Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Moments

Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Moments
by Joy Masoff

Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Moments
List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $3.45
You Save: $11.50 (77%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.15 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


or

Book Summary Information

Author: Joy Masoff
Illustrator: Terry Sirrell
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-08-24
ISBN: 0761136843
Number of pages: 308
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Summary of Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Moments

Gross is back and viler than ever! From the author of Oh, Yuck! the perennial bestseller about science with over 610,000 copies in print, comes OH, YIKES!, an illustrated encyclopedia of history?s messiest, dumbest, grossest, wackiest, and weirdest moments.

If kids think pus and gas are fun, wait until they hear the lowdown on the real Dracula, samurai, gladiators, guillotines and vomitoriums, pirates, Vikings, witch trials, and the world?s poxiest plagues. Impeccably researched, deliciously wry, and subversively educational (check out the toilet-paper timeline), OH, YIKES! covers people, events, institutions, and really bad ideas, alphabetically from April Fool?s Day to zany Zoos. Here are the Aztecs, sacrificing 250,000 people a year for the gods?and for food. Fearsome Attila the Hun, scourge of the steppes whose spinning eyes terrified his friends and whose mastery of horses terrorized his enemies (how does someone so evil die? Nosebleed!). Saur, the 11th-century dog-king of Norway (and not too bad as kings go). Henry VIII and his marital problems, the story of the Abominable Snowman and the Loch Ness Monster, why sailors in the old days preferred eating in the dark (hint: you can?t see what?s crawling in your food), and the answer to the question, ?How did knights in armor go to the bathroom??

Topped off with hundreds of illustrations and photographs along with hands-on activities that bring the past to life, OH, YIKES! puts the juice in history in a way that makes it irresistible.

Encyclopedias Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Encyclopedias Books
Kingfisher Young People's Pocket Encyclopedia ImageKingfisher Young People's Pocket Encyclopedia
by Adrienne Jack
Sagebrush Education Resources; Published: 1998-09; Hardcover; Book
Enciclopedia Mega: Naturaleza y Ecologia (Spanish Edition) ImageEnciclopedia Mega: Naturaleza y Ecologia (Spanish Edition)
San Val; Published: 2003-09; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $23.25
Raintree Steck-Vaughn 1998 Illustrated Science Encyclopedia Annual ImageRaintree Steck-Vaughn 1998 Illustrated Science Encyclopedia Annual
by Frank Tarsitano
Sagebrush Education Resources; Published: 1999-01; Hardcover; Book
Science Encyclopedia ImageScience Encyclopedia
by No Author
Bt Bound; Published: 2003-07; School & Library Binding; Book
Price in other shops: $22.45
Lots More Tell Me Why ImageLots More Tell Me Why
by Arkady Leokum
Hamlyn young books; Published: 1974-03-29; Hardcover; Book
Scholastic Encyclopedia Of Animals ImageScholastic Encyclopedia Of Animals
by Laurence Pringle
Scholastic Reference; Published: 2001-08-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.00
Price in other shops: $19.95
Concise Encyclopedia of the American Indian ImageConcise Encyclopedia of the American Indian
by Bruce Grant
Gramercy; Published: 2000-03-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.90
Price in other shops: $9.99
Hutchinson Encyclopedia 2005 ImageHutchinson Encyclopedia 2005
Hodder Education; Published: 2004-12-24; Hardcover; Book
The American Desk Encyclopedia ImageThe American Desk Encyclopedia
by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1998-10-22; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $47.14
Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia 9 Vol. Set ImageOxford American Children's Encyclopedia 9 Vol. Set
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2002-10-03; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops: $350.00
Similar Books and other products
How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? (Imponderables Books) ImageHow Does Aspirin Find a Headache? (Imponderables Books)
by David Feldman
William Morrow Paperbacks; Published: 2005-08-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.11
Price in other shops: $12.99
Do Penguins Have Knees? An Imponderables Book ImageDo Penguins Have Knees? An Imponderables Book
by David Feldman
Harper Perennial; Published: 2004-11-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops: $12.99
Grossology ImageGrossology
by Sylvia Branzei
Price Stern Sloan; Published: 2002-09-16; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops: $9.99
Why Don't Cats Like to Swim?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Books) ImageWhy Don't Cats Like to Swim?: An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Books)
by David Feldman
Harper Perennial; Published: 2004-11-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.65
Price in other shops: $12.99
How Do You Walk on Fire?: And Other Puzzles: Bizarre, 101 Weird, Wonderful and Wacky Puzzles with Science ImageHow Do You Walk on Fire?: And Other Puzzles: Bizarre, 101 Weird, Wonderful and Wacky Puzzles with Science
by Erwin Brecher
Carlton Publishing Group; Published: 2011-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.60
Price in other shops: $13.95
When Do Fish Sleep? : An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Books) ImageWhen Do Fish Sleep? : An Imponderables Book (Imponderables Books)
by David Feldman
Harper Perennial; Published: 2005-03-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.97
Price in other shops: $12.99
Animal Grossology: The Science of Creatures Gross and Disgusting ImageAnimal Grossology: The Science of Creatures Gross and Disgusting
by Sylvia Branzei
Price Stern Sloan; Published: 2004-05-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops: $9.99
Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever ImageJokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever
by Ilana Weitzman, Eva Blank, Rosanne Green, Alison Benjamin
Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2006-05-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.10
Price in other shops: $11.95
Grossology and You ImageGrossology and You
by Sylvia Branzei
Price Stern Sloan; Published: 2002-09-16; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops: $9.99
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty ImageOh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
by Joy Masoff
Workman Publishing Company; Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2000-01-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.00
Price in other shops: $14.95