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Almanacs & Trivia eBooks

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  • Playfair Cricket Annual 2021

    by Ian Marshall ...
    The world's bestselling cricket annual.The indispensable pocket guide to the cricket season.The 74th edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2021, as well as a review of events during the previous Covid-impacted twelve months.India are the main attraction this coming season, and here you'll find compr... ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • An A–Z of Harry Potter

    by Aubrey Malone ...
    An indispensable guide for Harry Potter fans of all ages.Harry Potter is, without doubt, the publishing sensation of the past decade. Here for the first time in dictionary form is an unofficial readers' guide to all seven books.From 'Animagus' (a wizard that can transform into an animal) to 'Zonkos' (the joke and gift shop in Hogsmeade), Aubrey Malone explores the characters, creatures, places and ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News

    Shocking but Utterly True Facts

    by Cracked.com ...
    From the most-read humor site on the internet, Cracked.comYOU MIGHT BE A ZOMBIE…You're going to wish you never picked up this book.Some facts are too terrifying to teach in school. Unfortunately, Cracked.com is more than happy to fill you in:* A zombie apocalypse? It could happen. 50% of humans are infected with a parasite that can take over your brain.* The FDA wouldn't let you eat bugs, right? ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War

    The best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal top ten rankings of the Civil War

    Series series History Buff's Guides
    Do You Think You Know the Civil War?The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War clears the powder smoke surrounding the war that changed America forever. The perfect guide for anyone looking for great history facts like:What were the best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal aspects of the conflict?What are the top ten causes?The bloodiest battles?With over thirty annotated top ten lists and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • An Incomplete Education

    3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't

    A completely updated, revised edition of the classic, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here’s your chance to brush up on all those subjects you slept through in school, reacquaint yourself with all the facts you once knew (then promptly forgot), catch up on major developments ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • MLA Handbook

    The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook, the official guide to MLA format. Works are published today in a dizzying variety of ways: a novel, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book--or perhaps listened to as an audiobook. Writers of research papers routinely need ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

  • Life in Medieval Europe

    Fact and Fiction

    “A lovely, witty treasure trove of a book, spilling over with historical gems . . . a very human history: sometimes weird, always wonderful.” —Dan Jones, New York Times-bestselling authorHave you ever found yourself watching a show or reading a novel and wondering what life was really like in the Middle Ages? What did people actually eat? Were they really filthy? And did they ever get to marry for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies

    The Straight Scoop on Freemasons, the Illmuniati, Skull & Bones, Black Helicopters, teh New World Order, and Many, Many More

    Did you know?• Freemasonry's first American lodge included a young Benjamin Franklin among its members.• The Knights Templarbegan as impoverished warrior monks then evolved into bankers.• Groom Lake, Dreamland, Homey Airport, Paradise Ranch, The Farm, Watertown Strip, Red Square, “The Box,” are all names for Area 51.An indispensable guide, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies connects the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • Why We Make Mistakes

    How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average

    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 ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Daily Rituals

    How Artists Work

    by Mason Currey ...
    More than 150 inspired—and inspiring—novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians on how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do.Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, “time is short, my strength is limited ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $12.99 USD

  • Abused, Confused, and Misused Words

    A Writer's Guide to Usage, Spelling, Grammar, and Sentence Structure

    by Mary Embree ...
    Have you been putting bullion in your soup? Is incorrect spelling starting to have a negative affect on your term papers? Do you wonder what someone is inferring when they tell you to pick up a dictionary? These are just a few of the commonly misunderstood words discussed and explained in Abused, Confused, and Misused Words, an entertaining and informative look at the ever-changing nature of the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Book of General Ignorance

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and flawed facts finally get the heave-ho in this humorous, downright humiliating book of reeducation based on the phenomenal British bestseller.Challenging what most of us assume to be verifiable truths in areas like history, literature, science, nature, and more,The Book of General Ignorance is a witty “gotcha” compendium of how ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $10.99 USD

  • Holy Cow!

    Doggerel, Catnaps, Scapegoats, Foxtrots, and Horse Feathers—Splendid Animal Words and Phrases

    by Boze Hadleigh ...
    We love animals but insult humans by calling them everything from weasels or pigs to sheep, mice, chickens, sharks, snakes, and bird-brains. Animal epithets, words, and phrases are so widespread we often take them for granted or remain ignorant of the fascinating stories and facts behind them.Spanning the entire animal kingdom, Holy Cow! explains:Why hot dogs are named after canines. Why people ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

    The Elements of Style is a prescriptive American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was composed by William Strunk Jr., in 1918, and published by Harcourt, in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of 57 "words often ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • French Made Simple

    Learn to speak and understand French quickly and easily

    Series series Made Simple
    French Made Simple will help you learn to speak French quickly and easily!An invaluable introduction to one of the most studied languages, French Made Simple is ideal for students, business professionals, and tourists alike. Teaching the basics of grammar, vocabulary, and culture, it guides you step-by-step through the process of learning and conversing quickly. Refreshingly easy to understand, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Napoleon's Hemorrhoids

    And Other Small Events That Changed History

    by Phil Mason ...
    Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason’s many revelations, you’ll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You’ll ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The De-Textbook

    The Stuff You Didn't Know About the Stuff You Thought You Knew

    by Cracked.com ...
    You are an idiot.Don't get defensive! It's not your fault. For decades your teachers, authority figures and textbooks have been lying to you. You do not have five senses. Your tongue doesn't have neatly segregated taste-bud zones. You don't know what the pyramids really looked like. You're even pooping wrong - Jesus, you're a wreck!But it's going to be okay. Because we're here to help. Packed with ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The List

    ‘A terrifyingly twisted and devious story' that will take your breath away

    by Carys Jones ...
    Five names on a list. The first two are dead.The third is yours.A rip-roaring, addictive, intense and emotional thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, Phoebe Morgan, CL Taylor and Lisa Jewell...* * * * * * *Beth Belmont runs every day, hard and fast on the trail near home. She knows every turn, every bump in the road. So when she spots something out of place - a slip of white pa... ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Cursed Objects

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

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Beware...this book is cursed! These strange but true stories of the world’s most infamous items will appeal to true believers as well as history buffs, horror fans, and anyone who loves a good spine-tingling tale.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 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The United States of Cryptids

    A Tour of American Myths and Monsters

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to Mothman and beyond!Welcome to the United States of Cryptids, where mysterious monsters lurk in the dark forests, deep lakes, and sticky swamps of all fifty states. From the infamous Jersey Devil to the obscure Snallygaster, travel writer and chronicler of the strange J. W. Ocker uncovers the bizarre stories of these creatures and investigates the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • For the Love of Books

    Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More

    A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.Do you know:Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?What superstitions Truman Capote kept whenever he wrote?Who the other Winston Churchill was?A treasure trove of compelling ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • But Can I Start a Sentence with "But"?

    Advice from the Chicago Style Q&A

    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    “A wonderful blend of substance and snark—both a useful reference and a fun (yes, fun) read.”—Mignon Fogarty, New York Times-bestselling author of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better WritingQ. Is it happy medium or happy median?A. The idiom is happy medium, but I like the image of commuters taking refuge from road rage on the happy median.Every month, tens of thousands of self-declared ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Birthdays

    What the Day You Were Born Reveals About Your Love Life, Your Career, Your Special Destiny!

    by Russell Grant ...
    Go beyond your sun sign to find your place in the cosmos!Do you want to uncover your partner’s secret desires and fantasies? Enhance your health, rev up your career, improve your mind? Develop a more intimate knowledge of your own personality . . . and a deeper understanding of those you love? Your character isn’t influenced just by your sun sign. It is shaped by the natural rhythms at work on the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • How to Find Out Anything

    From Extreme Google Searches to Scouring Government Documents, a Guide to Uncovering Anything About Everyone and Everything

    by Don MacLeod ...
    In How to Find Out Anything, master researcher Don MacLeod explains how to find what you're looking for quickly, efficiently, and accurately—and how to avoid the most common mistakes of the Google Age.Not your average research book, How to Find Out Anything shows you how to unveil nearly anything about anyone. From top CEO’s salaries to police records, you’ll learn little-known tricks for ... Read more

    $10.99 USD