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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

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

By Addis, Ferdie, Ferdie Addis

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

I Never Knew That About Wales

By Winn, Christopher

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

By i-SPY

Insects (Kingfisher Young Knowledge)

By Barbara Taylor

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

By Paul Terry

The Wicked Wit of William Shakespeare

By Shakespeare, WILLIAM

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

By Lincoln, Henry

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

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

By Bramwell, David, Tinsley, Jo

Little Kids First Big Book Of The World (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) (National Geographic Kids)

By National Geographic Kids

Everything: Dolphins (National Geographic Kids)

By National Geographic Kids

Guinness World Records

By Glenday, Craig