Ripley's Believe it or Not!: Encyclopedia of the Bizarre

by JulieMooney (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $3.23

  This extraordinary volume is an encyclopedia that only the people at Ripley's Believe It or Not could have dreamed up - it is a sort of X-Files version of the Guinness Book of Records, every page of the 63 chapters brimming with the extremes of human existence and eccentricity: - bizarre coincidences - unbelievable accidents and disasters - curious animals - - extraordinary human achievements - unusual human abilities - unlikely buildings - - remarkable ancient civilisations - strange artistic creations - ridiculous hairstyling - - gross tattooing and body piercing - beliefs and superstitions - dramatic births - - mind and body trivia - atypical weather - antiquated travel - mad royalty - - unexplained phenomena - exotic sports - and much, much more...* Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Wierd and All True! * 6,000 Absolutely Real Oddities, Mysteries, Facts and Records!

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.23

  This is a collection of coincidences and oddities of every subject from animals, human anatomy and laws to science, sports and weather. Ripley's Believe It or Not! will blow your mind. It's the biggest, weirdest and most outrageously strange collection of feats, stories, facts and records - all real and all recorded by the editors of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Use this book to expand your own boundaries, to stretch the realm of what's possible. Use it to enrich your knowledge of your favourite subjects - to salt them with a tang of the bizarre. You can also use this book as a creative resource, as a jumping-off point for the imagination. Writers, artists, musicians, teachers, scientists, creators, and explorers of all types will find inspiration within these pages.