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A collection of over 1,200 names from all over the globe compiled especially for Australian and New Zealand readers. Includes advice on choosing a name and a handy calendar reference with names for every day of the year. From Aaron and Abbey to Zaidee and Zac, this comprehensive list will help you make the right decision and ensure you find the best name for your baby.
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Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump are two of a kind despite terms in office separated by 150-plus years. Both encountered a biased press and deeply divisive political environments after being elected with less than 50 percent of the popular vote. Each was viewed as an ill-equipped outlier and accompanied to office by first ladies ostracized by Washington's elite. Lincoln was known by those closest to him for his supreme self-confidence, inexhaustible...
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Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource.
The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The 2014 edition of The World Almanac reviews the events of 2013 and will be your go-to source...
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Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.
The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Since 1868, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The 2017 edition of The World Almanac® reviews the events of 2016 and will be your go-to source for questions...
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Through this carefully chosen list of 54 words, the author presents a sociocultural portrait of Africa. He describes the inherent values of its people and explores the moral principles underlying their behaviour. The many places, objects, and themes he describes are uniquely African, and yet universal in appeal.
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The USS Hornet was launched in 1943 and has been serving this country in many different capacities ever since, over 80 years! From World War II to the Cold War to the Vietnam War
and finally retirement after picking up the Apollo 11 and 12 astronauts, the USS Hornet has steamed across the pages of history. Saved from the scrapyard, the USS Hornet now lives on as a museum in Alameda, California. This book tells the story of this great ship and its...
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Cutting-edge, user-friendly, and comprehensive: the revolutionary guide to the brain, now fully revised and updated At birth each of us is given the most powerful and complex tool of all time: the human brain. And yet, as we well know, it doesn't come with an owner's manual-until now. In this unsurpassed resource, Dr. Pierce J. Howard and his team distill the very latest research and clearly explain the practical, real-world applications to our daily...
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All too often, the complex society forces us to take sides between political parties, religious denominations, sport teams, and more. But how can we be sure we've chosen the right side? Is there a way to overcome the divisiveness and hostility that often accompanies choosing one side over the other?
This book offers a unique look at choosing the side that really matters-the side of kindness. In a series of sometimes humorous, always thought-provoking...
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This book explores the evolution of Ernest Hemingway's thinking regarding meaningful existence as revealed in his major novels. In addition, this book includes the author's personal reflections from a Christian perspective.
"Too often, facing mortality is the only catalyst to provoke life's most intimate and existential questions. In Villa-Real's study of Hemingway, she weaves the prolific author's life and her Christian upbringing into the narrative...
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Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource
The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Since 1868, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The 2016 edition of The World Almanac® reviews the events of 2015 and will be your go-to source for any questions...
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Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource.
The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. The 2015 edition of The World Almanac reviews the events of 2014 and will be your go-to source...
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Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource.
The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and...
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Munich is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Witness luxury at Residenz, sample beer and celebrate at Oktoberfest and explore the 1972 Olympics site of Olympiapark; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Munich and make the most of your trip!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Munich:
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Rochester's South Wedge follows the hundreds of ambitious and ordinary people who have formed a distinct community for 185 years. Immediate neighbors include Mount Hope Cemetery, the nation's first municipal cemetery and final resting place for the Frederick Douglass family and Susan B. Anthony; and Highland Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Close by are the University of Rochester and Colgate Divinity School. With its northern boundary on...
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Les curiosités qui ont fait l'actualité de notre plat pays, du Moyen Age à nos jours!
Notre plat pays a été le témoin d'événements qui ont soulevé de nombreuses questions. Affaires criminelles, assassinats manqués de justesse, chasses au trésor maudites ou couronnées de succès, conflits interminables, toutes ces aventures ou mésaventures appartiennent à notre passé.
Des histoires vraies et palpitantes:
- Saint Lambert, victime d'une...
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Stag enthusiast Norm Mort teams up with Stag restorer and expert Tony Fox to write this handy pocket-size guide. Triumph's Stag combined the smoothness and performance of a V8 in stylish Italian coachwork designed by Giovanni Michelotti, which allowed for both closed and open grand touring. This Essential Buyer's Guide examines the model's history, evolution, features, fittings, performance and typical problem areas through detailed text and colour...
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This is the complete guide to finding the best available example of the classic front-engined Porsche 944. Insight from real ownership experience is coupled with unparalleled technical knowledge, resulting in the first dedicated guidebook for potential buyers of the Porsche 944. A comprehensive guide, including an inspection checklist that buyers can use when viewing a car, photos of key areas to check, and known issues for each model, and an overview...
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Hamburg is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Visit an icon of architecture at Elbphilharmonie, get medieval at Rathaus and start your Sunday like a local at Fischmarkt; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Hamburg and make the most of your trip!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Hamburg:
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If you're intimidated by your oven or uncertain what to buy at the grocery store, this book is for you! Toni Young-Huber loves to help people discover the fun of making-and sharing-good food. Make the super simple Five Ingredient Chicken Pot Pie and be surprised how easy a great main dish can be. Learn to create main dishes, sides, desserts and party snacks. Then let yourself have fun putting together a menu for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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