1,234 Quite Interesting Facts to Leave You Speechless


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The New York Times best-selling authors of the QI series return with a fourth collection of mind-bending trivia. The New York Times best-selling authors of the Quite Interesting series have made you see sideways, knocked your socks off, and left your jaw on the floor. Now John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin are back to offer even more—1,234, to be exact—shocking, enlightening, downright-fun facts that will leave you speechless…and pantomiming for more. Did you know? The Big Bang was not as loud as a Motörhead concert. Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender. According to the company that created her, Hello Kitty isn’t a cat. Albert Einstein’s eyeballs are in a safety deposit box in New York. McDonald’s once created bubble-gum-flavored broccoli. It is impossible to hum and whisper at the same time. Convinced it’s all hogwash? Visit QI.com/US1234 for proof of the veracity of every fact. Want more? Check out 1,411 Quite Interesting Facts to Knock You Sideways, 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop, and 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off.




Drive


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The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.




1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over


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'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris EvansThe sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI. Did you know that: Iceland imports ice cubes. A group of ladybirds is called a loveliness. It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to name a child Sandi. Eight billion particles of fog can fit into a teaspoon. People who read books live longer than people who don't. Prince Philip was born on a kitchen table in Corfu. No human beings have ever had sex in space.Netfiix's biggest competitor is sleep. Mice sigh up to 40 times an hour.




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ALL+ 互動英語 2024 年 5 月號 No.234 [有聲版]


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Unit 1 News Report 看新聞學英語 Zimbabwe’s Wildlife Threatened by Climate Change 辛巴威野生動物受氣候變遷威脅 Unit 2 Animal 奇妙動物 Beyond the Fur: Five Fun Facts about Red Pandas 小貓熊:唯一「正牌」的貓熊 Unit 3 混合題型 Should We Give Green Energy the Green Light? 綠能發展停看聽 Unit 4 綜合測驗 Two Surprising Ways to Predict the Weather 從飛機和煙囪預測天氣 Unit 5 Plus Talk 會話百分百 Interviewing for a University 大學面試英語 Unit 6 Travel 繞著地球玩 Andalusia: Discover the Heart and Soul of Southern Spain 安達魯西亞:探訪最道地的西班牙南部風情 Unit 7 文意選填 Buy Before You Die: The Logic of YOLO Spending 「買了再說」:YOLO消費的邏輯 Unit 8 Reading Skill 讀門祕笈 A Closer Look at Jealousy 探究嫉妒心理 Unit 9 Writing 寫作練習 Translation Practice 翻譯寫作 Unit 10 Dialogue Focus 情境對話 Capsule Wardrobe Essentials 膠囊衣櫥必備單品 Building a Capsule Wardrobe 打造膠囊衣櫥 Unit 11 Food 美食饗宴 Blue Cheese? Yes, Please! 嚐一口獨具風味的藍紋起司吧! Unit 12 People 人物側寫 Gina Rodriguez: Actress, Activist, and Philanthropist 吉娜.羅德里奎:行動派的慈善女演員 Unit 13 Science 健康與科學 Fighting the Fever—Keeping Deadly Dengue at Bay 杜絕登革熱,你我有責 Unit 14 History 歷史探究 Hidden Hands: The Origins of the Hand-in-Waistcoat Pose 紳士的姿勢:藏手禮的起源 Unit 15 篇章結構 The Harmful Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods 超加工食品對健康的危害 Unit 16 Topic Writing 主題式寫作 Choosing a Personal Robot 選擇專屬機器人




My New Roots


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At long last, Sarah Britton, called the “queen bee of the health blogs” by Bon Appétit, reveals 100 gorgeous, all-new plant-based recipes in her debut cookbook, inspired by her wildly popular blog. Every month, half a million readers—vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike—flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. My New Roots is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.




The Railway Conductor


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What's Mine Is Yours


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“Amidst a thousand tirades against the excesses and waste of consumer society, What’s Mine Is Yours offers us something genuinely new and invigorating: a way out.” —Steven Johnson, author of The Invention of Air and The Ghost Map A groundbreaking and original book, What’s Mine is Yours articulates for the first time the roots of "collaborative consumption," Rachel Botsman and Roo Roger's timely new coinage for the technology-based peer communities that are transforming the traditional landscape of business, consumerism, and the way we live. Readers captivated by Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail, Van Jones’ The Green Collar Economy or Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point will be wowed by this landmark contribution to the evolving ecology of commerce and sustainability.




Wait Till Helen Comes


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Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can't get any worse. But they do—when Helen comes.