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Crop Circles Explained: World Famous Mysteries: Unsolved Mysteries

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From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more...Who Really Makes Crop Circles?Strange formations in fields of wheat and other crops have been appearing since the 1970s. Are they made by aliens parking their spaceships, or is the explanation rather more down to earth?Of all the subjects I’ve explored for this series, the one ... Read more

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From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more...Who Really Makes Crop Circles?Strange formations in fields of wheat and other crops have been appearing since the 1970s. Are they made by aliens parking their spaceships, or is the explanation rather more down to earth?Of all the subjects I’ve explored for this series, the one
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The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack ...

The international bestseller. "Amusing and informative . . . [takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language." —Knutsford Guardian (UK)Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, ... Read more

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The international bestseller. "Amusing and informative . . . [takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language." —Knutsford Guardian (UK)Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned,
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David Bowie & Mick Jagger - And Other Rock & Roll Urban Myths

by Albert Jack ...

Introduction.The subject of urban myths and legends is one I have been interested in for a couple of years now. It occurred to me, one day at lunch with friends on the Isle of Dogs, that many long rambling conversations (and ours are certainly long and always rambling) will include a tall tale or two.One person will then be reminded of a story he or she once heard which is then presented as near ... Read more

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Introduction.The subject of urban myths and legends is one I have been interested in for a couple of years now. It occurred to me, one day at lunch with friends on the Isle of Dogs, that many long rambling conversations (and ours are certainly long and always rambling) will include a tall tale or two.One person will then be reminded of a story he or she once heard which is then presented as near
... Read more
Donald Trump: Donald Trump Quotes: In His Own Words

by Albert Jack ...

'Stupid presidents, smart presidents, white presidents, black presidents -- doesn't work! What this country needs is a crazy Third World dictator. And Donald Trump has what it takes to be that. He's already got a plane with his name on it, solid gold buildings, a harem...' – Lewis Black, on Donald Trump.IntroductionThere is nobody more interesting on the political stage either in America or ... Read more

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'Stupid presidents, smart presidents, white presidents, black presidents -- doesn't work! What this country needs is a crazy Third World dictator. And Donald Trump has what it takes to be that. He's already got a plane with his name on it, solid gold buildings, a harem...' – Lewis Black, on Donald Trump.IntroductionThere is nobody more interesting on the political stage either in America or
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Robert Kennedy: JFK: The Death of Marilyn Monroe: Who Didn't Kill Them

by Albert Jack ...

Robert Kennedy, JFK and the Death of Marilyn Monroe.Who Didn't Kill Them?For five decades the world has been told that the killers of John F Kennedy and his brother Bobby were either already dead or languishing in prison.Lee Harvey Oswald was shot the day after the assassination but the Warren Commission, set up to investigate the brutal murder of the President, insists that he did. And that he ... Read more

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Robert Kennedy, JFK and the Death of Marilyn Monroe.Who Didn't Kill Them?For five decades the world has been told that the killers of John F Kennedy and his brother Bobby were either already dead or languishing in prison.Lee Harvey Oswald was shot the day after the assassination but the Warren Commission, set up to investigate the brutal murder of the President, insists that he did. And that he
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Healthy Breakfast: Food History: The History of our Favorite Breakfast

by Albert Jack ...

Food is just as entitled to a proper history as castles, wars, kings, queens, art, literature and the bubonic plague. But the book world is now so saturated by celebrity chefs trying to show the working man how to rub garlic on a ciabatta or break lime leaves over a piece of raw fish that we've lost sight of the really interesting stories behind the recipes we all know and love.And, whilst I don't ... Read more

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Food is just as entitled to a proper history as castles, wars, kings, queens, art, literature and the bubonic plague. But the book world is now so saturated by celebrity chefs trying to show the working man how to rub garlic on a ciabatta or break lime leaves over a piece of raw fish that we've lost sight of the really interesting stories behind the recipes we all know and love.And, whilst I don't
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Crime: Unsolved Murders: The Pope's Banker: The Roberto Calvi Murder

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From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more...The Mysterious Death of God’s Own Banker - Did Roberto Calvi, head of a bank with close connections to the Vatican, take his own life or was there a more sinister reason why he was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge?Early in the morning of 18 June 1982, in a scene redolent ... Read more

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From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more...The Mysterious Death of God’s Own Banker - Did Roberto Calvi, head of a bank with close connections to the Vatican, take his own life or was there a more sinister reason why he was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge?Early in the morning of 18 June 1982, in a scene redolent
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Food History & Recipe Origins

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From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Books - Red Herrings & White Elephants, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, They Laughed at Galileo:Have you ever wondered where your Margherita, Melba, Suzette or Eggs Benedict come from? This is the fantastic history and origins of your favourite foods and recipe names.Food is just as entitled to a proper history as ... Read more

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From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Books - Red Herrings & White Elephants, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, They Laughed at Galileo:Have you ever wondered where your Margherita, Melba, Suzette or Eggs Benedict come from? This is the fantastic history and origins of your favourite foods and recipe names.Food is just as entitled to a proper history as
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What Caesar did for My Salad

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From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel & They Laughed at Galileo.Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas?Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what ... Read more

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From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel & They Laughed at Galileo.Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas?Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what
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Fatima's Secret

by Albert Jack ...

The Prophecy of Our Lady of Fatima (and the mad Catholics)On 13 July 1917, three children were startled to find a mysterious figure approaching them as they tended their flock of sheep in pastureland near Fatima in Portugal. Lucia dos Santos and her two cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto reported seeing what they described as a 'pretty lady from Heaven'.Lucia said the lady was 'brighter than the ... Read more

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The Prophecy of Our Lady of Fatima (and the mad Catholics)On 13 July 1917, three children were startled to find a mysterious figure approaching them as they tended their flock of sheep in pastureland near Fatima in Portugal. Lucia dos Santos and her two cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto reported seeing what they described as a 'pretty lady from Heaven'.Lucia said the lady was 'brighter than the
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Pop Goes the Weasel

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From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson?Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then ... Read more

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From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes.Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson?Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then
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The Jam: Sounds From The Street

by Albert Jack ...

FOREWORDPlenty has been written about The Jam over the years, some of it has been true, and some of it I didn't recognise at all when I read it. When Albert told me earlier in the summer he was going to write a biography of the band I was surprised as I didn't think there was much more to add to what has already been written. But in this case he seems to have found plenty more, some of it I had ... Read more

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FOREWORDPlenty has been written about The Jam over the years, some of it has been true, and some of it I didn't recognise at all when I read it. When Albert told me earlier in the summer he was going to write a biography of the band I was surprised as I didn't think there was much more to add to what has already been written. But in this case he seems to have found plenty more, some of it I had
... Read more