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Do Elephants Jump?
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99Ponder, if you will ... Where do you find fascinating explanations for a multitude of mysteries? Why do pianos have 88 keys? How does the hole get in the needle of a syringe? Why is peanut butter sticky? Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in Do Elephants Jump? One of the Imponderables® series --... more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Robert's Rules, 2nd Edition
DK Publishing 2005; US$ 16.95The whens, hows and whys of keeping order. Robert's Rules have long been the ultimate guide for running meetings and outlining procedures. T he Complete Idiot's Guide® to Robert's Rules, Second Edition , teaches readers everything from the ladder of motions to how to use Robert's Rules for any size or type of meeting or political caucus. ?This... more...
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 110.00This is a one-of-a-kind reference for anyone with a serious interest in mathematics. Edited by Timothy Gowers, a recipient of the Fields Medal, it presents nearly two hundred entries, written especially for this book by some of the world's leading mathematicians, that introduce basic mathematical tools and vocabulary; trace the development of modern... more...
American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 114.00American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition profiles more than 300 important Americans from colonial times to the present. Featuring such inventors and entrepreneurs as Thomas Edison and Madame C.J. Walker, this revised resource provides in-depth information on robber barons and their counterparts as well as current... more...
Homework For Grown-Ups, Australian Edition
Random House Australia 2010; US$ 18.08The Australian edition of this bestselling classic. Don't know your isosceles from your equilateral? Forgotten who wrote Waltzing Matilda? Do you know when you've left a participle hanging? And are you left slack-jawed when your children ask you what 'quid pro quo' means? Bewildered already? Fret no longer. Homework for Grown-ups Australian Edition... more...
The Truth About Violence
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there were nearly 1.4 million violent crimes committed in the United States in 2008. Violence is the second leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 10 and 24. Recent incidents, such as the shootings at Virginia Tech University, highlight the need for teenagers and young adults to be... more...
The Second Book of General Ignorance
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 19.95From the brains behind The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. The original Book of General Ignorance was published in 2006. It has since been translated into twenty-six... more...
The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 24.99A handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books?organized by weekends and topic Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time but have forgotten it since ? Always wondered who really invented the World Wide Web? Here is the... more...
Latino Baseball Legends
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 85.00Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia offers the most comprehensive, go-to source for everything relating to Latin American baseball stars, tracing the history of Latinos in baseball through the stories of those who have excelled at the game. Colorfully written 3,000-word entries explore the lives and careers of 25 dominant players, from legends... more...
Usefully Useless
Random House 2012; US$ 13.34Usefully Useless is a gloriously diverse volume dedicated to the most engrossing trivia in the world. Guaranteed to excite the curiosity and amuse, its pages are filled with the sort of remarkable information you would never learn, but will be overjoyed to discover. Each fact is irresistibly fun and fascinating - the essence of anecdote and dinner-party... more...









