An Underground Education: The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human Knowledge
A History, Nonfiction, Education book. An interesting collection of facts and some pretty funny histories are included in this...
The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew About Art, Sex, Business, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of HumanForget the history you were taught in school; Richard Zacks's version is crueler and funnier than anything you might have learned in seventh-grade civics--and much more of a gross-out, too. Described on the book jacket as an "autodidact extraordinaire," Zacks is also the author of History Laid Bare, making him something of an expert guide through history's back alleys and side streets. There's no fact too seamy or perverse for Zacks to drag out into the light of day, from matters scatological and sexual to some of history's most truly bizarre episodes. Curious about ancient nose-blowing etiquette? What about the sexual proclivities of Catherine the Great? Throughout chapters such as "The Evolution of Underwear" and "Dentistry Before Novocaine," Zacks proves a tireless debunker of popular myths as well as a muckraker par excellence.
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- Pages: 432 pages
- ISBN: 9780385483766 / 385483767
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An interesting collection of facts and some pretty funny histories are included in this book, i can remember using things i learnt about the history of underwear in real life conversations, all i got were odd looks and not crowned King of All as I expected.Unfortunately the book does start to get a bit dull, the momentum of reading... history/trivia buffs We own three copies of this book for a reason. It is a reference guide to weird historical facts that kick-start great party conversations and we loan it out to friends we deem worthy. One of those books you can open up to, any where, any time. Fascinating.
