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by Lance Morse
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book is your ultimate Daymond John resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Daymond John's whole picture right away. Get countless Daymond...
Myth Information
More Than 590 Popular Misconceptions, Fallacies, and Misbeliefs Explained!
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
It's common knowledge that Eve gave Adam an apple. Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. And when your mother told you not to go swimming right after you ate, you took it as a matter of life and death. But you've been myth-informed by legend, by history...
The Artful Nuance
A Refined Guide to Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
**?The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.? (Mark Twain)
What?s the difference between:
Nectar and ambrosia? Bough and branch? Astonished and surprised? Sensual and sensuous? Beside and besides?**
Many people use these words interchangeably...
by Travis Austin
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
This book is your ultimate Daisaku Ikeda resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Daisaku Ikeda's whole picture right away. Get countless...
by Cameron Barry
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
This book is your ultimate Carl Jung resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Carl Jung's whole picture right away. Get countless Carl Jung...
How Do You Light a Fart?
And 150 Other Essential Things Every Guy Should Know about Science
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2009
Fireworks and grenades. Grills and campfires. Burps and farts.
Men get a kick out of things that go boom, things that cook with fire, and all forms of bodily gas. What they might not know is that science is what makes it all happen. This book answers all the questions guys have about their...
Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits
Unfamiliar Terms for Familiar Things
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Have you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diastema*? Scratching your occiput* now?
Rod L. Evans's Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits will help take the mystery out of some of our most obscure...
by Bathroom Readers' Institute
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
This unique holiday book is the perfect stocking stuffer for everyone on your list - naughty and nice.
Stuffed like a Christmas goose, this holiday gift book is a cheerful mix of festive facts and yuletide yuks. Gather ’round the fire and unwrap the histories of such holiday traditions as...
by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Is it true that King Louis XIV never bathed?
Was Doc Holliday really a doctor?
Who were the twelve knights of King Arthur's Round Table?
And what do Scots traditionally wear under their kilts?
You'll get the answers to these fascinating questions and many, many more in the wildly entertaining, un-put-down-able...
by Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2002
What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs, or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf that can cause...
by Julian Walker
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Throughout history the English language has reflected social changes, trade routes, and waves of fashion. This book examines the histories of the names of foods, ingredients, utensils, drinks, cooking methods, and dishes to show how the vocabulary of English has reflected the ways speakers of the...
A Very Short Tour of the Mind
21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
“Thoroughly enjoyable” essays from a cognitive neuroscientist, filled with surprising facts (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Modern computers might be faster, and whales might have larger brains, but neither can match the sheer intellect or capacity for creativity that the human mind enjoys....
Why Things Break
Understanding the World By the Way It Comes Apart
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Did you know—
• It took more than an iceberg to sink the Titanic.
• The Challenger disaster was predicted.
• Unbreakable glass dinnerware had its origin in railroad lanterns.
• A football team cannot lose momentum.
• Mercury thermometers are prohibited on airplanes for a crucial...
by Bathroom Readers' Institute
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Join Uncle John as he treks through every one of America’s National Parks!
If you like the great outdoors, you’re going to love this book. We’re plunging into every national park, monument, site, and trail (more than 150 in all!) in true Uncle John fashion and uncovering some unique stories...