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Release : 1888
Genre : Ghost stories
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Release : 1888
Genre : Ghost stories
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Author : Ann VanderMeer
Release : 2012-05-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 600/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Weird by : Ann VanderMeer
Download or read book The Weird written by Ann VanderMeer. This book was released on 2012-05-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oversized anthology of dark and bizarre tales written throughout the past century includes entries by international best-sellers and award-winners, including Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and Franz Kafka.
Author : Paul McFedries
Release : 2008-08-05
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 189/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins by : Paul McFedries
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins written by Paul McFedries. This book was released on 2008-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to chew the fat. This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as “apple-pie order,” “chew the fat,” and “hat trick.” Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical phrases, weird words, and strange expressions and takes readers on a journey through the bizarre and eccentric origins that make up our everyday speech. • Word books have gained in popularity not just with students and linguaphiles, but with a general population interested in the fascinating development of our language. • Contains back stories for 500 intriguing words and phrases. • Fun to flip through and also fun to read cover to cover.
Author : Alex Palmer
Release : 2021-08-24
Genre : Games & Activities
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Book Rating : 746/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Food Weird-o-Pedia by : Alex Palmer
Download or read book Food Weird-o-Pedia written by Alex Palmer. This book was released on 2021-08-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of food and drink oddities! A perfect gift for foodies and trivia fans alike! Food Weird-o-Pedia offers up hundreds of off-kilter bits of info about food that will make you rethink what you know about even those dishes you’ve been eating your whole life. Organized in sections such as “Between-Meal Tidbits: Curious Facts about Snacks” and “Spice Up Your Life: Unexpected morsels about condiments, sauces and spices,” each chapter offers an alphabetical encyclopedia of strange facts that will give you plenty to chew over whether reading from cover-to-cover or just flipping to a random page during a lunch break. Learn weird and obscure facts about fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meat, dairy, seafood, junk food, condiments, sauces, spices, beverages, desserts, and more, such as: Cherries may have killed the twelfth president of the United States. Why we call that vulgar sound we make by putting our tongue between our lips and blowing out a “raspberry." Enzymes on the inside of a banana peel actually encourage splinters to move toward the skin’s surface. Dark soy sauce contains ten times the antioxidants of red wine and contributed to a decrease in risk of cardiovascular disease. The most egg yolks ever found in a single egg is nine. Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey. Hershey’s Kisses get their names from the smooching sound and motion the machine made when it popped the candy onto the conveyor belt. And many, many more! Every one of us has a deeply personal relationship to the food we eat, each as unique as we are. But there is also a lot that can surprise us about what we put in our body—unexpected facts about staple fruits and veggies, strange backstories to our favorite sweets, and ways of whipping up a familiar dish that are downright weird. These odd aspects of the food we eat are what this book is all about. Food Weird-o-Pedia is sure to provide plenty of fodder to impress friends and family over your next meal—whatever it is you’re eating.
