100 Things You're Not Supposed To Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities - Softcover

Kick, Russ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938875087 ISBN 13: 9781938875083

Publisher: Disinformation Books, 2014

Synopsis

This book sheds light on those things that people in power--government, religious leaders, corporations, the rich and well connected--would just as soon wish you didn't know. To them secrets are power. And they'll do whatever it takes to keep them that way -- suppressing the truth and covering up facts that might make the rest of us angry enough to challenge the powerful or at least to have a good laugh at their expense. Using careful research and impeccable sources, Kick uncovers the hidden truth. For example, while self-appointed censors warn constantly about the dangers of pornography, the fact is that pornography has existed since the first cave people carved dirty pictures on the walls. It's also true that two atomic bombs were dropped on North Carolina--although we managed to avoid nuking Greenland, Texas, Canada, Britain and Spain; George Washington embezzled government funds; 1 of 10 people is not fathered by the man they believe is dad; Barbie is based on a German sex doll; The American colonists practiced cannibalism, and much more. This is a combined edition of the "50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know, Volumes 1 and 2" first published in 2003 and 2004.

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About the Author

Russ Kick is the editor of the three-volume anthology The Graphic Canon: The World's Great Literature as Comics and Visuals (Seven Stories Press). It received a full-page rave review in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. His books have sold over half a million copies. The New York Times has dubbed him "an information archaeologist," Details magazine described him as "a Renaissance man," and Utne Reader named him one of its "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World." His most recent book is Death Poems published by Disinformation in 2013.

Edition details

• Publisher: Disinformation Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938875087
• ISBN 13: 9781938875083
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264