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The 99% Invisible City

A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

de Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

**A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER“[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.”—The New York Times Book Review**“Here is a field guide, a boon, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city’s secret anatomy laid bare—a hundred things you look at but don’t
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The Darwin Awards 4

Intelligent Design

de Wendy Northcutt, Christopher M. Kelly ...

The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift!The Darwin Awards series is the alpha chimp of humorous human mishaps. Despite being an international bestseller and inspiring the movie The Darwin Awards, these hilarious, cautionary chronicles have failed to stop another generation of Darwin Award winners from steering motorcycles with their feet, heating lava lamps ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift!The Darwin Awards series is the alpha chimp of humorous human mishaps. Despite being an international bestseller and inspiring the movie The Darwin Awards, these hilarious, cautionary chronicles have failed to stop another generation of Darwin Award winners from steering motorcycles with their feet, heating lava lamps
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1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop

de John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, James Harkin ...

From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI, a brilliant sequel to their New York Times–best-selling 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off.1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop is bursting with mindboggling morsels of trivia—informative, hilarious, sometimes arcane or utterly useless, but always entertaining.Did you know?• Wagner only ever wore pink silk ... Leer más

$10.52 USD

From the creators of the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI, a brilliant sequel to their New York Times–best-selling 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off.1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop is bursting with mindboggling morsels of trivia—informative, hilarious, sometimes arcane or utterly useless, but always entertaining.Did you know?• Wagner only ever wore pink silk
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The De-Textbook

The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew

de Cracked.com ...

You are an idiot.Don't get defensive! It's not your fault. For decades your teachers, authority figures and textbooks have been lying to you. You do not have five senses. Your tongue doesn't have neatly segregated taste-bud zones. You don't know what the pyramids really looked like. You're even pooping wrong - Jesus, you're a wreck!But it's going to be okay. Because we're here to help. Packed with ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

You are an idiot.Don't get defensive! It's not your fault. For decades your teachers, authority figures and textbooks have been lying to you. You do not have five senses. Your tongue doesn't have neatly segregated taste-bud zones. You don't know what the pyramids really looked like. You're even pooping wrong - Jesus, you're a wreck!But it's going to be okay. Because we're here to help. Packed with
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Great Lives

de Bathroom Readers' Institute, JoAnn Padgett ...

Series series Plunges Into
Look beneath the surface of the world’s most interesting people--past and present--to uncover what makes them tick. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives looks beneath the surface and uncovers fascinating but little-known stories behind the famous, the near-famous, the infamous, and the should-have-been famous. You’ll meet child prodigies, spies, traitors, celebrities (and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Look beneath the surface of the world’s most interesting people--past and present--to uncover what makes them tick. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives looks beneath the surface and uncovers fascinating but little-known stories behind the famous, the near-famous, the infamous, and the should-have-been famous. You’ll meet child prodigies, spies, traitors, celebrities (and
... Leer más
On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

de James Fell ...

Sh!t happens. Every day.Mae West was sent to jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” with her first Broadway play. When participation in the Hitler Youth became mandatory in Germany, groups of teen “pirates” rebelled. Muhammad Ali refused to “drop bombs and bullets on brown people” in Vietnam. A dog sled relay carried life-saving medicine 674 miles through –50 temperatures to rescue children ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Sh!t happens. Every day.Mae West was sent to jail for “corrupting the morals of youth” with her first Broadway play. When participation in the Hitler Youth became mandatory in Germany, groups of teen “pirates” rebelled. Muhammad Ali refused to “drop bombs and bullets on brown people” in Vietnam. A dog sled relay carried life-saving medicine 674 miles through –50 temperatures to rescue children
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One-Letter Words, a Dictionary

de Craig Conley ...

Merriam-Webster, move over!Until now, no English dictionary ever found the fun or the fascination in revealing the meanings of letters. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary illuminates the more than 1,000 surprising definitions associated with each letter in the English alphabet. For instance, Conley uncovers seventy-six distinct uses of the letter X, the most versatile, most printed letter in the ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

Merriam-Webster, move over!Until now, no English dictionary ever found the fun or the fascination in revealing the meanings of letters. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary illuminates the more than 1,000 surprising definitions associated with each letter in the English alphabet. For instance, Conley uncovers seventy-six distinct uses of the letter X, the most versatile, most printed letter in the
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Habs 365

Daily Stories from the Ice

de Mike Commito ...

Series Libro 4 - Hockey 365
Now you can cheer for the Habs every day of the year!The Montreal Canadiens are one of the most storied franchises in hockey. No club has won more Stanley Cups than the Canadiens, but they are about so much more than championships. For many French Canadians and fans around the world, the Habs are a source of pride and an inherent part of their identity.From Maurice Richard inspiring generations of ... Leer más

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Now you can cheer for the Habs every day of the year!The Montreal Canadiens are one of the most storied franchises in hockey. No club has won more Stanley Cups than the Canadiens, but they are about so much more than championships. For many French Canadians and fans around the world, the Habs are a source of pride and an inherent part of their identity.From Maurice Richard inspiring generations of
... Leer más
The Louis Chevrolet Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Louis Chevrolet

de Hannah Robles ...

This book is your ultimate Louis Chevrolet resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Louis Chevrolet's whole picture right away. Get countless Louis Chevrolet facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Louis Chevrolet ... Leer más

$11.15 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This book is your ultimate Louis Chevrolet resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Louis Chevrolet's whole picture right away. Get countless Louis Chevrolet facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Louis Chevrolet
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Porridge

de Richard Webber ...

Series series The Best of British Comedy
The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic.‘Cheer up, could be worse. State the country's in, we could be free.’‘Doctor: I want you to fill one of those containers for me.Fletcher (other side of the room): What, from 'ere?’You can count the number of truly classic British sitcoms on one hand – well, perhaps two. But however many hands you use, Porridge will be one of the ... Leer más

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The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic.‘Cheer up, could be worse. State the country's in, we could be free.’‘Doctor: I want you to fill one of those containers for me.Fletcher (other side of the room): What, from 'ere?’You can count the number of truly classic British sitcoms on one hand – well, perhaps two. But however many hands you use, Porridge will be one of the
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Lost in Space

5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe

de Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker ...

Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor.Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space.Strap in for a thrilling journey through ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

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Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor.Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space.Strap in for a thrilling journey through
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Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader

de Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series Libro 28 - Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual
The twenty-eighth edition in the bestselling bathroom-reading series is jam-packed with 512 pages of absorbing trivia material.Uncle John gets a Factastic facelift for the twenty-eighth all-new edition of this beloved book series. All of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages—from little-known history to the origins of everyday things—plus odd news, weird ... Leer más

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The twenty-eighth edition in the bestselling bathroom-reading series is jam-packed with 512 pages of absorbing trivia material.Uncle John gets a Factastic facelift for the twenty-eighth all-new edition of this beloved book series. All of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader favorites are packed into these 512 glorious pages—from little-known history to the origins of everyday things—plus odd news, weird
... Leer más
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids

de Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Bite-sized bits of information to give you the edge on trivia night—from crime and punishment to the rich and famous to ghosts, ghouls, oddballs, and more!Packed with more than 400 pages, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask? Here are just a few extraordinary examples:* Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.* In ... Leer más

$11.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Bite-sized bits of information to give you the edge on trivia night—from crime and punishment to the rich and famous to ghosts, ghouls, oddballs, and more!Packed with more than 400 pages, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask? Here are just a few extraordinary examples:* Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.* In
... Leer más
Endangered Phrases

Intriguing Idioms Dangerously Close to Extinction

de Steven D. Price ...

Person to person” (and station to station”), bar sinister,” the weed of crime bears bitter fruit,” between the devil and the deep blue sea,” will o’ the wisp,” poor as Job’s turkey” . . . these are just a few phrases that were once part of everyday speech. However, due to our evolving language and other cultural changes, there are hundreds of phrases poised on the brink of extinction. Can such ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Person to person” (and station to station”), bar sinister,” the weed of crime bears bitter fruit,” between the devil and the deep blue sea,” will o’ the wisp,” poor as Job’s turkey” . . . these are just a few phrases that were once part of everyday speech. However, due to our evolving language and other cultural changes, there are hundreds of phrases poised on the brink of extinction. Can such
... Leer más
Stuff Every American Should Know

de Denise Kiernan, Joseph D'Agnese ...

Series series Stuff You Should Know
A pocket-size, giftable crash course in American history, government, culture, and trivia, packed with fascinating facts about presidents, politics, national landmarks, sports, traditions, and the stories behind everyday Americana.Who played the first game of baseball? What’s a bicameral congress? Where did Mount Rushmore come from? Who is Geronimo and why do we yell his name when we jump?How well ... Leer más

$4.85 USD

A pocket-size, giftable crash course in American history, government, culture, and trivia, packed with fascinating facts about presidents, politics, national landmarks, sports, traditions, and the stories behind everyday Americana.Who played the first game of baseball? What’s a bicameral congress? Where did Mount Rushmore come from? Who is Geronimo and why do we yell his name when we jump?How well
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Maphead

Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

de Ken Jennings ...

Record-setting Jeopardy! champion-turned-host and New York Times bestselling author of Planet Funny Ken Jennings explores the world of maps, geography, cartography, and map obsessives, “a literary gem” (The Atlantic).Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Record-setting Jeopardy! champion-turned-host and New York Times bestselling author of Planet Funny Ken Jennings explores the world of maps, geography, cartography, and map obsessives, “a literary gem” (The Atlantic).Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee
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The Ultimate Guide to Serial Killers

An A–Z Guide to History's Most Heinous Murderers

de Skyhorse Publishing ...

A Thorough, Comprehensive Guide to Serial Killers for True-Crime FansEqual parts fascinating and horrifying, the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer have taken on a new cultural prominence with the rise of the true-crime genre. Now, The Ultimate Guide to Serial Killers offers murder fans and curious readers a new opportunity to learn about the lives and histories of these ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

A Thorough, Comprehensive Guide to Serial Killers for True-Crime FansEqual parts fascinating and horrifying, the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer have taken on a new cultural prominence with the rise of the true-crime genre. Now, The Ultimate Guide to Serial Killers offers murder fans and curious readers a new opportunity to learn about the lives and histories of these
... Leer más
Crosswordese

The Weird and Wonderful Language of Crossword Puzzles

de David Bukszpan ...

This game changing guide to crosswords will improve your skills while exploring the hows, whys, and history of the crossword and its evolution over time, from antiquity to the age of LOL and MINAJ.Crossword puzzles have a language all their own. Packed full of trick clues, trivia about common answers, and crossword trends, Crosswordese is a delightful celebration of the crossword lexicon and its ... Leer más

$11.15 USD

This game changing guide to crosswords will improve your skills while exploring the hows, whys, and history of the crossword and its evolution over time, from antiquity to the age of LOL and MINAJ.Crossword puzzles have a language all their own. Packed full of trick clues, trivia about common answers, and crossword trends, Crosswordese is a delightful celebration of the crossword lexicon and its
... Leer más
Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader

de Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print!At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers' Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay, ... Leer más

$11.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print!At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers' Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay,
... Leer más
The Fred Astaire Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Fred Astaire

de Lisa Kirby ...

This book is your ultimate Fred Astaire resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Fred Astaire's whole picture right away. Get countless Fred Astaire facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Fred Astaire Handbook is the ... Leer más

$11.15 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This book is your ultimate Fred Astaire resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Fred Astaire's whole picture right away. Get countless Fred Astaire facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Fred Astaire Handbook is the
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The Second Book of General Ignorance

Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong

de John Lloyd, John Mitchinson ...

From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series.Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series.Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another
... Leer más
Why We Make Mistakes

How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure WeAre Way Above Average

de Joseph T. Hallinan ...

We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the retelling, and most of us are fairly sure we’re way ... Leer más

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We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the retelling, and most of us are fairly sure we’re way
... Leer más
A Winter Dictionary

A Collection of Words for the Festive Season

de Paul Anthony Jones ...

As the nights draw in and the cold descends, the winter world emerges – and with it an incredible array of words that superbly capture the season.From frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling snow) and Stepmother's breath (a sudden cold snap) to hibernaculum (a winter refuge during the winter months) and crapulent (feeling the aftereffects of overindulgence), Paul Anthony Jones delves into the ... Leer más

$24.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

As the nights draw in and the cold descends, the winter world emerges – and with it an incredible array of words that superbly capture the season.From frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling snow) and Stepmother's breath (a sudden cold snap) to hibernaculum (a winter refuge during the winter months) and crapulent (feeling the aftereffects of overindulgence), Paul Anthony Jones delves into the
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The Vampire Diaries - The Ultimate Quiz Book

de Jack Goldstein ...

This excellent quiz book contains 150 questions (and answers!) to test the knowledge of any Vampire Diaries fan. From questions even a casual viewer should know all the way through to trivia that would test Elena herself, this is a fantastic way to enjoy Mystic Falls even more. With sections on the characters, episodes, and the series in general, this is an important addition to any fan's ... Leer más

$2.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This excellent quiz book contains 150 questions (and answers!) to test the knowledge of any Vampire Diaries fan. From questions even a casual viewer should know all the way through to trivia that would test Elena herself, this is a fantastic way to enjoy Mystic Falls even more. With sections on the characters, episodes, and the series in general, this is an important addition to any fan's
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