The Mental Floss History of the World : An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2009
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- Title
- The Mental Floss History of the World : An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits
- Author
- Sass, Erik, Editors of Mental Floss, Editors of, Wiegand, Steve
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0061842672
- ISBN 13
- 9780061842672
- Edition
- a.
- Item weight
- 0.842 pounds
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(a) more or less bunk.
(b) a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken.
(c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Match your answers:
(1) Stephen Daedalus of James Joyce's Ulysses
(2) Henry Ford
(3) Arthur Schopenhauer It turns out that the answer need not be bunk, nightmarish, or diseased. In the hands of mental_floss, history's most interesting bits have been handpicked and roasted to perfection. Packed with little-known stories and outrageous—but accurate—facts, you'll laugh yourself smarter on this joyride through 60,000 years of human civilization. Remember: just because it's true doesn't mean it's boring! Now with Breaking News "If You Thought the Last Depression Was Great . . ." Answers: (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
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About the Author
Erik Sass is a journalist based in Los Angeles with branch offices around the country. When not writing for mental_floss, he reports on the media and advertising business for MediaPost.com.
An award-winning political journalist and history writer for more than three decades, Steve Wiegand has worked as a reporter and columnist for the San Diego Evening Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Sacramento Bee, where he currently covers state government and politics.
During his career, he has interviewed four presidents and six California governors--and has the dubious distinction of once being airsick and throwing up on the shoes of the state attorney general's wife.
It may have been his greatest personal contribution to world history.
Wiegand is a graduate of Santa Clara University, where he majored in American literature and U.S. history. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Mass Communications from California State University, San Jose.
In addition to The mental_floss History of the World, Wiegand is the author of U.S. History for Dummies, Sacramento Tapestry, and Papers of Permanence, a contributing author to mental_floss presents: Forbidden Knowledge, and a frequent contributor to mental_floss magazine.
He lives in Northern California.
Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as first year students at Duke University. Ignoring the lures of law school and investment banking, the pair co-founded mental_floss and have been grinning ever since. Maggie Koerth-Baker is a freelance journalist and a former assistant editor at mental_floss magazine, where she consistently astounded Will and Mangesh with her amazingness.
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