I guess I was expecting something closer to the Mental Floss YouTube videos. This was much less entertaining than I expected and it did not feel like an “Irreverent romp through civilizations best bits.” One of my biggest complaints with the book was the way the authors mixed mythology and hist...
well finally finished this book for u.s. institutions! I enjoyed parts of the book but there were also a lot of parts that dragged on! I did enjoy the funny and sarcastic commentary in parenthesis every once in a while though! to learn/get a basic knowledge of history in America this book does a ...