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The Book Of The Bizarre (2010)

by Varla Ventura(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1435124030 (ISBN13: 9781435124035)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Sterling Publishing

review 1: I love trivia and interesting tidbits, and this book is chock full of them. Everything from ghosts to cursed objects to phobias to UFOs. It's all here, plus lots more. For instance, I discovered I break the law in SC nearly every day because my pants have hip pockets. There's a law saying hip pockets are no-nos because you can hide a flask there. A fun, quick read or something you can pick up when you have a minute here and there.
review 2: The source material and research for this book seemed a bit dubious, and I found myself questioning the research more than once. There were a few interesting tidbits in it, but I found myself doubting them after coming across a couple of errors. A great example would be the case of the giant penguins in Florida. The book lis... morets the event as taking place in 1998, when it was actually 1948. The book itself is more or less an 'anthology of summaries,' with very few of the tales being much more than a few lines. Towards the end of the book, the pages weren't even straight in the book. I received this as a Christmas gift based on the fact that I tend to like the strange, but this seemed to be straight out of the bargain bin at Barnes & Noble. less

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