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The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About The Stuff You Thought You Knew (2013)

by Cracked.com(Favorite Author)
4.04 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
0452298202 (ISBN13: 9780452298200)
languge
English
publisher
Plume
review 1: The history section was fun but (like the web site) ever now and again I'd notice a "fact" that was incorrect. That pattern from Cracked.com material makes me constantly doubt their write-ups. Assuming that this books is almost all true it was a fun read. I noticed that I assumed to be common sense most of the information on chapters I was moderately familiar with (like science and biology). But as I said, a lot of the political history was new to me and history is my weak spot. So a tentative thumbs up pending fact checking.
review 2: A fun read. I learned some interesting stuff, like the fact that there were more than 2 books written by Homer. Geeze…now I wish I could go back in time and get those works of his published.For a fact book like this, just remem
... moreber that it's a good idea to fact-check the information if you decide to, you know, use the information to teach a class of kids their other teachers never told them. less
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Forte11
If you like John Tesch and his "Did You Know . . ." segments, then this book is for you.
ana
Assuming the authors know what THEY think they know, this was very interesting read.
anne
Very interesting read, well laid-out, and funny as well.
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