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The alternative name book will help you find a unique and hip name to suit your tot.

Includes: -Introduction analysing the phenomenon of why celebrities choose such extraordinary names - Around 500 barmy names with spoof meanings -Stories of alternatively named children who chose to rebel against their names and lead more normal lives

Pop culture guru David Feldman demystifies these questions and much more in Do Elephants Jump? One of the Imponderables(R) series -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's everyday mysteries -- and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, this book provides you with small mysteries that puzzle and amaze us.

Slurries are mixtures of liquids and solid particles of all types. For instance, liquid is used as a way of transporting what you get out of the mine, which might be better than shoveling it into freight cars and carrying it out by train.

Slurry systems are fundamental to dredging, many mineral processes, bridge and tunnel construction, and to the manufacturer of synthetic petroleum products from oil sands.

How King Midas's touch became golden and other stories behind everyday phrases, idioms, and literary allusions

Finding silver would not spark the same excitement if all a prospector could say was, "There it is!" nor would anyone be menacing with the moniker "Arthur the Somewhat Disgruntled." But thanks to thousands of years of evolving language, we have words and phrases like "Eureka!" and "Attila the Hun" that bring color and vibrancy to our conversations and our writing.

Unfortunately, often lost in the millennia is the history of how these sayings came to be. "Green-Eyed Monsters...

A unique, simplified, commonsense approach to rules for effective group leadership. This practical manual:

- Is based on Robert's "Rules of Order," neither changing nor superseding standard procedure.
- Enables anyone to use Robert's "Rules" without memorizing the rules.
- Features the unique "split-page" Finger Index for in-meeting use to locate specific rules.
- Includes easy-reference question-and-answer charts answering the eight basic aspects of every...