky things for as long as they have existed! Forbidden Knowledge is a wonderful book of lists ostensibly arranged by a peculiar system. The book, trying to be as salacious as possible, organizes its lists into categories relating to the seven deadly sins. There’s a section on lust, one on envy, one on gluttony, and so on. It’s fun, but some lists are a bit of a stretch (such as the list of religious “Diets”, or conventions, in the gluttony section). All in all, I picked up some extra party trivia. http://lifelongdewey.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/031-mental-flosss-forbidden-knowle... geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Think of anything bad, from art heists to Genghis Kahn, and it's likely to be included in this wickedly smart and humorous guide to the seedy underbelly of basically everything. The brainiac team at "mental_floss", creators of the hit magazine and last year's Condensed Knowledge, have scoured the darkest, dirtiest corners of history and the globe to gather this ultimate collection of the bad stuff you're not supposed to know and you certainly never learned in school. Organized by theme, with chapters for each of the seven deadly sins, the book includes feuds, plagiarists, hoaxes, lies, schemes, scandals, evil dictators, mob bosses, acts of revenge, angry queens, cannibals and much more, all organized into bite-sized--albeit foul-tasting--lists (i.e."The Fascist Style Guide: Five Dictator Grooming Tips", "Four Biblical Girls Gone Wild" and "Three Delicious Animals We Charbroiled Into Extinction."). It's the perfect way to add some spice to a dull conversation and proves that learning can be not only easy, but exquisitely sinful. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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