Presents facts, brief stories, photos, and illustrations showing that fact can be as weird as fiction.

Get ready for even more zany weird-but-true fun with 1,000 all-new wacky facts, photos, and too-strange-to-believe stories in the newest book in the wildly popular series. It's the ultimate in weird-but-true awesomeness! National Geographic has packed 1,000 more ALL-NEW wild and wacky facts and photos into Ultimate Weird But True 3, making this the perfect gift for fact-loving tweens everywhere. From the Hardcover edition.

Ghost ships roam the seas, inciting fear and fascination in those who see them. A man saves his son, and a daughter saves her mother. Ancient artifacts suggest that advanced forms of technology may be older than first believed. These and other strange-but-true stories can be found in this incredible collection. Who isn't fascinated by the world of the weird? These story collections are the ultimate in high-interest reading. The people, places, and things within their pages range from the peculiar to the preposterous, from the creepy to the utterly terrifying, and from the odd to the awful. Yet all stories are based on eyewitness accounts or the solid research of serious investigators. Captivating facts are included in a "Strange Truth" section following each story.

Abraham Lincoln may have dreamed about his own death. Scary Halloween decorations turn out to be actual dead people. Frogs, fish, and seeds rain down from above. A woman lives in someoneÍs closet for a year without being found. Believe it or not, these strange tales are true. Learn the facts in this collection of amazing stories. Who isnÍt fascinated by the world of the weird? These story collections are the ultimate in high-interest reading. The people, places, and things within their pages range from the peculiar to the preposterous, from the creepy to the utterly terrifying, and from the odd to the awful. Yet all stories are based on eyewitness accounts or the solid research of serious investigators. Captivating facts are included in a "Strange Truth" section following each story.

Addressed to readers of modern literature as well as to those interested in Greco-Roman literature and in religious history, Auctor and Actor examines Apuleius's The Golden Ass as an early example of self-consciousness in narrative. Entering into the spirit of the novel's crafty playfulness, John J. Winkler carries the reader on a journey that is, like that of the hero Lucius, both entertaining and enlightening. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

This collection of bizarre and fascinating true tales from Japan includes the infamous story of the woman who strangled and emasculated her lover - the basis for the classic film In the Realm of the Senses. These and other amazing tales are sure to startle even the most jaded of readers.

Microsoft Office for Windows 95, the suite of powerful business applications that is dramatically changing the way people work, now works closely with Microsoft Windows 95. Office gives you new ways to take advantage of the application features that integrate Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, and Schedule+. Office for Windows 95 has also made workgroup computing easier. The Ultimate Microsoft Office Book is about using the Office applications together to realize the full power and versatility they offer. You'll discover the potential of document-centric computing - how you can combine many kinds of information within a document using the conveniently available tools in Office. You'll learn about the key features that are new in Office for Windows 95. Plus, in an updated and revised Question and Answer section, you'll find more than 50 of the most-asked questions from users, with insightful answers in plain English from Microsoft Product Support.

This golf trivia quiz boasts a different type of question on every page and features everything from birdies and bogies to whiffs and the yips.