Korwin Briggs
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Before there was Batman, Wonder Woman, or Black Panther...there was Indra, Hindu king of gods, who battled a fearsome snake to save the world from drought. Athena, the powerful Greek goddess of wisdom who could decide the fate of battles before they even began. Okuninushi, the Japanese hero who defeated eighty brothers to become king and then traded it all for a chance at immortality. Featuring more than 70 characters from 23 cultures around the...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VII's wives wearing underwear on their heads and beyond, this hilarious--and accurate--history of underwear (as comically modeled by chickens), tells the fascinating story of our most private clothing.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From Roman charioteers scarfing wild boar dung to astronauts guzzling their own pee to today's kids spreading insect vomit on their toast, this humorous compendium is chock-full of history, science, and fascinatingly gross facts. Bug secretions coating your candy corn? Rodent poop in your popcorn? Physicians tasting their patients' pee? It's deliciously disgusting!"--
Author
Series
Invention Hunters volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a construction site in their flying museum, a boy helps them by explaining how simple machines like levers, pulleys, and cranks work"--
Author
Series
Invention Hunters volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The Invention Hunters visit a child's home in their flying museum, where they learn how electricity works.
Author
Series
Invention Hunters volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When the Invention Hunters visit a music store, a child helps them understand common concepts related to sound, including vibration, echoes, and sonic booms, and how objects such as drums and microphones work.
Author
Series
Invention Hunters volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a school in their flying museum, a student helps them by explaining how common concepts related to light, like refraction, magnification, and reflection, and objects, like cameras and televisions, work"--provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After wading into the grossest animal pee, poop, and vomit humans have consumed in Dung for Dinner, Christine dives back into the muck with an equally humorous and informative exploration of the most revolting jobs throughout history. From the ancient Egyptian mummy makers who removed brains by shoving iron hooks up peoples' noses, to the 19th century Toshers who hunted for treasure deep in the London sewers, to modern day forensic entomologists...
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