Bizarre historical tidbits about quirky queens, hippopotamus soup, shrunken heads, and much more! This exciting title from the folks at the Bathroom Readers’

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The complete history of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history, written by its official historian and publicist—a must-have chronicle

Virginia Woolf famously began one of her greatest novels: “Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.” Of course she would: why would anyone surre

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