The seed for this project was planted way back in 1977. That's when we published Juggling for the Complete Klutz®, our first effort to teach a skill essential to something we thought was a very important part of living right - never growing up. We never did. And now we've written the ultimate how-not-to guide. The Encyclopedia of Immaturity contains more than 300 entries: How to Skip a Stone, How to Do a Wheelie, How to Hang a Spoon from Your Nose, How to Really Annoy Your Older Sibling... all painstakingly explicated and illuminated with full-color photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and the occasional footnote. Written by the editors of Klutz.
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Features many fascinating weapons, including napeoleonic swords. cavalry sabres, american polearms, the rapier and the naval cutlass
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This unique volume offers much more than its convenient, compact size -- a dictionary, a topical index, and a survey.
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With 560 entries, a resource section, and 114 photos and illustrations, this is an exhaustive A-to-Z exploration of people, places, events, literature, and other matters related to this ever-timely and popular topic. It defines both the darker Christian concept and the true concept of Wicca, concentrating on the Western European and later New World versions of Witchcraft and magic.
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When the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary put out a call during the late 19th century pleading for "men of letters" to provide help with their mammoth undertaking, hundreds of responses came forth. Some helpers, like Dr. W.C. Minor, provided literally thousands of entries to the editors. But Minor, an American expatriate in England and a Civil War veteran, was actually a certified lunatic who turned in his dictionary entries from the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Simon Winchester has produced a mesmerizing coda to the deeply troubled Minor's life, a life that in one sense began with the senseless murder of an innocent British brewery worker that the deluded Minor believed was an assassin sent by one of his numerous "enemies." Winchester also paints a rich portrait of the OED's leading light, Professor James Murray, who spent more than 40 years of his life on a project he would not see completed in his lifetime. Winchester traces the origins of the drive to create a "Big Dictionary" down through Murray and far back into the past; the result is a fascinating compact history of the English language (albeit admittedly more interesting to linguistics enthusiasts than historians or true crime buffs). That Murray and Minor, whose lives took such wildly disparate turns yet were united in their fierce love of language, were able to view one another as peers and foster a warm friendship is just one of the delicately turned subplots of this compelling book. --Tjames Madison
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The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies is for traders who want to take the next step to consistently profitable trading. The authors--themselves seasoned veterans of the futures trading arena--pinpoint the trading methods and strategies that have been shown to produce market-beating returns. Their rigorous and systematic backtesting of each method, using the same sets of markets and analytic techniques, provides a scientific, system-based approach to system development...to help you assemble the trading system that will put you on the road to becoming a more consistently profitable trader. (20000601)
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Vast, Detailed, Correct. Written by more than 4,300 expert contributors, you can be confident that everything you learn from Encyclopadia Britannica is clear, current and correct. First published in 1768, Britannica continues to be the world's most renowned encyclopedia. Now, the new 32-volume revision builds on this expertise with an incredible wealth of knowledge that's easily accessible yet comprehensive - making it the first choice reference work for thousands of schools, universities, libraries and family homes. Newly updated for 2010. Stay current with the 2010 revised edition, updated with new articles, photographs and thousands of additions to existing topics: - World News - such as the historic Presidential election in the United States, other major political elections across the globe and the continued violence in Iraq and Afghanistan. - New Biographies - including US President Barack Obama, top-ranked professional tennis player and winner of a record 15 Grand Slam singles titles Roger Federer, and writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Doris Lessing. - Sporting Achievements - including Spain's 2008 European Football Championship win, South Africa's victory at the 2007 Rugby World Cup and all the results from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where Great Britain's medal performance was its best in a century. - Science News - such as the Nobel Peace Prizewinning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, extrasolar planets and updates on the Human Genome Project. The world at your fingertips. Whatever you're interested in, you can rely on Britannica to make it even more interesting. You get incredible insights into subjects you thought you knew, while world-renowned contributors and Nobel prize winners put fascinating facts about our world right at your fingertips. Forget old-fashioned, dry texts - Britannica's lively narration helps children and adults alike develop a love of learning! An exquisite investment that will last for generations. Wonderfully robustA" is how Head Librarian Mrs J. Perkins described the revised edition. Stunningly presented, every one of the 32 volumes is crafted to the highest possible standards so your encyclopedia not only looks wonderful, but stays in perfect condition for years and years to come. The Britannica 4-part learning system offers: - 2-volume Index - The key to unlocking Britannica's archive of information. More than 700,000 references take you to the pages you want quickly and easily. - 12-volume Ready Reference - Also known as the Micropadia, the ready reference gives you quick and concise answers, fascinating facts and acts as a gateway to Knowledge in Depth. - 17-volume Knowledge in Depth - Britannica at its scholarly best, the Macropadia is written by the world's leading authorities to give you a complete and compelling understanding of a - subject. - Outline of Knowledge - The Propadia is a guide to learning. Whatever subject you're interested in exploring, this volume suggests what to read and explains how it relates to other subjects. Whatever your interests, Britannica has the answers! From children to adults, students to professionals, from the committed researcher to the casual browser - everyone can get so much from Britannica's wealth of knowledge. Britannica enriches your research with marvellous detail, unrivalled accuracy and facts, figures and revelations that make it the first port of call for whatever you need to know. - From the world's leading brand for reliable and fact-checked information. - Entries by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors and other notable experts. - More than 65,000 articles. - More than 1,000 new and revised articles. - Gilt-edging along the top of every page.
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Suspects who are identical twins...A leaking tent...Magical worm pills...A zebra's portrait...And a sheet of toilet paper from Spain that's been swiped!These are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try crack the cases along with him--the answer to all the mysteries are found in the back!
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Marvel's best-selling Encyclopedia series continues! This fully illustrated, comprehensive deluxe hardcover volume includes in-depth biographies, statistics, and essential reading lists for the world's most popular comic book hero, Spider-Man, and all his friends and foes like the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Mary Jane Watson! An essential Who's Who of the Spider-Man universe for fans new and old of all ages!
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