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Texas

Reader’s Digest 40th Anniversary Treasury

David Louis

Two Volumes in One

Did you know that: —in 1740 a cow was found guilty of sorcery in France and publicly hanged? —the principality of Monaco consists of only 370 acres? —the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows? —there are ten million bricks in the Empire State Building? These intriguing facts and 2197 more like them are collected here to delight, entertain, educate and astonish trivia buffs, esoterica experts, information addicts and anyone else with a passion for collecting odd bits of knowledge. Dip into 2201 Fascinating Facts and you'll be hooked instantly. You'll find provocative, curious and often humorous facts about everything from the body, smoking, sports, and geography to place names, human oddities, weather, royalty, government, fallacies, firsts, fashions and dozens of other topics. 2201 Fascinating Facts will help you settle bets, finish crossword puzzles, amaze your friends. It will supply you with an endless fund of conversation starters—and stoppers. And because you'll be the only one around who knows how many calories there are in the glue on a postage stamp, who invented the parking meter or how many ridges there are around the edge of a quarter, you'll soon find yourself the star of the office lunch group and the life of every party. Whether you're merely an interested collector of trivia or a hardcore fact fiend, you'll find 2201 Fascinating Facts totally irresistible. It will be a book you'll go back to again and again.

2201 Fascinating Facts

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California

More than five hundred photographs complement a history of the twentieth century that chronicles the great events and personalities of the past hundred years

The Century

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Brian Marriner

Colin Wilson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Connecticut

Murder and the Art of Forensic Science

On Death's Bloody Trail

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Robert J. Begiebing

A novel of art and obsession in eighteenth-century New England.

Rebecca Wentworth's Distraction

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A Wayward and Perilous Journey to the World Series of Poker

MEET PETER ALSON An overeducated underachiever, he's spent his postcollege decades doing his best not to grow up. Now, having just turned the incomprehensible (to him) age of fifty, and staring down his own mortality, this rambling- gambling bachelor decides it's time to settle down. After years of equivocating, he pops the question to his longtime girlfriend. A wedding date is set for just after Labor Day, and to pay for it, a plan is hatched involving poker and a trip to Vegas. Alson boards a plane bound for the neon desert on his way to the biggest game in town, the 2005 World Series of Poker. Thus beginsTake Me to the River, a first-person account of one inveterate gambler and bad boy's quest to grow up while at the same time compete with more than 5,000 players vying for over $56 million in prize money during a scorching Vegas summer. Take Me to the Riveris a hilarious, heart-wrenching tale of Las Vegas and an exploration of what it means to be part of one of the fastest-growing and most popular sports in the United States, at the moment of its apogee, and of the lessons that poker has to teach about probability and luck, good and bad fortune, patience, perseverance, and -- most fitting for a man with marriage in his near future -- commitment.

Take Me to the River

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home

"Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits the Cliveden estate. Overlooking the Thames, the mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion--from its salacious, deadly beginnings in the seventeenth century to the 1960s Profumo Affair, the sex scandal that toppled the British government. Now, in this immersive chronicle, the manor's current mistress, Natalie Livingstone, opens the doors to this prominent house and lets the walls do the talking"--Provided by publisher.

The Mistresses of Cliveden

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Virginia

Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about "things" that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers.

Stories Behind Everyday Things

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H. Jackson Brown

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A Few More Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life

A collection of advice on how to live a happy and rewarding life

Life's Little Instruction Book

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Liz Curtis Higgs

Louisiana

Rose and Leana McBride both love the same man, but each must deal with her own choice when the Church Elders rule on what they see as an unusual and illegal situation.

Fair Is the Rose

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Karin Slaughter

A Novel in Voices

Desire leaves a man destroyed ... A young girl's curiosity reveals secrets better left hidden ... Jealousy drives a woman mad ... An obsession with numbers precipitates a deadly revenge ... Ambition leads to a curious exchange ... An uncanny likeness changes two lives forever ... The hand of fate lies buried in the past ... An unforgettable novel in sixteen parts by some of the most prestigious crime writers working today. One bracelet, sixteen charms ... From nineteenth-century Georgia, where the bracelet is forged in fire, to wartime Leeds, the seedy underside of London's Soho, a Manhattan cab, the frozen cliffs of Nova Scotia, and back to Georgia, each story takes the reader on a gripping journey of murder, betrayal, and intrigue.

Like a Charm

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Kathleen Stein

Where Memory, Reason, Passion, Violence, and Creativity Intersect in the Human Brain

Embarking on a spellbinding journey to the frontiers of neuroscience, acclaimed science editor and writer Kathleen Stein takes an enthralling in-depth look at the prefrontal cortex, the site of our working memory, impulse control, reason, perception, decision making, and emotional processing—all the things that comprise our human genius.

The Genius Engine

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Arkansas

Charles Panati

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the foremost specialist on everything tells how and why hundreds of everyday items, expressions, and Customs we take for granted came into existence. Learn the fascinating Discovery stories behind over 500 phenomenons

For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce, Barbie Dolls to honeymoons.

Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

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Maria Goodavage

Rhode Island

The Untold Story of America's Canine Heroes

A leading blogger explores the work and significance of military dogs, sharing uplifting stories about noteworthy canines, their training and their heroic accomplishments as well as the lasting bonds they have formed with their soldier companions. 40,000 first printing.

Soldier Dogs

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Rachel Kadish

Florida

An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for readers of A. S. Byatt's Possession and Geraldine Brooks's The People of the Book

The Weight of Ink

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Pennsylvania

Crispin Boyer

Over 1,111 Answers to Everything

The concept is simple. Got a question? Well now you have an answer! 1,111 of them, in fact. Want to know why your snot is yellow? Flip to the human body chapter. What's on the inside of a turtle shell? The animal section's got you covered. What's in the deepest part of the ocean? Why doesn't Earth just float off into space? Check, check, and check. With hundreds of topics ranging from silly to serious, we've got the expert information you need in a fun and entertaining format that will keep kids digging for answers. Answers include all kinds of fascinating extra info like top ten lists, weird-but-true facts, explorer profiles, and cool activities. Now, go stump your parents!

National Geographic Kids Why?

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Dan Brown

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Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society.

The Da Vinci Code

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Daniel Tammet

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Michigan

Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

An autistic savant with genius-level mathematical talents describes how he was shunned by his classmates in spite of his super-human capacity for math and language and offers insight into how he experiences the world.

Born on a Blue Day

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Now for the first time here is the real fascinating story of the human oddities. Since the middle ages, people have flopped to see them, the strange curious Wonders of Our planet.

Very special people 

Stephen Nissenbaum

A Cultural History of America's Most Cherished Holiday

Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor "wassailers extorted food and drink from the well-to-do. In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen Nissenbaum rediscovers Christmas's carnival origins and shows how it was transformed, during the nineteenth century, into a festival of domesticity and consumerism. Drawing on a wealth of period documents and illustrations, Nissenbaum charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. Nicholas to the Christmas tree and, perhaps most radically, the practice of giving gifts to children. Bursting with detail, filled with subversive readings of such seasonal classics as "A Visit from St. Nicholas” and A Christmas Carol, The Battle for Christmas captures the glorious strangeness of the past even as it helps us better understand our present.

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Reader’s Digest Association

Reader’s Digest 40th Anniversary Treasury

David Louis

2201 Fascinating Facts

Peter Jennings; Todd Brewster

The Century

Brian Marriner; Colin Wilson

On Death's Bloody Trail

Robert J. Begiebing

Rebecca Wentworth's Distraction

Peter Alson; Brian Koppleman (Foreword by)

Take Me to the River

Natalie Livingstone

The Mistresses of Cliveden

Reader's Digest Editors

Stories Behind Everyday Things

H. Jackson Brown

Life's Little Instruction Book

Liz Curtis Higgs

Fair Is the Rose

Karin Slaughter

Like a Charm

Kathleen Stein

The Genius Engine

Liz Curtis Higgs

Fair Is the Rose

Charles Panati

Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

Maria Goodavage

Soldier Dogs

Rachel Kadish

The Weight of Ink

Rachel Kadish

The Weight of Ink

Crispin Boyer

National Geographic Kids Why?

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

Daniel Tammet

Born on a Blue Day

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

Frederick drimmer

Very special people

Stephen Nissenbaum

The Battle for Christmas

Temple Grandin

Animals in Translation