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ISBN: 9780091945244 - I Never Knew That About New York I Never Knew That About New York
Christopher Winn

ISBN10: 0091945240  ISBN13: 9780091945244
Publisher: Ebury Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Apr 2013
Deals with New York's secrets and its hidden treasures. This title helps you learn about the people who built New York into one of the world's great cities in just 400 years. In "I Never Knew That About New York", Christopher Winn digs beneath the... More

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ISBN: 9780719806964 - Foster's English Oddities Foster's English Oddities
Allen Foster

ISBN10: 0719806968  ISBN13: 9780719806964
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 28 Mar 2013
A wonderful collection of England's quirkiest characters, most extraordinary facts and strangest coincidences. This fascinating book is a must-read for anyone interested in English trivia! The perfect book for trivia lovers and armchair historians. More

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ISBN: 9781440538810 - An Intellectual's Visual Miscellany An Intellectual's Visual Miscellany
Daniel P Murphy

ISBN10: 1440538816  ISBN13: 9781440538810
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 30 Nov 2012
Feast your eyes on the greatest moments in history. Featuring more than 700 gorgeous photographs and illustrations, you will bask in the spectacular works prominent in art, history, literature, and science A breathtaking journey through the... More

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ISBN: 9781426209659 - Tales of the Weird Tales of the Weird
David Braun (Editor) David Braun

ISBN10: 1426209657  ISBN13: 9781426209659
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Nov 2012
Engaging format that is entertaining for the mind and easy on the wallet, this book is logically organised by subject, every chapter features the true tales that have attracted millions of fans with their oddness and their power to amaze. More

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ISBN: 9781849533225 - The British Isles The British Isles
Paul Anthony Jones

ISBN10: 1849533229  ISBN13: 9781849533225
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 07 Nov 2012
Did you know... that oldest tree in Wales is a yew in Llangernyw in Conwy, thought to be around 4,000 years old? ...that London is one of only three cities worldwide to have hosted both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games? This title brings... More

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ISBN: 9780857896223 - The Things That Nobody Knows The Things That Nobody Knows
William Hartston

ISBN10: 0857896229  ISBN13: 9780857896223
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
Now in paperback: the perfect quirky Christmas present for readers of New Scientist and anyone who enjoys QI. The Things that Nobody Knows is a fascinating and unputdownable exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet... More

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ISBN: 9781612191669 - The Right Way To Do Wrong The Right Way To Do Wrong
Harry Houdini

ISBN10: 1612191665  ISBN13: 9781612191669
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Oct 2012

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ISBN: 9780571288519 - Big Questions From Little People ... Answered By Some Very Big People Bestseller Big Questions From Little People ... Answered By Some Very Big People
Gemma Elwin Harris

ISBN10: 0571288510  ISBN13: 9780571288519
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
Why is the sea salty? How far away is space? Why can't I tickle myself? What makes me me? But how are we supposed to answer them? This title is suitable for those who wants to understand the complexities of life, the universe and why cakes taste... More

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ISBN: 9781848314160 - The Science Magpie Bestseller The Science Magpie
Simon Flynn

ISBN10: 1848314167  ISBN13: 9781848314160
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 04 Oct 2012
Fascinating lists, facts, stories, poems, drawings, diagrams - and even jokes - across the scientific disciplines and from science's bejewelled history. From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a... More

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ISBN: 9780752465074 - Cox's Fragmenta II Cox's Fragmenta II
Simon Murphy

ISBN10: 0752465074  ISBN13: 9780752465074
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2012
Cox's Fragmenta II A presumptuous bear imposing on a coachful of ladies, how to behave in the British Museum, the dangers of dallying with a black-eyed girl and the Royal Navy's inaugural biscuit machine are just some of the masterpieces of... More