Bøger af David Feldman

Born in 1934 in northwestern U.S. of missionary parents, the Author began his extensive travels at an early age. He graduated from grade eight in Bangkok, Thailand, and from high school in Singapore, Malaya. Wedding bells, three children, and a hard-earned BS degree later launched him into the health care field as an administrator, first on the Navajo Reservation in Utah, then as missionary to Haiti. Here he put together a 70-bed hospital in a ghetto suburb of Port-au-Prince, becoming its first administrator. He was the victim of a Voodoo curse, but with the support of his family he opened Haiti Adventist Hospital. It miraculously survive intact the 2010 earthquake. It saved hundreds of lives and limbs to become the orthopedic center for the area.

Small By Design reveals how small business-to-business companies can deliver greater value and impact than their larger competitors-cultivating abundance, rather than size?when they unlock the competitive advantages of being small by design.

Ponder, if you will . . . Is yawning contagious? Do starfish have faces? Why do they put crinkly paper into pairs of men's socks? Why is it that cans of Diet Coke float, but cans of regular Coke don't?Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in Why Do Pirates Love Parrots? One of the Imponderables(R)--the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing conundrums--and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, this book provides you with knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't cover. And think about it: Where else are you going to find out how they get the paper tag into a Hershey's Kiss?

The tenth book in David Feldman's bestselling Imponderables(R) series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteries Every day, we are confronted with innumerable small mysteries, which puzzle and confound. In his latest book, David Feldman answers 100 new and even more perplexing questions about food, popular culture, the human body, science, and more, such as: Why do pianos have 88 keys? Why is there no light in the freezer?And, of course, Do elephants jump? Like the other books in the Imponderables series, Do Elephants Jump? is in a question/answer format, with questions sent in by readers and fans of the series, and answers painstakingly researched and offered in Feldman's trademark humorous style. This tenth book in the series is complete with a master index to all the Imponderables(R) books, and charming illustrations by longtime collaborator Kassie Schwan.

Trivia lovers and other browsers will be unable to resist this delightful compendium of little-known but often-argued facts, from the bestselling author of "When Do Fish Sleep?."

Ponder, if you will ...Has anyone ever seen a live Cornish game hen?Why do quarterbacks say "Hut"?Why do "sea" gulls congregate in parking lots of shopping centers?What does the "Q" in Q-Tips stand for?Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in Are Lobsters Ambidextrous? Part of the Imponderables® series?the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's everyday mysteries?and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, this book provides you with information that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to find out what happens to the caffeine left over from making decaffeinated coffee?

Ponder, if you will ...Do snakes sneeze?Why didn't the three musketeers carry muskets?What happens to the holes that are punched out of looseleaf paper?Why don't people smile in old photos?Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in How Does Aspirin Find a Headache? Part of the Imponderables series -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing conundrums -- and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, this book provides you with knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to find out why glue doesn't get stuck in the bottle?

When Do Fish Sleep? is the third book in David Feldman's best-selling Imponderables(TM) series, packed with answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteries, repackaged and featuring a new cumulative index to all ten Imponderables(TM) books.In his bestselling Imponderables(TM) series, David Feldman has shown conclusively that there are answers to just about every question that has been baffling the human race in our relentless search for knowledge and self-improvement. Not the "What is life?" sort of questions, but the really hard ones, like "Why does Mickey Mouse have only four fingers?" or "Why don't birds tip over when they sleep on a telephone wire?"Where lesser mortals fear to tread, David Feldman charges on undaunted and brings us When Do Fish Sleep?, the third installment of his witty, intelligent, enlightening Imponderables(TM) series. Since 1986, the Imponderables(TM) series has delighted and edified more than 2.1 million readers, as well as the countless visitors to the Imponderables(TM) website, and dauntless players of Malarky, the hugely popular Imponderables(TM) board game. With more than 150 irresistible entries--submitted by his loyal readers--charming illustrations by Kassie Schwan, and more than 300,000 copies sold, When Do Fish Sleep? is one of the author's biggest, funniest, and richest collections of answers to the seemingly unanswerable.

Why does an "X" stand for a kiss?Which fruits are in Juicy Fruit® gum?Why do people cry at happy endings?Why do you never see baby pigeons?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Don't Cats Like to Swim? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions. Part of the Imponderables® series, Feldman's book arms readers with information about everyday life -- from science, history, and politics to sports, television, and radio -- that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. Where else will you learn what makes women open their mouths when applying mascara?

Ponder, if you willWhat happens to your Social Security number when you die?Why are peanuts listed as an ingredient in plain M&Ms?Why is Barbie's hair made out of nylon, but Ken's hair is plastic?What makes up the ever-mysterious "e;new-car smell"e;?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Do Penguins Have Knees? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions.Part of the Imponderables series, Do Penguins Have Knees? arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of how beer was kept cold in the Old West?

Bestselling author and pop-culture pundit David Feldman demystifies our language's most curious cliches and quips. From cooties and mugwumps to Ps and Qs and Peeping Tom, this is a doozie of a diversion.

An account of the history of Jewish immigrants in London and of Britains response to them. The book investigates the reality of Jewish assimilation and reveals that despite the legal freedoms, cultural and political antipathy to Jews was far greater than assumed, and their integration a fiction.

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