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1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over

by John Lloyd, James Harkin, Anne Miller, John Mitchinson ...

'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris EvansThe sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI.Did you know that:Iceland imports ice cubes.A group of ladybirds is called a loveliness.It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to name a child Sandi.Eight billion particles of f... ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

'I love these books ... the best books ever. Brilliant' Chris EvansThe sixth book in the bestselling series brings bizarre, astonishing, conversation-starting facts from the clever clogs at the hugely popular BBC quiz show QI.Did you know that:Iceland imports ice cubes.A group of ladybirds is called a loveliness.It is illegal in Saudi Arabia to name a child Sandi.Eight billion particles of f...
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Lost in Space

5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe

by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker ...

Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor.Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space.Strap in for a thrilling journey through ... Read more

$23.48 CAD

Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor.Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space.Strap in for a thrilling journey through
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Everything I Never Told You: By Celeste Ng | Digest & Review

by Reader's Companions ...

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng | Digest & ReviewEverything I Never Told You, the debut novel by Celeste Ng, is about a Chinese American family living in small-town Ohio during the 1970s. The book begins when the Lee’s middle child, Lydia goes missing and is found dead in a local lake. The entire family is torn apart by this news, as Lydia was her parents’ favorite child. The death of ... Read more

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng | Digest & ReviewEverything I Never Told You, the debut novel by Celeste Ng, is about a Chinese American family living in small-town Ohio during the 1970s. The book begins when the Lee’s middle child, Lydia goes missing and is found dead in a local lake. The entire family is torn apart by this news, as Lydia was her parents’ favorite child. The death of
... Read more
The Malcolm Gladwell Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Malcolm Gladwell

by Marie Goodwin ...

This book is your ultimate Malcolm Gladwell resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Malcolm Gladwell's whole picture right away. Get countless Malcolm Gladwell facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Malcolm Gladwell ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is your ultimate Malcolm Gladwell resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Malcolm Gladwell's whole picture right away. Get countless Malcolm Gladwell facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Malcolm Gladwell
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Big Ideas, Little Pictures

Explaining the world one sketch at a time

by Jono Hey ...

"This is such a cool book. The range of Jono's knowledge is astounding, and so is his ability to digest complex ideas into deceptively simple drawings. You'll learn something on every page―and be entertained too." ―Bill GatesIn Big Ideas, Little Pictures, Jono Hey — creator of the popular website Sketchplanations — explains complex concepts through simple sketches and straightforward, easy-to ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

"This is such a cool book. The range of Jono's knowledge is astounding, and so is his ability to digest complex ideas into deceptively simple drawings. You'll learn something on every page―and be entertained too." ―Bill GatesIn Big Ideas, Little Pictures, Jono Hey — creator of the popular website Sketchplanations — explains complex concepts through simple sketches and straightforward, easy-to
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Why Do Pirates Love Parrots?

An Imponderables (R) Book

by David Feldman ...

Series Book 11 - Imponderables Series
Are you the type of person who stays up nights wondering how they get the paper tag into Hershey's Kisses? Or why portholes are round?Even if you don't lose sleep over such matters, you have to admit that such questions are, well, worthy of consideration.Here, from David Feldman, creator of the Imponderables® series, are the latest questions on the minds of his devoted readers and fans. No ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Are you the type of person who stays up nights wondering how they get the paper tag into Hershey's Kisses? Or why portholes are round?Even if you don't lose sleep over such matters, you have to admit that such questions are, well, worthy of consideration.Here, from David Feldman, creator of the Imponderables® series, are the latest questions on the minds of his devoted readers and fans. No
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Uncle John's All-Knowing Bathroom Reader

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Annual
Everything you didn't know you needed to know can be found in this absorbing read that makes every visit to the throne room an entertaining and educational adventure.Uncle John's Bathroom Reader is back for its 39th year with another page-turning collection of the strange, fascinating, and downright entertaining! Dive into captivating articles spanning pop culture, history, sports, science, and ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Everything you didn't know you needed to know can be found in this absorbing read that makes every visit to the throne room an entertaining and educational adventure.Uncle John's Bathroom Reader is back for its 39th year with another page-turning collection of the strange, fascinating, and downright entertaining! Dive into captivating articles spanning pop culture, history, sports, science, and
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Why Didn't I Think of That?

101 Inventions that Changed the World by Hardly Trying

by Anthony Rubino Jr. ...

Writer and cartoonist Anthony Rubino, Jr. hilariously shares 101 inventions that bizarrely changed the world.Why Didn't I Think of That? proves not all successful inventions are the greatest thing since sliced bread (not even sliced bread, which is literally just a precut loaf for lazy loafs).This humorous guide to “mind-blowing” inventions deconstructs just how complex these can't-live-without ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Writer and cartoonist Anthony Rubino, Jr. hilariously shares 101 inventions that bizarrely changed the world.Why Didn't I Think of That? proves not all successful inventions are the greatest thing since sliced bread (not even sliced bread, which is literally just a precut loaf for lazy loafs).This humorous guide to “mind-blowing” inventions deconstructs just how complex these can't-live-without
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Curiosities Revealed

Astonishing Facts for the Inquisitive Mind

by Seraphina Lewis ...

Hungry for a treasure trove of weird and wonderful facts beyond your wildest imagination? Then keep on reading...Did you know that trees collaborate, communicate, and engage in chemical warfare?Or that humans are better at smelling rain than sharks are at smelling blood?Or that Napoleon once fought a pack of tame rabbits... and lost?Sometimes, life gets boring. Your sense of wonder often gets lost ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Hungry for a treasure trove of weird and wonderful facts beyond your wildest imagination? Then keep on reading...Did you know that trees collaborate, communicate, and engage in chemical warfare?Or that humans are better at smelling rain than sharks are at smelling blood?Or that Napoleon once fought a pack of tame rabbits... and lost?Sometimes, life gets boring. Your sense of wonder often gets lost
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Don’t Know Much About® the Civil War

Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned

by Kenneth C. Davis ...

Series Book 10 - Don't Know Much About Series
“Highly informative and entertaining…propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and Gone with the Wind.”—San Francisco ChronicleIt has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America’s War Between the States. New York Times bestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation’s bloodiest conflict in Don’t Know Much About ® the Civil War—another fascinating ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

“Highly informative and entertaining…propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and Gone with the Wind.”—San Francisco ChronicleIt has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America’s War Between the States. New York Times bestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation’s bloodiest conflict in Don’t Know Much About ® the Civil War—another fascinating
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1500+ MORE Weird, Wacky, and Fascinating Facts

A Fun Facts Book

by Jonny Katz, Meridith Berk ...

Series series A Fun Facts Book
Be the life of the party offering the wisdom of the ages or just some humorous facts and anecdotes to the delight of your friends.Between these pages you'll find hundreds and hundreds of assorted facts, curated from dozens of varied, reliable sources.You're the smart one. Go ahead and flaunt it with the facts you'll discover in this book.You'll never need to search for the perfect conversation ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Be the life of the party offering the wisdom of the ages or just some humorous facts and anecdotes to the delight of your friends.Between these pages you'll find hundreds and hundreds of assorted facts, curated from dozens of varied, reliable sources.You're the smart one. Go ahead and flaunt it with the facts you'll discover in this book.You'll never need to search for the perfect conversation
... Read more
The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge

A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind

by The New York Times ...

A COMPLETE REVISION AND THOROUGH UPDATING OF THE ULTIMATE REFERENCE FROM THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD.A comprehensive guide offering insight and clarity on a broad range of even more essential subjects.Whether you are researching the history of Western art, investigating an obscure medical test, following current environmental trends, studying Shakespeare, brushing up on your crossword and Sudoku ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

A COMPLETE REVISION AND THOROUGH UPDATING OF THE ULTIMATE REFERENCE FROM THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD.A comprehensive guide offering insight and clarity on a broad range of even more essential subjects.Whether you are researching the history of Western art, investigating an obscure medical test, following current environmental trends, studying Shakespeare, brushing up on your crossword and Sudoku
... Read more
101 Amazing Harry Potter Facts

by Jack Goldstein ...

Series Book 136 - 101 Amazing Facts
Through JK Rowling's series of Harry Potter books and the eight films, we have been introduced to a fantastic and magical world that I'm sure many of us would like to visit. But what is the story behind what we see and read, and what are some little-known facts about the books, the films, the actors and the characters? This book contains 101 amazing facts which you most likely didn’t know! ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Through JK Rowling's series of Harry Potter books and the eight films, we have been introduced to a fantastic and magical world that I'm sure many of us would like to visit. But what is the story behind what we see and read, and what are some little-known facts about the books, the films, the actors and the characters? This book contains 101 amazing facts which you most likely didn’t know!
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Why Does Bright Light Make You Sneeze?

Over 150 Curious Questions & Intriguing Answers

by Andrew Thompson ...

Series series Fascinating Bathroom Readers
More than 150 new fun facts to delight, befuddle and amaze, from the bestselling author of Why Do Roller Coasters Make You Puke?This bizarre and baffling trivia collection with delight and intrigue readers, with answers to age-old questions like who was Dr. Pepper and what causes new-car smell? Written by the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?, this new collection has 150 more ... Read more

$14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

More than 150 new fun facts to delight, befuddle and amaze, from the bestselling author of Why Do Roller Coasters Make You Puke?This bizarre and baffling trivia collection with delight and intrigue readers, with answers to age-old questions like who was Dr. Pepper and what causes new-car smell? Written by the bestselling author of Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?, this new collection has 150 more
... Read more
#TIL: Today I Learned

Hilarious, Entertaining, and Educational Trivia

by Stephen Spignesi ...

From Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth, movies and music to politics and biology, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi compiles five hundred facts in this addictive bathroom reader trivia book.From history and science to sports and literature, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi offers eye-opening trivia in 500 facts inspired by the viral social media acronym TIL used on ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

From Abraham Lincoln to Babe Ruth, movies and music to politics and biology, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi compiles five hundred facts in this addictive bathroom reader trivia book.From history and science to sports and literature, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Spignesi offers eye-opening trivia in 500 facts inspired by the viral social media acronym TIL used on
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Myth Information

More Than 590 Popular Misconceptions, Fallacies, and Misbeliefs Explained!

by J. Allen Varasdi ...

It's common knowledge that Eve gave Adam an apple. Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. And when your mother told you not to go swimming right after you ate, you took it as a matter of life and death. But you've been myth-informed by legend, by history . . . even by your mother! The truth is:* Milk chocolate may actually help prevent tooth decay!* If ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

It's common knowledge that Eve gave Adam an apple. Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president of the United States. And when your mother told you not to go swimming right after you ate, you took it as a matter of life and death. But you've been myth-informed by legend, by history . . . even by your mother! The truth is:* Milk chocolate may actually help prevent tooth decay!* If
... Read more
The The Piano Guys Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About The Piano Guys

by Logan Stanley ...

This book is your ultimate The Piano Guys resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about The Piano Guys's whole picture right away. Get countless The Piano Guys facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The The Piano Guys Handbook ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is your ultimate The Piano Guys resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about The Piano Guys's whole picture right away. Get countless The Piano Guys facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The The Piano Guys Handbook
... Read more
Uncle John's Facts to Go Fads & Flops

by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...

Series series Facts to Go
It’s pet rocks and faux pas in Fads & Flops!Uncle John takes the nation by storm in this hip new e-book of Bathroom Reader classics and some brand-new articles! Fads & Flops is overflowing with stories of unlikely successes and colossal failures. So whether you were weaned on bell bottoms, parachute pants, baggy pants, or skinny jeans, you’ll find the one thing that never goes out of style: great ... Read more

$3.99 CAD

It’s pet rocks and faux pas in Fads & Flops!Uncle John takes the nation by storm in this hip new e-book of Bathroom Reader classics and some brand-new articles! Fads & Flops is overflowing with stories of unlikely successes and colossal failures. So whether you were weaned on bell bottoms, parachute pants, baggy pants, or skinny jeans, you’ll find the one thing that never goes out of style: great
... Read more
Curiosities of Literature

A Feast for Book Lovers

by John Sutherland ...

When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author's heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns his attention to the more bizarre areas of literature in this miscellany of fact and trivia. Which author had the heaviest brain? What was the original title of 1984? Who made the first bouillon soup? What do 12 ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? Which author's heart was purportedly eaten by a cat? One of our best-known and best-loved literary critics turns his attention to the more bizarre areas of literature in this miscellany of fact and trivia. Which author had the heaviest brain? What was the original title of 1984? Who made the first bouillon soup? What do 12
... Read more
The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation

97 Things That Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Miff, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quassh, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry, and X Y Z You!

by Laura Lee ...

This collection of 100 headaches, day-ruining events, moment destroying mishaps and infuriating everyday aggravations presents the fascinating facts behind the world's most frustrating situations.Laura Lee's dry, humorous and scientific text explains why fingernails on the chalkboard make you cringe; why people drive slowly in the fast lane; why dripping faucets annoy women more than men; why the ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

This collection of 100 headaches, day-ruining events, moment destroying mishaps and infuriating everyday aggravations presents the fascinating facts behind the world's most frustrating situations.Laura Lee's dry, humorous and scientific text explains why fingernails on the chalkboard make you cringe; why people drive slowly in the fast lane; why dripping faucets annoy women more than men; why the
... Read more
The Professor and the Madman

A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester ...

A New York Times Notable BookThe Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

A New York Times Notable BookThe Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—and literary history.The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray,
... Read more
Cabinet of Curiosities

A Historical Tour of the Unbelievable, the Unsettling, and the Bizarre

by Aaron Mahnke ...

Become captivated by tales of wonderful, astounding, and downright bizarre people, places, and things throughout history. Perfect for trivia aficionados, history readers, or anyone with a thirst for unusual knowledge, Cabinet of Curiosities is full of titillating tidbits and mind-boggling stories you never knew you needed to know.From the creator of the long-running, smash-hit podcast Aaron Mahnke ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Become captivated by tales of wonderful, astounding, and downright bizarre people, places, and things throughout history. Perfect for trivia aficionados, history readers, or anyone with a thirst for unusual knowledge, Cabinet of Curiosities is full of titillating tidbits and mind-boggling stories you never knew you needed to know.From the creator of the long-running, smash-hit podcast Aaron Mahnke
... Read more
Now You Know

The Book of Answers

by Doug Lennox ...

Series Book 1 - Now You Know
Why are golf assistants called caddies? Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? Why is football played on a "gridiron," and a leg injury called a "Charlie horse"? The answers to these questions and the origins of hundreds of other expressions and customs are brought together in this fascinating collection of the history behind everyday words and routines. With all ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Why are golf assistants called caddies? Why do the British drive on the left and North Americans on the right? Why is football played on a "gridiron," and a leg injury called a "Charlie horse"? The answers to these questions and the origins of hundreds of other expressions and customs are brought together in this fascinating collection of the history behind everyday words and routines. With all
... Read more
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

$16.99 CAD

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

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