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100 Things They Don't Want You To Know
Conspiracies, mysteries and unsolved crimes
Series: 100 Things
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The truth is out there . . .
Who was Jack the Ripper? Where did the Nazis stash their gold? Who are the real Men in Black? Did the Lost Cosmonauts exist? Why was Stonehenge built? 100 Things They Don't Want You To Know sets out to uncover the truth behind the world's most mysterious cover-ups and unexplained events that have been shrouded in secrecy for generations.
From suspicious deaths and disappearances to enigmatic identities, from Cold War cover-ups to puzzling paranormal phenomena and UFOs, from ancient artefacts to coded documents, these mysteries have fired our imaginations for years, leading us on a quest for answers to these inexplicable yet fascinating events.
Also includes: Black Dahlia, the Marfa Lights, the Turin Shroud, Spontaneous Combustion, Lost Literature of the Mayan Civilisation, Disappearance of Jean Spangler, Shakespeare's True Identity, the Easter Island Glyphs, the Death of Lee Harvey Oswald, the Mothman, The Flying Dutchman, the Secret Mission of Rudolph Hess, the 'WOW' signal, Lewis Carroll's Lost Diaries, the Man in the Iron Mask and the Beast of Bodmin Moor.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781786488503
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 November 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Quercus Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 162.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 193g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Daniel Smith is the bestselling author of 100 Places You Will Never Visit, which has been translated into eight languages. He has written more than fifteen books, on subjects as diverse as Sherlock Holmes, cockney rhyming slang and the WWII Dig for Victory campaign. Daniel is also a long-time contributor to The Statesman's Yearbook, an annual geopolitical guide to the countries of the world. He lives in London.
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