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Hardcover Life's Imponderables: The Answers to Civilization's Most Perplexing Questions Book

ISBN: 1578660807

ISBN13: 9781578660803

Life's Imponderables: The Answers to Civilization's Most Perplexing Questions

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Why don't people get goose bumps on their faces? What's the difference between flotsam and jetsam? What would actually happen if you ripped the warning label off your mattress? If questions like these leave you sleepless, then satisfy your thirst for knowledge with this witty compendium from the ImponderablesTM series. Feldman has tirelessly searched for the answers to those mysteries that frequently give people pause. Organized in a question and...

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 4 stars
Great Stimulation for the Naturually Curious

I loved these books as a kid, so I was happy to see three of them bound into one volume with this selection here. If you're naturally curious about lots of different subjects and wonder about the answers to questions that others could not care less about, then this book is for you. The level of research is sometimes superficial, but I mostly left each question satisfied. You'll also find the text to be a bit dated on certain...

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Rated 4 stars
Lots of Interesting Facts

Overall this is a very good book. Well written, entertaining, and of course full of lots of interesting facts. I found a few of the facts to be very obvious, and others were really boring/pointless, but that was only about 5% of them. Overall it was a good read.

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Rated 5 stars
No technical jargen!

I've purchased books like this in the past and they give origins of words and technical terms that I just don't find interesting. This book, however, was not like that at all! It is intellegently written but easy to understand and relate to. It actually answers the questions and has humourous overtones. There are also fun sections called: Frustables, and Letters.Buy this book! It's well worth the money....I've already...

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Rated 5 stars
It's No Imponerable that this is a good book!:)

This is a lifes answer to all those stupid questions. Didn't you always want to know how people who run private graveyards make there money or does anyone ACTUALLY buy fruitcake for themselves? Well this will tell you. I have 2 words for you-READ IT! :)

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