The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew

This is a great book that I wish had existed when I was growing up. Anyone who is curious and wondered about the world would enjoy this book. I would certainly recommend this to teenagers who may be going through school with teachers spouting something they were passing off as that I would think, "that can't possibly be true." This book deconstructs many of the faulty and generally boring things in life.The book itself is high quality and sturdy, with thick, semi-glossy pages. It is a little bit smaller than I would have expected (in the sense that it's supposed to be a mock textbook, it is much smaller in size than a textbook) However, I see that as a plus in that it makes it easier to hold and read, and is not unwieldily.The writing is funny and engaging, and the content is well presented and concise.I recommend this book to anyone who is curious about the world, and if you love discovering new and amazing things that you can apply directly to your daily life. I particularly recommend this book to adolescents who are going through school right now as a way to get a well researched and fun book to expand your views on the world.

It's a very unconventional book; I myself absolutely adored it. Apparently, the Kindle version has caused it's own controversy, but the paper textbook? Not at all. It's written like a conversational piece, which allows you to actually read the information and care about it rather than drudge through page upon page. It isn't the most accurate piece of writing I've ever read, but it's definitely not the most inaccurate. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it and have been passed it around my work place for everyone to read. The moment it came out, I practically ran to UPS and demand it be given to me in person rather than have it dropped off at my home, like I normally would. It's worth the time you spend reading it, I'd say give it a try! Paper books are better than Kindles anyways.

I'm a huge fan of Cracked and I was really excited about reading this book. I was a bit disappointed, however.I knew it was going to be mostly information from the website, but I was hoping they would have made each section a little longer. It seems that they truncated the original articles a little bit. I wish they would have added a little more information to expound on the stories more. I think there's a lot more on the website they could have added as well.I like how it's made to look like a school textbook and kind of poking fun at that. That was a good decision. And there's some pictures added just for the book with new captions that are pretty funny. I liked that.The biggest negative is the lack of sources. On the site, of course, there are embedded links throughout each article which you can use to see their sources. You can't have links in a real book, obviously, but I was surprised they didn't have footnotes or anything. You wouldn't think that would be a big deal, but I think a big draw of the book is that you can show it to others who might not read the site. I would love to give it as a gift, but without the sources it just sounds like a bunch of unfounded information used for comedy. It seems very non-credible, especially with the comedic tone.Another big negative is that it doesn't have all the pictures with captions that the online articles have. I understand why using those wouldn't make much sense, but usually the funniest parts are from those picture captions and not having them really loses something. As I said, they do have some new pictures with captions but they are few and far between.All that said, I really enjoyed reading the book and these types of articles are my favorite on cracked.

Sitting on the coffee table, it's curious cover invariably attracts one of my guests. As they draw it towards them, I say "Careful that this is hard to put down" "Oh I'm really not a book reader" they reply and crack the thing open.It's a joy to watch their heads pulling forward in disbelief and even more fun when you see them just lost into a different world. Some of the facts they present are disgusting but all are fascinating! It's the perfect entertainment book, especially if you want your table top books to deserve the place on the table!It's definitely not for children without an adult but it is fun and it is filled with fun facts that you don't even feel the need to challenge - but do - everything they mention has a legitimate source.

I liked this book. I was a fun read with great illustrations. The subjects discussed in the book were interesting & compelling too.However, the book does not cite where they got this information from. They have no reference anywhere in the book. Here and there, they mention a study done by somebody that provides evidence for something they wrote about, but there is no concrete reference that one would expect from a book about facts.I don't think any of the cracked's authors of this book have expertise on any of the subjects discussed here. So, they have to compile the information from somewhere and the readers should have access to that.One might say that they trust crack to provide the information accurately but as a skeptical person, I would like to evaluate the accuracy case by case. Also, having a reference would help a reader if the reader wants to do further reading and research about the subject.I didn't see anybody bring this subject up, so I thought I add this objection.I won't be using anything I read in this book in a conversation or as advice in my daily routine until I can confirm it from independent sources. I hope all the readers of this book do the same.

Si sigues a CRACKED en youtube, twitter, sabrás de este libro, para los que no, es un libro que desmiente varios mitos que te enseñan en la escuela cuándo uno es niño, esta escrito de manera muy fácil y comprensible.

Excelente libro, me he enterado de cosas que no sabía y que enseñan mal en la escuela

Englisch ist meine Muttersprache. Daher ist es für mich einfach zu verstehen. Das Buch ist witzig geschrieben. Ob wirklich alles wahr ist was darin steht ist für mich nicht ganz so wichtig. Ich habe mich amüsiert. Meine Empfehlung.

Item as described, so pleasure to hand in the book, highly recommend

My name's Allan, and my nickname at work is Al-epedia. Everyone wonders how I know so much random stuff. Well, my secret is that I read the hilarious and informative articles on Cracked. You can get the best of those articles in this book.I have been reading Cracked.com everyday for the last 5 years, so I already knew everything in this book. However, the way the information is presented is different from the articles, and the illustrations alone would be enough to make this a good buy for any Cracked fan.I bought it for my dad for Christmas, and he's already finished it and is reading it for the second time. It has provided a base for some excellent discussions between the two of us.