Almanacs category: 3486 books
The Good Book
A Humanist Bible
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the
breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to
conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is
exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by creating a non-religious Bible,
drawn from the wealth...
Uncle John's Plunges into California
Illustrated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
California here we come! Uncle John is taking a full-color plunge into the land of freeways, fun in the sun, cable cars, and movie stars.
From the redwood forest to the Mexican border, the Pacific coastline to the Mojave Desert, California is the most populous state in the Union and the eighth-largest...
Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists
Fascinating Facts and Shocking Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History, and More
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Atlas of Cursed Places
A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Atlas Obscura says this lushly illustrated New York Times bestselling guide to dozens of dangerous, eerie, and infamous locations is the perfect gift for "those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate."
Pick up the acclaimed Atlas of Cursed Places and visit...
Learn Something New Every Day
365 Facts to Fulfill Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Learn something new with 366 fascinating facts from NPR librarian Kee Malesky
What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?1 What color did carrots used to be?2 Why do many American spellings differ from their British counterparts?3 What does it mean "to have one's eyes lined with ham"?...
Now You Know Disasters
The Little Book of Answers
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, fires, mine cave-ins, bridge collapses, ship sinkings, airplane crashes, explosions, and plagues — natural and human-engineered calamity and catastrophe have many forms and guises. In Now You Know Disasters, Q & A ringmaster Doug Lennox...
Glad You Asked
Intriguing Names, Facts, and Ideas for the Curious-Minded
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Encapsulating in brief explanations the most important people, places, things, events and ideas in the history of mankind, this educational resource features hundreds of items, many accompanied with photographs or diagrams to help provide additional information. Every entry is explained fully with...
The Book of Origins
Discover the Amazing Origins of the Clothes We Wear, the Food We Eat, the People We Know, the Languages We Speak, and the Things We Use
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Everything—from the mundane (the pencil) to the catastrophic (the atom bomb)—has an origin, but often it’s not what we expect. A few things you may not have known:
• Gandhi was married at age thirteen!
• Chinese fortune cookies are an American invention and were not eaten in China...
by Ray Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
You can never know too much stuff. For example:
• Today, the people of earth take more photos in two minutes than they did in the whole of the nineteenth century.
• When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris in 1911, one of the suspects was Pablo Picasso.
•...
by Michael Dobson
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
The Story of a Special Day:August 27!The special occasion gift they'll never throw away — a whole book for the price of a premium card! The story of a special day......What happened in history?...Who was born?...Who died?What happened on *your* special day?From celebrations...
by Bejan Daruwalla
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
It's here. It's what everyone in India waits for as a new year begins: Bejan Daruwalla's annual forecast. With detailed month-by-month and week-by-week predictions for Sagittarius, this is the most comprehensive exercise of its sort in India. Also included are great astro tips from the master, the...
by Speedy Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Nearly every one of our homes has been walked upon by some of those pesky little lizards. Although they are basically harmless, and may actually be beneficial as they eat up pests and insects, they can also have a hysterical way of truly scaring our children. By allowing them to read a Creepy Lizards...
by Reader's Companions
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel | Digest & Review
With this digest companion, you'll enjoy:
• A digest of the The Astronaut Wives Club
• Content for your book club or other group event.
• Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know
• The book's impact...
Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs
The World's Most Puzzling Mysteries Solved
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
FOOLED BY FABLES? LED ON BY LEGENDS? MYTH-GUIDED?
WONDER NO MORE, MYSTERY-PHILES: THE TRUTH IS IN HERE!
What in the world (or out of it) made those giant crop circles? Did skydiving skyjacker D. B. Cooper really get away with it? Is Bigfoot a big fake? Are ETs just BS? If you’re tired of...