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Albert Jack has become something of a publishing phenomenon with his huge bestsellers Red Herrings and White Elephants and Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep, clocking up hundreds of thousands of sales to date. Fascinated by discovering the truth behind the world's great stories, Albert has become an expert at explaining the unexplained. With hundreds of television and radio appearances now to his credit his story telling also crops up in conversations all over the world. Now, Mr Jack has been nimble and he's been quick, searching through the history of nursery rhymes he has found out all sorts of plum tales, just like Little Jack Horner. This is the latest in his bestselling series of adventures tracing the fantastic stories behind everyday subjects. Red Herrings and White Elephants, Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep, hilarious urban legends - Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks and the world's great mysteries - Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs, What Caesar did for my Salad, Wonderful Words & They Laughed at Galileo When not engaged in research, Albert Jack lives somewhere between Cape Town and Guildford in Surrey, where he used to divide his time between fast living and slow horses but admits to be slowing down a little himself these days.

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