Significa

by David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, Irving Wallace

Gathers interesting and little known facts about people, history, America, the law, war, language, inventions, transportation, sports, money and food.

Genres: Fiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

David Wallechinsky is an American populist historian and television commentator, the president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the founder and editor-in-chief of AllGov.com.

Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is chock full of interesting facts and tidbits, some of which I might like to know more about, though there's so many I'm not sure where to start, and some of the stories might not have any more details that have survived. I found it to be a good book to read while traveling or otherwise likely to be interrupted because every half page or so is the start of something completely new. But I did have to mentally add "as of the mid 80s" to any fact referring something about the present day...

[Chris Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty typical of the genre. Mostly stories or facts that i have encountered before, but some new and interesting content.

Not sure how "Significant" any of it is.......

[Jefferson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd give it three stars--if I could figure out how to rate books on the mobile site.

I'd give it that rating because, on the downside, it's really old and has some (now) really obvious facts (did you know there's this thing called the NSA?). But on the upside, there are quite a few really interesting facts in here, too.

[Emily Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can pretty much open it to any page and read something cool. Great for people who love useless knowledge.