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- Author:Fox, SueSummary:
- Author:Blum, MarcySummary:
The bestselling wedding planning guide—now updated! Congratulations, you're planning a wedding! Besides obtaining a fancy tuxedo and a stunning gown, organizing a wedding ceremony takes creativity, planning, and diplomacy. The whole...
- Author:Kurian, Marina S., Thompson, Barbara, Davidson, Brian K.Summary:
Sixty percent of individuals over the age of 20 — or 58 million people in the United States — are overweight. As the obesity epidemic continues to grow, many Americans are researching the benefits and complications of weight-loss...
- Author:Pirk, WendySummary:
From strange behaviour to interesting prey-vs.-predator relationships to fantastical creatures, the animal world is full of fascinating facts about our furry, feathered and scaly friends:*The wood frog burrows into the leaf litter in...
- Author:Jackson, A. H.Summary:
Don't like the weather; just wait five minutes. Real Canadian culture is complaining about the weather: * The ice storm of January 1998 in Eastern Canada caused power outages in Ontario and Quebec, leaving 200,000 people in the...
- Author:Emery, JoannaSummary:
Food is in the eye of the beholder. This book assembles an amazing and often stomach-turning array of things people put in their mouths. Quite apart from delighting readers with exotic entrees, Joanna Emery asks the burning questions...
- Author:Werner, Sidney C, Ingbar, Sidney HSummary:
Werner & Ingba's The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text, 10th edition has been extensively revised and streamlined to deliver the most comprehensive coverage of the thyroid including anatomy, development, biochemistry,...
- Author:Munroe, RandallSummary:
In this informative feast for anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical, Randall Munroe, creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, provides hilarious and deeply researched answers to his fans strangest questions.
- Author:Keating, JessSummary:
Some people think monsters are the stuff of nightmares--the stuff of scary movies and Halloween. But monsters can also be found right in your backyard. Animals like aye-ayes, goblin sharks and vampire bats may look scary, but they pose...
- Author:Goldstein, Martin B.Summary:
Seventy-seven million baby boomers are slated to retire over the next twenty years: this boils down to approximately 10,000 daily (The Fiscal Times). Many are inadequately prepared, emotionally as well as financially. In What to Do to...
- Author:Rybak, JeffSummary:
The university system has its problems. Students invest a lot of time and money in education but all too often don’t get what they came for.
In What’s Wrong With University, Jeff Rybak addresses the most pressing...
- Author:Luntz, PerrySummary:
Would you like to better appreciate fine distilled spirits? Whiskey & Spirits For Dummies is your complete guide to selecting and enjoying this family of noble beverages, flavor by flavor. From whiskey, rum, and brandy to vodka, gin...
- Author:Vermond, KiraSummary:
Science starts with a question in this fascinating compendium for curious kids. The team behind the acclaimed Why Don't Cars Run on Apple Juice? is back to tackle more kid questions like "Are birds really dinosaurs?" and "Why do we have...
- Author:Mueller, JohnSummary:
This quick and easy reference is designed for all users (newbies and seasoned) who are comfortable with the Windows OS and need a fast reference to solve a problem or navigate a new feature without context or explanation. It will be...
- Author:Alford, MontySummary:
A man who has spent his professional life measuring the flow of northern rivers, climbed Alaska’s Mount McKinley, was a member of both Yale University and Maine University’s scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, guided a film crew...
- Author:Dorais, Louis-JacquesSummary:
Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author's decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable,...
- Author:Gaylord, James, Hagen, MichelleSummary:
This book has everything parents need to give their babies the best start. Each year, more than four million babies are born in the United States. The first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging and sometimes overwhelming time...
- Author:Davenport, AnthonySummary:
The most comprehensive insider's look at what every consumer needs to know about their credit score-and most importantly, how to fix itIf you, like so many millions of Americans, are terrified by the daily headlines regarding...