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Mental floss presents Be amazing
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Editors Of Mental Floss,Maggie Koerth |
Be amazingWho says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level.Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniusesWhat good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't … |
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mental floss presents Condensed Knowledge
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Mangesh Hattikudur,Elizabeth Hunt,Will Pearson |
mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing fact… |
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Schott's quintessential miscellany
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Ben Schott |
If Schott's Original Miscellany could claim to be essential then it is only logical that the distillation of ten years consideration of little known but important facts and the small details that mak… |
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Don't Know Much About Anything
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Kenneth C. Davis |
In his wildly entertaining, winningly irreverent, New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series, author Kenneth C. Davis has amused and edified us with fascinating facts about history, myt… |
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Now I know more
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Dan Lewis |
"Contains 100 anecdotes of trivia ranging from science, sports, to pop culture"--Provided by publisher. |
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I used to know that
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Caroline Taggart |
"Nostalgic, informative and entertaining, it is an ideal and accessible buy for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge. If you've forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosi… |
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10 Things You Might Not Know about Nearly Everything
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Mark Jacob,Stephan Benzkofer |
"A collection of articles from the Chicago Tribune's '10 Things You Might Not Know' column"-- |
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The Longman handbook for writers and readers
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Christopher M. Anson,Chris M. Anson,Robert A. Schwegler |
xxvi, 894, [85] p. : 22 cm |
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The bedside baccalaureate
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David Rubel |
Containing colour images and a presentation, this title offers a different learning experience. It intends to place facts within the framework of knowledge. It contains 20 courses created by experts … |
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The amazing book of useless information
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Noel Botham |
The Useless Information Society's latest collection, The Amazing Book of Useless Information, will answer questions readers never even knew they had. From space travel to the history of jelly beans, … |
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The fact checker's bible
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Sarah Harrison Smith |
These days fact-checking can seem like a lost art. The Fact Checker's Bible arrives not a moment too soon: it is the first—and essential—guide to the important but increasingly neglected task of che… |
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The Book of Origins
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Trevor Homer |
Everything has an origin. This book is for people who want to know how, or when, things began, where they came from, and why they started. And when it has a human origin, such as Christianity or Ferr… |
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