curiosities and wonders

A collection of more than one hundred lists of little-known secrets, stories, and anecdotes spanning world history.

A collection of miscellaneous facts about a variety of topics; one for each day of the year.

A collection of essays in which twenty-eight architects, engineers, and architectural historians explore and explain seventy of the modern world's greatest structures.

Contains full-page descriptions of approximately three hundred world records in such categories as pop culture, sports, and science, and includes photographs and illustrations.

Contains thousands of records that span every field of human and non-human endeavors, including science and technology, animals, sports, geography, arts and entertainment, education, hobbies and pastimes, unusual rituals, and many others.

Contains full-page descriptions of three hundred world records in such categories as pop culture, sports, and science, and includes photographs and illustrations.

A visual encyclopedia that provides information on thousands of topics related to art, history, culture, science, space, people, places, the human body, technology, and nature.

Presents the biggest, smallest, fastest, longest, and other record setters for 2008 in such categories as the space, human achievements, sports, entertainment, science, technology, and engineering; and includes three-dimensional illustrations and gatefolds.

Describes ten naturally occurring curiosities in the United States, including Acoustic Sand Mountain, Austin's bat colony, bristlecone pine trees, the flaming fountain in Pierre, South Dakota, and the Thurston lava tubes.

Provides detailed descriptions of more than three hundred world records in pop culture, sports, science, and other categories, each with a photograph.