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A Left-Handed History of the World by Ed Wright
Category: Non-Fiction
About 10 percent of the population is left-handed. However 16 percent of American presidents have been lefties. In fact, a disproportionately high number of left-handers factor in influential moments through history - from Julius Caesar to Bill Gates. Through fascinating case studies of notables from an ...Show more
Fame and Infamy: History's Most Shocking Frauds, Scandals and Intrigues by Ed Wright
Category: History | Series: Pocket History
The Pocket History series is a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. Ranging through time and across the globe, this unique series reveals and re-examines event ...Show more
Gas Deities by Ed Wright
Category: Gift
Gas Deities comes from a quest for meaning that negates the big ticket items of ego, intellectual fashion and salvation, for the generative joys of doubt. Using dramatic monologues and the slipperiness of the lyrical "I" Wright takes us on a journey through suburban Australia, with the odd overseas excu ...Show more
Ghost Colonies by Ed Wright
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Lost and Found in History
Ghost Colonies brings to light the fascinating but rarely told stories of history's lost colonies. Unlike many of the colonial 'success stories' from lands like America, Australia, Canada and South Africa, the ghost colonies were promised lands that failed entirely to live up to their promise. They fail ...Show more
History's Greatest ScandalsShocking Stories of Powerful People by Ed Wright
Category: History
Smart, educated, and accomplished people--often the pillars of society--sometimes behave in the most uncharacteristic and fascinating ways. These are stories of adultery, perversion, shameless greed, theft, and deception--scandal in its rawest forms--that have brought down presidents, prime ministers, c ...Show more
Left Handed History of the World by WRIGHT ED
Category: History
A Left-Handed History of the World has now been updated to include a chapter on President Obama. About 10 per cent of the general population is left-handed. However 16 per cent of American presidents have been lefties and a disproportionately high number of left- handers feature in influential moments t ...Show more
Lost Explorers: Adventurers Who Disappeared Off the Face of the Earth by Ed Wright
Category: Non-Fiction
Features approximately 80 adventurers who gave their lives in the cause of discovery. This book discusses the adventurers chronologically, and the various entries cover their careers up-to and including their final mission. It features maps, portraits, photos and quotations from diaries and letters.
Scandals & Worst Decisions Boxed Se by WRIGHT Ed
Category: Non-Fiction
With combined sales of over 150,000 copies, these two international bestsellers are now presented together in this stunning limited edition boxed set. The compelling stories of the worst decisions ever made and the shocking tales of the greatest scandals in history, and the powerful people they brought ...Show more
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