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  • Cursed Objects

    Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    They’re lurking in museums, graveyards, and private homes. Their often tragic and always bizarre stories have inspired countless horror movies, reality TV shows, novels, and campfire tales. They’re cursed objects, and all they need to unleash a wave of misfortune is . . . you.Many of these unfortunate items have intersected with some of the most notable events and people in history, leaving death ... Read more

    Was $9.89 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Cribsheet

    A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool

    by Emily Oster ...
    Series Book 2 - The ParentData Series
    **From the author of Expecting Better, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected an economist's guide to the early years of parenting.“Both refreshing and useful. With so many parenting theories driving us all a bit batty, this is the type of book that we need to help calm things down.” —LA Times**“The book is jampacked with information, but it’s also a delightful read because Oster is such a good ... Read more

    Was $8.19 USD Now $2.33 USD

  • This Way Up

    When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)

    by Map Men ...
    ***AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!**AUDIO BOOK NARRATED BY MARK COOPER-JONES AND JAY FOREMAN**An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!*The debut book from the YouTube sensation and all-round cartographical nerds, The Map Men!**Hello, we’re the Map Men and in the following pages, we’ve selected what we believe to be some of the very best wrong maps. Some of them are decades old, some are centuries ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The United States of Cryptids

    A Tour of American Myths and Monsters

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters is a fascinating and fully illustrated journey through the weird world of American cryptids, from iconic creatures like Bigfoot and Mothman to bizarre local legends most people have never heard of. Written by travel writer and folklore enthusiast J. W. Ocker, this entertaining nonfiction guide explores the myths, sightings, ... Read more

    Was $9.89 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Territorios improbables

    «Originalidad, solidez y belleza, tres cualidades de la arquitectura literaria de Pedro Torrijos. El talento de un relator de historias fascinantes en las que querrás quedarte a vivir», Raquel Martos«Nunca sé si Pedro Torrijos está loco o es un genio. Supongo que es una mezcla. Lo que si sé es que me encanta leer lo que escribe», Juan TallónLo que hacemos los seres humanos es construir. Desde ese ... Read more

    $9.29 USD

  • Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself'Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous biographers, the stupidity of the English - and his own genius.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... Read more

    $0.41 USD

  • Los nombres epicenos

    Translated by Sergi Pàmies ...
    Un suculento cuento cruel sobre amor, odio y venganza, protagonizado por una hija que jamás contó con el cariño de su padre.Los nombres epicenos son aquellos que, como Claude o Dominique, pueden utilizarse tanto en masculino como en femenino. En esta historia Claude es él y Dominique ella. Él despliega un gran empeño en casarse con ella, y después pone todavía más tesón en dejarla embarazada, ... Read more

    $9.79 USD

  • What Every BODY is Saying

    An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People

    OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLDJoe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people and master the science of understanding human behavior: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Dignity of Difference

    How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations New Revised Edition

    'Aims to define nothing less than a basis for religiously sensitive civilisation.'Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury'The Dignity of Difference has a central and compelling vision: the magnificence and inspiring human diversity of our world ... The Chief Rabbi has made a convincing case for respecting people of different faiths and creeds.' Jewish ChronicleThis r... ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • 0-5歲完整育兒百科 (全新修訂第七版)

    Translated by 郭珍琪 ...
    Series Book 33 - 健康百科
    **你還在用網路雜亂的資訊養育孩子嗎?0-5歲完整育兒百科【全新修訂第七版】美國小兒科學會,為母親、父親和護理人員提供最新的專家建議★****美國亞馬遜讀者口碑好評五顆星推薦**★全球超過470萬好評銷售,陪你一同照護嬰幼兒身心發展!★美國小兒科學會給全球爸媽、照顧者的專業養育指南**!**孩子是父母最寶貴的禮物,和寶寶相處是一段美好的時光,隨著他的性格發展、他的笑聲,以及和你在一起的快樂,天天都是神奇美妙的一天。對他而言,每天都有驚喜、新的成就,對你而言則是一份特別的體驗。如何守護好心肝寶貝成了人生重要、也棘手的考驗!0-5****歲是孩子身體發展的快速成長期,也是奠定孩子性格的重要關鍵期。</s... ... Read more

    $20.05 USD

  • Interior Castle (The Mansions)

    This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.Saint Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Tudo o Que Sei Sobre o Amor — Edição Especial

    Quando se trata das provações e triunfos da jornada até à idade adulta, a jornalista e ex-colunista do Sunday Times, Dolly Alderton, já viu e experimentou de tudo. Ela descreve-nos vividamente o processo por que passamos quando nos apaixonamos, a luta contra a autossabotagem, a procura de um emprego, o que é dar uma festa desastrosa cuja temática é o RodStewart, apanhar uma bebedeira, levar com os ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Know It All

    132 Head-Scratching Questions About the Science All Around Us

    by NewScientist ...
    Some of the craziest questions & answers from the magazine's "Last Word" column, on subjects like Earth, space, meteorology, evolution, health, and more.New Scientist magazine's beloved "Last Word" column is a rare forum for "un-Google-able" queries: Readers write in, and readers respond! Know It All collects 132 of the column's very best Q&As. The often-wacky questions cover physics, chemistry, ... Read more

    Was $11.59 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • The Greek Myths

    (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    by Robert Graves ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    Robert Graves, classicist, poet, and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audienceAnd, in the two volumes of The Greek Myths, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek Mythology is “no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons.” His work covers, in nearly two hundred sections, the creation myths; the legends ... Read more

    $5.29 USD

  • The Writing Frame of Mind

    From Bird by Bird

    by Anne Lamott ...
    Series series A Vintage Short
    A Vintage Shorts selection. • To the enormous challenges of being a writer, Anne Lamott offers invaluable advice and encouragement, which more than a million scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities have been inspired by for a quarter century.In this selection from her essential volume, Bird by Bird, Lamott tenderly recommends and outlines the qualities that every writer should learn to ... Read more

    $1.16 USD

  • 夏娃:女性身體如何推動兩億年的人類演化

    Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

    Series series 科學文化
    打破「雄性常態」這是一本以女性身體為核心的演化生物學巨著為什麼藥物試驗總是以男性為基準?為什麼女性的身體總是被當成附屬品?我們以為人類的故事主要是男性的故事,但事實並非如此。薄翰儂以驚人的科學考證與敘事魅力,顛覆了我們過去的認知:從遠古哺乳動物到現代智人,每一位「夏娃」都在塑造我們成為今天的樣子,女性的乳汁、子宮、脂肪、腦部、聲音、更年期……都承載了數億年的演化智慧,是推動生命、文明進展與愛的真正力量。《夏娃》是第一本完整書寫女性身體演化史的著作,也是一場徹底顛覆傳統視角的知識革命。閱讀《夏娃》,等於重新理解「何謂人類」。《夏娃》是一本重要而生動的書,文筆優美,字裡行間閃耀著令人愉悅的新奇知識。女性讀者會從中發現諸多啟示,男性讀者則會驚嘆不已。<... ... Read more

    $16.73 USD

  • The Craft of Research, Fifth Edition

    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    A thoroughly updated edition of a beloved classic that has guided generations of researchers in conducting effective and meaningful research.With more than a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from high-school students and first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to researchers in business and ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t

    500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

    by Shane Carley ...
    Series series Mind-Blowing True Facts
    Prove you are the smartest schmuck in the room with 500 true trivia facts that sound absurd. These facts are so far-fetched some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Give the gift that keeps giving to friends, family, fathers, or grads.Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at trivia night, or start the most interesting conversation ever with real facts that are hard to believe. This ... Read more

    $8.79 USD

  • The Secret Library

    A Book Lover's Journey Through Curiosities of Literature

    by Oliver Tearle ...
    How much do you know about the Victorian novelist who outsold Dickens? Or the woman who became the first published poet in America? Do you know what connects Homer’s Iliad to Aesop’s Fables?The Secret Library explores these intriguing morsels of lesser-known history, along with the familiar literary heavyweights we know and love. Bringing together an eclectic literary mix of novels, plays, travel ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Encyclopedia Britannica (A-D)

    Eleventh Edition - 1911

    by Britannica ...
    The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition is a 29-volume reference work. It was developed during the process of transitioning from being a British to an American publication. Many of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of that time. This edition of the encyclopedia is now in the public domain, and has been used extensively by Wikipedia.   ... Read more

    $3.68 USD

  • Rebel with a Clause

    Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian

    by Ellen Jovin ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher." —Mary Norris"[Jovin] never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work." —Benjamin DreyerAn unconventional guide to the English language following the adventures of a grammar guru's pop-up advice stand on an epic road trip across all 50 states.When Ellen Jovin first walked ... ... Read more

    $16.69 USD

  • Spanish verbs

    100 conjugated verbs

    Series Book 3 - 100 verbs
    Especially written for electronic devices, Spanish verbs has an introduction to the formation of all verbal tenses in Spanish, as well as 100 essential verbs fully conjugated with their meaning. This book allows the user to search in all the text because it has no images or vanishing or unreadable text. ... Read more

    $1.18 USD

  • The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery

    From Empty Page to Finished Mystery in Just 52 Weekends--A Dynamic Step-by-Step Program

    by Robert J. Ray ...
    Like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler, Sara Paretsky and Thomas Harris, you, too, can learn the trade secrets of quality detective fiction.It's true. Just one year from now, you can deliver a completed mystery novel to a publisher--by writing only on weekends. Authors Robert J. Ray and Jack Remick guide you through the entire mystery-writing process, from creating a killer to polishing off the ... Read more

    Was $6.39 USD Now $5.29 USD

  • True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Pop Culture

    500 Unbelievable Facts That Aren’t Just Clickbait

    by Shane Carley ...
    Series series Mind-Blowing True Facts
    Prove you are the most cultured person in the room with 500 true trivia facts about pop culture. These facts are so absurd some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Explore the scandalous and the secretive in this all access addition to the True Facts series that spills all the gossip of your favorite celebrities, movies, music, and more. Give the gift that keeps giving to friends, family ... Read more

    $8.79 USD