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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen
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In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith has paired Austen’s sublime language with the visceral, flesh-eating menace of the "dreadfuls." England was never this lively. We get sword fights, romance, a zombie plague, and, as a bonus... (read more)

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Hobby Electronics
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Build Your Own Underwater Robot: And Other Wet Projects
Build Your Own Underwater Robot: And Other Wet Projects
by Harry Bohm
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Unlike fish, whales or frogs, humans are not designed to live in water. Yet we have an amazing ability to survive and function underwater because of our invented technology. This book shows you how to use some of that amazing technology to construct... (read more)

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General
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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The companion volume to The New York Times bestseller The Omnivoreas Dilemma Michael Pollanas lastbook, The Omnivoreas Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the American way of eating; now In Defense of Food shows us how to change it, one meal... (read more)

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Gift Ideas
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The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City
The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City
by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen
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The Urban Homesteadis the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose... (read more)

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What Do I Do With This Thing?
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How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe,  1942 edtion
How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe, 1942 edtion
by South Bend Lathe Works
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You get everything you need to set up a lathe and get it running. This is the lathe manual that Dave Gingery raves about. You get eleven chapters: history and development of the lathe, setting up and leveling the lathe, operation of the lathe, lathe... (read more)

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Hello, Spring!
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Beachcombers Guide To Seashore Life 2ND Edition
Beachcombers Guide To Seashore Life 2ND Edition
by J Duane Sept
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Newly revised and updated in 2008 with additional photographs and an easier-to-use layout, this beautifully illustrated guide aids in identifying the most common intertidal animals and plants of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. What's that purple... (read more)

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Computers
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Secrets of Building Electrostatic Lightning Bolt Generators
Secrets of Building Electrostatic Lightning Bolt Generators
by Walt Noon
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Author Walt Noon will explain the experiments he has run, the problems, the solutions, how to build low cost generators from parts on hand, and much more. Learn about the electrophorus, his Rotostatic generator, his bizarre ?Cat-o-Static? generator... (read more)

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Sudoku
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O'Ekaki: Paint by Sudoku
O'Ekaki: Paint by Sudoku
by Kenji Onishi
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The next generation of Japanese number puzzles is "O' ekaki" (paint by numbers), in which players are rewarded with fun images for successfully completing the mind-bender.... (read more)

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Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin #177: A177 Making Prints/Nature
Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin #177: A177 Making Prints/Nature
by Laura Donn Bethmann
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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable... (read more)

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Green Belt Sudoku
Green Belt Sudoku
by Michael Rios
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With a separate sudoku book for every level, all puzzle lovers can play this wildly popular, incredibly addictive game that's appearing in major newspapers all over!  Taking a page from karate--another Japanese art--each title is graded by color... (read more)

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Contributors | June 2, 2009

All posts by Theodore Gray Is Science As Important As Football?

The subtitle of my new book, Mad Science, is "Experiments You Can Do at Home — But Probably Shouldn't." And I mean it! Although some of the... Continue »


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