Bookstore shelves are lined with tomes dedicated to the finest things that life has to offer. This is all well and good, but the real entertainment is to be found not in the cream of the crop, but at the bottom of the barrel. The World's Worst is a celebration/indictment of nearly 50 infamous and little-known exemplars of the awful. In thoroughly researched, scathingly funny essays, author Mark Frauenfelder avoids the obvious and digs deep to tell...

Gathers fantastic, but true, trivia and reports on unusual historical, natural, and cultural phenomena from around the world.

Take a journey through National Geographic's award-winning archives and experience thrilling moments of discovery, heart-pounding adventure, and shocking, rarely seen animal behaviors captured on film.

Analyzes the various theories, evidence, and conclusions of such historical mysteries as the identity of King Arthur, the building of Stonehenge and the Pyramids, the return of Martin Guerre, and the collapse of the Mayan civilization.

Offers a collection of true facts about nature, animals, plants, man-made structures, and the Earth.

"Did you know that giraffe populations in Africa have rebounded by 20 percent since 2015? Or that researchers are looking into a mustard-based fuel (yes, like the stuff on hamburgers!) for airplanes? And have you ever heard of something called 'pee-cycling?' With so much negative news in the mainstream media, it is often easy to forget that there are countless amazingly positive things happening in our world. That is why Mauro Gatti, an Emmy award-winning...