Dave "Ask Dave" Smith, retired Chief Archivist of The Walt Disney Company, has been fielding Disney trivia questions for over 30 years. And now, the most intriguing of those questions and answers have been compiled in this secret-filled book!

The Simple Way To Learn German...If you are curious about the German language, eager to know interesting things about Germany's culture and her people, or are just an ambitious reader looking for new short stories to add to your digital library, then this book would be a great fit for you!This book features several short stories in the Germanic tongue, along with their English translations. There are also sections dedicated to some grammati...

Scan the QR codes to reveal the answers in the coolest quiz book craze sweeping the internet!This interactive quiz book allows you to instantly find out the answer just by scanning the QR code with your mobile phone. The answers are contained within the QR code - just scan the code and it will pop up in your app.Use any QR code scanner app for Blackberry, Android, iPhone or Windows devices. If you donât have one already installed then find out where to get one from at the...

This is a story of a bitter struggle, in which collusion with the UK police and security services resulted in victimization, violence and unemployment, with terrible effects on families and communities. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the workers, Blacklisted reveals how, when major construction projects were unionized, those involved were unlawfully targeted. Includes international perspectives on the practice of blacklisting.

Scan the QR codes to reveal the answers in the coolest quiz book craze sweeping the internet!This interactive quiz book allows you to instantly find out the answer just by scanning the QR code with your mobile phone. The answers are contained within the QR code - just scan the code and it will pop up in your app.Use any QR code scanner app for Blackberry, Android, iPhone or Windows devices. If you donât have one already installed then find out where to get one from at the...

Walt Disney's animated characters moved across the silver screen with the grace of fine actors. His vision revolutionized everything from television to theme parks. But this book is perhaps the preeminent aspect of his legacy - his philosophies and his dreams. Each anecdote lends sometimes simple, sometimes profound observations on life and all of its triumphs and defeats. The quotes in this charming volume range from the well known to the obscure. Within the pages of Quotable Walt Disney ...

* Practical strategies for avoiding dangerous bear encounters* Debunks commonly held myths about people and bears* Provides tested strategies to help you avoid conflict with black bears and grizzliesBear expert Dave Smith gives you the basics -- like how to choose a good campsite and properly store your food so that you don't have to worry whether that pepper spray you brought will work on the bear that wanders into camp. He debunks commonly held myths about people an...

Learning German Made Easy...Anyone looking to break the monolingual mold which so many native English speakers find themselves enclosed in will invariably find this book to be helpful.Here, we have a plethora of tips and techniques for learning German, as well as virtually any other language the reader can think of. If you are in search for a book on the subject of German learning, this would be the first for you to consider.Some of the nume...

In Called by Distances, Biljana D. Obradović looks back at a life that includes surviving the demise of her native country of Yugoslavia, the loss of her parents in the same year, and displacement from Hurricane Katrina. Her poetry encompasses loves and deaths, international travels and adjustments to American culture, often accompanied by a feeling of not belonging anywhere. What emerges from these richly evocative poems is a portrait of an artist who resists the call to assimila...

A New York Public Library Best Book of 2025Steve Scafidi’s The Appalachian Sea explores the eponymous place of mountains and story, of rivers and magic, as well as of mortality, where people work and live and die. What began as an homage to the American painter Miles Cleveland Goodwin became a celebration of the spectral qualities of place and home. The artist’s gothic imagery of haints and dark orchards haunts the book, wherein the Shenandoah wends, old f...

Capturing the breadth of Julie Kane’s poetics across nearly four decades—formalist and neo-confessional, steeped in both Boston Irish-American and New Orleans cultures—Naked Ladies displays the full range and achievement of her work. Gathered here in one volume are selections from Kane’s five previous collections, including her long-out-of-print first book and her subsequent winners of the National Poetry Series and Donald Justice Poetry Prize. Readers will also find a generous se...

The poetry of Claudia Emerson is marked by a precise, evocative handling of subjects drawn from her upbringing in the rural South yet recognizable to readers across cultures: complicated family histories, the eccentricities of place, the frustrations of illness, the pleasures of language and environment. Speakers drawn from history and local settings recount narratives of loss, struggle, and perseverance. The natural world glistens with beauty and vitality. Cancer overtakes the body, produ...