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A compendium of outrageous, hilarious or just plain shocking trivia about everything from history and politics to arts, religion, technology and much more.
For years, the Chicago Tribune’s “10 Things You Might Not Know” column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on universal...
For years, the Chicago Tribune’s “10 Things You Might Not Know” column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on universal...
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"An intimate, autobiographical poetry collection from legendary artist and activist, Joan Baez. Joan Baez shares poems for or about her contemporaries (such as Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, and Jimi Hendrix), reflections from her childhood, personal thoughts, and cherished memories of her family, including pieces about her younger sister, singer-songwriter Mimi Fariña. Speaking to the people, places, and moments that have had the greatest impact on her...
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"Join host Dave Stotts as he speeds through the ancient world of the Bible, in this second volume of Drive Thru History: Holy Land. Stotts delivers a fast-paced and even humorous encounter with the people, places, and events that have shaped our world and the Christian faith"--Container insert.
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In a style all his own, Dave Stotts speeds through the ancient world of the Bible, delivering a fast-paced encounter with the people, places, and events that have shaped the world and the Christian faith. Episode 1: Mount Moriah, Temple Mount, Al Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock; Episode 2: City of David, Pool of Siloam, Mount of Olives, and the Garden of Gethsemane; Episode 3: Prophecies, Caiaphas, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and the Church of the Holy...
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"From the best-selling author of Into the Raging Sea comes a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why doing so is vital to our well-being as a nation, told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically. Ben and Whitney Waxman are two tireless idealists trying to do the impossible: make an American-made,...