Albert Jack

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Beschreibung

From the bestselling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad, 9/11 Conspiracy, New World Order and many more...

This is a wonderful collection of stories revealing the origins of some of the world's best-known brand names and how they became a part of our language and the world we live in today.

1. Landislas Biro 2. Charles Goodyear 3. Willis Carrier 4. The Earl of Sandwich 5. King C Gillette 6. Henry Ford 7. Walt Disney 8. George de Mestral (Velcro) 9. Hiram Stevens Maxim (Maxim Gun) 10. Jules Leotard 11. Rachele Jacuzzi 12. Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin 13. Sir Humphry Davy (Davy Lamp) 14. Major General Henry Shrapnel 15. Rudolf Diesel

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• Größe: 0.58MB
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• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Albert Jack is a writer and historian. His first book Red Herrings and White Elephants explored the origins of well-known idioms and phrases and became an international best-seller in 2004. It was serialized in the Sunday Times and remained on their best-seller list for sixteen straight months.

He followed this up with a series of other popular titles including Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad & They Laughed at Galileo.

Fascinated by discovering the truth behind the world's great stories, Albert has become an expert at explaining the unexplained, enriching millions of dinner table conversations and ending bar room quarrels the world over.

He is now a veteran of hundreds of live television shows and thousands of radio programs worldwide. Albert lives somewhere between Guildford in England and Bangkok in Thailand.

OTHER BOOKS BY ALBERT JACK

Red Herrings and White Elephants Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep Phantom Hitchhikers Loch Ness Monsters and Other World Mysteries Pop Goes the Weasel The Old Dog and Duck What Caesar Did for my Salad Black Sheep and Lame Ducks It's a Wonderful Word Money for Old Rope Part 1 Money for Old Rope Part 2 The Jam: Sounds From the Street Want to be a Writer? New World Order: The Bilderberg Conspiracy and the Last Man in London Rose Versus Thistle They Laughed at Galileo The Greatest Generation - Diary of a 1st & 6th Airborne Paratrooper 9/11 Conspiracy Debt Freedom Program The Slow Death of Europe Blue Moons and Black Markets

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Albert Jack Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386209720
• Artikelnr.: 51398148