books about: facts (extraordinary constitution speculations)

books about: facts

books:

Guinness World Records 2008 (Guinness World Records)

45 reviews
Guinness World Records

Guinness, 2007

Small Facts -- Big Fun!
This record book is the best that Guiness has put out. Full of large pictures, some that fold out, and more detailed explanations of the feats that are considered world records. Granted, some records are serious and important. Some, however are just silly and intertaining. This is definitely the book for the person who loves to know all the arcane things.

The Book of General Ignorance

44 reviews
John Mitchinson, John Lloyd

Harmony, 2007

The best I've seen so far
This is probably the best of the many trivia books I've seen. It seems every week there's a new one on the market, and many of them are quite good, but this one stands head and shoulders above the competition. It's by far the most entertaining, funny, and interesting of the many I've seen, and also probably the most informative; I learned more from this book than from any of the others. The story ...

The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human

41 reviews
Ian Spector

Gotham, 2007

Its A Fact THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!
I loved this book. It is great reading material and the facts are so funny. Some will have you lauging out loud!! My favorite was that Chuck Norris was on Nickelodean Guts and finished first in every contest then slept with Mo on the Agro Crag!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It

455 reviews
Mark Steyn

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006

I haven't slept well since I read this.
I read Mark Steyn's America Alone, when it came out last fall, I haven't had a good night's sleep since. The whole time I was reading this book, I kept hearing the Gwen Stefani cover of "It's the end of the world as we know it" (but I didn't feel fine) for all those who think America is not that great, try to imagine a world without the USA. The only country in history that had the power to ...

Economic Facts and Fallacies

31 reviews
Thomas Sowell

Basic Books, 2007

Economic Facts and Fallacies by Sowell
Sowell is well-versed in practical reality-based economics and makes common sense to his readershio. His points range from quite humorous (I think) to quite serious, and are not stated in a verbose or technical jargon, or literary fashion. He integrates well into my general speaking and thinking genre/pattern, so I truly do enjoy his authorship to date He may be said to be somewhat sociological, ...

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2008 (World Almanac and Book of Facts)

31 reviews
World Almanac Books

World Almanac, 2007

A+ Entertainment and information!
This is an awesome desk reference for facts. It's also extremely entertaining to read. You may find yourself addicted if you start flipping through. For the price, this is GREAT!

The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-Be, Second Edition

235 reviews
Armin A. Brott

Abbeville Press, 2001

Perfect for both parents
My husband had this book bought as a gift. He's finished the whole thing as I just started my 8 month. He loved it. It had such good information in it he's referred to several of his friends and strangers we've come across. A few pages he made me read about what to pack and what to expect during delivery at the hospital. Excellent book!

Where Did I Come From?

109 reviews
Peter Mayle

Lyle Stuart, 2000

great for the birds and the bees talk
This totally helps out with covering all of the details with your child when it comes time to talking about SEX. Very helpful!

True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society

6 reviews
Farhad Manjoo

Wiley, 2008

Too Often Truthiness Thoroughly Trumps Truth
Stephen Colbert isn't really a right-wing nutcase; he just plays one on TV. We can be reasonably sure that when he promoted the term 'truthiness' to denote a claim that feels right, even if there is no factual evidence to support it, he was making fun of certain right-wingers whose fact-checking is mostly internal; who will accept as true a story that fits with their worldview, regardless of the ...

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

270 reviews
Jonah Goldberg

Doubleday, 2008

A Truly Instructive Read for the Open-Minded
Jonah Goldberg's book is a tour de force of history and political philosophy that should remain relevant well after other contemporary political tomes have lost their punch. Many "official" reviewers have focused on the historical analysis, and the revelation (to the common reader) of the leftist characters of Hitler and Mussolini. One point that Goldberg makes, but (apparently) needs ...

One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science

26 reviews
George Gamow

Dover Publications, 1988

This the book that woke me to science!
I first read 1, 2, 3, Infinity when I was about 13, and it whetted my appetite to know more. Gamow's explanations of how the universe works are lucid and entertaining. I'm giving a copy to my grandson, who'll be 10 in June, in the hope that he'll find the same kind of fascination with the universe that so excited me those many years ago I think it's amazing that most of the concepts he discusses ...

Facing the Facts: The Truth About Sex And You (God's Design for Sex)

5 reviews
Stan Jones, Brenna B. Jones

NavPress Publishing Group, 2007

Used by a large west-coast church for sex education
La Jolla Presbyterian Church uses this book as the basis forits sixth-grade sex education program. The program has grownremarkably over the last three years. To see how the book is used, go to www.datana.com/mary and use the "Sex Education for Christian Teens" link.

Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies: Issue by Issue Responses to the Most Common Claims of the Left from A ...

70 reviews
Gregg Jackson

JAJ Publishing, 2006

Red State Defenses Against Blue Voters
A fabulous read; no, "HANDBOOK" for a Conservative living in Kennedy Country, staphed by John Kerry, who served in Vietnam. This A-Z encyclopedia of direct comebacks to liberal lies and lockstep has helped me in dealing with my e-Liberal friends. Chapter One started an afternoon bar fight with the female barkeep. I countered her every claim, till the rest of the bar joined in (and I slunk ...

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Extraordinary Book of Facts: And Bizarre Information (Bathroom Readers)

10 reviews
Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society

Portable Press, 2006

Great Book
This is a great bathroom book! I have learned so much from my trips to the bathroom now. Everyone that comes over and has to use my bathroom now has to know where to find this book because they have to have it. It's great for all that "everything you ever needed to know but never thought about" kind of stuff.

Ripley's Special Edition 2008 (Ripley's Believe It Or Not Special Edition)

6 reviews
Ripley's Inc

Scholastic Inc., 2007

Out of this world book for inspiring creativity.
George's Pond: Created in the Beloved Tradition of Charlotte's Web West's Time Machine Being a children's writer and educator, I often recommend reading to my son and my students. This book mesmerized my students for hours. They kept quoting unusual things held within its pages. There were many amazing things on every page that allow the reader to come back latter and experience it all ...

The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts

21 reviews
Burke Davis

Wings, 1988

Betcha' didn't know...!
I learned a lot of facts about The Civil War reading Burke's marvelous book, including the fact that Stonewall Jackson's beard had its own, unique microfauna.

Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management

34 reviews
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton

Harvard Business School Press, 2006

Great scientific evaluation of many management beliefs
This is one of the best books on management, which takes a hard scientific look at deeply ingrained beliefs and provides scientific pointers, in many cases to the gold standard--controlled experiments. As with any book, each of us loves evidence that supports our own beliefs, but this book provides strong evidence that made me re-evaluate some other deeply ingrained (and likely wrong) beliefs, ...

Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society

14 reviews
Nadia Abu El-Haj

University Of Chicago Press, 2002

An Amazing, Top-Rate Scholarly Work
This is an amazing book that should be taught in every relevant course! As an archaeologist, I found it impeccably researched, well-written and indispensable. A must-read for those who are committed to rigorous scholarship as opposed to political agendas. What is most remarkable about this eye-opening book is the disciplined and highly sophisticated methodology in utilizing original sources in ...

Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering (Agile Software Development)

23 reviews
Robert L. Glass

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002

Dispel the Software Engineering Myths
For some reason, there are a lot of myths and misunderstandings about software development. Maybe this is the way it is for all fields, but that would be surprising. If it is just urban legends for outsiders, that makes sense and adds to the mysterious appeal. However, I would venture to say that most people in this field all have different views on what software engineering is, and many of ...

The U.S. Constitution: And Fascinating Facts About It

19 reviews
Terry L. Jordan

Oak Hill Publishing Company, 1999

All Americans should read this.
Given the confusion brought about by polarized opinions in Congress and the misinformation and bias of media reports, it behooves all Americans to once again read the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence if you haven't done this for some time. The author's interesting information of the Founding Fathers is a nice bonus.