- Paperback
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell; 1st Edition edition (1 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0965843920
- ISBN-13: 978-0965843928
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 623,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I confess. I wrote the book. I spent two years studying hermaphrodites, eunuchs, women who breast-feed puppies, masturbation accidents, popes who make JFK look faithful, and other important under-studied topics. I am also proud to announce that about a third of the book has something to do with sex. And the other two-thirds packs all kinds of strange stories, from the ugly origins of Great American fortunes to Thomas Edison feuding with George Westinghouse over building the first electric chair.
I confess. I wrote the book. I spent two years studying hermaphrodites, eunuchs, women who breast-feed puppies, masturbation accidents, popes who make JFK look faithful, and other important under-studied topics. I am also proud to announce that about a third of the book has something to do with sex. And the other two-thirds packs all kinds of strange stories, from the ugly origins of Great American fortunes to Thomas Edison feuding with George Westinghouse over building the first electric chair.
If you get a chance, check out my web site But be sure to buy the book from Amazon.com.
I hope you enjoy. Don't miss the 200 pictures. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The children are safely tucked in bed; a light breeze blows in through the window; Mom hushes them and begins to tell a sweet tale of . . . children being abandoned in the woods, lured to a witch's cottage, there to be fattened and roasted in an oven. Read the first page
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The children are safely tucked in bed; a light breeze blows in through the window; Mom hushes them and begins to tell a sweet tale of . . . children being abandoned in the woods, lured to a witch's cottage, there to be fattened and roasted in an oven. Read the first page
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An entertaining, if somewhat offbeat read...this is one of those books that makes you lose some of your faith in humanity's humanity, but it also very, very funny...if you like the weird, the bizarre and the sexily strange, you'll like this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I belive that this is the most honest book worldwide. It displays information that is covered up and lied about at schools nationwide. It is enlightening.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I belive that this is the most honest book worldwide. It displays information that is covered up and lied about at schools nationwide. It is enlightening.
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Remarkablely fascinating!!!
When I start reading this book, I couldn't stop reading until my eyes turn red and I could feel smoke in my eyes for a couple of days. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 1999
Not worth the time or money
This book came highly reccommended and I couldn't wait to get started! I should have gotten a hint of it's shallowness by reading the cover, back and front. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 1999
This book is so good my college professor borrowed it!
I enjoyed this book so much that I read it in only a few days. After discussing some of the material with my professor, he borrowed the book and I have not seen it since. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 1998
not the usual trivia collection...
A few things I'd already known, and a *surprising* lot I hadn't, which is quite an accomplishment! Too many books of this sort seem to be retreads of the same set of oddities, but... Read more
Published on 24 July 1998
The ultimate resource for intellectual curmudgeons
Zacks covers an incredible number of topics from the spiritual to the lurid. Addictive reading that leaves you challenging "common knowledge. Read more
Published on 7 July 1998
albert einstein morphed into jackie susann! brilliant.
whoever this zacks guy is, he deserves the Nobel prize. He's made history erotic, amusing, enticing, thought-provoking, and actually worth learning. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 1997
magnificent good fun!
At least two "Ohmigawd, I didn't know that!"'s a page, guaranteed. This book is brilliantly, wildly, giddily fun, but it's also a genuine education. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 1997
A richly entertaining, flesh-and-blood romp through history.
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A terrific compilation of amazing, little known facts...
This is just an amazing book! Filled with weird, wonderful and astounding facts, factoids, and fact-ettes of the highest order. Read more
Published on 22 Nov 1997
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