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The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

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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, ... Read more

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Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries

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Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history."Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries" cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations.All life's most perplexing questions answered: UFOs, Crop Circles and Alien invasions Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant ... Read more

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Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history."Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries" cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations.All life's most perplexing questions answered: UFOs, Crop Circles and Alien invasions Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant
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Bigfoot

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Does Bigfoot Exist?In 1924, a group of miners working in the Cascade Mountain Range in the state of Washington were startled to see a huge simian creature staring at them from behind a tree. Panic-stricken, one of the men fired at it and although the bullet appeared to hit the giant ape in the head, the beast ran off, apparently unharmed.Soon afterwards another of the miners, Fred Beck, spotted it ... Read more

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Does Bigfoot Exist?In 1924, a group of miners working in the Cascade Mountain Range in the state of Washington were startled to see a huge simian creature staring at them from behind a tree. Panic-stricken, one of the men fired at it and although the bullet appeared to hit the giant ape in the head, the beast ran off, apparently unharmed.Soon afterwards another of the miners, Fred Beck, spotted it
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D.B. Cooper

by Albert Jack ...

From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more...Committing the Perfect Crime: The D. B. Cooper Hijacking.What happened to famous hijacker who jumped off a plane and into thin air carrying a fortune in banknotes?The offence on the face of it was a simple one, but the mystery surrounding its aftermath has passed into legend. ... 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...Committing the Perfect Crime: The D. B. Cooper Hijacking.What happened to famous hijacker who jumped off a plane and into thin air carrying a fortune in banknotes?The offence on the face of it was a simple one, but the mystery surrounding its aftermath has passed into legend.
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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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Mysterious World: World Famous Mysteries Solved

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From the best-selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad & They Laughed at Galileo.Albert Jack's Mysterious World is a collection of the world's most famous and puzzling mysteries.What really happened to the Mary Celeste?Who killed Marilyn Monroe?Where is Bigfoot?Could Aliens really exist?From crop circles to the Scottish lighthouse keepers ... Read more

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Harry Potter And Other Bestselling Books Initially Rejected

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That's a Terrible Idea for a BookThe truth is that almost every successful book you have ever read has been repeatedly rejected by publishers who may look back on a missed opportunity. Unless, of course, it was written by an established author with a ready made audience. So that means there will be enough material to produce an entire volume on this subject alone although in this case we will keep ... Read more

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They Laughed at Galileo

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A humorous account of great inventors and their critics who predicted failure.They Laughed at Galileo takes a humorous and reflective look at one thousand years of the development of humankind: those who dreamt, those who taught, those who opposed, and those who, ultimately, did.At some point in modern history, each and every one of our inventions and discoveries was first envisioned and then ... Read more

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A humorous account of great inventors and their critics who predicted failure.They Laughed at Galileo takes a humorous and reflective look at one thousand years of the development of humankind: those who dreamt, those who taught, those who opposed, and those who, ultimately, did.At some point in modern history, each and every one of our inventions and discoveries was first envisioned and then
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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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Try to See It from My Angle: The Bermuda TriangleWhat is it about this infamous stretch of ocean (and sky) that causes ships and planes to vanish without a trace?At ten past two in the afternoon of 5 December 1945, five US Navy Avenger torpedo bombers took off from the naval air station at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The commander of Flight 19, Lieutenant Charles Taylor, had been assigned a routine ... Read more

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JFK: The Death of Marilyn Monroe: Who Didn't Kill Them

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