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Haunted Ireland Haunted Ireland John J. Dunne 3-109 p. : 21 cm OL129536W
Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear Holly Hughes 500 Places to See Before They Disappear enables passionate travelers and the eco-conscious to learn about and plan a visit to see rare cultural, historic, and natural places before they are irrevocab… OL13752176W
Amazing human feats Amazing human feats Stuart A. Kallen Briefly describes such record-setting events and items as: the longest walk, the most expensive wedding, the largest potato chip, and the biggest birthday party. OL15041917W
Getting Into Guinness Getting Into Guinness Larry Olmsted Meet Larry Olmsted, a freelance travel and sports writer, always on the hunt for new and intriguing stories. In Spring 2003, somewhere over the North Atlantic, Larry stumbled on an article about the … OL15171735W
Mysterious disappearances Mysterious disappearances Daniel Cohen Discusses some famous or strange disappearances of people, ships, planes, lands, planets, civilizations, and other things and includes a chapter on mysterious appearances. OL15218608W
Monsters, mysteries, and man Monsters, mysteries, and man Newton, Michael Examines such persistent mysteries as monsters, UFO's and experiences with the supernatural. OL15250602W
Information is Beautiful Information is Beautiful David McCandless "A visual guide to the way the world really works. Every day, every hour, every minute we are bombarded by information - from television, from newspapers, from the internet, we're steeped in it, mayb… OL15270910W
Guinness world records Guinness world records Laurie Calkhoven,Ryan Herndon 40 records about amazing animals and amazing feats. OL15397081W
The world in one day The world in one day Russell Ash Provides statistics on what happens to the world in a single day, in such areas as geology, biology, technology, and culture. OL156315W
Record makers and record breakers Record makers and record breakers Nick Iversen Uses biographical sketches to present record performances which have captivated the public in such areas as politics, sports, science, entertainment, daily life, and aviation. OL15839405W
The Physical world The Physical world Carol J. Stott Presents surprising facts about the world, in such areas as land, water, volcanoes, and rocks. OL15853191W
Olivia Bean, trivia queen Olivia Bean, trivia queen Donna Gephart After overcoming a number of obstacles, especially in the subject of geography, Olivia is on her way to Hollywood to appear on Jeopardy! and, she hopes, to reunite with her father who left the family… OL15932724W
Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge Mangesh Hattikudur,Elizabeth Hunt,Will Pearson Think of anything bad, from art heists to Genghis Kahn, and it's likely to be included in this wickedly smart and humorous guide to the seedy underbelly of basically everything. The brainiac team at … OL16060195W
Strange mysteries from around the world Strange mysteries from around the world Seymour Simon Describes 10 strange natural phenomena and possible explanations for them. Includes the day it rained frogs, an atomic explosion that occurred 40 years before the atom bomb, and an eerie crystal skul… OL16467035W
Mental Floss Mental Floss Mangesh Hattikudur,Editors Of Mental Floss Friends? Romans? Countrymen? You never know whom you'll have to impress at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the pu… OL16579531W
The Thackery T. Lambshead cabinet of curiosities The Thackery T. Lambshead cabinet of curiosities Ann VanderMeer,Jeff VanderMeer Collection of stories centering around Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead's astonishing cabinet of curiosities, which is filled with artifacts and personal diaries and recreates the doctor's many exploits. OL16604953W
The Tenth Chamber The Tenth Chamber Glenn Cooper Meet Luc Simard, an archaeologist with a flawless academic career and a flawed history with women. When a book dating to the 14th-century is found after a fire in a monastery in the Perigord region o… OL17433825W
Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs Betty G. Birney Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World. OL1743688W
Weird history 101 Weird history 101 John Richard Stephens Experience the true stories behind the history you learned in school in this collection. This book contains dozens of new twists on the dusty old histories you're used to reading about. OL17728114W
Brilliant Birds Brilliant Birds Thea Feldman Provides simple information about different birds. Text consists of short and simple sentences, high-interest information, easy vocabulary with a high degree of phonic regularity and lots of repetiti… OL17882848W
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