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The United States of Strange: 1,001 Frightening, Bizarre, Outrageous Facts About the Land of the Free and the Home of the Frog People, the Cockroach Hall of Fame, and Carhenge

By Grzymkowski, Eric

1 available

An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work

By Taggart, Caroline

1 available

Atlas of Forgotten Places: Journey to Abandoned Destinations from Around the Globe (Unexpected Atlases)

By Elborough, Travis

The Holy Place: Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau - Discovering the Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World

By Lincoln, Henry

A Christmas Cornucopia: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Yuletide Traditions

By Forsyth, Mark

50 Facts You Need to Know: USA: A Tour Through the Real America

By Fender, Stephen

A Horrid History of Christmas: Horrible Happenings and Frightening Festivities

By Sly, Nicola

Thomas's ABC

By Rev. W. Awdry, Tony Wells

i-SPY At the seaside: What can you spot? (Collins Michelin i-SPY Guides)

By i-SPY

The Mysterium: Unexplained and extraordinary stories for a post-Nessie generation

By Tinsley, Jo, Bramwell, David

Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Prepare to Be Shocked! (Ripley's Believe It or Not (Hardback))

By Tibballs, Geoff, Barratt, Judy, McFall, Sally

An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work (I Used to Know That ...)

By Caroline Taggart, Taggart, Caroline

The Book of London Place Names

By Taggart, Caroline

Getting into Guinness: One man’s longest, fastest, highest journey inside the world’s most famous record book

By Olmsted, Larry

Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book: 5

By Feldman, David

Collins Children’s Picture Atlas

By Collins Maps, Evans, Steve

The Mammoth Book Of Tasteless Lists

By Karl Shaw

How Slow Can you Waterski?: and other puzzling questions ...

By Guardian News and Media Ltd

Top 10 of Everything 2019: The Ultimate Record Book of 2019

By Paul Terry

Wild Things They Don't Tell Us

By Presley, Reg

Elephants On Acid and other Bizarre Experiments

By Alex Boese

A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched From Other Languages (I Used to Know That ...)

By Rhodes, Chloe

1000 English Idioms Explained (English Language): Home-grown and from Across the Pond

By Editorial Board

Insects (Kingfisher Young Knowledge)

By Barbara Taylor

Strange But True: New York City: Tales of the Big Apple

By Howard, S B

The Odditorium: The tricksters, eccentrics, deviants and inventors whose obsessions changed the world

By Bramwell, David, Tinsley, Jo

i-SPY In the countryside: What can you spot? (Collins Michelin i-SPY Guides)

By i-SPY

i-SPY Birds: What can you spot? (Collins Michelin i-SPY Guides)

By i-SPY

Opening Pandora's Box: Phrases We Borrowed from the Classics and the Stories Behind Them

By Addis, Ferdie, Ferdie Addis

I Never Knew That About Wales

By Winn, Christopher