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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...

Draws on medical case histories, scientific findings, and personal research by the author to separate myth from fact and debunk a vast array of parental edicts.

Presents ten mysterious phenomenon, including dancing plagues, Easter Island, the Bermuda Triangle, and the curse of Tutankhamun.

When some children make impressive factual claims, their friends look into them to see if these facts about cow milk production, falcon air speed, dandelion seed dispersion, and parrot longevity are true.

Set in the present day in the rural community of Feathertown, Tennessee, Flight Behavior tells the story of Dellarobia Turnbow, a petite, razor-sharp 29-year-old who nurtured worldly ambitions before becoming pregnant and marrying at seventeen. Now, after more than a decade of tending to small children on a failing farm, oppressed by poverty, isolation and her husband's antagonistic family, she has mitigated her boredom by surrendering to an obsessive...

"The world is full of mysterious stories of hairy creatures and aliens from outer space. But are those stories true? The answer is up to you"--

This entry to the Ripley's series provides facts and photos about hair-raising feats, strange creations, astounding animals, bizarre technology, natural wonders, and amazing cultures.

"A book of mysterious sites and unexplained happenings"--Cover.