What makes a book rare and valuable? It all comes down to supply and demand -- and condition. The rarest books in the world are highly sought after by collectors because they're associated with a particular author or a major historical event or era, or simply because they're incredibly old.
Entertainment
We like to play games, watch TV, going out, our entertainment can vary greatly, but there is one thing in soomon: we all love to have fun! Learn more about the ways to have a ball!
Top 10 Rare Books
A circus is offering free counselling to anyone who is scared of clowns.
It Started With a Horse
It was always agreed that a galloping horse kept at least one hoof on the ground.
First Video Arcade Game In The World
The first video game was invented by Willy Higginbotham. Willy was no teenage computer wizkid, however.
A German teacher was sacked for being in a death metal band.Sometimes Dictionaries Are Also Mistaken
Everyone makes mistakes, and lexicographers are no exception. Even now, when most dictionaries are produced by large teams, errors ranging from typos to incorrect definitions can make their way in - after all, dictionaries are big books that take a lot of work to write. Samuel Johnson famously defined ‘pastern’ as the ‘knee’ of a horse (it is in fact a part of the horse’s foot), and when asked why, is said to have replied ‘ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance’.
Top German Words
Both my parents were born in Germany. They moved to Canada and then had me, so I’m about as German as a Canadian can be – which probably explains my weakness for sauerkraut, oom-pa-pa, and marzipan.
Top Kurosawa Films
There are certain phrases that are thrown around too often in today’s world so that they lose their original impact. When somebody is referred to as the “greatest of all time” or the “most influential,” we usually take it with a grain of salt.
Most Mysterious Texts
Most books are intended to be easily read and understood,these are a complete enigma.
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