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Uncle John's 24-Karat Gold Bathroom Reader by Bathroom Readers Institute Synopsis Uncle Johns 24th flagship edition is glittering with more than 500 all-new pages of absorbing material that prove once again why Uncle John makes the best-selling bathroom-reading series in the world. The information miners at the Bathroom Readers... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Data Structures and Algorithms (83 Edition) by Alfred V. Aho Publisher Comments The authors' treatment of data structures in Data Structures and Algorithms is unified by an informal notion of "abstract data types," allowing readers to compare different implementations of the same concept. Algorithm design techniques are also... (read more) List Price $74.20 Your price: $56.00 Used - Hardcover
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A World of Curiosities: Surprising, Interesting, and Downright Unbelievable Facts from Every Nation on the Planet by John Oldale Publisher Comments From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: everything you never knew you never knew about every country on Earth.A scientist by training and an explorer by passion, Dr. John Oldale has logged half a million miles visiting more than ninety nations. Now, he celebrates... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott Publisher Comments Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of fabulous trivia. What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks by Bethany Keeley Staff Pick As an editor, I have a "special" place in my heart for the unintentional hilarity caused by grammatical gaffes, unfortunate typos, and poor punctuation, so Bethany Keeley's Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks gave me plenty of chuckles.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People by Garth Sundem Publisher Comments TUNE IN. TURN ON. GEEK OUT. Sorry, beautiful people. These days, from government to business to technology to Hollywood, geeks rule the world. Finally, heres the book no self-respecting geek can live without-a guide jam-packed with 314.1516 short entries... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Would You Rather...?: Trippin' Edition: Over 300 Diabolically Deranged Dilemmas to Ponder (Would You Rather...?) by Justin Heimberg Synopsis Would You Rather…?: Trippin' Edition continues in the series tradition of pondering the most absurd and implausible questions imaginable. Perfect for road trips and parties, its jam-packed with pop culture references and irreverent humor, and the... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oh Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff Publisher Comments All the best stuff about some of the worst stuff on earth. From the liquids, solids and gases—especially the gases!—of the human body to the creepy, crawly, fetid, and foul phenomena of the world at large, OH YUCK! is the all-encompassing... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Everything You Need to Know about the Universe: From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch, in a Nutshell (Everything You Need to Know About...) by Chris Cooper Synopsis The Earth is a fascinating place of unbelievable wonder — and its the only home weve ever known. But our planet is just a small part of our universe, which is home to many other planets and moons and billions of stars. Theres much to learn about our... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists by A. V. Club Staff Pick The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge by Jean-Francois Lyotard Publisher Comments In this book it explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our postmodernity.... (read more) List Price $19.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Carolingians and the Written Word by Rosamond Mckitterick Publisher Comments This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth and ninth centuries. It demonstrates that literacy was by no means confined to a clerical élite, but was dispersed in... (read more) Your price: $50.25 New - Trade Paper
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So, You Want to Be Canadian: All about the Most Fascinating People in the World and the Magical Place They Call Home by Kerry Colburn Publisher Comments So, you want to be Canadian? Who doesn't these days? Canucks are enjoying a major renaissance in attention, from their enlightened social policies to their wild and wooly pop culture. This playful, trivia-packed book is a long-overdue celebration of all... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Semiotics : an Introductory Anthology (85 Edition) by Robert E. Innis Publisher Comments ... fifteen texts which are essential reading for anyone interested in semiotics... This collection will surely become a standard text for those who teach semiotics, aesthetics or philosophy of language. --International Philosophical Quarterly This... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Alien Hand Syndrome: And Other Too-Weird-Not-To-Be-True Stories by Alan Bellows Publisher Comments Welcome to the five stages of reading Alien Hand Syndrome: Astonishment: This is amazing Insecurity: I'm a smart person- how could I never have heard of this before? Panic: Please, don't let it end. Gratitude: Great -and look, there are over 90 more... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Would You Rather...: Over 200 Absolutely Absurd Dilemmas to Ponder by Justin Heimberg Publisher Comments In an hysterical blend of absurdity, wit, and pop culture comes Would You Rather??, a collection of laugh-out-loud funny, irreverent and irresistibly thought-provoking dilemmas. Readers are stumped with questions like: ? Would you rather watch a porn... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Poets Ranked by Beard Weight by Upton Uxbridge Underwood Publisher Comments Poets Ranked by Beard Weight is a tongue-in-cheek classic of Edwardian esoterica, a privately printed leaflet offered by subscription to the informed man of fashion and as a divertissement au courant for the reading bins and cocktail tables of parlor... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Changing Paradigm of Consulting: Adjusting to the Fast-Paced World by Anthony F. Buono Et Al Publisher Comments A volume in Research in Management ConsultingSeries Editor Anthony F. Buono, Bentley UniversityThe 13th volume in the RMC series, The Changing Paradigm of Consulting, is based on the best paperspresented at the Academy of Management's Management... (read more) List Price $45.99 Your price: $30.81 New - Trade Paper
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Listomania: A World of Fascinating Facts in Graphic Detail by The Show Me How Team Publisher Comments Organized into eight chapters, Listomania covers questions of human behavior, trivia facts about geography (past and present), etymology, mythology, ancient and recent history, as well as pop culture. Some of the lists included are: 10 Tiny Terrors: a... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nyt Smarter by Sunday by New York Times Publisher Comments A handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books—organized by weekends and topic Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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