Ok, before you think both Well Above Average blogger Stella and I are both going psycho or whack,, there is a book here. Stella is talking about Mental Floss: The History of the World.
I have the Mental Floss: History of the World book too and have been reading it and finding that these guys are truly masters of the art of boiling history down to the bare essentials — and I do mean the strict minimalists who actually have a sense of humor.
How else can you boil down history of the world & human race. According to Stella, “The book covers about 60,000 years of history in less than 400 pages.”
Like they say, truth is stranger than fiction. And history is apparently a lot more interesting than the stuff they make up in the movies. The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization’s Best Bits arrives on shelves October 28, 2008.
Here’s another quote
Sass, along with co-author Steve Wiegand, promises action, sex and violence, psychopathic mass murders and orgies. What more could you ask for?
Here’s more from her review — which you need to read in its entirety because
1) it’s educational
2) it’s informative
3) it’s funny
4) this would make a great holiday gift for the person who has everything or in case you want to simplify your shopping– just buy a dozen of these books.
Just buy it!
Stevie Wilson
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