Amazing tales of animals--all quite strange but very true--are combined with delightfully surreal illustrations for a collection culled from newspaper reports from around the world. Full color.
Expelled from thirteen boarding schools in the past five years, seventeen-year-old Jane Fontaine Ventouras is returning to her Southern roots, and the small town of Bienville, Alabama, wh...
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"Describes, analyzes, and contextualizes the courthouses and other public buildings of James Riely Gordon, an architect working in Texas in the late nineteenth century who went on to esta...
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Just as the preoccupations of any given cultural moment make their way into the language of music, the experience of music makes its way into other arenas of life. To unearth these overla...
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To what degree should we rely on our own resources and methods to form opinions about important matters? To what degree should we depend on various authorities, such as a recognized expe...
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Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes is a collection of eight long short stories featuring Brian Lumley's most popular characters and includes three brand-new stories of Harry K...
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"I do not know where this little story came from--out of the air, perhaps. One thing is certain, it is not written in any other book, nor is it to be found among the ancient lore of the E...
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In addition to the essays ennumerated in the catalog, there are several in this collection dealing with the ramifications of atomic physics on such philosophic concepts as materialism, id...
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Boys can read about Mater as he blasts off into space, becomes a private eye, and learns to fly in this fantastic storybook that includes 3-D images on every page and a pair of 3-D glasse...
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Based on his more than 40 years of field research, Means, an expert on the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, reveals the biological complexity and beauty of animals that he has studied. Mo...
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From the author of the breakout bestseller "The Angel Inside" comes an inspiring new parable on the power of influence. As Widener's inspiring story reveals, it's not something one does t...
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Does anyone know that most toilets flush in E-flat? Or that American Airlines had once saved $40,000 by removing a single olive from each salad served in first class? Well, now readers wi...
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Some Archaea thrive in extreme places around the planet such as in thermal pools, hot vents at the bottom of the sea, extremely salty water, and even in underground oil reserves. Others a...
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A cornucopia of comment from Canada8217;s most opinionated man 8212; a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.Canada8217;s most distinctive commentator present...
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The 10th edition of this guide is completely updated with the latest tax rates, tables, and methods for calculating required distributions. It also reflects the Pension Protection Act of ...
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We all suffer the loss of a loved one. This uplifting book will guide you on your journey through grief and inspire you with evidence of the afterlife. A practicing lawyer for over two de...
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The teen heroine from the romantic comedies "Banana Splitsville" and "Rocky Road Trip" gets one more chance to figure out her love life in this delicious, entertaining read. Original.
Wolf--one of the stars and writers of "Chelsea Lately" and "After Lately"--delivers a hilarious collection of essays about what life is like in the fast lane when driving a minivan. His n...
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In 1776, the U.S. owed huge sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens but, lacking the power to tax, had no means to repay them. This is the first book to tell the story of how forei...
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