Hippo Eats Dwarf!

Author: Alex Boese
Paperback: 278 pages
ISBN: 9780752227061


Hippos don't eat dwarfs, lemmings don't commit suicide jumping off cliffs and you really shouldn't believe everything you hear on the news. In this book Alex Boese has collected together the more interesting hoaxes and urban legends of recent years and, one-by-one, shows them for what they are -- complete works of fiction. He also provides plenty of tips for spotting hoaxes in the future. A fascinating and entertaining looking at the weird things people will believe.

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Elephants on Acid: and Other Bizarre Experiments

Author: Alex Boese
Paperback: 295 pages
ISBN: 9780330506649


Have you ever wondered what would happen if... chances are so has a scientist. In this funny and informative book Alex Boese sets out to document the most bizarre wonderings of the human mind that have also been put to the test of science. As well as the titular elephant we meet a white bear, a baby in a box, hypersexual cats, unresponsive bystanders and a number of experiments carried out in the toilet. Each experiment will make you laugh, cry or cringe but you will enjoy ever minute of reading this book.

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