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  • A smart, hilarious, and lavishly illustrated guide to the most euphemised word in the English language: DrunkA record-breaking assemblage of 2,964 different ways to say "drunk." Tipsy, roasted, three…
    Intoxerated

    Intoxerated

    By Paul Dickson, Brian Rea rating of short cover   ( 1 customer rating) Melville House, November 2012 ISBN: 9781612191447 Humour & Comedy, General Humour Language:  English
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  • Oggi tutti parlano di "meritocrazia", giornali, televisioni, radio, tutto voluto dai politici per giustificare una forma di macelleria sociale. Si tratta forse di un trucco per trasformare una…
    Meritokrazia

    Meritokrazia

    By Duilio Chiarle rating of short cover   ( 2 customer ratings) Duilio Chiarle, September 2012 ISBN: 9781301650507 Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science Language:  Italian
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  • The sequel to the best-selling The Book of the Bizarre, Beyond Bizarre offers up scores of new freaky facts, terrifying trivia, and stranger-than-fiction stories. Arranged into 13 chilling chapters…
    Beyond Bizarre: Frightening Facts And Blood-Curdling True Tales

    Beyond Bizarre: Frightening Facts And Blood-Curdling True Tales

    By Varla Ventura rating of short cover   ( 4 customer ratings) Red Wheel Weiser, September 2010 ISBN: 9781609252731 Almanacs & Trivia, Trivia Language:  English
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  • From the publisher of the bestselling "Gross" series comes our grossest book yet! flat•u•lence (flach-u-lens) n. Female: an embarrassing by-product of digestion Male: an endless source of…
    The Complete Book of Farts

    The Complete Book of Farts

    By Alec Bromcie rating of short cover   ( 2 customer ratings) Penguin Group US, October 2011 ISBN: 9781101547571 Humour & Comedy, General Humour Language:  English
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  • Anyone who has ever been a kid, raised a kid, or spent any time with kids knows that asking questions is a critical part of being a kid. Questions are how kids find out about the world, and they…
    The Handy Answer Book for Kids (and Parents)

    The Handy Answer Book for Kids (and Parents)

    By Gina Misiroglu rating of short cover   ( 12 customer ratings) Visible Ink Press, October 2009 ISBN: 9781578593248 Reference & Language, Reference Language:  English
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  • Upon its publication, George Seldes's The Great Thoughts instantly took its place as a classic--a treasure house of the seminal ideas that have shaped the intellectual history of the world down…
    Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated

    Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated

    By George Seldes rating of short cover   ( 81 customer ratings) Random House Publishing Group, August 2011 ISBN: 9780307775603 Almanacs & Trivia, Curiosities & Wonders Language:  English
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  • Heaven Help Us!Your days of worry and frustration are over. Whoever you are, whatever you do, there’s a patron saint who wants to help you—specifically you—with your troubles. This Saint Will Change…
    This Saint Will Change Your Life

    This Saint Will Change Your Life

    By Thomas J. Craughwell rating of short cover   ( 9 customer ratings) Quirk Books, November 2011 ISBN: 9781594745348 Reference, Guides & Handbooks Language:  English
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  • For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, and customs--from Kleenex to steak sauce…
    Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

    Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things

    By Charles Panati rating of short cover   ( 309 customer ratings) HarperCollins, February 2013 ISBN: 9780062277084 Reference & Language, Reference Language:  English
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  • The best kind of knowledge is uncommon knowledge.Okay, so maybe you know all the stuff you're supposed to know--that there are teenier things than atoms, that Remembrance of Things Past has something…
    An Underground Education

    An Underground Education - The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything…

    By Richard Zacks rating of short cover   ( 777 customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, October 2010 ISBN: 9780307766403 Almanacs & Trivia, Curiosities & Wonders Language:  English
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  • Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if…
    Daily Rituals

    Daily Rituals - How Artists Work

    rating of short cover   ( 26 customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, April 2013 ISBN: 9780307962379 Language:  English
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