Search the annals of military history and you will discover no end of quirky characters and surprising true stories: The topless dancer who saved the Byzantine Empire. The World War I battle that was halted so a soccer game could be played. The scientist
What most of us don't know about our presidents could fill a book--and this just happens to be that book! From the archives of The History Channel(R) comes a treasure trove of quirky presidential history that will truly astonish, bewilder, and stupefy. Li
In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with truckloads of inflata
100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, & stupefy •Meet the angry undertaker who gave us the push-button phone. •Discover how modesty led to the •Find out why Albert Einstein patented a refrigerator. •Learn how a train full
"Fullof tasty morsels.A delightful book to arm one for thenext dull cocktail party.” —Chicago TribuneRickBeyer, author of the highly successful History Channel series The GreatestStories Never Told returns with new historic tales from the world ofmusi
