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Big Secrets Paperback – June 26, 1985

by William Poundstone (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
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The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets.

Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out.

What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here's the whole story, including -- yes! -- the electric carpet.

Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken's eleven secret herbs and spices "stand on everybody's shelf." We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis.

Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney's body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth.

Don't bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. Big Secrets has complete explanations and diagrams, nothing left to the imagination.

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  1. Print length
    232 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    William Morrow Paperbacks
  4. Publication date
    June 26, 1985
  5. Dimensions
    6.12 x 0.58 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0688048307
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0688048303
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint Edition (June 26, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688048307
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688048303
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.58 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 44 ratings

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William Poundstone is the author of two previous Hill and Wang books: Fortune's Formula and Gaming the Vote.

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