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  • Vanished Without Trace

    by Albert Jack ...
    From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Books - Red Herrings & White Elephants, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, They Laughed at Galileo:We all love a good mystery don’t we? And by all, I mean each and every one of us are, or will be, captivated at one time or another by a decent, real-life, scary mystery; either one of the world’s most famous or something ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Myths & Legends

    by Albert Jack ...
    From the bestselling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for My Salad and many more....IntroductionThe subject of urban myths and legends is one I have been interested in for a couple of years now. It occurred to me, one day at lunch with friends on the Isle of Dogs, that many long rambling conversations (and ours are certainly long and ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation: Awesome Inventions

    by Albert Jack ...
    IntroductionCuriosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately we are an imaginative species who does a lot of wondering.Way back to when man first learned to walk upright and began communicating with each other, by pointing and shouting, we can find the earliest examples. Somebody once thought, ‘I know, we can move that heavy rock, or dead buffalo, by rolling it along on tree trunks ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pub Name History

    by Albert Jack ...
    From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, They Laughed at Galileo:The pub was once described by seventeenth-century diarist Samuel Pepys as the 'heart of England while the church is its soul'. These days I would say he is only half right. There remain over 56,000 pubs in Great Britain, half of ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greatest Generation

    by Albert Jack ...
    The Greatest Generation is the first hand account of an English soldier who began his army career with the Long Range Desert Group in 1940, raided with David's Sterling's Special Air Service, volunteered for the 1st Airborne Division and took part in their first ever jump.He then transferred to the 6th Airborne in 1943 and with them he dropped at Pegasus Bridge, battled the Bulge, jumped the Rhine ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pub Name History: Thirty Popular Pub Name Origins

    by Albert Jack ...
    The pub was once described by seventeenth-century diarist Samuel Pepys as the 'heart of England while the church is its soul'. These days I would say he is only half right. There remain over 56,000 pubs in Great Britain, half of which are filled with youngsters who play loud music on a jukebox that sounds like somebody is hitting his lawnmower with a hammer, while the next-door neighbour shouts at ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation: Awesome Inventions: Inventors & Business Ideas that Changed the World

    by Albert Jack ...
    IntroductionCuriosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately we are an imaginative species who does a lot of wondering. Way back to when man first learned to walk upright and began communicating with each other, by pointing and shouting, we can find the earliest examples. Somebody once thought, 'I know, we can move that heavy rock, or dead buffalo, by rolling it along on tree trunks ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Red Herrings & White Elephants

    The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

    by Albert Jack ...
    The international bestseller. "Amusing and informative . . . [takes] you on a trip through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language." —Knutsford Guardian (UK)Mad hatter . . . pie in the sky . . . egg on your face. We use these phrases every day, yet how many of us know what they really mean or where they came from?From bringing home the bacon to leaving no stone unturned, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Children's Nursery Rhymes: The Dark History & Origins of Kid's Nursery Rhymes

    by Albert Jack ...
    Extract;Humpty DumptyHumpty Dumpty sat on the wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the king's horses and all the king's menCouldn't put Humpty together again.The real Humpty Dumpty was a powerful cannon used by the Royalist forces during the English Civil War of 1642 to 1651. Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle led the king's men and overpowered the Parliament stronghold of Colchester early ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Albert Jack's Mysterious World

    by Albert Jack ...
    Narrated by Albert Jack ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 52 min

    Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history.Albert Jack's Mysterious World cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations.All life's most perplexing questions answered: UFOs, Crop Circles and Alien invasions Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant? Will ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unsolved Mysteries

    by Albert Jack ...
    From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Books - Red Herrings & White Elephants, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, They Laughed at Galileo & Mysterious World.We all love a good mystery don't we? And by all, I mean each and every one of us are, or will be, captivated at one time or another by a decent, real-life, scary mystery; either one of the world's most ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Easy Recipes: Budget Dinners: Eat Well for A Single Dollar

    by Albert Jack ...
    Great home cooked American food for a dollar per servingThe ongoing recession affects most households where it really counts -- right in the pocket. Unemployment, falling wages and rising food prices have caused over ten percent of all American households to claim government food assistance benefits.In fact, research has shown that it is hard for one in six Americans to put enough food on the ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus