The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy

History isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy. That's the kind of history you'll find in The Greatest Stories Never Told.

This is history candy -- the good stuff. Here are 100 tales to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy: more than two thousand years of history filled with courage, cowardice, hope, triumph, sex, intrigue, folly, humor, and ambition. It's a historical delight and a visual feast with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and maps that bring each story to life. A new discovery waits on every page: stories that changed the course of history and stories that affected what you had for breakfast this morning.

Consider:

The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer
Some Roman officials were so corrupt that they actually stole time itself
Three cigars changed the course of the Civil War
The Scottish kilt was invented by an Englishman

Based on the popular Timelab 2000? history minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel?, this collection of fascinating historical tidbits will have you shaking your head in wonder and disbelief. But they're all true. And you'll soon find yourself telling them to your friends.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-27-2009; Great book!; I got this book for my dad because he always knows random stuff and he loves watching the history channel. He's not a huge reader but he really liked this book. It's perfect because the stories are pretty short and to the point so it's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-15-2009; Fun book; This was a fun, easy to read book. Some of the things written seemed to me to be common knowledge. But others amazed me, like:-Christopher Columbus did not have to convince anyone that the world was round. It was common knowledge at...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-24-2009; The Greatest Stories Ever Told; Pleasant reading and I learned a lot of unknown facts in history. Very Enjoyable; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-23-2009; 100 Stories never told!; great book for someone with a short attention span! each story is only 2 pages with pictures!; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-27-2009; Great book!; I got this book for my dad because he always knows random stuff and he loves watching the history channel. He's not a huge reader but he really liked this book. It's perfect because the stories are pretty short and to the point so it's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-19-2005; Fun trivia, with limitations; This book gives little snippets of history information. Each subject gets a few short, well-written paragraphs, plus a few accompanying illustrations. A lot of the stories are of the "If he'd only turned left instead of right, history...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-14-2007; not very impressed; This book provided a few interesting stories but, nothing awe inspiring. I would have to read stories / contributions from other ethnicities for a more balanced approach. But I guess that why it is called "his story".; read full review | report as inappropriate