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In the New York Times best-selling book from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, Randall Munroe gives hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity...
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The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy:
• A digest of The Light Between Oceans
• Content for your book club or other group event.
• Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know
• The book's impact and its important to read
• And more!
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Delightfully nerdy and geeky, perfect water cooler fodder that's guaranteed to generate discussion. This quirky and unusual book of top 10's covers politics, language, history, pop culture and more - with a distinctive British slant. This is NOT a fact-based compendium. It's purely opinion - the opinions of John Rentoul, his readers-and, yes, Twitter. Every week in the Independent on Sunday, John Rentoul publishes a top 10 based on suggestions from...
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Is a shooting star a meteor or meteorite? What inventions did the ancient Sumerians contribute that affect you daily? Everything 101 is filled with a little bit of information about a lot of fascinating subjects-all in one easily accessed place. And best of all, there's no school tuition required and class is in session anytime you like.
Check out the concise, fun-to-read entries that cover musicals to sing about, psychology that won't drive you...
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Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Iowa. A Treasury of IowaTales is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation.
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The book contains a total of 501 facts which make the reader wonder about our strange but truly fascinating world.
The success of this book underlines the growing realisation that books now are no longer looked upon something as having necessarily a direct link to classroom and examination-and in consequence, to be shelved when the need is over. With exciting facts from different fields the book stimulates young reader's interest in the world around...
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Digest & Review. Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird follows the life of six-year-old Scout Finch and her ten-year-old brother Jem Finch. They spend the majority of their time playing with their friend Dill in a town called Maycomb, Alabama. Their father, Atticus is a lawyer who defends a black man against false charges of the rape of a white woman. The trial results in the children learning a lot about judgment...
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This compendium brings together a selection of the very best games. There are parlor games, travel games, trivia games, riddles, puzzles and more. Traditional family favorites feature alongside an array of newly created games.
The centerpieces of this collection are the six games: Descriptionary, Just a Minute, Lost for Words, Ultimate Charades, Quick Draw, and Trivial Disputes.
In total, these six games alone include 1350 game cards (one Kindle...
12) Utah Trivia
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Utah Trivia is the who, when, what, where, and how book of the great state of Utah. Filled with interesting questions and answers about well-known and not-so-well-known facts of this colorful, historic state, Utah Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education for use in a wide variety of settings-home, office, school, parties-it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Beehive State. Utah Trivia is readily...
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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Digest & Review Everything I Never Told You, the debut novel by Celeste Ng, is about a Chinese American family living in small-town Ohio during the 1970s. The book begins when the Lee's middle child, Lydia goes missing and is found dead in a local lake. The entire family is torn apart by this news, as Lydia was her parents' favorite child. The death of Lydia drives everyone apart in their search for answers...
14) Kansas Trivia
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Kansas Trivia is the who, what, when, where, and how book of the great state of Kansas. Filled with interesting questions and answers about well-known and not-so-well-known facts of this colorful and historic state, Kansas Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education. Designed for use in a wide variety of settings - home, office, school, parties - it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Sunflower State....
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The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell Digest & Review. Colin and Lorelei Bird have the perfect little house with perfect children. They eat home-cooked meals together every day, and their house is filled with laughter and happy memories. However, something happens that suddenly turns their house upside down, resulting in the family growing so far apart that they almost forget they were ever a family. The House We Grew Up In tells the story of what...
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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the The Invention of Wings • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read • And more!
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The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant Digest & Review Activists fought for an end to child labor. Women secretly shared pamphlets about contraceptives. At the height of prohibition, patrons at certain cafes drank whiskey from teapots. Born in 1900, Addie Baum formed an identity separate from her traditional upbringing during a time of worldwide change. Now, at age eighty-five, Addie tells her granddaughter about her life and the times in which she lived,...
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Last One Home by Debbie Macomber Digest & Review. Last One Home is a novel written by Debbie Macomber. The central plot of the book is about a woman who discovers the bravery needed to finally let go of her past and turn her attention to herself and her daughter after she leaves a bad marriage. It does not focus on the violence and heartache of the situation, but instead shows that with the help and love of friends and family, a single mother can...
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Orphan Store Signs are signs for businesses that are gone, no longer there. The signs remain, the business does not. Sometimes the Orphan Store Signs are above other businesses. There is a story waiting for you just by walking downtown.
In the Summer of 2018, David Macpherson recorded all the Orphan Store Signs he came across in Worcester County Massachusetts. This book is the record of what he saw.
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