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Author : Allen Kurzweil
Release : 1993
Genre : France
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 849/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Case of Curiosities by : Allen Kurzweil
Download or read book A Case of Curiosities written by Allen Kurzweil. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Allen Kurzweil
Release : 2001-08-10
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 864/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Case of Curiosities by : Allen Kurzweil
Download or read book A Case of Curiosities written by Allen Kurzweil. This book was released on 2001-08-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale of an ambitious inventor in France as the Revolution looms is “brilliantly playful . . . full of lore and lewdness” (Chicago Tribune). “A portrait of a young mechanical genius in 18th-century France, delivered along with a gallimaufry of odd and intriguing facts and a rich, lusty picture of society in that time and place.” —Publishers Weekly In France, on the eve of the Revolution, a young man named Claude Page sets out to become the most ingenious and daring inventor of his time. Over the course of a career filled with violence and passion, Claude learns the arts of enameling and watchmaking from an irascible, defrocked abbé, then apprentices himself to a pornographic bookseller and applies his erotic erudition to the seduction of the wife of an impotent wigmaker. But it is Claude’s greatest device—a talking mechanical head—that both crowns his career and leads to an execution as tragic as that of Marie Antoinette, and far more bizarre. “Like a joint effort by Henry Fielding and John Barth” (Chicago Tribune), this “captivating novel” (San Francisco Chronicle) marked the debut of one of the finest literary artists of our time. “A Case of Curiosities . . . really is brilliant. Also witty, learned, ingenious, sly, and bawdy.” —Entertainment Weekly “What John Fowles did for the 19th century with The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Umberto Eco did for the 14th with The Name of the Rose . . . Kurzweil now does for the late 18th century.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Author : John Oldale
Release : 2012-04-24
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 402/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A World of Curiosities by : John Oldale
Download or read book A World of Curiosities written by John Oldale. This book was released on 2012-04-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: everything you never knew you never knew about every country on Earth.A scientist by training and an explorer by passion, Dr. John Oldale has logged half a million miles visiting more than ninety nations. Now, he celebrates our weird and wonderful world in a cornucopia of fascinating facts brought vividly to life through the unexpected stories behind them. Touching on history, travel, politics, natural history and more, he paints a unique portrait of each country from the mightiest to the most miniscule. You won't find the following in your average travel guide: · Why is kissing on trains banned in France? · In what country are litigants expected to present their case at court in the form of a poem? · Which war did women win in 1929 just by sitting down? · If Panama hats aren’t from Panama, where are they from? · Who eat fresh camel dung as a cure for dysentery (and why does it work)? · Why were US disk jockeys once told they could play birthday requests on any day except the one requested? · Which modern dictator banned old age, libraries and gold teeth, and was later replaced by his dentist? · And 2,000 more funny, trivial, poignant, and telling facts A must for active and armchair globe-trotters alike, A World of Curiosities will engross anyone who is at all curious about the world beyond their door. Explore and enjoy.
Author : Douglas Preston
Release : 2002-07-01
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 717/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cabinet of Curiosities by : Douglas Preston
Download or read book The Cabinet of Curiosities written by Douglas Preston. This book was released on 2002-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again. In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are thirty-six bodies--all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun. Again.
Author : Rosie Garland
Release : 2013-03-28
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 820/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Palace of Curiosities by : Rosie Garland
Download or read book The Palace of Curiosities written by Rosie Garland. This book was released on 2013-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A luminous and bewitching debut novel that is perfect for fans of Angela Carter. Set in Victorian London, it follows the fortunes of Eve, the Lion-Faced Girl and Abel, the Flayed Man. A magical realism delight.
