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4) The Olympics
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David & Charles
Pub. Date
2012
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Who reprimanded Hitler during the 1936 Olympic Games?
When did the Olympic event "shin-kicking" get banned?
Which Shakespearean play refers to the Olympic Games?
Who was the first official cheat in 388 BC?
Find the answers to these questions and many other intriguing aspects of the Olympic Games in this absorbing collection of stories and trivia.
Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: The Olympics reveals the beguiling stories behind the well-known history...
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David & Charles
Pub. Date
2012
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An invaluable reference for growing and using herbs. Includes extensive illustrations. This book covers everything the gardener needs to know in order to cultivate, harvest, and use a vast array of different herbs. There is a wealth of practical information on growing and planting, provided in a clear, easy-to-use, month-by-month format, allowing gardeners to instantly find the advice they need when they need it. You’ll find an introduction...
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Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2012
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National Geographic's guide to 36 "super" herbs such as aloe, echinacea, ginkgo, and peppermint includes a wealth of essential information on the history, culture, folklore, and science of traditional and contemporary herbal medicine in all major culture areas of the world. Emphasizing current research and therapeutic uses, the volume provides an A-Z listing of 36 of the more than 80,000 known medicinal plants around the world. Information about each...
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The first all-photographic field guide, now revised with new photography and text. Descriptions of 390 species have been brought up to date with the most current, widely accepted checklist of North American mammals. The descriptions are keyed to 374 full-color photographs of the animals as they appear in their native habitats, often displaying characteristic behavior. The National Audubon Society Field Guides are the first to be organized with a visual...
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Adams Media
Pub. Date
2010
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"The last WoW module was clunky and a bit slow on my rig but it had a great toolset for building adventures for my avatar. Now I'm at sixtieth level! Awesome!" Whether it's about science fiction, Star Trek, sports, comics, or computers, geekspeak is full of mysterious words and phrases. But now there's an easy way to understand what it's all about. With this book you can dork out with the best of 'em. Here are more than 1,000 words and their definitions,...
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Lulu Publishing Services
Pub. Date
2014
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KEN RICE has been a counselor, and a hospital and fire department chaplain for several years, formerly in Colorado and now in Austin, Texas. He is also a Board Certified Professional Counselor by the American Psychotherapy Association, and certified as a Registered Psychotherapist by Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies. He has been called to numerous death scenes to provide support for families that have lost a loved one in death. With...
14) Fantastic Finds
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Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
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Fantastic FindsFantastic Finds tells the tales that make us all yearn for the hunt. And the reward.
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Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
2012
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From modern-day challenges such as balancing a checkbook, following the stock market, buying a home, and figuring out credit card finance charges to appreciating historical developments by Pythagoras, Archimedes, Newton, and other mathematicians, this engaging resource addresses more than 1,000 questions related to mathematics. Organized into chapters that cluster similar topics in an easily accessible format, this reference provides clear and concise...
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ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
2011
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What effect does growing up in an ethnic minority and perhaps in an immigrant family have on development? That is the overarching question Latina and Latino Children's Mental Health sets out to answer. The work examines all of the myriad physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy development in Latino American children, from biology to economics to public policy. The first volume of this two-volume...
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ABC-CLIO
Pub. Date
2013
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100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America provides a two-volume encyclopedia of the individuals whose contributions to society made the 20th century what it was. Comprising contributions from 20 academics and experts in their field, the thought-provoking essays examine the men and women who have shaped the modern American cultural experience—change agents who defined their time period as a result of their talent, imagination, and enterprise. Organized...
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