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The Book of Questions
by Gregory Stock  Publisher Comments Also available by the same Author - THE KIDS' BOOK OF QUESTIONS, a bestselling collection specially designed to challenge, provoke, and entertain young readers; THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS: BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND ETHICS, a compendium of 300 primary and follow-...
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The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong
by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson 
Powells.com Staff Pick This book should be titled "It's Not What You Think." Because practically every answer in the book could begin with that phrase. What a great collection of facts about our world! Find out the truth about all kinds of things, from the first animal in...
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The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
by David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim Publisher Comments This daily digest of intellectual challenge and learning will arouse curiosity, refresh knowledge, expand horizons, and keep the mind sharp. Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection — collections of daily...
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The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past
by David Kidder Publisher Comments In the same stylish gift format of the best-selling series opener, this new Intellectual Devotional offers daily digests of wisdom from American history--365 brief lessons to stimulate the mind every day of the year Modeled...
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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge
by Jean-Francois Lyotard Synopsis 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....
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Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World
by Paul Collins
Publisher Comments The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Giorgio...
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Guinness World Records (Guinness Book of Records)
by Guinness Publisher Comments A double back-spin on a motorcycle...ane elephant with a wooden leg...an apple the size of your head...it's just another year at the Guinness World Records! It’s another year of amazing record breakers from Guinness World Records™ 2008. Now...
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Cat Flaps and Mouse Traps: The Origins of Objects in Our Daily Lives
by Harry Oliver Publisher Comments Why did Isaac Newton invent the cat flap? How did the first mousetrap come about? Why did it take nearly 20 years to make sliced bread? From the moment the alarm clock wakes us up in the morning until the time we switch the light off at night, we are...
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Perfect Pub Quiz (Perfect)
by David Pickering Publisher Comments A superb companion for all general knowledge nuts, this compilation is the perfect guide for organizing a quiz night at a local dive or getting in a bit of practice on tricky subjects. More than 5,000 questions organized into more than 100...
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Imponderables
by David Feldman Publisher Comments What is the difference between "partly cloudy" and "partly sunny" in a weather report? The expression partly sunny was brought to you by the same folks who brought you comfort station and sanitary engineer. As a technical meteorological term, partly...
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A Shite History of Nearly Everything
by A. Parody Publisher Comments The questions to many befuddling moments of history are answered in this extensive compendium, from the Romans who put perfume on their pet dogs and horses to the ancient Egyptians who walked for miles barefoot, carrying their...
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The Book of Fascinating Facts: An Indispensable Modern Miscellany
by John Blake Uk (edt) Publisher Comments We live in the age of information. Some of it we need, some of it we definitely do not, and much of it, whether we need it or not, is downright fascinating! Did you know that all Englishmen over the age of 14 must spend two hours a week practicing...
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Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days
by Ken Jennings Publisher Comments Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where every day of the year will give you the chance to test your trivia mettle. For example–...
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Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted to Ask
by New Scientist Publisher Comments How fat do you have to be to become bulletproof? Why do people have eyebrows? Why do pineapples have spines? How much does a head weigh? What affects the color of earwax? How quickly could I turn into a fossil? Have you ever thought up a...
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The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind
by William Safire Publisher Comments A Complete Revision and Thorough Updating of the Ultimate Reference from the Newspaper of Record Whether you are researching the history of Western art, investigating an obscure medical test, following current environmental trends, studying...
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Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information about Your Body: Information about Your Body
by Francesca Gould Publisher Comments You: The Owneras Manual meets The Book of Useless Information in this fun and quirky guide to little known facts about the human body. This delightful book is full of random and, at times, scatological facts about the human anatomy. Broken down by the...
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If...: (Questions for the Game of Life)
by Evelyn Mcfarlane Publisher Comments In an elegant, two-color format, punctuated with intriguing drawings, If . . . poses hundreds of questions ranging from practical to maddening, moral to hilarious--which, if read alone, inspire self-exploration; if shared, spark fascinating discussions...
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Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets
by Mental Floss Publisher Comments Friends? Romans? Countrymen? You never know whom you'll have to impress at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn't the trick. In fact, that's exactly why we're...
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Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2008
by Guinness World Recor Publisher Comments Guinness World Records, the world's leading authority on record-breaking achievement, is launching the ultimate annual compendium of videogaming achievements. Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 brings you record-breaking computer- and video-game...
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Why Do Pirates Love Parrots? (Imponderables Books)
by David Feldman Publisher Comments Are you the type of person who stays up nights wondering how they get the paper tag into Hershey's Kisses? Or why portholes are round? Even if you don't lose sleep over such matters, you have to admit that such questions are, well, worthy of...
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