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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Other Imponderables: Mysteries of Everyday Life Explained
Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Other Imponderables: Mysteries of Everyday Life Explained
Author: David Feldman
ISBN-13: 9780060157814 - ISBN-10: 006015781X
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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Why Things Are: Answers to Every Essential Question in Life
Why Things Are: Answers to Every Essential Question in Life
Author: Joel Achenbach
ISBN-13: 9780345362247 - ISBN-10: 0345362241
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Guinness World Records 2001
Guinness World Records 2001
ISBN-13: 9780553583755 - ISBN-10: 0553583751
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Schott's Original Miscellany
Schott's Original Miscellany
Author: Ben Schott
ISBN-13: 9781582343495 - ISBN-10: 1582343497
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Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things
Author: Charles Panati
ISBN-13: 9780060960933 - ISBN-10: 0060960930
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Guinness Book of World Records, 2004
Guinness Book of World Records, 2004
Author: Guinness World Records
ISBN-13: 9781892051202 - ISBN-10: 1892051206
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book
Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book
Author: David Feldman
ISBN-13: 9780060162948 - ISBN-10: 0060162945
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Don't Know Much About Anything Else: Even More Things You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More!
Don't Know Much About Anything Else: Even More Things You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More!
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
ISBN-13: 9780061562327 - ISBN-10: 0061562327
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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More of the Straight Dope
More of the Straight Dope
Author: Cecil Adams
ISBN-13: 9780345351456 - ISBN-10: 0345351452
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Incomplete Education
Incomplete Education
Author: Judy Jones, William Wilson
ISBN-13: 9780345295705 - ISBN-10: 0345295706
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People
The Geeks' Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People
Author: Garth Sundem
ISBN-13: 9780307450340 - ISBN-10: 0307450341
  • Currently 2.4/5 Stars.
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Guinness World Records 2003 (Guinness World Records)
Guinness World Records 2003 (Guinness World Records)
ISBN-13: 9781892051172 - ISBN-10: 1892051176
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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When Do Fish Sleep: And Other Imponderables of Everyday Life
When Do Fish Sleep: And Other Imponderables of Everyday Life
Author: David Feldman
ISBN-13: 9780060161613 - ISBN-10: 0060161612
  • Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (mostly) Everything
Random Kinds Of Factness: 1001 (or So) Absolutely True Tidbits About (mostly) Everything
Author: Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
ISBN-13: 9781573242127 - ISBN-10: 1573242128
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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The New York Public Library Desk Reference, Second Edition
The New York Public Library Desk Reference, Second Edition
Author: The New York Public Library Project
ISBN-13: 9780671850142 - ISBN-10: 0671850148
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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And I Thought I Was Crazy! Quirks, Idiosyncrasies and Meshugaas
And I Thought I Was Crazy! Quirks, Idiosyncrasies and Meshugaas
Author: Judy Reiser, Randall Enos (Illustrator)
ISBN-13: 9780970761903 - ISBN-10: 0970761902
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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The Encyclopedia of Weird
The Encyclopedia of Weird
Author: Sheila De La Rosa
ISBN-13: 9780812555363 - ISBN-10: 0812555368
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2010
Author: Old Farmer's Almanac
ISBN-13: 9781571984845 - ISBN-10: 1571984844
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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The Jeopardy! Challenge: The Toughest Games from America's Greatest Quiz Show!/ Featuring the Teen Tournament, the College Tournament, the Seniors T
The Jeopardy! Challenge: The Toughest Games from America's Greatest Quiz Show!/ Featuring the Teen Tournament, the College Tournament, the Seniors T
Author: Alex Trebek, Merv Griffin
ISBN-13: 9780060969356 - ISBN-10: 0060969350
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Facts in a Flash: A Research Guide : From Cruising the Stacks to Surfing the Net
Facts in a Flash: A Research Guide : From Cruising the Stacks to Surfing the Net
Author: Ellen Metter
ISBN-13: 9780898799101 - ISBN-10: 0898799104
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Totally Bizarre (Ripley's Believe It or Not!)
Totally Bizarre (Ripley's Believe It or Not!)
Author: Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
ISBN-13: 9781893951303 - ISBN-10: 1893951308
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Mortgage Encyclopedia: An Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls
Mortgage Encyclopedia: An Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls
Author: Jack Guttentag
ISBN-13: 9780071421652 - ISBN-10: 0071421653
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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Why Things Are  Why Things Aren't
Why Things Are Why Things Aren't
Author: Joel Achenbach
ISBN-13: 9780345392886 - ISBN-10: 0345392884
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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Rules of Thumb 2
Rules of Thumb 2
Author: Tom Parker
ISBN-13: 9780395429556 - ISBN-10: 0395429552
  • Currently 2.3/5 Stars.
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Tricks of the Trade: Over 79 Experts Reveal the Secrets Behind What They Do Best
Tricks of the Trade: Over 79 Experts Reveal the Secrets Behind What They Do Best
Author: Jerry Camarillo Dunn
ISBN-13: 9780395580837 - ISBN-10: 0395580838
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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