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Publisher
Sona Books, an imprint of Danann Media Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Crochet has boomed in recent years, offering craft lovers a new way to make thoughtful gifts, inexpensive accessories and homemade decorations. The Big Book of Crochet Stitches is the perfect companion for crochet crafters of any skill level that are looking to discover fun and creative new stitches. Packed with all of the basic techniques to inform or refresh your memory, this book contains all of the information and step by step explanations that...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast." --
Have you ever stopped to consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings? Or pondered the story behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships? Mars and Kohlstedt reveal the stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Delving into the shocking side of pop culture, science, and history, Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists offers a wealth of fascinating reading. Movie buffs dive in to the list of crazy movie plots that actually happened in real life, plus the top ten films that accurately predicted the future. Celebrity gawkers do a double take at the list of famous people with secret physical deformities, as well as the numerous celebs who have killed...
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Language
English
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"All facts considered has three parts full of fascinating facts on history (including natural history), science (including religion and language), and the arts. History: Who were the Olmecs and the Goths? How did New York get its name? What's the life span of a $5 bill? Who were the first and last men killed in the Civil War? Who was the Prince of Cranks, the King of Censors and the Merry Monarch? When is the wolf moon? What's the most arid place...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today's most innovative minds What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"- The Guardian ), presented to 205 of the world's most influential thinkers from across the intellectual spectrum-award-winning physicists, economists, psychologists, philosophers,...
10) Don't know much about history: everthing you need to know about American history, but never learned
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Boost your trivia knowledge with the Edumacation podcast's co-host and this expedition to the bizarre and extraordinary outskirts of scientific discovery Class is now in session with Professor Andy McElfresh (not a real professor), science aficionado and co-host of the Edumacation podcast with Kevin Smith. This is the book that gives you a crash course in Cocktail-Party Science, the strange and astonishing scientific facts that you'll want to share...
18) What the Fact?!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Every day is strange if you know your history. This illustrated daily trivia almanac explores a bizarre moment through the ages for each day of the year, such as: The odiferous debut of Smell-o-Vision (January 12, 1960) The execution of Oliver Cromwell, more than two years after his death (January 30, 1661) The day the first pig actually flew (November 4, 1909) That time the United States ran out of toilet paper (December 19, 1973) Drawing on a range...
Publisher
Printers Row
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"This entertaining compendium of bite-sized articles reveals the stranger-than-sci-fi world of strange science. From the oddest theories to the most astounding discoveries to the biggest blunders, Strange Science has all the facts your professors didn't teach you in science class. It's packed with earth-shattering eurekas, outlandish inventions, silly "scientific" studies, and the stories behind the weirdos who made it all happen. Put on your lab...
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English
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Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world. Some see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we discover, built the planet we walk upon. And it tinkers with the weather and spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of it rise annually into the air, the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales...
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