curiosities and wonders

Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World.

Playing tag while holding your breath and chanting, unicycle hockey, chess boxing-these are just a few of the sports profiled in this book. For each sport, a full-page photo of participants in action and information on how to play, how the pastime originated, and any equipment that's needed is provided.

Profiles video gaming systems and games from 2012 in the categories of shooter, fighting, role-playing, racing, sports, and strategy games.

Collects three hundred quirky and fun facts from articles featured in the magazine "National Geographic Kids," covering animals, science, food, space, pop culture, and more.

Symbols have grown into icons representing love, hate, happiness, nationality, and religion. This volume explores some of these signs and symbols, how they came to be, what they mean, and what they could mean in the future.

This intriguing volume whets the appetite of fans of the supernatural with tales of the unexplained, their origins, and why they continue to have an effect on people of all ages.

Contains hundreds of top-ten lists for 2012 on subjects related to the universe and the Earth, music, life on Earth, entertainment, the human world, the commercial world, transportation, town and country, culture and learning, and sport, and includes photographs and background facts.

Draws on the results of the Baylor Religion Survey and fieldwork to examine the belief in ghosts, UFOs, and other paranormal occurrences and curiosities in America.

Ponders everyday curiosities as well as questions in science, literature, and the animal world.

A brief collection of humorous and informative examinations of history's most puzzling mysteries, including stories about the Burmuda Triangle, Paul McCartney, Bigfoot, and Marilyn Monroe.