Facts & trivia line
Facts with the reason attached.
Non-fiction for readers who want to know why something is true, not just that it is. Each entry is a fact, then the story or the mechanism behind it, then the published work it came from — and the sources are printed in the book, not left to faith.
The shelf
Three books by Elliot Norbury
One series, one rule: nothing goes in that cannot be traced to a named work. Two are in print; the third is in production.
In print
Where to start
Astonishing Curiosities is the general one: 320 facts across ten chapters, from the sky to the dinner plate to the numbers everyone agreed on and got wrong. Every entry has a named source, and the full list is open on this site.
Astonishing Science takes the same approach to the body, the mind, medicine, the living world, the ground, the ocean and the light it all runs on, and closes with a chapter on how anybody knows. 360 facts, each traced to two independent published sources, printed at the back of the book.
Astonishing American History is next. It isn't for sale yet, and this page will say so when it is.
Free download
The Dinner Party Pack
Twenty facts from Astonishing Curiosities worth saying out loud, each with the story to tell when somebody asks whether you're making it up. A printable PDF, free for every reader: no sign-up, no email address.
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If you came for the games
The other side of the house publishes books you play rather than read: Party Battle Book and the rest of the party & games line, with several hundred free rounds on this site to try first.