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22) That's weird!
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36 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
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English
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"Read about the house that doubles up as a hangar, the very messy World Custard Pie Throwing Championships, and the dress made of cheese!"--Page 4 of cover.
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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Some say that to embrace one's greatest talent is to make the world a better place. Breaking world records is a mysteriously seductive tradition, alternately inspiring, reckless, and bizarre. Follow a joggler, a grape catcher, and a man who cycles nowhere as they battle the odds, and their respective nemeses, in pursuit of global dominance. Includes extended scenes of more world record breaking feats.
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Curiosity House volume 1
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English
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"Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders."--
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xi, 353 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"Accidentally Wes Anderson began as a personal travel bucket list, a catalog of visually striking and historically unique destinations that capture the imagined worlds of Wes Anderson. Now, inspired by a community of more than one million Adventurers, Accidentally Wes Anderson tells the stories behind more than 200 of the most beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on Earth.This book, authorized by Wes Anderson himself, travels to every...
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"It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders-- the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South Africa that's so large it has a pub inside where 15 people can drink comfortably. Architectural marvels, including the M.C. Escher-like stepwells in India....
29) Brutal beasts
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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"Presenting a brand new title in this award-winning series, Brutal Beasts gives a fantastic Ripley's Believe It or Not! twist on the world of deadly animals. From venomous villains to mega monsters, you'll find killer creatures of every size and from every corner of the animal kingdom in this exciting new Ripley's book. With fun facts, awesome images, and amazing Ripley stories throughout, kids will love reading about the Earth's bizarre and brutal...
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
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English
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Images in stone like those on Easter Island are part of our historical legacy, but were they inspired by creatures from other planets? This gripping book examines the many myths and legends about the ancient past, searching for and finding facts about fascinating sites that include Stonehenge and the lost cities of Tiahuanaco and El Dorado.
32) Bigfoot
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121 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"This new nonfiction series looks at creatures and monsters throughout history and analyzes them through a scientific, mythbusting lens, debating whether or not the sightings and evidence provided are adequate proof of their existence. In Bigfoot, readers learn about all the sightings and "proof" of it, from the famous photograph and video to footprints and other evidence. It also discusses additional history about the monster, such as how Bigfoot...
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296 pages ; 23 cm
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English
Description
New islands are under construction or emerging because of climate change. Eccentric enclaves and fantastic utopian experiments are multiplying. Once-secret fantasy gardens are cracking open their doors to outsiders. Our world is becoming stranger by the day -- and Alastair Bonnett observes and captures every fascinating change.
34) Top 10 fastest
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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Discover fascinating facts and figures about the speediest things in the world! From the super-fast Bugatti Veyron car to the fastest land animal, the cheetah, find out what the fastest things on the planet are.
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304 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 25 cm
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English
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"Featuring communist bunkers, burning gas craters and at least one sponge-rock flourescent grotto built by Polish monks, this book reveals weird and wonderful sights that the crowds don't reach. From eerie natural wonders to historical oddities and bizarre architecture, this is a travel companion for the incurably curious" -- page 4 of cover.
Takes readers on a journey through the worlds lesser known marvels, from a pumpkin regatta in Oregon to Lithuania's...
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