Interesting Stories for Curious Kids

Author: Bill O'Neill
Publisher: Lak Publishing
ISBN: 9781648450815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
Want to impress your buddies at school? Need to think of something fun to do at Thanksgiving or Christmas? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, and the paranormal?#If you answered yes to any or all of those questions then pick up Interesting Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of the Most Interesting, Unbelievable, and Craziest Stories on Earth! This book is the coolest collection of interesting facts about a whole bunch of several different topics. Here you will find the answers to some of the following:- How did a dog, a horse, and a cat become TV and movie stars?- What were the first video game consoles?- Why can't you break an egg in the palm of your hand?- How do parrots talk?- Did Alexander the Great love his horse more than anything else?And much, much more!You'll be glued to the pages of this book reading about interesting facts, scary stories, and how to do a few neat science experiments. Interesting Stories for Curious Kids brings learning to you in a new, fun way that is sure to keep you reading.Parents, this book is a perfect tool to keep your kids reading in the summer or winter breaks, when they've put the books aside and are more interested in other things. There's a bit of everything in here for tweens, so I guarantee that it'll keep their mind sharp even during the summer doldrums. Whether science, history, or just weird facts are your thing, you're sure to find something in here that will keep you interested and turning the pages. So open this book and your mind and see other things that you may not know existed.

Creative Acts for Curious People

Author: Sarah Stein Greenberg
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1984858173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
WINNER OF THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • “A delightful, compelling book that offers a dazzling array of practical, thoughtful exercises designed to spark creativity, help solve problems, foster connection, and make our lives better.”—Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author and host of the Happier podcast In an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. Creative Acts for Curious People is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence. At Stanford University’s world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka “the d.school,” students and faculty, experts and seekers bring together diverse perspectives to tackle ambitious projects; this book contains the experiences designed to help them do it. A provocative and highly visual companion, it’s a definitive resource for people who aim to draw on their curiosity and creativity in the face of uncertainty. Teeming with ideas about discovery, learning, and leading the way through unknown creative territory, Creative Acts for Curious People includes memorable stories and more than eighty innovative exercises. Curated by executive director Sarah Stein Greenberg, after being honed in the classrooms of the d.school, these exercises originated in some of the world’s most inventive and unconventional minds, including those of d.school and IDEO founder David M. Kelley, ReadyMade magazine founder Grace Hawthorne, innovative choreographer Aleta Hayes, Google chief innovation evangelist Frederik G. Pferdt, and many more. To bring fresh approaches to any challenge–world changing or close to home–you can draw on exercises such as Expert Eyes to hone observation skills, How to Talk to Strangers to foster understanding, and Designing Tools for Teams to build creative leadership. The activities are at once lighthearted, surprising, tough, and impactful–and reveal how the hidden dynamics of design can drive more vibrant ways of making, feeling, exploring, experimenting, and collaborating at work and in life. This book will help you develop the behaviors and deepen the mindsets that can turn your curiosity into ideas, and your ideas into action.

Chuck Klosterman IV

Author: Chuck Klosterman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743284887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
A bestselling pop culture guru and author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs" takes a unique look at his career in journalism, in this collection of work that includes the legendary chicken McNuggets experiment and an uncensored profile of Britney Spears.

Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids

Author: Jesse Sullivan
Publisher: Big Dreams Kids Books
ISBN: 9781953429131
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
DISCOVER, WONDER, EXPLORE, IMAGINE You have found the book that is a wild, whirling tornado of breathless fascination. This book, a gift for kids who revel in reading (or even those who find it tedious) is a most extraordinary, gratifying, daring affair, teeming with life and vivid stories, abundantly complete with diverse and unique marvels for the young mind, the whole forming a blazing vision of breathtaking splendor that will astonish, inspire, and capture the imagination of young readers everywhere. Each story is an adventure, each tale a discovery. Each page is dripping with captivating tales from history and scientific wonders, all of which have been specifically curated and written for YOUNG READERS. The purpose of this book is to fascinate but also to empower and uplift. These 100 stories filling over 280 pages will inspire awe and fascination in both reluctant readers as well as budding aficionados of the written word. You will be amazed at what your child excitedly learns from a book like this. Get this book today and ignite your child's curiosity. ★ Fascination is an incredible gift. ★

Interesting Stories For Curious People Volume 2

Author: Bill O'Neill
Publisher: Lak Publishing
ISBN: 9781648450778
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Want to impress your coworkers at your next happy hour? Need to think of something interesting to do at the next family gathering? Want to learn a bunch of random facts about history, science, true crime, and the paranormal? Pick up Interesting Stories for Curious People 2, your ultimate source of interesting facts about a wide range of diverse topics. This book is truly a quick read packed with information from cover to cover. Here you will find out:- Was martial arts expert and action film star Bruce Lee the victim of a curse?- How did the guillotine become France's execution method?- What is the Mokele-mbeme? - Did famous American bank robber John Dillinger survive his shootout with the FBI?- Do some people have a natural immunity to HIV/AIDs?Interesting Stories for Curious People 2 is not some boring book packed with useless facts, but is an engaging reference guide that brings to life some of the strangest and most fascinating aspects of our planet, and beyond! The book is designed for the busy person, so you can pick up it at your convenience, read a quick story, and then go about your business. Whether you just like to learn new things that aren't normally taught in school, of if you're honing your skills for trivia challenges, you'll definitely find this book entertaining and useful. Some of these stories are ripped from the headlines, while others come from the history books, and some are just weird, but you're sure to find plenty in here that will keep you reading!

A Curious Mind

Author: Brian Grazer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 147673075X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Brian Grazer knows the one thing that can instantly connect you with anyone: Curiosity. A Curious mind offers a brilliantly entertaining and inspiring account of how his courage and enthusiasm for talking with complete strangers have been the secret of his success as a leading Hollywood producer.

Curious

Author: Ian Leslie
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465056946
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
A fun yet provocative look at the importance of staying curious in an increasingly indifferent world Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful. But at the very moment when the rewards of curiosity have never been higher, it is misunderstood and undervalued, and increasingly monopolized by the cognitive elite. A "curiosity divide" is opening up. In Curious, Ian Leslie makes a passionate case for the cultivation of our "desire to know." Drawing on fascinating research from psychology, economics, education, and business, Leslie looks at what feeds curiosity and what starves it, and finds surprising answers. Curiosity is a mental muscle that atrophies without regular exercise and a habit that parents, schools, and workplaces need to nurture. Filled with inspiring stories, case studies, and practical advice, Curious will change the way you think about your own mental life, and that of those around you.

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501157868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.

Strange History

Author: Editors of Portable Press
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626866155
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 449

Book Description
Bizarre historical tidbits about quirky queens, hippopotamus soup, shrunken heads, and much more! This exciting title from the folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute contains the strangest short history articles from over thirty Bathroom Readers, along with fifty all-new pages. From the twentieth century to the Old West, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Dark Ages, from ancient cultures all the way back to the dawn of time, Strange History is overflowing with mysterious artifacts, macabre legends, kooky inventions, reality-challenged rulers, boneheaded blunders, and mind-blowing facts. Whether it’s B.C. or A.D., you’ll be wondering WTF! Read about . . . The curse of Macbeth Stupid history: Hollywood style The secret LSD experiments of the 1960s In search of the lost “Cloud People” of Peru The Swedish queen who declared war on fleas Unearthing the past with the Outhouse Detectives The Apollo astronaut who swears he saw a UFO How to brew a batch of 5,000-year-old beer The brutal bloodbaths at Rome’s Coliseum Ghostly soup from ancient China The bathroom of the 1970s And much, much more!

Nothing to See Here

Author: Kevin Wilson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062913484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, TIME, The A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and mesmerizing and funny sentences and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve suddenly caught fire.” —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Fleishman is in Trouble, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang, a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability. Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth. Thinking of her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other—and stay cool—while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her—urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for? With white-hot wit and a big, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best book yet—a most unusual story of parental love.