Strange True (Over 6,600 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Full of fun facts and trivia nuggets, perfect for lovers of all things quintessentially British My Weekly A compendium of extremely interesting and slightly strange true stories.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A delightful read . . . Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio's famous inventors and funniest first achievements. -- Akron Life MagazineOhio history can get pretty strange From the author of the popular offbeat travel guide Ohio Oddities, here are 75 equally odd tales of Ohio's most remarkable people, places, and events. Learn why residents of Blueball, Ohio, erected a monument to a pig. Witness the birth of the inflatable airplane in Akron. Revisit Ohio's last public whipping, near Dayton. Find out if Ohio really was bombed by the Japanese in World War I. Read about Ashtabula's famed Headless Chicken, who lived without his noggin for 38 days . . . the world's first recorded automobile accident . . . the man who invented disposable diapers . . . A real treat for anyone who enjoys Ohio history with a twist.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Ironing on a mountainside. Chasing after cheese. These are not your ordinary activities. Get ready to learn about some of the world's strangest sports.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The year is 1992 and Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene-reviled matriarch of a sprawling family-is dying. After surviving the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Victoria refuses to leave this earth before revealing the secrets she's carried for decades. Once the child of a loving family during peaceful times, a shocking death shattered her life. Victoria came face to face with the harshness of the world. As the warm days of childhood receded to distant memory, Victoria learns to survive. No matter what it takes. To keep her family alive in an Oklahoma blighted by dust storms and poverty, Victoria makes choices-harsh ones, desperate ones. Ones that eventually made her into the woman her grandchildren fear and whisper about. Ones that kept them all alive. Hers is a tale of tragedy, love, murder, and above all, the conviction to never stop fighting.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The year is 1992 and Victoria Hastings Harrison Greene-reviled matriarch of a sprawling family-is dying. After surviving the Oklahoma Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, Victoria refuses to leave this earth before revealing the secrets she's carried for decades. Once the child of a loving family during peaceful times, a shocking death shattered her life. Victoria came face to face with the harshness of the world. As the warm days of childhood receded to distant memory, Victoria learns to survive. No matter what it takes. To keep her family alive in an Oklahoma blighted by dust storms and poverty, Victoria makes choices-harsh ones, desperate ones. Ones that eventually made her into the woman her grandchildren fear and whisper about. Ones that kept them all alive. Hers is a tale of tragedy, love, murder, and above all, the conviction to never stop fighting.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Marshall, Gordon W. (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Marshall, Gordon W. (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Fair. Marshall, Gordon W. (illustrator).

Condition: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps. Marshall, Gordon W. (illustrator).

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Packed with hundreds of articles on the most interesting things that ever happened in science. Plus a few things that didn't. Filled with both pragmatic, commonsense explanations and outrageous revelations, Strange but True Science is packed with articles on all things scientific.Chapter subjects cover astronomy, consumer products, inventions, scientists, medicine, animals, fringe science, UFOs, and the human body.Over 300 articles drawn from every conceivable scientific subject: 3D printing, quantum teleportation, the IQ test, the science of sleep, plate tectonics, antibiotics, the science of the curveball, and whether you can really pick up radio stations via dental fillings and more.632 pages Great gift for voracious science readers.…

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Condition: Good. AMERICAN BOYS AT WAR IN VIETNAM--AND INVOLVED IN INCIDENTS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES In this compelling, highly unusual collection of amazing but true stories, U.S. soldiers reveal fantastic, almost unbelievable events that occurred in places ranging from the deadly Central Highlands to the Cong-infested Mekong Delta. "Finders Keepers" became the sacred byword for one exhausted recon team who stumbled upon a fortune worth more than $500,000--and managed, with a little American ingenuity, to relocate the bounty to the States. Jorgenson also chronicles Marine Sergeant James Henderson's incredible journey back from the dead, shares a surreal chopper rescue, and recounts some heart-stopping details of the life--and death--of one of America's greatest unsung heroes, a soldier who won more medals than Audie Murphy and Sergeant York. Whether occurring in the bloody, fiery chaos of sudden ambushes or during the endless nights of silent, gnawing menace spent behind enemy lines, these stories of war are truly beaucoup dinky dau . . . and ultimately unforgettable.…

Condition: Fair. AMERICAN BOYS AT WAR IN VIETNAM--AND INVOLVED IN INCIDENTS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES In this compelling, highly unusual collection of amazing but true stories, U.S. soldiers reveal fantastic, almost unbelievable events that occurred in places ranging from the deadly Central Highlands to the Cong-infested Mekong Delta. "Finders Keepers" became the sacred byword for one exhausted recon team who stumbled upon a fortune worth more than $500,000--and managed, with a little American ingenuity, to relocate the bounty to the States. Jorgenson also chronicles Marine Sergeant James Henderson's incredible journey back from the dead, shares a surreal chopper rescue, and recounts some heart-stopping details of the life--and death--of one of America's greatest unsung heroes, a soldier who won more medals than Audie Murphy and Sergeant York. Whether occurring in the bloody, fiery chaos of sudden ambushes or during the endless nights of silent, gnawing menace spent behind enemy lines, these stories of war are truly beaucoup dinky dau . . . and ultimately unforgettable.…

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