Celebrate America's outrageous competitive fire 100 years of ';see it to believe it' American contestsIncludes dozens of mind-blowing, little-known competitions Gorgeous design with 150 color and black-and-white photographs, plus sidebars From marathon dancing, to food eating contests, beauty pageants, pole sitting, rotten sneaker contests, animal calling contests, phone-booth stuffing, outhouse races, and more, Americans love competing to see who can do anything better than anyone else.
Ein Wanderung durch die alten Religionen in Korea und Japan vom Schamanismus und esoterischen Buddhismus bis zum Zen mit dem Schwerpunkt auf die Mythologie der glückbringenden Drachen.
The tenth book in David Feldmans bestselling Imponderables(R) series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteries Every day, we are confronted with innumerable small mysteries, which puzzle and confound.
Discover the wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi alongside the wit of Groucho Marx in a collection of great and memorable quotations from across the centuries: an entertaining compendium of themed quotes from the most notable minds, orators, celebrities, writers and politicians that ever lived.
The latest title in the much-loved Element Encyclopedia series, The Element Encyclopedia of Fairies explores the history, legends, and mythology of these little peoples.
150 of the World's Funniest and Most Delightful Christmas CardsKaren Robert has spent the last several years tracking down the wonderful and wacky Christmas cards represented in this bookthe best out of tens of thousands she has reviewed.
Mark Di Vincenzo, the New York Times bestselling author of Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, brings us another book of fascinating, eminently useful facts certain to make you healthier, wealthier, and wiser.
Entertaining, colorful, and deceptively full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that humans are always completely at one with our surrounding world.
Entertaining, colorful, and deceptively full of facts, This Phenomenal Life tells the story of the wondrous ways that humans are always completely at one with our surrounding world.
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws.
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws.
A charming collection of quotes about cats from our favourite authors, accompanied by artwork in the trademark style of Paul Magrs (author of The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy).
A charming collection of quotes about cats from our favourite authors, accompanied by artwork in the trademark style of Paul Magrs (author of The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy).
The seventh book in David Feldmans bestselling Imponderables(R) series, packed with even more answers to perplexing questions and solutions to everyday mysteriesInstead of the aspirin bottle, reach for the most soothingly informative of David Feldmans Imponderables(R)books, and find answers to the riddles that, whether you realize it or not, have been obsessing you since childhood, such as: What happens to the holes that are punched out of looseleaf paper?
Das Buch, aus einem PowerPoint-Vortrag entstanden, beschreibt die Entwicklung des Katalanischen Architekten Antonio Gaudi anhand seiner Werke, die in Barcelonea in einer Phase gesellschaftlicher und kultureller Unruhe in der Zeit von 1878 bis 1915 entstanden sind.
A follow-up to Helterbrans popular Why Flamingos Are Pink: and 250 other Things You Should Know, this entertaining volume identifies more of the surprising explanations for the facts, tales, and lore associated with day-to-day living and the world around us.
A follow-up to Helterbrans popular Why Flamingos Are Pink: and 250 other Things You Should Know, this entertaining volume identifies more of the surprising explanations for the facts, tales, and lore associated with day-to-day living and the world around us.
The winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award leads is on a dazzling culinary tour around the world and through history - from the fifth century BC to the present day.
The Lost Diaries is a wide-ranging anthology of the world's greatest diarists, each of them channelled onto paper through the considerable psychic force that is Craig Brown.
For fans of the 'Windsors' and 'Now we are Sixty': a beautifully illustrated collection of amusing and affectionate stories from inside the royal family.
After the phenomenal success of Steve Wright's Book of Factoids, Steve returns with Further Factoids, bringing together the weirdest and most extraordinary factoids from BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon.
Following the success of 'You Look Awfully Like the Queen', this is a second anthology of hilarious and touching royal anecdotes, collected by Thomas Blaikie.
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