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Autore |
Gay Kathlyn |
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Titolo |
The world's worst mistakes / / Kathlyn Gay and Nigel Blundell |
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New York : , : Enslow Publishing, , 2017 |
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�2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (160 pages) : color illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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History - Miscellanea |
Disasters |
Errors |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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ch. 1. People and places -- ch. 2. Sea and air -- ch. 3. Victims and villains -- ch. 4. Victors and vanquished. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the blunders and the goof-ups--both miniscule and colossal in scale--many of which have been lost to history. Stories include the priest who married a bride to her groom's best man and the fool who thought he purchased the White House, as well as mistakes that changed the course of history, like the sinking of the Titanic and the Exxon Valdez disaster. Sidebars, a glossary, and a further reading section are also included. |
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