Oddities
Author: Rupert Thomas Gould
Publisher: London : P. Allan
Published: 1928
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13:
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Oddity
Author: Eli Brown
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2021-03-15
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1536211974
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind in an alternate nineteenth century where a failed Louisiana Purchase has locked a young Unified States into conflict with France. It’s the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can’t help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover’s father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.
Long Island Oddities
Author: John Leita
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-05-14
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1614239347
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn and Laura Leita delve in to the oddities that make Long Island unique and it may be more odd than you thought possible! Long Island's history is well known, but often overlooked are the island's unique and bizarre stories and treasures--the most interesting locations and darkest legends. From hidden haunts and legends like the Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma to well-known events like the Amityville Horror House murders, this collection chronicles the tales of restless spirits, unrequited loves and otherworldly visits that riddle the island. There is much to be seen along the roadside, too, including the beloved Big Duck, the Riverhead Indian and even the grave site of Nixon's dog, Checkers. Through history, pictures and the personal experiences of a ten-year endeavor, authors John and Laura Leita brings to life Long Island's abandoned structures, including psychiatric hospitals and other ruins waiting to be rediscovered. Join the Leitas as they go in search of the delightfully quirky side of Long Island.
The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities
Author: Nathan Belofsky
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-08-03
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1101188960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou're probably breaking the law right now-and don't even know it. Did you know... ? Naples, Italy, enforces laws for what constitutes real pizza, and "pizza police" visit restaurants to crack down on unlawful pies? ? In West Virginia it is a crime to display or possess a red or black flag? ? It is illegal to sell stuffed articles depicting female breasts within a thousand feet of any county highway in California? ? Spherical fishbowls have been banned in Rome since 2004? There are hundreds of bizarre laws that we could be breaking at any moment. What exactly are we doing that we shouldn't be doing, and what happens if we get caught? In this engaging and insightful collection, Nathan Belofsky takes us on a journey of eclectic, unexpected, and bizarre laws from around the world. Written by a practicing lawyer with an eye for his profession's most unusual quirks, The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities offers a delightful look at the legal system's peculiarities through the ages. From laws that crack down on how we eat, look, and have sex, to real legal battles involving litigious chimpanzees, you'll start wondering whether you're really the law-abiding citizen you claim to be.
Human Oddities
Author: Martin Monestier
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780806510217
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFreak Show
Author: Robert Bogdan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014-12-10
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 022622743X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved. From 1840 until 1940, hundreds of freak shows crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today’s standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative—the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan’s fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimens.
The Book of Random Oddities
Author: Publications International Ltd
Publisher: Book of
Published: 2014-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781450875554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 704-page hardcover book contains 250 random articles, plus statistics, facts, trivia, and lists that range from absurd to useless to hilarious. The Book of Random Oddities provides hours upon hours of fascinating reading. It is for anyone with a curious mind.
Atlas of Oddities
Author: Clive Gifford
Publisher:
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781405281362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVery Special People
Author: Frederick Drimmer
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780806512532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSiamese twins, midgets, giants, bearded ladies, and hermaphrodites are among the people profiled with compassion and insight
Kreative Oddities Coloring Book Volume 1
Author: Mike Yapps
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10-02
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK24 pages of supercharged, nitro burning, tire smoking, exhaust belching insanity! This is the first coloring book created by Kreative Oddities. Full of crazy and odd hot rods from my twisted mind. You can color the craziness or just cut the pages out and hang them up as they are. Also inside are 2 B/W works for you to enjoy as a bonus.
