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Mark Leigh

Teoksen How to Be a Superhero tekijä

29+ teosta 201 jäsentä 4 arvostelua

Tekijän teokset

How to Be a Superhero (1990) 82 kappaletta
Pets with Tourette's (2007) 15 kappaletta
The Book of Stupid Lists (1991) 8 kappaletta
How to Talk Teen (2016) 5 kappaletta
Advanced Swearing Handbook (2005) 4 kappaletta
Dead Beat 3 kappaletta

Associated Works

How to Be a Complete Bastard (1986)eräät painokset47 kappaletta

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Syntymäaika
ukjent
Sukupuoli
male
Syntymäpaikka
London, England

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''Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.''
Albert Einstein

A hilarious, highly entertaining (and informative) read. And guaranteed to put a smile on our face and make us thank our good fortune that we aren't as stupid as the -many- people whose actions were so dumb that became book-material.

Naturally, honourable mention to the stupidities uttered by politicians. To tell the truth, if writers ever attempt to record every single idiotic thing those people have said throughout the ages, they'll create a series longer than any existing franchise...… (lisätietoja)
 
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AmaliaGavea | Jul 15, 2018 |
Weird Shit by Mark Leigh is a strange and wonderful book with unusual and amazing facts you would never believe were true. It has chapters of weirdness from animals, military, sports, art, leaders, sex, food, anatomy, entertainers, the rich, crime, and the law. Those are just a few of the many oddities here. Some are funny, others gross, a few are unbelievable, and others are sad because they are true. A very entertaining book that would be great by yourself, at a party, a bathroom book for that bathroom person in everyone's house, for a gift, or for the living room side table for a conversation piece. I learned a lot out of it, some I really didn't want to know, but it is in there now! I received this book from NetGalley for a honest review and it in no way effects my rating or the content of this review.… (lisätietoja)
 
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MontzaleeW | 1 muu arvostelu | Mar 1, 2016 |
Endless supply, well curated

Mark Leigh has a franchise to collect, refine and redistribute odd facts, silly events, and utter stupidity. These small books are collections of bullet points, no more than a paragraph long, usually worth a chuckle or an eyeroll. Some of it is even useful!

These are some of my faves:
-Chico California imposes a $500 fine for anyone detonating a nuclear weapon in town.
-The official greeting in Kingsville Texas is Heaveno.
-Tigers only attack from the rear, so wearing a face mask on the back of your head keeps the tigers away.
-An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
-Men of the Australian Walibri tribe shake each other’s penises instead of hands.
-A French soldier invented Greco-Roman wrestling. There was no such thing before.
-Venereal disease killed eleven times as many soldiers as the Japanese did in the Burma campaign of WWII.
-The B2 bomber needs 24 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight.
-The actual word for is # is octothorpe.

It’s an easy read, decently balanced – not too much of any one topic.

David Wineberg
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DavidWineberg | 1 muu arvostelu | Jan 21, 2016 |
 
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