The Big Book of Useless History Knowledge 250 of the Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Unbelievable History Facts You Won't Be Taught in School WEST (U.S.)_FICTION and thoughtful adventures of Calvin

and thoughtful adventures of Calvin and Hobbes

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bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes readers on a quietly epic journey: ferry driver Nils Vik's last route along the fjord

Emily is unmoored as a new mother in Manhattan—exhausted

uses the church to trace the long arc of Black life in the city where nearly half of enslaved Africans disembarked in North America and where the Civil War began

The Big Book of Useless History Knowledge 250 of the Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Unbelievable History Facts You Won't Be Taught in School WEST (U.S.)_FICTION and thoughtful adventures of CalvinBy: Neon Squid Published by St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2026 07 28 An encyclopedia of mind bogglingly random history facts that will lodge in your brain and refuse to leave. Heard about King Henry II's polar bear that was allowed to swim in the River Thames? Or the Filipino soldier who refused to believe that WWII was over and continued to fight until the 1970s? Do you know which US president was a champion wrestler before taking office? In this