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| Catalog Item Code: 'YIKES' | | ||||||||
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| Description: What Joy Masoff did for science in her perennial bestseller, "Oh, Yuck!", she now does for history in "Oh, Yikes!", an illustrated grossopedia of mankink's freakiest, funniest, weirdest, and wildest moments. Why let legends take the limelight when real happenings and people provide incredible, unsettleing and just plain off-beat stuff. Oh, Yikes! Answers some of those burning questions we've always had: how did knights in armor go to the bathroom?; what is the real story on the curse of the mummy?; was the "yo-yo" originally a hunter's weapon? And, did you know that the Itallian's invented the guillotine but that the French perfected it and used it on 17,000 people? Bet you didn't know that making violin strings in the old days wasn't such a glamorous job since you made them from the intestines of a sheep or cat (heard the term "catgut"?) These are just some of the hundreds of intriguing snippets of weaves into "Oh, Yikes!" 8.5"x 11". 308 pgs. Softcover. Reading level 10 years and up. "I know this is a little out of our astronomical theme, but when it comes to capturing a child's attention and being able to expose them to some science and history, this book stands out." -Larry See Oh, Yuck for author Masoff's bestseller on the science behind the stuff kids (and adults!) usually don't talk about in polite company. See Oh, Yikes and Oh, Yuck to SAVE by purchasing both of Masoff's books "Oh, Yikes" and "Oh, Yuck.". | |||||||||