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Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim.
ISBN: 9781425796389 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure: but not for Stephen. By the time he turned forty, he had already survived a hurricane, been shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, been written into a Shakespearean play, witnessed the famine and abandonment of Jamestown Colony, and participated in the marriage of Pocahontas. He was once...
In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as ...
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Big Book of Women's Trivia
ISBN: 9781573243520 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Big Book of Women's Trivia spans history, crosses cultures, ranges from the silly to the salacious to the truly useful and back again. Organized into ten chapters: Women and Their Wardrobes, The Body Beautiful, and Not So Ladies, Matters of Love, In the Ladies' Room, Ladies Look at the Animal Kingdom, Women Doing It for Themselves, Saintly Manifestations and Royal Subjects, Women's Sporting Life, Celebrity Sightings of the Female Variety, and ???nally, Final Feminine Facts You Absolutely Can't Live Without. The Big Book of Women's Trivia will teach ladies little known facts about the...
The Big Book of Women's Trivia spans history, crosses cultures, ranges from the silly to the salacious to the truly useful and back again. Organized i...
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Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim.
ISBN: 9781425796334 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure: but not for Stephen. By the time he turned forty, he had already survived a hurricane, been shipwrecked in the Bermuda Triangle, been written into a Shakespearean play, witnessed the famine and abandonment of Jamestown Colony, and participated in the marriage of Pocahontas. He was once...
In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman's coat as ...
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Classic Country Music Trivia Quiz
ISBN: 9781934553077 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,87 |
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American Slang, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780061179471 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With 1,500 new words and phrases, this abridged edition of the Dictionary of American Slang is the most buzzworthy, banging collection of colloquial American English--no joke This fully updated and abridged fourth edition of American Slang contains more than 1,500 new terms representing the variety and vigor of American slang, from "yada yada yada" to "yo momma." There's no better resource for those who are curious about language, fascinated by counterculture, or just completely confused when other people talk. Like previous editions, this edition features... With 1,500 new words and phrases, this abridged edition of the Dictionary of American Slang is the most buzzworthy, banging collection of ... |
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The Sun Soap Quiz Book
ISBN: 9780007270804 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The definitive soap opera quiz book packed full of 2000 quality questions to test even the most avid of fans. Who is the only original member of the Coronation Street cast to still appear in the show? -Ken Barlow Eastenders is set in which fictional London suburb? -Walford Who burnt down the church in Emmerdale in 2002? -Zoe Tate Who shot JR? -Kristin Shepard Soap operas are a national obsession in Britain. Soaps have consistently rated in the top 10 of Britain's Most Watched TV since 1960s and single episodes of Coronation Street and EastEnders have reached over 19 million... The definitive soap opera quiz book packed full of 2000 quality questions to test even the most avid of fans. Who is the only original member... |
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GAA Quiz Book 2: Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions (Collins Puzzle Books)
ISBN: 9780007283729 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ultimate Gaelic football and hurling quiz book, packed full of questions for all levels of knowledge.
The ultimate Gaelic football and hurling quiz book, packed full of questions for all levels of knowledge.
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Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
ISBN: 9780767928069 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?
We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the retelling, and most of us are fairly sure we re way above average. In Why We Make Mistakes, journalist Joseph T. Hallinan sets out to explore the captivating science of human error how we think, see, remember, and forget, and... We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn t), and we think we should...
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Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
ISBN: 9781599219790 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Breverton s Nautical Curiosities is arranged into thematic chapters: 1) 1) The ocean environment animals, geography, geology, weather, coasts, islands 2) 2) Ship types and parts from the first boat to the latest cutting-edge technology"
Breverton s Nautical Curiosities is arranged into thematic chapters: 1) 1) The ocean environment animals, geography, geology, weather, coasts, islands...
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Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
ISBN: 9781611450538 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the link between map and apron, acrobat and oxygen, zeal and jealousy, flour and pollen, secret and crime? Did you know that crimson originally comes from the name of tiny scale insects, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is made? That Yankee began as a nickname for Dutchmen? That omelette evolved from amulette, "a thin sheet of metal," and is a not-too- distant cousin of the word laminate? That jeans find their antecedent in jean fustian, meaning "a cotton fabric from Genoa"? The Dictionary of Word Origins uncovers the hidden and often surprising...
What is the link between map and apron, acrobat and oxygen, zeal and jealousy, flour and pollen, secret and crime? Did you know that crimson originall...
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Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits: Unfamiliar Terms for Familiar Things
ISBN: 9780399536724 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diastema*? Scratching your occiput* now?
Rod L. Evans's Thingamajigs and Whatchamacallits will help take the mystery out of some of our most obscure words. Containing hundreds of words from agitron (the phenomenon of wiggly lines in comic strips indicating that something is shaking) to zarf (the holder for a paper cone coffee cup), this lively reference will enable you to easily locate your thingamajig or whatchamacallit, be... Have you been guilty of catachresis* at work? Have you defenestrated* your dictionary in frustration? Do you have phloem bundles* stuck in your diaste...
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Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s and 80s
ISBN: 9780399536717 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you owe a couple cavities to Marathon candy bars, learned your adverbs from Schoolhouse Rock , and can still imitate the slo-mo bionic running sound of The Six Million Dollar Man, this book is for you.
Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? takes you back in time to the tastes, smells, and sounds of childhood in the '70s and '80s, when the Mystery Date board game didn't seem sexist, and exploding Pop Rocks was the epitome of candy science. But what happened to the toys, tastes, and trends of our youth? Some vanished totally, like Freakies cereal. Some stayed... If you owe a couple cavities to Marathon candy bars, learned your adverbs from Schoolhouse Rock , and can still imitate the slo-mo bionic runni...
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Everything You Never Wanted to Know and Never Bothered to Ask
ISBN: 9780956061874 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A curio shop of a book that is brilliant for family quizzes or quiz shows. Brian Ariel has filled the book with fascinating facts and trivia to amuse you and all around you for hours on end. This book makes a great Christmas or Birthday present.
A curio shop of a book that is brilliant for family quizzes or quiz shows. Brian Ariel has filled the book with fascinating facts and trivia to amuse ...
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The Mental Floss History of the United States: The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America
ISBN: 9780061928239 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Smarter than your old history teacher, funnier than the founding fathers, and more American than apple pie, The Mental Floss History of the United States is an almost (but not entirely) comprehensive primer on American history (or at least, the good stuff). From the editors of MentalFloss.com and mental_floss magazine--with its tagline: "Feel smart again"--comes an American History text packed with hilarious (but true ) trivia written in the smart-aleck tradition of The Mental Floss History of the World, Mental Floss Presents In the Beginning, and the...
Smarter than your old history teacher, funnier than the founding fathers, and more American than apple pie, The Mental Floss History of the Unite...
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Everything But the Kitchen Sink: What Every Modern Woman Needs to Know
ISBN: 9781451655582 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An eclectic and witty guide to everything and anything that a twenty-first-century female wants--or needs--to know, The Artful Conversationalist is essentially Schott's Miscellany for the modern woman.
An eclectic and witty guide to everything and anything that a twenty-first-century female wants--or needs--to know, The Artful Conversationalist...
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The Book of Deadly Animals
ISBN: 9780143120742 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether at a zoo, on a camping trip, or under our bedsheets, we are surrounded by animals. While most are perfectly harmless, it's the magnificent exceptions that populate The Book of Deadly Animals. Award-winning writer Gordon Grice takes readers on a tour of the animal kingdom from grizzly bears to great white sharks, big cats to crocodiles. Every page overflows with astonishing facts about Earth's great predators and unforgettable stories of their encounters with humans, all delivered in Grice's signature dark comic style. Illustrated with awe-inspiring photographs of beasts and...
Whether at a zoo, on a camping trip, or under our bedsheets, we are surrounded by animals. While most are perfectly harmless, it's the magnificent exc...
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Classic Video Games: The Golden Age 1971-1984
ISBN: 9780747810421 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life with the advent of Pong and other coin-operated games. Within just a few short years, if you had a quarter, you could go to the video arcade and play Space Invaders, Asteroids, or Pac-Man. If you were lucky enough to have an Atari system hooked up to your television, you could play Frogger or Galaga at home. By the early 1980s, arcade and video games were entrenched as a pop culture phenomenon, with players spending hours in arcades racking up as many points as possible. Arcade games were everywhere: restaurants, bowling alleys, department...
In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life with the advent of Pong and other coin-operated games. Within just a few short years, if you had...
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The Little Book of Liverpool
ISBN: 9780752460062 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Little Book of Liverpool is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Alex Tulloch's new book gathers together a myriad of data on this historic city. There are lots of factual chapters but also plenty of frivolous details which will amuse and surprise.A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to...
The Little Book of Liverpool is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no...
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Buy Shoes on Wednesday and Tweet at 4: 00
ISBN: 9780062117700 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Buy Shoes on Wednesday and Tweet at 4:00, former investigative journalist Mark Di Vincenzo's follow-up to his bestselling Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon, is another endlessly fascinating and eminently useful compendium of expert tips on perfect timing for a myriad of activities--more of the best times to buy this, do that, and go there. Covering an even wider range of topics than before--including beauty tips, pets, cars, and children--this book is an absolute must for readers of Schott's Miscellany and other collections of useful information, and for...
Buy Shoes on Wednesday and Tweet at 4:00, former investigative journalist Mark Di Vincenzo's follow-up to his bestselling Buy Ketchup in ...
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
ISBN: 9780425260791 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you know why
a mortgage is literally a death pledge? why guns have girls names? why salt is related to soldier? You re about to find out The Etymologicon (e-t?- ma-la-ji-kan) is: *Witty (wi-te): Full of clever humor *Erudite (er-?-dit): Showing knowledge *Ribald (ri-b?ld): Crude, offensive Do you know why
a mortgage is literally a death pledge? why guns have girls names? why salt is related to soldier? You re about to find out <... |
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