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1	Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things more books like this by Charles Panati In this irresistible compendium of unusual facts, Charles Panati, the foremost specialist on everything, tells how hundreds of our everyday items, expressions and customs actually came to be. Sure to delight the curious fact and trivia lover in all of us. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Sacred Origins of Profound Things: The Stories Behind the Rites and Rituals of the World's Religions more books like this by Charles Panati In this enlightening and entertaining book, the author of Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things covers the spectrum of religious items and ideas, exploring the origins of sacred practices and customs, the reasons for religious holidays, the meaning of vestments, sacraments, and more. Line illustrations. see all copies from $2.24! new only from $5.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody more books like this by Charles Panati Backtracking on the footsteps of his wildly successful Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, Panati describes in fascinating detail endings of every sort and explains how and why they came to their demise. Harper & Row. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias: The Origins of Our Most Cherished Obsessions more books like this by Charles Panati Author of the wildly successful Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, Charles Panati is back and at his finest, describing hundreds of frivolous fads, foolish follies, and humorous hits of the last 100 years. 125 woodcuts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Silent Intruder more books like this by Charles Panati, Russ Hudson see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
6	Browsers Book Beginnings Pa more books like this by Charles Panati, Russ Hudson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Pleasuring of Rory Malone by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Sexy Origins and Intimate Things: The Rites and Rituals of Straights, Gays, Bis, Drags, Trans, more books like this by Charles Panati Where did the word "love" come from? Has there ever been a gay pope? How did Valentine's Day originate? From the lascivious to the romantic, from the hard-core to the scientific and the scholarly, this engaging and eye-opening compendium of little known facts about sex is both informative and endlessly entertaining. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Panati's Brower's Book of Beginnings more books like this by Charles Panati, Charles Paueti, Russ Hudson What is the origin of checkers? Who invented the first computer? Where did people get last names? Who put the bop in bob-de-bob? The answers to these and t housands of other questions are found in a sumptuous, humorous compendium of fascinating facts. 100 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Breakthroughs more books like this by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Supersenses; Our Potential for Parasensory Experience more books like this by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
12	The Browser's Book of Beginnings: Origins of Everything Under, and Including, the Sun more books like this by Charles Panati Obsessed with the origins of things, Charles Panati has dug up enough beginnings and firsts for any barroom sage, or academician, to fend off the most troublesome trivia queries. Ranging from the beginnings of galaxies, the emergence of bacteria, and from bony fish to soap, loaded dice, ethnic slurs, hypnosis, comic strips and much more, The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.99! \| first editions
13	Links : a novel by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	Words to Live by: The Origins of Conventional Wisdom and Commonsense Advice more books like this by Charles Panati An exploration into the origins of familiar American sayings that embody common sense and cultural values. For example, "Beauty is only skin deep" was born in a 15th-century divorce court. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.50! \| first editions
15	Links more books like this by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16	Los Origenes Sagrados de Las Cosas Profundas more books like this by Charles Panati Exposicion profunda sobre costumbres y creencias de las grandes religiones del mundo. Por que rezamos con las manos juntas? Que regimen alimentario es obligatorio en cada religion? see all copies from $39.29! new only from $39.30!
17	Silent Intruder more books like this by Michael Hudson, Charles Panati see all copies from $2.77!
18	The Browser's Book of Beginnings: Origins of Everything Under (And Including) the Sun more books like this by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99!
19	The Browser's Book of Endings: The End of Practically Everything and Everybody more books like this by Charles Panati Panati now offers a word on how people, places, and things have met their endthrough the centuries. 100+ drawings, diagrams, and archival photographs. see all copies from $14.89! new only from $50.75!
20	Sacred Origins more books like this by Charles Panati Charles Panati ventures into the sacred world, exploring the roots of symbols, practices, rituals, holidays, customs, devotions, and personae heavenly and saintly of the world's religions, primarily Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, but also venturing out to Hinduism, Buddhism and elsewhere when his search takes him there. The book tells the ... see all copies from $11.98! new only from $20.68!
21	Breakthroughs : astonishing advances in your lifetime in medicine, science and technology more books like this by Charles Panati see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22	Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody by Charles Panati A fascinating, anecdotal survey of the demise of nearly everything under the sun--from why Thomas Jefferson held off death to expire on July 4th to the real cause of Joan of Arc's burning. Panati describes surprising and little-known stories behind the termination of both the grandiose and the insignificant. see all copies from $7.00!
23	Universalgeschichte Der Ganz Gewöhnlichen Dinge by Charles Panati see all copies from $13.00!

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