The Pedant's Revolt

Author: Andrea Barham
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0385340168

The Pedant's Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong

Pedants, revolt! In this irreverent, smart, obscenely entertaining book, Andrea Barham shatters the myths, misconceptions, fallacies, and falsehoods about all the things you thought you knew (and a few you never considered). Download The Pedant's Revolt: Why Most Things You Think Are Right Are Wrong from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared.

Lead pencils can give you lead poisoning.... Newton discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head....One dog year equals seven human years....Marie Antoinette said "Let them eat cake!"...Spelling Christmas "Xmas" is disrespectful....Fact or fiction? The Pedant's Revolt: Know What Know-It-Alls Know sets the record straight on everything from the truth about starving a fever to why you shouldn't "go for the burn."

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