{"product_id":"9781606710609","title":"The Greatest Stories Never Told","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy. That's the kind of history you'll find in \u003cb\u003eThe Greatest Stories Never Told.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is history candy — the good stuff. Here are 100 tales to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy: more than two thousand years of history filled with courage, cowardice, hope, triumph, sex, intrigue, folly, humor, and ambition. It's a historical delight and a visual feast with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and maps that bring each story to life. A new discovery waits on every page: stories that changed the course of history and stories that affected what you had for breakfast this morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsider:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome Roman officials were so corrupt that they actually stole time itself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree cigars changed the course of the Civil War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Scottish kilt was invented by an Englishman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the popular Timelab 2000® history minutes hosted by Sam Waterston on The History Channel®, this collection of fascinating historical tidbits will have you shaking your head in wonder and disbelief. But they're all true. And you'll soon find yourself telling them to your friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MJF Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036170436848,"sku":"9781606710609","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781606710609_p0.jpg?v=1763829298","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781606710609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}