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Product Description: Writer and beekeeper, Jack Mingo, who set up his first backyard hive in 2004, offers his humorous and unique observations of the world of the mystical, matriarchal, gentle, sweet bee in Bees Make the Best Pets.Full of fun facts, Mingo shares a potpourri of bee and bee-keeping trivia; practical tips and legend and lore...read more

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9781573246255 | Conari Pr, October 1, 2013, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Writer and beekeeper, Jack Mingo, who set up his first backyard hive in 2004, offers his humorous and unique observations of the world of the mystical, matriarchal, gentle, sweet bee in Bees Make the Best Pets.

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Based on a host of questions posed at the Ask Jeeves Web site, an array of historical trivia ranges from ancient times to the twentieth century and provides fascinating facts about the reputation of Ivan the Terrible, Cleopatra's makeup, the Pig Wars, the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, and many other topics. Original. (view table of contents)

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9780743427098 | Simon & Schuster, January 2, 2002, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Based on a host of questions posed at the Ask Jeeves Web site, an array of historical trivia ranges from ancient times to the twentieth century and provides fascinating facts about the reputation of Ivan the Terrible, Cleopatra's makeup, the Pig Wars, the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, and many other topics.

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Product Description: Firecrackers, sparklers, and rockets offer maximum flash for minimum cash, and over the years, manufacturers have created dazzling labels to hype their pyrotechnic products. FIRECRACKERS! pays tribute to this eye-popping art form, featuring some of the most vibrant and eccentric labels from the 1950s and 1960s...read more

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9781580089036 | Ten Speed Pr, April 15, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Firecrackers, sparklers, and rockets offer maximum flash for minimum cash, and over the years, manufacturers have created dazzling labels to hype their pyrotechnic products.

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9789683814180, titled "Guia Wannabe del vino / Wannabe Guide to Wine" | Panorama Editorial S.A. De C.V., June 9, 2005, cover price $5.95

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Product Description: Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders, one of Ben Franklin's many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively, and follow his intellectual musings, which in turn led him to become an accomplished scientist, inventor, political activist, diplomat, and writer...read more

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9781573249539 | Conari Pr, September 1, 2004, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders, one of Ben Franklin's many pseudonyms.

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Full-color photographs, descriptions, trivia, and values highlight an entertaining and informative look at the history of lunchboxes, in a pop-culture guide to the favorite collectible. Original.

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9780060595197 | 1 edition (It Books, August 1, 2004), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Full-color photographs, descriptions, trivia, and values highlight a look at the history of lunchboxes, in a pop-culture guide to the favorite collectible.

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A hilarious compilation of jokes, anecdotes, trivia, quizzes, fiction, and pop culture oddities enlivens an offbeat compendium for bathroom readers, which includes helpful tips on escaping killer bees, instructions for building a log cabin, obscure sports rules, and other eclectic delights. Original. 35,000 first printing.
By Erin Barrett (editor) and Jack Mingo (editor)

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9780312315801 | Griffin, December 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A hilarious compilation of jokes, anecdotes, trivia, quizzes, fiction, and pop culture oddities enlivens an offbeat compendium for bathroom readers, which includes helpful tips on escaping killer bees, instructions for building a log cabin, obscure sports rules, and other eclectic delights.
9780312287504 | 1 edition (Griffin, April 1, 2003), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A humorous selection of jokes, anecdotes, trivia, quizzes, fiction, and pop culture oddities enlivens this hilarious compendium for bathroom readers, which includes helpful tips on building an igloo, obscure Aesop's fables, a concise history of bathroom graffiti, and other delights.

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Product Description: Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and game manufacturers. Millions of people read their daily newspaper column and together they've written twenty books...read more

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9781573247221 | Conari Pr, August 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are the Queen and King of trivia, relied upon by game shows including Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

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A third installment in the popular trivia series by the makers of the ask.com website provides accessible information in the fields of astrology, biology, chemistry, and physics. Original.

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9780743427111 | Pocket Books, May 1, 2003, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A third installment in the popular trivia series by the makers of the ask.

Miscellaneous:

9780743462976 | Pocket Books, January 1, 2003, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Why does it rain frogs in Mexico?

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Product Description: Did you know that Mussolini was a school teacher before he was a dictator? So was Margaret Hamilton - the actress who portrayed the wicked witch of the west! Here are over 500 amazing, little-known facts you will never learn in school.

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9781573247238 | Conari Pr, December 1, 2002, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Did you know that Mussolini was a school teacher before he was a dictator?

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Builds on the popularity of Just Curious About History, Jeeves in a trivia guide that considers such topics as why ostriches hide their heads in the sand, why possums hang upside down, and the diet of the Venus Fly Trap. Original.

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9780743427104 | Pocket Books, August 27, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Builds on the popularity of Just Curious About History, Jeeves in a trivia guide that considers such topics as why ostriches hide their heads in the sand, why possums hang upside down, and the diet of the Venus Fly Trap.

Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

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9780606245173 | Demco Media, April 1, 2002, cover price $29.36 | About this edition: Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

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Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

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9781580081511 | Ten Speed Pr, July 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

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9780613451406 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2000, cover price $33.05 | About this edition: Provides a history of firecrackers, offering information on the manufacturing process, cultural use, and brands of firecrackers both common and rare.

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Questions culled from one of the top search engines on the internet include, who won the first World Series? who invented time? and why don't spiders stick to their webs? among many others. Original. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9781930108011 | Ask Jeeves, June 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents questions culled from one of the top search engines on the Internet covering such topics as art, animals, Disney, food, and presidents.

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A humorous look at the game of golf discusses the object of the game, its origins, scoring, the swing, clubs, putting, dress, and etiquette

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9781571430403 | Rdr Books, June 1, 1997, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A humorous look at the game of golf discusses the object of the game, its origins, scoring, the swing, clubs, putting, dress, and etiquette

Reveals unusual and little-known facts from the lives of notable twentieth century figures, including Fidel Castro, Lee Harvey Oswald, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, J. Edgar Hoover, and Howard Hughes

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9780399522185 | Berkley Pub Group, August 1, 1996, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Reveals unusual and little-known facts from the lives of notable twentieth century figures, including Fidel Castro, Lee Harvey Oswald, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, J.

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Product Description: Why spend years studying wine when with the help of this entertaining book you can instantly gratify your ambition? Impress your friends and humiliate those you don't care for by mastering the art of wine snobbery! In this volume, humorist Jack Mingo has all the answers...read more

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9781571430397 | Rdr Books, August 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Why spend years studying wine when with the help of this entertaining book you can instantly gratify your ambition?

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