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1	The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy more books like this by Rick Beyer Inspired by the popular History Channel( Timelab 2000 series, this book features the most startling stories ever plucked from the pages of history. 200+ photos & illustrations. see all copies from $7.59! new only from $10.45! \| SVS
2	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 $9.25! \| first editions \| SVS
3	An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't more books like this by Judy Jones, William Wilson When it was originally published in 1987, An Incomplete Education became a surprise bestseller. Now this instant classic has been completely updated, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here's your chance to brush up on all those ... see all copies from $20.11! new only from $20.11! \| SVS
4	Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book more books like this by David Feldman The highly successful Imponderables series continues with Feldman's best collection yet of questions about everyday life for which encyclopedias and other reference books just don't have answers. Destined to join the ranks of Feldman's earlier bestselling works like Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? and When Do Fish Sleep?--this is a must for his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Out of Sight more books like this by Elmore Leonard Despite his silky smoothness, Jack Foley has still managed to land in prison. He soon escapes, but then has the bad luck to run into deputy U.S. marshal Karen Sisco. He stuffs her into the trunk of the getaway car driven by his friend Buddy, but being a gentleman as well as a wanted man, climbs in with her. An odd first date, it works until Sisco ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Ripley's Believe It or Not more books like this by Robert Ripley A collection of feats, sights, miracles, and facts designed to convince you that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.34! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Beyond Coincidence: Stories of Amazing Coincidences and the Mystery and Mathematics That Lie Behind Them more books like this by Martin Plimmer, Brian King Ever wonder what the odds are of being struck by lightning? Or winning the lottery? Or meeting someone from Timbuktu with the same middle name as you? BEYOND COINCIDENCE recounts and analyzes over 200 amazing stories of synchronicity, the likes of: Laura Buxton, age ten, releases a balloon from her back yard. It lands 140 miles away in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
8	Guinness Book of Records more books like this by Guinness World Records This updated edition of THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS, first published in 1955, chronicles record-making abnormalities and achievements, merging the more traditional athletic and eating competitions with newer categories such as supermodels and the Internet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Ripley's Believe It or Not! Encyclopedia of the Bizarre: Amazing, Strange, Inexplicable, Weird and All True! more books like this by Julie Mooney, Ripley's Believe It or Not The bestselling "Encyclopedia of the Bizarre" is now available in a handier, more reasonably priced edition that retains every word and image of the original. From stupefying stunts to wacky world's records, all of Ripley's riveting findings are here, in an easy-to-browse, impossible-to-put-down color volume. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed more books like this by Karen Elizabeth Gordon The mysteries of colons and semicolons are uncovered in this inventive guide that is populated with a wacky cast of characters that manage to make the rules of punctuation seem simple and fun. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Ancient Inventions more books like this by Peter James, I. J. Thorpe We in the twentieth century tend to assume that our era has a monopoly on the inventions of clever machines, labor-saving devices, feats of engineering, and advanced technology. But as the authors of this fascinating and eye-opening book reveal, some of humankind's most important and most amazing inventions actually date back thousands of years. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats more books like this by Steve Ettlinger When Ettlinger's young daughter asked him, What's polysorbate 60? he was at a loss--and determined to find out. The result is a fascinating, thoroughly researched exploration into the food industry and some of the most commonly processed food ingredients. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.15! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Great Thoughts more books like this by George Seldes 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 through the ages. Seldes, a pivotal figure in the history of American journalism and a tireless researcher, spent the better part of his extraordinary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.94! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	It Was a Dark and Stormy Night more books like this by Scott Rice The fourth collection of hilarious selections taken from the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for the best of bad fiction. The world-famous competition seeks to find the most atrocious opening sentence to a hypothetical lousy novel. Here are entries from the past three years, plus Rice's advice on how to write in the Bulwer-Lytton mode. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.31!
15 view cover	An Underground Education: The Unauthorized and Outrageous Supplement to Everything You Thought You Knew about Art, Sex, Butsiness, Crime, Science, Medicine, and Other Fields of Human more books like this by Richard Zacks Anecdotes and miscellanea, some rather gruesome, which, though highly interesting, are seldom found in the ordinary school curricula. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Book of the damned more books like this by Charles Fort This work focuses on paranormal activity including UFOs, strange weather patterns, unusual inorganic materials from the sky, the strange disappearances of people under odd circumstances, and the existence of mythological creatures studied in cryptozoology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.78! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Disheveled Dictionary: A Curious Caper Through Our Sumptuous Lexicon more books like this by Karen Elizabeth Gordon Gordon's dictionary of odd and wonderful words is populated by an eccentric cast of characters that brings the words to life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Underground Education more books like this by Richard Zacks Anecdotes and miscellanea, some rather gruesome, which, though highly interesting, are seldom found in the ordinary school curricula. see all copies from $2.33! new only from $4.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Guinness World Records more books like this by Guinness Books (Creator) "Guinness World Records" 2007 is better than ever, with a custom-designed cover and all-new photos that bring the over 3,000 new and fully updated records to life, including new sections and an In a Minute feature where readers can learn all about records broken in just 60 seconds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $68.91!
20 view cover	Top 10 of Everything more books like this by Russell Ash This perennial bestseller is the place to look to get the lowdown on what or whom is the best, worst, richest, fiercest, deadliest, or simply biggest of practically anything. It features 600 lists on a diverse range of subjects, from blockbuster movies and music to stellar universities and popular drinks. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Guinness World Records 2004: Hundreds of New Records Inside more books like this by Guinness World Records This is the 2004 edition of the perennial favorite that charts the fastest, longest, slowest, and shortest (to name just four) things, people, and places in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $64.03! \| SVS
22	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
23	Guinness Book of World Records more books like this by Norris McWhirter (Editor) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	What Makes Flamingos Pink?: A Colorful Collection of Q & A's for the Unquenchably Curious more books like this by Bill McLain This fascinating new collection from the author of "Do Fish Drink Water" serves up more wild questions and answers that McLain has come across as Xerox's Webmaster. Using history, related "factoids" and helpful Websites, McLain explains how seedless watermelons are made, how squirrels don't fall off telephone wires, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.82! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Guinness World Records 2003: With Over 1000 Amazing New Records more books like this by Time Inc Home Entertainment (Creator) This high-interest and entertaining reference book includes the latest on unusual achievements in a variety of fields, as well as an expanded sports section that covers extreme sports and Olympic facts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.79! \| SVS

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