"This book is bound to leave you with random facts to share with friends and family after reading."
Take a narrative jaunt through life’s oddities with this engaging and entertaining fact book. From extremes of the largest and smallest, cutest and ugliest things in the natural world to wildest foods on the planet and the absurdity of the captions for modern art, in Strange but True author Tony Fosgate chattily takes on a winding journey through the weirdness of our world. Written with a witty and engaging style it reminded me of picking up Elephants on Acid by Alex Boase as a teen, and sits well within the area of entertaining trivia. As I was reading I was googling each of the creatures, laughing at the pivotal power of a fart, explored history, Molecular Gastronomy, heard examples of the bravest and most cowardly actions, the absurdity of economics and considered the value of art. The book is very well structured, within each section the different facts and topics seem to flow seamlessly, like talking to a friend and each topic then reminding you of something similar. Strange But True is educational while also gently poking fun at the absurdities covered, making it really easy and enjoyable to read. This book is bound to leave you with random facts to share with friends and family after reading. Although from personal experience I wouldn’t recommend eating while reading parts of the ‘Food’ section.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador
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Ever wondered what the infinitely big and the ridiculously small look like? Just what is the hottest thing you can eat? Who was the rudest man in history? In this book Tony Fosgate tackles these vital questions and many more: how many blue whales could you stuff into a giant redwood tree? Why is a common house plant look-alike the most deadly life form on the planet? What happens when you lunch on the world’s most disgusting cheese? In this tour around some of the more surprising facts and contrasts in our existence, discover, (among other things), how Einstein’s brain went missing, why Ramen Noodles are the go- to form of prison currency, and how the fastest man- made object in space may actually be a $10 hub cap. Nothing is quite what it seems:, the universe is a very strange place indeed and epic in its diversity and contrariness. So, embrace its weirdness and take the best and worst, most delicious and disgusting, most top to bottom radical sexy ugliness it can offer. Here, there is no such thing as average: prepare to discover the strange but true....
Strange but True: A voyage around weirdness in nature and the human world features in the following genres: Indie Author Books, Indie Books We Love
Strange but True: A voyage around weirdness in nature and the human world is available in Paperback
Strange but True: A voyage around weirdness in nature and the human world was written by Tony Fosgate and published by Nielsen UK