Introducing the curious reader, mental floss s forthcoming book about all your favorite novels and novelists ellen gutoskey 292021. This book is of the type often called a bathroom book in that you can sit down with it and read bits and pieces of it at your leisure. Jan 19, 2017 getty images the entries were pulled from places like obamas summer reading lists, his childhood favorites, and recommendations made for his daughter, malia. New releases, upcoming books, video, excerpts and special features. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Beloved magazine mental floss has long been collecting and sharing facts to a huge audience for many years. We were delighted to see this list of 25 amazing facts about libraries. The list show airs on the first and third wednesday of each month. Cracking open a horror book in your comfiest chair is one of the best ways to embrace the halloween season. The content was ok, but the book itself was a flimsy paperback with really low quality pages and print. More from mental floss 12 pieces of unsolicited advice for 19thcentury girls. It now lives on as a popular website still bringing the facts to audiences around the globe. An irreverent romp through historys best bits, the mental floss history of the world is an amazingly entertaining joyride through 60,000 years of human civilization. Once again, the guys from mental floss do not disappoint.
Wellwritten, fun, and entertaining, i recommend this book to all. An irreverent romp through historys best bits, the mental floss history of the world is an amazingly entertaining joyride through 60000 years of human. Feel smart againcomes an american history text packed with hilarious but true. Introducing the curious reader, mental floss s forthcoming book about all your favorite novels and novelists. Broken down into the 7 deadly sins, it ranges the gambit from tiny and trivial interesting facts to large facts that we dont know but probably. Mark currently splits his time between his hometown of long branch, nj, and his. The curious reader book is full of fascinating details about some of historys. Thats why mental floss decided to publish a book dedicated to telling. The book is packed with a decades worth of the smartest, quirkiest stories around, including. It is more fun than a barrel of monkeys although i have never been quite sure why a barrel of monkeys would be much fun.
This week, john tests a third round of 30 life hacks to see if they work. May 30, 2006 this is yet another quickread book from the editors of mental floss magazine, a bimonthly launched in 2001 and targeted to aspiring trivial pursuit masters. Ive been a history nut for most my life, and it was refreshing to reread known history with a bit of a mental floss twist. With summer officially upon us, the mental floss teamlike so many of our readershas got books on the brain. Getty images the entries were pulled from places like obamas summer reading lists, his childhood favorites, and recommendations made for his daughter, malia. He is the author of four puzzle books for sterling as well as logic for dummies wiley publishing. But its not always feasible to get together in person, whether thats because of a pandemic or just plain old distance. My favorite books this year, literary places id like to visit, books i loved as a child, who id invite to a literary. Its easy to read, and youll immediately feel a little smarter. Feb 02, 2015 the site doesnt just serve up book recommendations. The almost complete and entirely entertaining story of america, and mental floss.
Get a free ebook by joining our mailing list today. Mental floss history does not really have any prerequisites, but this book does not contain a single map, so i think that it would be very helpful to have a little background in geography or history before reading it. See all books authored by mental floss, including the mental floss history of the united states. The site doesnt just serve up book recommendations. Mental floss civilian publications lis publications wiki. Sitting around with a bunch of fellow bibliophiles and chatting about a book you all just read is a bliss almost beyond compare. Amazing facts from mental floss 2021 daytoday calendar each daily page of this allnew calendar offers intriguing trivia from mental floss s popular, ongoing feature, the amazing fact generator. The mental floss team also entertains and inspires bibliophiles with prizewinning book lists, quotes about writing and reading, and the tomes famous authors admire, along with guided entries such as. This book makes world history fun, while being completely accurate. Among facts about libraries from ireland to finland where one library. Get a free e book by joining our mailing list today. Home for all things curious, including surprising facts. Check out the book series and collections that the mental floss staff recommends below.
But its as close to flawless for a book of its genre. Mar 15, 2021 these book related podcasts have book recommendations, author interviews, and everything else a bibliophile could wish for. Mental floss has affiliate relationships with certain retailers and may. He is currently at work on a new book, basic math and prealgebra for dummies also wiley. It is definitely worth reading, and is not only a compilation of gossipy asides.
View full size mental floss was founded as an intellectualtrivia magazine but soon branched out into the sale of magazinebranded tshirts emblazoned with pithy oneliners, books and board games. The mental floss history of the world harpercollins. Nothing completes a lazy summer day in the sun or week spent on the beach quite. I first heard about daemon in december from rick klau. Mar 04, 2021 the book that inspired the eponymous netflix series. A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of triviatastic information. Its unusual for me to recommend a book so early in the year. Mental floss is where curious people come for triviatastic information. This week, john tests another 30 life hacks to see if they work as promis. Mark zegarelli holds degrees in math and english from rutgers university. This particular one, cocktail party cheat sheets, is a clever series of possible conversationstarters that will hopefully make ones deep well of knowledge seem impressive without being.
Fortunately, the internet provides endless opportunities to virtually connect with other readers. This illustrated book is full of littleknown facts about. This website will tell you what book to read next mental floss. See all books authored by mental floss, including mental floss. Mental floss, which launched out of a duke dorm room back in 2000, in many ways anticipated the type of evergreen, listdriven content that would eventually become popular on an internet that was n. It tackles some often confusing itemspeople and clarifies everything quite well. Reeses book club and 8 other great online book clubs. Mental floss books list of books by author mental floss. In which john green recommends some of his favorite books to some of his favorite people crash course fans, whovians, sherlockians, harry potter fans, swood. Celebrate 20 years of mental floss with a collection of fascinating facts from the most. Ive been a mental floss fan for some time now, and i really enjoyed this book. As audacious as it is edifying, here is a hilarious and irreverentyet always historically accurateoverview of the ascent or descent of humankind, courtesy of the same rebel geniuses who brought you ment.
These book related podcasts have book recommendations, author interviews, and everything else a bibliophile could wish for. Theres no better time of year to crack open a new horror book, and if youre in need of recommendations, the mental floss staff has you covered. A wickedly smart guide to historys naughtiest bits mental floss presents by editors of mental floss. In this one, they address the greatest lists in the history of listory. Mental floss books list of books by author mental floss thriftbooks. The book, a funny, surprising, factpacked compendium of more than 200 of the greatest lists in the history of listory. Illustrated book tells the stories behind important female. Readers rejoice from mental floss, an online destination for more than a billion curious minds since its founding in 2001, comes the ultimate book for lovers of.
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