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An Underground Education : The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human
An Underground Education The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art Sex Business Crime Science Medicine and Other Fields of Human
Author: Richard Zacks
The best kind of knowledge is uncommon knowledge. — Okay, so maybe you know all the stuff you're supposed to know--that there are teenier things than atoms, that Remembrance of Things Past has something to do with a perfumed cookie, that the Monroe Doctrine means we get to take over small South American countries when we feel like it. ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780385483766
ISBN-10: 0385483767
Publication Date: 4/20/1999
Pages: 432
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3.7 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed An Underground Education : The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human on + 12 more book reviews
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A large book of short articles, this book is good for when you have a few minutes that you have to wait on something and nothing to occupy your mind. Very interesting.
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very ntresting!!!
Great read. There was so much I didn't know I did'nt know! LOL
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astonishing facts, bizarre photographs, fascinating, sometimes deeply weird true stories.
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This is a fantastic book for anyone interesting in little-known history and historical misrepresentations. Author Richard Zacks covers corrections to historical "facts" that we always thought were true, information about beloved historic figures deemed too sordid for the textbooks, and just plain odd, bizarre, & often amusing trivia. His style is lively and entertaining, making this a fun (as well as educational) read. In fact, I read it straight through, although it is divided by subject for those who want to skip around. Zacks is meticulous about his sources, as well; you needn't take his word for it. A complete bibliography of his sources is included at the end, and it is actually rather entertaining in and of itself.


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