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Curiosities of natural history
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Francis Trevelyan Buckland,Michigan Historical Reprint Series |
Vol. 2 includes "Discovery of the remains of John Hunter" and "Ben Jonson's skull" |
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Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
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Erich von Däniken |
Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestselle… |
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Haunted Ireland
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John J. Dunne |
3-109 p. : 21 cm |
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Secret places, hidden sanctuaries
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Stephen Klimczuk |
The doors of some of the world’s best-hidden places and most secretive organizations have now been thrown wide open! Some of the names are familiar: Area 51, Yale’s Skull and Bones, Opus Dei, the Esa… |
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Weird Texas
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Heather Shade,Wesley Treat,Rob Riggs |
Think you know Texas? Sure, there's the Alamo, the Cowboys, armadillos, Longhorns, Aggies, chili, the Space Center, and lots and lots of bluebonnets. And everybody knows not to mess with us. But ther… |
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Weird Illinois
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Troy Taylor |
Fabled places, roadside oddities, bizarre beasts and people? If it's weird and it's in Illinois, it's in *Weird Illinois*. Troy Taylor, long a chronicler of the strangest hauntings the Prairie State … |
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Tornadoes can make it rain crabs!
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Melvin Berger |
A collection of bizarre facts about tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanoes, lightning strikes--even the sinking of the "Titanic"! |
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World's weirdest gadgets
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Mary Packard |
Have you ever seen a car that flies? How about a motorized ice-cream cone? Well, get ready to believe your eyes! Ripley's has discovered the world's most unbelievable inventions and the extraordinary… |
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Mysteries of mind, space & time
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Anon |
A twenty-six-volume study of the paranormal, mystical, and psychic phenomena commonly referred to as the supernatural. |
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Firsts
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Wilson Casey |
For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings...Firsts—history through the milestones of human achievement—are fun. And Wilson Casey, tri… |
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Getting Into Guinness
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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 … |
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Six sacred stones
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Matthew Reilly |
For a mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in the destruction of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jack's team can find a… |
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Information is Beautiful
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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… |
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Mysteries of the ancients
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Brian Innes |
Discusses unsolved mysteries left by ancient civilizations including the stone figures on Easter Island, the city built by unknown people on a Bolivian mountain top, and the Great Pyramid of Khufu. |
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Crop circles
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Kraig Helstrom |
"Engaging images accompany information about crop circles. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher. |
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The world in one day
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Russell Ash |
Provides statistics on what happens to the world in a single day, in such areas as geology, biology, technology, and culture. |
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Great wonders of the world
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Russell Ash |
Describes the Seven Wonders of the World, providing background and related information, and surveying such modern wonders as the Channel Tunnel, Hoover Dam, Versailles, and the bullet train. |
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Secrets in the fields
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Freddy Silva |
Since the 1980s, some 10,000 crop circles have appeared, seemingly by magic, in England and 25 other countries. The author takes readers to the scene of the enigma, before, after, and during the appe… |
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Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge
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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 … |
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Mental Floss
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Editors Of Mental Floss |
Enlighten Up Already!
Monet? Manet? Who can even tell the difference? Well, with the help of the newest mental_floss tome, you can! Want to learn how to tell egg rolls from spring rolls, nuclear b… |
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