The De-Textbook

The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew

Cracked.com

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English

Plume
29 October 2013

Reference works; Trivia & quiz question books; Parodies & spoofs

You are an idiot.

Don't get defensive! It's not your fault. For decades your teachers, authority figures and textbooks have been lying to you. You do not have five senses. Your tongue doesn't have neatly segregated taste-bud zones. You don't know what the pyramids really looked like. You're even pooping wrong - Jesus, you're a wreck!

But it's going to be okay. Because we're here to help. Packed with more sexy facts than the Encyclopedia Pornographica, the Cracked De-Textbook will teach you about the true stars of history, why you picture everything from Velociraptors to Ancient Rome incorrectly, and finally, at long last - how to pop a proper squat. This book was built from the ground up to systematically seek out, dismantle and destroy the many untruths that years of misguided education have left festering inside of you, and leave you a smarter person...whether you like it or not. The De-Textbook is a merciless, brutal learning machine. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are informed.

By: Cracked.com
Imprint: Plume
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 195mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 697g
ISBN: 9780452298200
ISBN 10: 0452298202
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 29 October 2013
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Reviews for The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew

Praise for YOU MIGHT BE A ZOMBIE AND OTHER BAD NEWS In a sea of literary lies, finally a book that will tell you the truth about the things you need to know. -Sarah Silverman Smart, funny, and cool. -Roger Ebert The funniest, wisest, greatest book ever written! I keep reading and rereading it here in my padded cell! -Stan Lee