A Biblical Miscellany - 176 Pages of Offbeat, Zesty, Vitally Unnecessary Facts, Figures, and Tidbits about the Bible

  These days fact-checking can seem like a lost art.  The Fact Checker's Bible arrives not a moment too soon: it is the first—and essential—guide to the important but increasingly neglected task of checking facts, whatever their source.

We are all overwhelmed with information that claims to be factual, but even the most punctilious researcher, writer, and journalist can sometimes get it wrong, so checking facts has become a more pressing task.  Now Sarah Harrison Smith, former New Yorker fact checker and currently head of checking for The New York Times Magazine explains exactly how to:

*Reading for accuracy
*Determine what to check
*Research the facts
*Assess sources: people, newspapers and magazines, books, the Internet, etc.
*Check quotations
*Understand the legal liabilities
*Look out for and avoid the dangers of plagiarism

For everyone from students to journalists to editors, the methods and practices outlined in The Fact Checker’s Bible provide both a standard and a working manual for how to get the facts right.

The Civil War For Dummies is your complete introduction to this seminal conflict. Eschewing tedious historical pondering and military micro-analysis, this fun and information-rich guide gives an accurate overview of the event, from the war’s causes through the fighting to the aftermath. Inside you’ll discover:

• 1850-1860: what led to war
• First Bull Run: illusions lost
• Antietam: the bloodiest day
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• Heroes and goats of each major battle
• Jackson’s Valley Campaign
• Sherman’s March to the Sea
• Surrender at Appomattox
• And much more

Full of sidebars and illustrations, The Civil War For Dummies brings history to life with personalities, factoids, battle reports, strategic maps, and “what ifs.” In addition to the military and political history, you’ll also find out about:

• The African American experience in the war
• Women and the Civil War
• Native Americans and the war
• The life of the common soldier
• Banking and finance systems and the war
• “Firsts” that make the Civil War history’s first modern war
• Civil War food
• Civil War tourism: the best battlefields to visit, and how to get the most out of your trip

WHAT THE HECK IS AN INTERNET MEME?

Meme (pronounced meem): An idea, belief or element of social behavior spread that is transmitted from one person or group of people to another.

This word was coined in the '70s by Richard Dawkins, the atheist godman worshipped by neckbeards everywhere.

Simply put, Internet memes are memes that spread on the Internet through social networking sites, blogs, email, news sources, and so on. In the real world they're called "ideas," but pseudo-intellectuals prefer "memes."

WHERE DO INTERNET MEMES COME FROM?

Amongst all the stupid crap on the Internet are hilarious gems of wit and wisdom. Most of the best memes start as images shared on the Web and, by some great misfortune, they find their way into the lecherous hands of drunken basement trolls who mutate these images into the hilarious, the lame, and sometimes the downright bizarre.

WHAT IS THIS BOOK?

This book will take you on bizarre journey through the bilges of the Internet and introduce you to 23 of its funniest and most popular memes, complete with a sh*tload of images that might just make you wet your panties.

On this journey you will share lulz with unsavory characters like...

Foul Bachelor Frog

Socially Awkward Penguin

Paranoid Parrot

Courage Wolf

Advice God

Joseph Ducreux

Hipster Kitty

Inglip

Successful Black Man

Forever Alone

Bill O'Reilly

And more...

Scroll up and click the "Buy" button now to laugh your a** off at the twisted hive mind of the Internet underworld...

If you want to find out more about this war, without being overwhelmed, World War II for Dummies can help. Whether you’re looking for a way to enhance your appreciation of the events that took place or just want to refresh your memory without digging through countless volumes of World War II history, this book is right for you.

Accurate and easily accessible World War II for Dummies will help you explore a war that defined and shaped the world we live in today. You’ll discover all the players—individuals as well as nations—who participated in the war and the politics that drove them. Battle by battle, you’ll find out how the Axis powers initially took control of the war and how the Allies fought back to win the day. World War II for Dummies also covers:

• The origins and causes of World War II
• The rise of Hitler and the Third Reich
• How the war was handled at home
• Germany’s invasion of Poland, France, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Luxembourg
• Great Britain’s refusal to surrender after forty-two days of German aerial bombardment
• The United States entrance into the war after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
• The Allied invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
• Germany’s last ditch effort to stop the Allies at the Battle of the Bulge
• The use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki