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If coffee is the foundation of your food pyramid, then this colorful compendium of fun facts and infographics is for you . . .
Ryoko Iwata collects the best pieces from her popular web site, I Love Coffee, and adds a generous shot of brand-new material in this tribute for true-brew fans of the beloved beverage. Overflowing with infographics and fun, interesting (and occasionally useful) facts, the book explores such topics as:
• Your Brain on...
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"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant Digest & Review Activists fought for an end to child labor. Women secretly shared pamphlets about contraceptives. At the height of prohibition, patrons at certain cafes drank whiskey from teapots. Born in 1900, Addie Baum formed an identity separate from her traditional upbringing during a time of worldwide change. Now, at age eighty-five, Addie tells her granddaughter about her life and the times in which she lived,...
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The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg Digest & Review. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is a novel about two women who are forced to step back, take a look at their lives, and ultimately question who they are and what they are doing. Sookie Crackenberry has grown up with an overbearing and challenging mother, Lenore Simmons Crackenberry. Then one day, Sookie accidentally stumbles upon a scandalous family secret that...
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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Digest & Review. Ove is a lonely soul with nothing left to live for. He has lost his wife and child to a horrific accident that leaves him crippled mentally. What ends up happening in A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is nothing less than magic. A grumpy, bitter man who believes it is him against the word warms our hearts and invites us in. The plot is predictable, but the reader will be surprised to fall in love...
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A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson Digest & Review.
A God in Ruins is the companion novel to Life after Life, both written by Kate Atkinson. Life after Life tapped into what life would be like with infinite chances to live and how choices affect those chances. A God in Ruins tells the story of Teddy Todd-husband, father, and war hero-as he tries to adjust to life after the war. He never expected to survive the war, so he is essentially facing a future...
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Last One Home by Debbie Macomber Digest & Review. Last One Home is a novel written by Debbie Macomber. The central plot of the book is about a woman who discovers the bravery needed to finally let go of her past and turn her attention to herself and her daughter after she leaves a bad marriage. It does not focus on the violence and heartache of the situation, but instead shows that with the help and love of friends and family, a single mother can...
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The Bible has inflamed the hearts of poets and martyrs, spawned revolutions and reformations, and influenced cultures and personal lives in sometimes small, sometimes dramatic ways. With a teacher's wit and knowledge, bestsellling author J. Stephen Lang again turns to the Bible and navigates more of its immense treasures in his easily accessible and informative style in 1,001 More Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible. You will discover...
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SEC Football Trivia is filled from cover to cover with interesting questions and answers about the part of the country where college football is a religion: Who was the cub reporter that covered the Tide practice sessions in Pasadena prior to the 1935 Rose Bowl contest? The most coveted college football award is named for which early Auburn coach? Which Georgia All-American was nicknamed "the Brat"? In what year did Coach Bear Bryant lead Kentucky...
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CRAZY-BUT-TRUE FACTS, PECULIAR OCCURRENCES, DESPICABLE CRIMES, BIZARRE RECORDS, UNBELIEVABLE CREATURES AND MANY MORE SHOCKING ODDITIES
Delving into the shocking side of pop culture, science and history, Listverse's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists offers a wealth of fascinating reading with over 200 lists and more than 2,000 interesting facts, including:
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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the The Invention of Wings • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read • And more!
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Orphan Store Signs are signs for businesses that are gone, no longer there. The signs remain, the business does not. Sometimes the Orphan Store Signs are above other businesses. There is a story waiting for you just by walking downtown.
In the Summer of 2018, David Macpherson recorded all the Orphan Store Signs he came across in Worcester County Massachusetts. This book is the record of what he saw.
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What's the traditional Irish cure for a hangover? What do Irish men and women hope to ward off by wearing an iron ring on the fourth finger? Which daughter of the Emerald Isle was hanged in Boston on accusations of being a witch? Think you know the answers to these tough questions? It's time to test your IQ (Irish Quotient, that is) and find out.
More fun than a U2 concert on St. Patrick's Day, Irish Trivia on Tap is packed with over 600 questions...
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What are the best television series ever made and what do you know about them? Gem Classic TV Series introduces you to a selection of around 80 series, providing key facts, critics' comments, quotations and trivia questions.
This Collins Gem is published in flexi binding, providing the durability of a hardback with the flexibility of a paperback. In a stylish new cover design, Gem Classic TV Series introduces an ever-popular subject.
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Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the Who Do You Love • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read • And more!
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Digest & Review. With this digest companion, you'll enjoy: • A digest of the Ready Player One • Content for your book club or other group event. • Stories beyond the digest and tidbits you may not know • The book's impact and its important to read • And more!
19) Nebraska Trivia
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Nebraska Trivia is the who, what, when, where, and how book of the great state of Nebraska. Filled with interesting questions and answers about well-known and not so well-known facts of this colorful, historic state, Nebraska Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education. Designed for use in a wide variety of settings - home, office, school, parties - it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Cornhusker State....
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Some 600 words and phrases from the world of sports that are now part of the vernacular. Terms from baseball, boxing, football, basketball, hockey, cricket and rugby pepper the English language, whether the subject is war (a maneuver in the Gulf War was called a "hail Mary play") to love (she's on the rebound). Baseball has given us southpaw, go to bat, coming out of left field, playing hardball. Boxers had to go the distance unless they were saved...
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