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Fact, non-fiction, real life. Call it what you like, but books and reading are everywhere where the real world has a tale to tell. Read books by the Mafia, learn amazing facts or join a global book treasure hunt at Book Crossing.
Blogs about a changing world
Cars, lights, electricty - could you do without them? What would happen in a World Without Oil? Live it before it happens.
Mafia Author
Former Mafia insider Louis Ferrante served almost 9 years in maximum security prisons. Read exclusive extracts from his memoirs about the journey from a life of crime to professional writer.
Global book treasure hunt
Books just want to be free. Join Bookcrossing, send them out into the world and join the treasure hunt! Leave a book on a park bench, in a coffee shop, stash it in a tree or at the park - anywhere it might find a new reader. What happens next is up to fate. Track the books as they get passed from person to person and learn secret locations to find new books yourself.
Amazing Facts!
Did you know that you weigh less at the Equator than you do at the North Pole? Or that more brain cells control your thumb than your stomach? Get some more weird facts here!
The Discovery Channel knows it's Facts. Want to know who would win a fight between a bear and an alligator? Or what would happen to the Earth if it was hit by a comet? Check out their Interactive Zone.
Or play their Extreme Engineering game and build a bridge by answering questions about the world's most amazing buildings!
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