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![]() A Companion to American Cultural History By Karen Halttunen 2008 | 471 Pages | ISBN: 0631235663 | PDF | 3 MB A Companion to American Cultural History offers a historiographic overview of the scholarship, with special attention to the major studies and debates that have shaped the field, and an assessment of where it is currently headed. 30 essays explore the history of American culture at all analytic levels Written by scholarly experts well-versed in the questions and controversies that have activated interest in this burgeoning field Part of the authoritative Blackwell Companions to American History series Provides both a chronological and thematic approach: topics range from British America in the Eighteenth Century to the modern day globalization of American Culture; thematic approaches include gender and sexuality and popular culture ![]() 500 Things People Believe That Aren't True by James Egan English | January 3, 2019 | ISBN: 1326340077 | 170 pages | PDF | 0.61 Mb Genetically modified food existed since the Stone Age. We have no idea what Ancient Egyptians looked like. Thomas Edison didn't invent the lightbulb. Women could vote since 1867. The writer, Homer, probably didn't exist. Giants aren't always tall. Ancient Greece wasn't a country. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon never existed. Gandhi was a horrible human being. ![]() 101 Creepy, Weird, Scary, Interesting, and Outright Cool Facts: A collection of 101 facts that are sure to leave you creeped out and entertained at the same time. by Tyler Backhause English | January 31, 2016 | ISBN: 1523751959 | 84 pages | PDF | 0.42 Mb Who doesn't love facts and random bits of information? "I did not know that" or "Teach me something I don't know!" are a commonly heard phrases among people today. Along with this, the most powerful driving force behind our random browsing of the Internet or Social Media is the pursuit of new information. This brings me to the reason why I wrote 101 Creepy, Weird, Scary, Interesting, and Outright Cool Facts. Here are some categories you will receive facts from in this book: Plants and NatureComputers and TechnologyHistoryScience, math and spaceUrban legends Did you know that sea cucumbers are a class of invertebrate marine animals which inhabit almost every sea in the world? Their bodies can regenerate at an exceptionally fast rate, which allows them to regrow organs that were completely lost. As such, they have developed a defensive mechanism where they throw out their intestines - and sometimes even more internal organs - when they are attacked by predators. This is just one of the facts listed in this book so if you're ready for me, start reading now. In addition to 101 Creepy, Weird, Scary, Interesting, and Outright Cool Facts, you will receive 5 books included for free as a sign of my appreciation. ![]() 1000 Out-of-this-World Facts About Space by James Egan English | July 2, 2019 | ISBN: 1326467239 | 198 pages | PDF | 0.53 Mb A planet can turn into a star. Mercury has ice. On Venus, it rains metal. Earth isn't round. Mars is the only planet that is solely populated by robots. The volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, erupt its lava into space. Saturn has a hurricane in the shape of a hexagon. Uranus' moons are named after Shakespeare characters. Neptune has a ring like Saturn that we can't see in photographs. The Moon's real name is Luna. The oldest planet, Methuselah, is 12.7 billion years old. The word "planet" is Greek for "wanderer." Asteroids can have moons. A comet's tail is about ten million kilometres long. When a Black Hole tears something apart, it's called spaghettification. The Big Bang Theory's original name was The Primeval Atom. The universe is beige. No, really. ![]() that's life! - December 10, 2020 English | 78 pages | True PDF | 29.9 MB ![]() Wine Spectator - December 15, 2020 English | 118 pages | True PDF | 85.2 MB ![]() The Architectural Technologists Book (at:b) - November 2020 English | 64 pages | True PDF | 3.15 MB ![]() TV Guide - 07 December 2020 English | 116 pages | True PDF | 59.8 MB ![]() Selfbuilder & Homemaker - November / December 2020 English | 100 pages | True PDF | 29 MB |