History Buff's Crosswords Plus United States History
Author: Michael G. Natalizio
Publisher: Nataco Pub
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9781891769085
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The Curious History of the Crossword
Author: Ben Tausig
Publisher:
Published: 2013-11-27
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1937994457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the curious history of the world's most addictive game and its unusual upbringing. Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the beloved crossword puzzle, readers can solve over 100 different puzzles from top constructors.
History Buff's Crosswords Plus American Government and Economics
Author: Michael G. Natalizio
Publisher: Education Express
Published: 1998-04-01
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781891769207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerican Trivia
Author: Richard Lederer
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1423622782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn fascinating facts about the history, culture, leaders, and heroes of our great nation in this comprehensive volume of U.S. trivia. This land is your land—so you should know a thing or two about it. American Trivia is chock full of fascinating facts, historical riddles, and puzzling quizzes about the people, places, and events that make this nation great. Divided into sections on national origins, presidents, historical figures, and more, this book offers a crash course in essential Americana. In these pages, you will learn the origin of the national anthem, stories about national monuments such as the Liberty Bell and Statue of Liberty, fascinating information about the country’s heroes and inventors, and more. As co-authors Richard Lederer and Caroline McCullagh demonstrate, American trivia is anything but trivial.
The New York Times Will Shortz's Favorite Puzzlemakers
Author: The New York Times
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2015-11-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781250032553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the first time ever, Will Shortz personally selects 75 of his favorite puzzles from his tenure as editor of The New York Times crossword puzzles. Special commentary will appear along with each puzzle and give clever insight into the puzzle-solving world that Will Shortz dominates. Getting to know the background on these puzzles will add a new dimension for the growing number of crossword buffs. Also included is a special introduction written by Shortz that explains why these puzzles qualify as his favorites among the thousands of puzzles he has edited in his career. Since Will Shortz has become crossword editor of the Times, the puzzles have featured increased wordplay, and a hip, contemporary attitude towards crosswording.
Two Down
Author: Nero Blanc
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2014-10-14
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1497671698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCrosswords get the Hollywood treatment in this mystery featuring PI Rosco Polycrates and master puzzle solver Belle Graham Jamaica Nevisson—or Cassandra Lovett, as she’s known to the adoring fans of her daytime soap—has vanished without a trace. She and her pal Genie Pepper went pleasure yachting off Nantucket, only to end up lost at sea. So far, only the charred hull of the boat has turned up. Called in by Pepper’s husband, Massachusetts detective Rosco Polycrates and crossword editor Belle Graham uncover a list of potential evildoers that reads like a who’s who of Hollywood vipers, including paparazzi stalker Reggie Flack, Jamaica’s longtime nemesis. But when Belle starts receiving cryptic crosswords, she believes the women are alive and in grave danger. Now she’s up against the clock as she races to unravel the messages before someone completes an across-the-board coup. Because with two down, that leaves only one more to go. This ebook includes six crossword puzzles that can be downloaded as PDFs, with answers in the back of the book. Two Down is the 2nd book in the Crossword Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Book of Amazing History
Author: Publications International Ltd
Publisher: Book of
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781450807456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Amazing Book of History is a 708-page collection of hundreds of articles, lists, quotes, and anecdotes that explore a lively range of human history, from the ancient world to the recent past to pop culture. The hardcover volume looks at history from an anything-goes perspective, with nearly 300 dynamic tales of people, places, and events. Its innovative approach and witty style should appeal to a wide range of readers.
History Buff's Crosswords Plus United States History
Author: Michael G. Natalizio
Publisher: Education Express
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781891769405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Million Years in a Day
Author: Greg Jenner
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2016-06-21
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 125008945X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices we take for granted. In this gloriously entertaining romp through human history, Greg Jenner explores the gradual—and often unexpected—evolution of our daily routines. This is not a story of wars, politics, or great events. Instead, Jenner has scoured Roman rubbish bins, Egyptian tombs, and Victorian sewers to bring us the most intriguing, surprising, and sometimes downright silly historical nuggets from our past. Drawn from across the world, spanning a million years of humanity, this book is a smorgasbord of historical delights. It is a history of all those things you always wondered about—and many you have never considered. It is the story of your life, one million years in the making.
The Bill of Rights
Author: Carol Berkin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-05-05
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1476743819
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Narrative, celebratory history at its purest” (Publishers Weekly)—the real story of how the Bill of Rights came to be: a vivid account of political strategy, big egos, and the partisan interests that set the terms of the ongoing contest between the federal government and the states. Those who argue that the Bill of Rights reflects the founding fathers’ “original intent” are wrong. The Bill of Rights was actually a brilliant political act executed by James Madison to preserve the Constitution, the federal government, and the latter’s authority over the states. In the skilled hands of award-winning historian Carol Berkin, the story of the founders’ fight over the Bill of Rights comes alive in a drama full of partisanship, clashing egos, and cunning manipulation. In 1789, the nation faced a great divide around a question still unanswered today: should broad power and authority reside in the federal government or should it reside in state governments? The Bill of Rights, from protecting religious freedom to the people’s right to bear arms, was a political ploy first and a matter of principle second. The truth of how and why Madison came to devise this plan, the debates it caused in the Congress, and its ultimate success is more engrossing than any of the myths that shroud our national beginnings. The debate over the Bill of Rights still continues through many Supreme Court decisions. By pulling back the curtain on the short-sighted and self-interested intentions of the founding fathers, Berkin reveals the anxiety many felt that the new federal government might not survive—and shows that the true “original intent” of the Bill of Rights was simply to oppose the Antifederalists who hoped to diminish the government’s powers. This book is “a highly readable American history lesson that provides a deeper understanding of the Bill of Rights, the fears that generated it, and the miracle of the amendments” (Kirkus Reviews).
