BookShared
  • MEMBER AREA    
  • Bad Days in History: A Gleefully Grim Chronicle of Misfortune, Mayhem, and Misery for Every Day of the Year

    (By Michael Farquhar)

    Book Cover Watermark PDF Icon Read Ebook
    ×
    Size 24 MB (24,083 KB)
    Format PDF
    Downloaded 626 times
    Last checked 11 Hour ago!
    Author Michael Farquhar
    “Book Descriptions: National Geographic and author Michael Farquhar uncover an instance of bad luck, epic misfortune, and unadulterated mayhem tied to every day of the year.

    From Caligula's blood-soaked end to hotelier Steve Wynn's unfortunate run-in with a priceless Picasso, these 365 tales of misery include lost fortunes (like the would-be Apple investor who pulled out in 1977 and missed out on a $30 billion-dollar windfall), romance gone wrong (like the 16th-century Shah who experimented with an early form of Viagra with empire-changing results), and truly bizarre moments (like the Great Molasses Flood of 1919).

    Think you’re having a bad day? Trust us, it gets worse.”

    Google Drive Logo DRIVE
    Book 1

    The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

    ★★★★★

    Margalit Fox

    Book 1

    Stupid Ancient History (Volume 14) (Stupid History)

    ★★★★★

    Leland Gregory

    Book 1

    The Classified Dossier: Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula

    ★★★★★

    Christian Klaver

    Book 1

    On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

    ★★★★★

    James Fell

    Book 1

    An Atlas of Extinct Countries

    ★★★★★

    Gideon Defoe

    Book 1

    Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts)

    ★★★★★

    Mary Beard

    Book 1

    How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

    ★★★★★

    Cody Cassidy

    Book 1

    The Roman Guide to Slave Management: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx

    ★★★★★

    Jerry Toner

    Book 1

    What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)

    ★★★★★

    Randall Munroe

    Book 1

    Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

    ★★★★★

    Tracy Borman

    Book 1

    The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

    ★★★★★

    A.J. Jacobs