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ISBN: 9780909486297
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 608

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Author: Reader's Digest
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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At head of title: Reader's Digest. Over 600 true stories delve into history and come up with all-American entertainment.

Author: Richard Marshall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895771469
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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"How ordinary men and women have explained the strange, the uncanny, and the incredible"--Subtitle on dust jacket.

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Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 9780762107735
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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If you ever thought history was dull and our forefathers stodgy, here is a book to change your mind. Its short newsy approach to the most fascinating offbeat stories in American history make it fun to read and hard to put down. Did you know that Polish immigrants reached America 12 years before the Pilgrims? That a Supreme Court justice was once arrested--a a vice president indicted--for murder? That Al Capone's brother was a federal Prohibition agent? This is America at its most fascinating--more than 600 true stories as gripping as a whodunit, as fast paced as a spy chase, as atmospheric as a historical novel--guaranteed to give many hours of reading pleasure. B02226.

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Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 9780895770448
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Profusely illustrated text discusses lost cities and civilizations, the pyramids, Stonehenge, Easter Island, and other enduring mysteries of the world.

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ISBN: 9780895772732
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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"Stories of the strange and unusual"--Jacket subtitle.

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ISBN:
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 607

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Author: Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466803193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1152

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From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author: Jane Polley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895770684
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about "things" that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 607

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