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100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Presentby Paul K. DavisISBN 1576070751 (1-57607-075-1)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present'Book summary:Sometimes a battle, such as the one that raged along France's Marne River in 1918, involves hundreds of thousands of soldiers and costs many lives. Sometimes, as in the case of Tippecanoe, a battle involves only a few hundred fighters. Great or small, as historian Paul Davis notes, history has turned on clashes such as these.
In this well-researched compendium, Davis examines battles that have had far-reaching historical consequences. The first entry covers the Battle of Megiddo, which delivered unto the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III an uneasy dominion over Palestine and broadened his empire into Asia; the final entry, set not far from the first, describes the Allied victory over Iraq in Desert Storm, which "denied control of a large portion of the Middle East oil reserves to dictator Saddam Hussein and showed the ability of a multinational coalition to succeed in the post-Cold War world, perhaps setting an example of future international military action." In between Davis considers similarly fateful but often forgotten contests, such as the Battle of Chalons, when another coalition--this one of Visigoths, Romans, and Gallic and Germanic tribes--turned back the huge Mongol army of Attila in A.D. 451, and the Battle of Shanhaikuan, when, in the spring of 1644, China's Ming dynasty fell to Manchu invaders. Davis sometimes prefers sweeping themes to mundane realities (the fact, for instance, that the Battle of Adrianople turned on the recent invention of the stirrup), and his compendium tends heavily toward Europe at the expense of other parts of the world. The illustrations are also of uneven quality and usefulness.
Still, readers with an interest in military history will find this to be a handy reference and overview, and they'll enjoy second-guessing the author, nominating battles that didn't make his hundred while learning from the obscure, but nonetheless critical, ones that he does address. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Alfred Hitchcock Triviography and Quiz Bookby Kathleen KaskaISBN 1580630707 (1-58063-070-7)
Softcover, Renaissance Books
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The Amazing, Colossal Book of Horror Trivia: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Scary Moviesby Jonathan Malcolm, Ken Beck, Jim Clark, Jonathan LampleyISBN 1581820453 (1-58182-045-3)
Softcover, Cumberland House Publishing
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Apple Confidential: The Real Story of Apple Computer, Incby Owen W. LinzmayerISBN 1593270100 (1-59327-010-0)
Softcover, No Starch Press, Incorporated
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The Areas of My Expertiseby John HodgmanISBN 1594482225 (1-59448-222-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Areas of My Expertise'Book summary:With his Daily Show appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, The Areas of My Expertise was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge. John Hodgman and his fur-hatted associate, Jonathan, have prepared an exclusive video for Amazon customers explaining the above.
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Ball Busters Baseballby Bob MoogISBN 1575289806 (1-57528-980-6)
Softcover, Univ Games
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Baseball Bafflers: Quizzes, Trivia, and Other Ballpark Challenges for the Hardball Know-It-Allby Fastball MakovISBN 1579121675 (1-57912-167-5)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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The Bathroom Companion: A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in the Houseby Buckley, James, Jr., Jim BuckleyISBN 1594740283 (1-59474-028-3)
Hardcover, Quirk Books
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Battle of the Sexes: How Much Do You Really Know About the Opposite Sex?by Bob MoogISBN 1575289059 (1-57528-905-9)
Softcover, Univ Games
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Bible Triviaby Robyn MartinsISBN 1577481887 (1-57748-188-7)
Hardcover, Barbour Pub
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The Big Book of Personality Tests: 100 Easy-to-Score Quizzes That Reveal the Real Youby Salvatore V. DidatoISBN 1579122817 (1-57912-281-7)
Softcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Blues Guitar Legends IIby Kenny SultanISBN 1574240463 (1-57424-046-3)
Hardcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Book of Curious Factsby John MayISBN 1855850435 (1-85585-043-5)
Hardcover, Anova Books
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A Book of Questions: A Playful Journal to Keep Thoughts and Feelingsby Bill Zimmerman, Tom BloomISBN 1570711585 (1-57071-158-5)
Softcover, Sourcebooks, Incorporated
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Cats Don't Always Land on Their Feet: Hundreds of Fascinating Facts from the Cat Worldby Erin Barrett, Jack MingoISBN 1573247219 (1-57324-721-9)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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Church Challenge: A Multiple-Choice Trivia Tour of Church Historyby Marvin D. HintenISBN 1577483693 (1-57748-369-3)
Softcover, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
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The College of Obscure Knowledge: A Light Hearted Look at an Odd Collection of Triviaby Jim MarblesISBN 1577570170 (1-57757-017-0)
Softcover, Cook Publishing Company, David C.
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The Complete Book of Confederate Triviaby J. Stephen LangISBN 1572490071 (1-57249-007-1)
Softcover, White Mane Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Cult Fiction: A Reader's Guideby Andrew Calcutt, Richard ShephardISBN 1853752797 (1-85375-279-7)
Softcover, Key Porter Books
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Disciplines of Delight: The Psychoanalysis of Popular Cultureby Barry RichardsISBN 185343325X (1-85343-325-X)
Softcover, Free Association Books Limited
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Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel J. BoorstinISBN 1842122274 (1-84212-227-4)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuationby Lynne TrussISBN 1592402038 (1-59240-203-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation'Book summary:We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with.[via]More editions of Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation:
Eccentric Lives, Peculiar Notionsby John F. MichellISBN 1579122280 (1-57912-228-0)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2004by Encyclopaedia BritannicaISBN 1593390726 (1-59339-072-6)
Hardcover, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated
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The Everything Tall Tales, Legends & Other Outrageous Lies Bookby Nat SegaloffISBN 1580625142 (1-58062-514-2)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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The Everything Trivia Book: From the Fascinating to the Frivolous-Everything You Wanted to Know About Tv, Music, Movies, Famous People, Scandals, and More!by Nat SegaloffISBN 1580621430 (1-58062-143-0)
Softcover, Adams Media Corp
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Fabulous Fallaciesby Tad TulejaISBN 1578660653 (1-57866-065-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Five Rings, Six Crises, Seven Dwarfs and 38 Ways to Win an Argumentby John Boswell, Dan StarerISBN 1578660084 (1-57866-008-4)
Hardcover, BBS Publishing Corporation
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 1587260883 (1-58726-088-3)
Softcover, Ann Arbor Media Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Frankenstein: ISBN 1853260231 (1-85326-023-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Frankenstein: ISBN 1593081618 (1-59308-161-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Frankenstein: ISBN 1851960775 (1-85196-077-5)
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Hardcover, Woodstock Books - Frankenstein: ISBN 1577656865 (1-57765-686-5)
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Lynd WardISBN 1850790701 (1-85079-070-1)
Hardcover, New Orchard Editions
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Fun Bible Trivia 2by Tamela Hancock MurrayISBN 1577485998 (1-57748-599-8)
Softcover, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Foolhardiness, Folly, and Fraud in the Presidential Elections, from Andrew Jackson to George W. Bushby David E. JohnsonISBN 1589791509 (1-58979-150-9)
Softcover, Taylor Trade Publishing
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Gray's AnatomyISBN 1572152036 (1-57215-203-6)
Softcover, World Pubns
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Gray's Anatomy: A Facsimilieby Henry Gray, Henry Vandyke CarterISBN 1571457275 (1-57145-727-5)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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The Great San Francisco Trivia & Fact Bookby Janet BaileyISBN 1581820119 (1-58182-011-9)
Softcover, Cumberland House
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Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhymeby Chris RobertsISBN 1592402178 (1-59240-217-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seemthere is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victoria decided that children were better off without the full story, London librarian Chris Roberts brings the truth to light. He traces the origins of the subtle phrases and antiquated references, revealing religious hatred, political subversion, and sexual innuendo.
Roberts reveals that when Jack, nimble and quick, jumped over a candlestick, he was reenacting a popular sport that tested whether a person was lean and healthy. Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon mounted on the walls of a church in Colchester, blown up during the English Civil War. Few know that the cockles in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" actually refer to cuckolds in the promiscuous court of Mary Queen of Scots. Or that "Rub-a-dub-dub, three maids in a tub" was inspired by a fairground peepshow.
A fascinating history lesson that makes astonishing connections to contemporary popular culture, Heavy Words Lightly Thrown is for Anglophiles, parents, history buffs, and anyone who has ever wondered about the origins of rhymes. The book features a glossary of slang and historical terms, and spooky silhouettes of nursery-rhyme characters to accompany the rhymes. Mother Goose will never look the same again. [via]
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How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusionsby Francis WheenISBN 158648348X (1-58648-348-X)
Softcover, PublicAffairs
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What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.More editions of How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions:
The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Haveby Dennis DiClaudioISBN 1596910615 (1-59691-061-5)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Senseby Francis WheenISBN 1586482475 (1-58648-247-5)
Hardcover, PublicAffairs
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What colonized the space recently vacated by notions of history, progress and reason? Cults, quackery, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of idiocy, the proof of which was to be found in every state, every work-place, and every library. In Idiot Proof, columnist Francis Wheen brilliantly evokes the key personalities of the post-political eraincluding Princess Diana and Deepak Chopra, Osama bin Laden and Nancy Reagan's astrologerwhile lamenting the extraordinary rise in superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria over the past quarter of a century.
In turn comic, indignant, outraged and just plain baffled by the idiocy of it all, Idiot Proof is a masterful depiction of the daftness of our times and a plea that we might just think a little more and believe a little less.More editions of Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Sense:
Itn Book of Firstsby Melvin HarrisISBN 1854797379 (1-85479-737-9)
Softcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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Jesus Link: A Bible Trivia Challenge for the Adventurous SoulISBN 158660497X (1-58660-497-X)
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The Joys of Engrishby Steve CairesISBN 1585424528 (1-58542-452-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Kids Battle The Grown-upsby Bob MoogISBN 1575289210 (1-57528-921-0)
Softcover, Univ Games
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Most Amazing Book of Useless Informationby Noel BothamISBN 184454303X (1-84454-303-X)
Hardcover, Blake Publishing, Limited, John
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Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reasonby Nic HarcourtISBN 1570614377 (1-57061-437-7)
Softcover, Sasquatch Books
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Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guideby Gary Graff, Daniel DurchholzISBN 1578590612 (1-57859-061-2)
Softcover, Music Sales Corp
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My Final Answerby Paul KentISBN 1586600303 (1-58660-030-3)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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My Final Answer: Celebrity Editionby John TinerISBN 1586604996 (1-58660-499-6)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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Offbeat Museums: A Guided Tour of America's Weirdest and Wackiest Museumsby Saul RubinISBN 1579122566 (1-57912-256-6)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Overrated, Underrated: 100 Experts Topple the Icons and Champion the Slighted!by American Heritage Magazine StaffISBN 1579121632 (1-57912-163-2)
Softcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Presidents: Every Question Answered, Everything You Could Possibly Want to Know about the Nation's Chief Executivesby Carter SmithISBN 1592581234 (1-59258-123-4)
Hardcover, Hylas Pub
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Riddle Me This: A World Treasury of Word Puzzles, Folk Wisdom and Literary Conundrumsby Phil CousineauISBN 1573241458 (1-57324-145-8)
Hardcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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The Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre: Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Weird - And All True! 5,000 Absolutely Real Oddities, Facts and Recordsby Julie Mooney, Ripley's Believe It or Not EditorsISBN 1579122167 (1-57912-216-7)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Rock and Roll's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Lame Lyrics, Egregious Egos, and Other Odditiesby Stuart SheaISBN 1578661609 (1-57866-160-9)
Hardcover, BBS Publishing Corporation
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Rock and Roll's Most Wanted: The Top Ten Book of Lame Lyrics, Egregious Egos, and Other Odditiesby Stuart SheaISBN 1574884778 (1-57488-477-8)
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Romantic Questions: Growing Closer Through Intimate Conversationby Gregory J. P. GodekISBN 1570711526 (1-57071-152-6)
Softcover, Sourcebooks, Incorporated
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The Rough Guide to Rockby Rough Guides StaffISBN 1843531054 (1-84353-105-4)
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Schott's Almanac 2007by Ben SchottISBN 1596911719 (1-59691-171-9)
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The Sci-Fi Channel Trivia Bookby John Gregory BetancourtISBN 157297110X (1-57297-110-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Science Bookby Peter TallackISBN 1841882542 (1-84188-254-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Science Book'Book summary:The Science Book is a big, handsome, lavishly illustrated coffee-table book. In 250 brief sections, it attempts to encapsulate the history of Western science, from astronomy and physics to geology, biology and psychology and everything in between. It's a huge undertaking, even a potentially foolhardy one, as the editor Peter Tallack acknowledges, but the choice of topics has been carefully made, and as an introduction to the breadth of scientific endeavour it succeeds well. The writing itself is straightforward, giving very brief biographies of scientists from Pythagoras to Stephen Hawking alongside the broad outlines of their work. Each one-page essay is accompanied by a full-colour illustration, ranging from Renaissance paintings to the latest images from space. Cross-references to other pages help to establish links between different discoveries. There is an index, but sadly no suggestions for further reading for anybody whose curiosity has been piqued. And piqued it almost certainly will be. Inevitably in a book of this scope, nothing is covered in any depth. It does, however, give a good overview of how science is done, how different disciplines interrelate and where the cutting edge is right now. And its presence on the coffee table will no doubt spark all kinds of discussions as guests leaf through its pages. --Elizabeth Sourbut [via]
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Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind the Davinci Codeby Dan BursteinISBN 1593152736 (1-59315-273-6)
Softcover, Vanguard Pr
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The Shakespeare Miscellanyby David Crystal, Ben CrystalISBN 1585677167 (1-58567-716-7)
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A Shite History of Nearly Everythingby Antal ParodyISBN 1843171384 (1-84317-138-4)
Hardcover, O'Mara Books, Limited, Michael
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Short Hops and Foul Tips: 1,734 Wild and Wacky Baseball Factsby Jeffrey Lyons, Douglas B. LyonsISBN 1589792076 (1-58979-207-6)
Softcover, Taylor Trade Publishing
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The Strange Case of the Walking Corpse: A Chronicle of Medical Mysteries, Curious Remedies and Bizarre But True Healing Folkloreby Nancy ButcherISBN 1583331603 (1-58333-160-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Totally Grossby Bob MoogISBN 1575289202 (1-57528-920-2)
Softcover, Univ Games
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Totaly Cool Triviaby Mouse Works StaffISBN 1570827591 (1-57082-759-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group Australia
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TV Sets: Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homesby Mark BennettISBN 1575000172 (1-57500-017-2)
Softcover, TV Books, L.L.C.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'TV Sets: Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes'Book summary:This book of architectural blueprints is a loving, if obsessive, tribute to the minutiae of televised domestic life. Author Mark Bennett's excrutiatingly detailed plans span 25 years of television history, from Tiger's doghouse on The Brady Bunch to The Addams Family's entire manor, including Lurch's harpsichord, Gomez's train set, and Uncle Fester's laboratory. Also included are Laverne and Shirley's bachelorette pad, The Jetson's space unit, and Archie and Edith Bunker's Queens row house. Incredibly, all the plans are drawn to be architecturally feasible; that is, one could actually build from them. To accomplish this feat, the author often had to imagine rooms and areas not shown on the television programs, but only referred to, like Ward Cleaver's den or Ralph and Alice Kramden's bedroom. Included are detailed renderings not only of the characters' homes, but their entire towns, such as the whole of Mayberry and a complete layout of Gilligan's Island. [via]
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Twentieth-Century Pop Cultureby Dana Epstein, Andrews McMeel Publishing StaffISBN 1841003042 (1-84100-304-2)
Hardcover, Carlton Books, Limited
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The Ultimate Trek Trivia Challenge for the Next Generationby James Howard Hatfield, George Burt, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 1575660636 (1-57566-063-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Ultimate Unauthorized Star Wars Trilogy Trivia Challengeby James Howard Hatfield, George D. BurtISBN 1575661853 (1-57566-185-3)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Unauthorized X-Files Challenge: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Tv's Most Incredible Showby James Howard Hatfield, George D. BurtISBN 1575660962 (1-57566-096-2)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Uncle John Presents Blame It on the Weather: Amazing Weather Factsby David Phillips, Suzanne Chrisholm, Michael ParfitISBN 1571458689 (1-57145-868-9)
Softcover, Advantage Publishers Group
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Uncle John's All-Purpose Extra Strength Bathroom Reader®by Bathroom Readers' Institute StaffISBN 1571454942 (1-57145-494-2)
Softcover, Advantage Publishers Group
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- Military surplus: The story of carrot cake
- The real-life inspiration behind Dracula
- Going Ape: The history of Tarzan
- People who married themselves
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- Hollywoods biggest bombs
- Wide world of weird sports
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Uncle John's Bathroom Plunges into the Universeby JoAnn PadgettISBN 1571458506 (1-57145-850-6)
Softcover, Advantage Publishers Group
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into New Jerseyby Bathroom Readers' Institute StaffISBN 1592233813 (1-59223-381-3)
Softcover, Advantage Publishers Group
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Livesby JoAnn PadgettISBN 1592230202 (1-59223-020-2)
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Treasuryby Bathroom Readers' Institute StaffISBN 1592233236 (1-59223-323-6)
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Uncle John's Presents: Mom's Bathtub Readerby Susan SteinerISBN 1592231594 (1-59223-159-4)
Softcover, Advantage Publishers Group
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Uppity Women of Medieval Timesby Vicki LeonISBN 1573240397 (1-57324-039-7)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The Oddly Informative News Quizby NPR Staff, Blount, Roy, Jr.ISBN 1579546536 (1-57954-653-6)
Softcover, Rodale Press, Incorporated
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Did you know that a World War II British spy manual recommended sneaking into German brothels to put itching powder in German prophylactics? How about that Elvis offered to help President Nixon track down communists and drug abusers? All manner of valuable and worthless news-- brought to you in the witty, smarty-pants style of National Public Radio's popular weekly news quiz show-- lies between these pages, waiting for you to take it to the beach, on a road trip, to the bathroom so you can roar with friends or privately.
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The Weakest Link Quiz Bookby Andrews McMeel Publishing Staff, Gary Lewis, David Ballheimer, Sarah Larter, Carlton Books StaffISBN 1842225952 (1-84222-595-2)
Hardcover, Carlton Books, Limited
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The Week-End Bookby Francis MaynellISBN 1585678139 (1-58567-813-9)
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What Do You Know?: Fascinating Answers to Questions on Everything from Astronomy to Zoologyby Nick Smith, Robert Matthews, Carlton Books StaffISBN 184222431X (1-84222-431-X)
Hardcover, Carlton Books, Limited
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What Is My Dog Thinking?: An Essential Guide to Understanding Pet Behaviorby Gwen BaileyISBN 1571458700 (1-57145-870-0)
Hardcover, Advantage Publishers Group
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Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die?: Fittings Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthyby Tod BenoitISBN 1579122876 (1-57912-287-6)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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This unparalleled compilation of profiles of the deceased--from Abbott & Costello to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, from Arthur Ashe to Andy Warhol--offers all of the pertinent details on their lives, deaths, and grave sites, providing a pop-cultural road map for anyone fascinated by celebrity, history, and travel. Listings include Mark Twain, Sonny Bono, Dr. Seuss, Salvador Dali, Mickey Mantle, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Ingrid Bergman, William Shakespeare, Andy Kaufman, Bob Crane, Louis Armstrong, Walt Disney, Errol Flynn, Al Capone, Ella Fitzgerald, Mae West, Gertude Stein, and hundreds more.
Fifty photos and a number of informative sidebars (on such topics as how to find the grave of anyone you choose) round out this entertaining look at the permanent addresses of our most significant late citizens. And each listing offers concise directions to both the cemetery and the grave itself, an added benefit for tombstone travelers. [via]More editions of Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die?: Fittings Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy:
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The Works: Anatomy of a Cityby Kate Ascher, Wendy MarechISBN 1594200718 (1-59420-071-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Works contains a section on pretty much every aspect of the Big Apple's infrastructure. You'll learn the mystery of the shiny silver tanks that have become a familiar sight on New York streets. (They prevent moisture from damaging underground phone lines.) Ascher explains how the city's 23 million daily pieces of mail are processed. We also learn about the 27-mile underground pneumatic mail tube that used to carry canisters with 500 letters up to 30 miles per hour around Manhattan. Also interesting: the story of the nine-foot-long, 800-pound robot submarine that city engineers send to probe leaks in the Delaware Aqueduct--which, it might interest you to know, is the world's longest continuous underground tunnel. And you'll find out all about Colonel Waring and his "White Wings." A great coffee table book for New York lovers or anyone with a curiosity bone. --Alex Roslin [via]
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Wrestling's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Pro Wrestling's Outrageous Performers, Punishing Piledrivers and Other Odditiesby Floyd ConnorISBN 1574883089 (1-57488-308-9)
Softcover, Potomac Books, Incorporated
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