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Author: William Poundstone Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062067486 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 265
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The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets. Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out. What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here's the whole story, including -- yes! -- the electric carpet. Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken's eleven secret herbs and spices "stand on everybody's shelf." We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis. Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney's body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth. Don't bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. Big Secrets has complete explanations and diagrams, nothing left to the imagination.
Author: William Poundstone Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062067486 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 265
Book Description
The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets. Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out. What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here's the whole story, including -- yes! -- the electric carpet. Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken's eleven secret herbs and spices "stand on everybody's shelf." We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis. Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney's body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth. Don't bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. Big Secrets has complete explanations and diagrams, nothing left to the imagination.
Author: Tom Dyson Publisher: ISBN: 9780996363211 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Inside this book, you'll find more than 20 little-known (but proven) strategies for generating safe, steady income from almost anywhere in the world--without touching complex investments or working some thankless job.
Author: Publications International Ltd Publisher: Book of ISBN: 9781640302686 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 0
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Filled with exciting stories and details behind life's biggest mysteries, from cold cases to UFOs to biblical puzzles. Each chapter presents a different theme: the art world, mistaken identities, historical myths, secret societies, and more. Read articles about the Freemasons, the Philadelphia Experiment, the Mothman, Hitler's "diaries," and forgotten books of the Bible. Hardcover, 632 pages.
Author: William Poundstone Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780395453971 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 260
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Cultural sleuth William Poundstone tells the secret recipe for oysters Rockefeller; the location of the federal government's underground bunker for use in a nuclear war; the phone company's own unlisted numbers; and more than a hundred other secrets.
Author: Lionel Fanthorpe Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1554887798 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 370
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From Atlantis to Nostradamus, Masons to Templars, Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe have explored some of the greatest mysteries in this world and beyond. Now they attempt to answer even more questions about vampires, Sasquatch, and the Pyramids. No element of the unknown is safe from the Fanthorpes scrutinizing eyes.
Author: Carrie Stuart Parks Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1440317968 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 224
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This is the book that can teach anyone to draw (yes, even you!) If you're not getting the kind of true-to-life results you want in your drawings (or if you can't even draw a straight line), Carrie and Rick Parks can help. As award-winning teachers, they have a proven game plan for helping artists of all levels overcome common problems and see immediate improvement in their work. As professional composite artists, they know the tricks and tools for achieving incredibly lifelike results. In this friendly, foolproof guide to drawing, they share it all: • Easy-to-master techniques for achieving a convincing sense of depth • How to draw challenging textures like metal and fur • Putting personality into your portraits • 40+ step-by-step demonstrations featuring a variety of people, animals and nature Easy enough so that beginners can jump right in, and comprehensive enough to help more accomplished artists refine their skills. This book covers all the essentials, teaching you the secrets of realistic drawing one step at a time, building the skills you need to tackle any subject convincingly--even those you've always thought were beyond your reach. Before you know it, you'll be turning out picturesque landscapes, stellar portraits--any subject that inspires you to put pencil to paper!
Author: William Poundstone Publisher: Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780688137922 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 272
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From the author of the mega-selling Big Secrets comes the equally entertaining sequel which unveils the truth about all sorts of things you are never supposed to know. The recipe for Mrs. Fields Cookies... What backward messages on records are really trying to tell you... Frank Sinatra's real age... Why you can't counterfeit a lottery ticket... Barbra Streisand's blue movie... The other Boy Scout rituals... Ingmar Bergman's soap commercials... The formula for Play-Doh... and more.
Author: Linda Lael Miller Publisher: HQN Books ISBN: 0369704924 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 228
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The “First Lady of the West,” #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, delivers the stunning finale of her acclaimed series set in Parable, Montana—where a city-bound cowboy meets the one woman who might make him stay in Big Sky Country! Self-made millionaire Landry Sutton heads to Hangman Bend’s Ranch to sell his land to his brother, Zane. Though he’s got cowboy in his blood, Landry plans to return to city life before the dust even settles on his boots. Of course, he didn’t count on falling for Big Sky Country…or Ria Manning. Ria is starting to settle into country life herself…until she has a close encounter of the terrifying kind with a buffalo. Turns out the peeping monster belongs to the cowboy next door—and he has her running even more scared than his bison. She wants a home where the buffalo don’t roam, and the men don’t either. Could Landry’s homecoming be her heart’s undoing? Previously published. Read the entire fan-favorite Parable series: Book 1: Big Sky Country Book 2: Big Sky Mountain Book 3: Big Sky River Book 4: Big Sky Summer Book 5: Big Sky Wedding Book 6: Big Sky Secrets
Author: Steve Bartylla Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1440243050 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 256
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Steve Bartylla has never relied on outfitter to put him on trophy bucks. Instead, he relies on his own scouting and hunting skills. Big Buck Secrets draws from Bartylla's years of successful do-it-yourself hunting for trophy whitetails on both public and private land. This book is grounded in that experience to help you take your deer hunting to the next level with comprehensive instruction on: • Scouting new hunting areas • Understanding mature buck behavior • Hunting during the rut • Utilizing decoys • Aggressive and creative techniques to deal with hunting pressure • And much more! All aimed to put you on the biggest bucks of your life! Hard work and in-depth knowledge of whitetails, understanding how they utilize terrain and seeking pockets where mature bucks exist, are the tools Bartylla relies on most--and shares with you in Big Buck Secrets.
Author: William Poundstone
Author: William Poundstone
Author: Tom Dyson
Author: Publications International Ltd
Author: William Poundstone
Author: Lionel Fanthorpe
Author: Carrie Stuart Parks
Author: Marthe Jocelyn
Author: William Poundstone
Author: Linda Lael Miller
Author: Steve Bartylla