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Albert Jack

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Albert Jack is a writer, researcher, and historian. His first book, Red Herrings and White Elephants, explored the origins of well-known idioms and phrases and became an international bestseller in 2004. His passion for solving the mysteries of the English language and the origins of modern conveniences has taken him to dusty libraries throughout the world in search of facts and ultimate truths. Albert splits his time between Guildford, England, and Cape Town, South Africa.

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How to Write book cover

How to Write

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The Jam: Sounds From The Street book cover

The Jam: Sounds From The Street

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Moral Stories for Kids book cover

Moral Stories for Kids

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September 11 book cover

September 11

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The Greatest Generation book cover

The Greatest Generation

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Paranormal Mysteries book cover

Paranormal Mysteries

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It's a Wonderful Word book cover

It's a Wonderful Word

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What Caesar did for My Salad book cover

What Caesar did for My Salad

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Unsolved Mysteries book cover

Unsolved Mysteries

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Money For Old Rope - Part Two book cover

Money For Old Rope - Part Two

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They Laughed at Galileo: book cover

They Laughed at Galileo:

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English Words book cover

English Words

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Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs book cover

Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs

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Fatima's Secret book cover

Fatima's Secret

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How To Get Out of Debt book cover

How To Get Out of Debt

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Jet Engines book cover

Jet Engines

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Famous Mysteries book cover

Famous Mysteries

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Black Sheep and Lame Ducks book cover

Black Sheep and Lame Ducks

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Awesome Inventions book cover

Awesome Inventions

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Galileo book cover

Galileo

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