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"An inspiring entrepreneur, known for his popular The #AskGaryVee Show, highlights the most interesting questions ever posed to him and offers insights and advice on marketing, using social media, creating a personal brand and how to hire superstar employees."--Publisher's description.
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English
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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facetsof the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu - on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this...
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever looked at a car and wondered how it worked? Maybe an airplane piqued your curiosity. Or a building, or a piece of everyday technology like your phone. Learn about how these things developed over time and how they impacted the course of human development. From ancient chariots of war, to the telegraph, to the technologies of the future, learn about the mechanics of the world around us."-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Llewellyn Publications
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First ed.
Language
English
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"Finding a one-of-a-kind antique doll at a garage sale is a great feeling--until you bring that doll home and discover it's haunted. Objects with restless spirits attached to them can quietly invade a home through auctions, antique dealers, estate sales, garage sales, and inheritance. This spooky collection examines a wide variety of haunted items, from screaming skulls to demonic dolls, and how they affect the owner's life. Haunted Stuff provides...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool...
8) Artemis
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English
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"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition 2017.
Language
English
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"A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is as close as the nearest toaster? In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
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"How to Hold Animals is the irresistible guide to holding more than forty critters according to advice from wildlife specialists. Learn from the experts? a pet shop owner, a veterinarian, a wildlife photographer, and a reptile handler? how to pick up and hold dozens of species of animals, great and small, furry, scaly, and feathery, including snails, chipmunks, chickens, chinchillas, stag beetles, lizards, hamsters, owls, grasshoppers, mice, and more....
12) The moon
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.
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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Which were the most fearsome predators? How big were the most gigantic plant-eaters? Why did so many dinosaurs have frills, crests, or spikes? Did dinosaurs really lay eggs? Which ones had feathers? If you want to know the answers, then this may be the book for you! Take on this brain-busting challenge about prehistoric life.
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Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Dive into the Wild Wicked Wonderful world of the animal kingdom with the Top 10: Daredevils. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating information and wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, glossary with simplified...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents weird and wonderful facts about animals and the humans who study them, explaining the sometimes bizarre things scientists will do in order to understand animals and their behavior.
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In these pages, you'll find more than 150 tricks, shortcuts, and cheats for everyday life: house and home, cars, clothing, travel, food, health, and more. This ... reference book [offers] bits of advice and life hacks that already exist in the world around you--you just never knew"--Cover.
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