The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Novel

The Encyclopedia of Early Earth: A Novel
Isabel Greenberg (Author)

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A beautifully illustrated book of imaginary fables about Earth's early--and lost--history.

Before our history began, another--now forgotten--civilization thrived. The people who roamed Early Earth were much like us: curious, emotional, funny, ambitious, and vulnerable. In this series of illustrated and linked tales, Isabel Greenberg chronicles the explorations of a young man as he paddles from his home in the North Pole to the South Pole. There, he meets his true love, but their romance is ill-fated. Early Earth's unusual and finicky polarity means the lovers can never touch.

As intricate and richly imagined as the work of Chris Ware, and leavened with a dry wit that rivals Kate Beaton's in Hark! A Vagrant, Isabel Greenberg's debut will be a welcome addition to the thriving graphic novel genre.

• Rank: #563830 in Books
• Published on: 2013-12-03
• Released on: 2013-12-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

Encyclopedia Of Women And American Politics (Facts on File Library of American History)

Encyclopedia Of Women And American Politics (Facts on File Library of American History)
Lynne E. Ford (Author)
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• Rank: #680291 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.28" h x 7.33" w x 1.39" l, 2.74 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 636 pages

The Chalet School Encyclopedia: Volume One

The Chalet School Encyclopedia: Volume One
Alison McCallum (Author), Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (Author)

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• Rank: #234507 in Books
• Published on: 2013-06-30
• Binding: Paperback

Lost Encyclopedia

Lost Encyclopedia
Tara Bennett (Author), Paul Terry (Author)
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Featuring more than 400 pages and over 1500 images, the LOST Encyclopedia will be a comprehensive guide to the characters, items, locations, plotlines, relationships, and mythologies from all six seasons of the landmark series aired on ABC-TV and produced by ABC Studios. Created in full collaboration with ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios, this will be the first and only fully licensed and comprehensive reference to all things LOST, and it includes a foreword by executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse.



LOST © 2010. ABC Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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• Brand: RJ Quality Products
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.20" h x 1.22" w x 8.82" l, 3.74 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 404 pages

• Recommended Age: 13 years and up

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins (Writers Reference)

The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins (Writers Reference)
Robert Hendrickson (Author)
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More than 15,000 entriesover 2,000 of which are new to this editionprovide information and anecdotes on the origin and development of a wide range of words and phrases, including:

Fellini named the hyperactive photographer in La Dolce Vita Signor Paparazzo, after the Italian slang for mosquito, which lead to the popularity of the term, paparazzi.

Argentina takes its name from the Latin argentum meaning silver. Legend says that llamas grazing on Mount Posi in 1545 uprooted some shrubbery, beneath which was a vein of silver ore.

Conjurer's assistants in the 17th century would eat toads so the magicians could demonstrate their miraculous healing powers. The assistants came to be known as "toad eaters," which became our modern insult, "toady."

• Rank: #951633 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.83" h x 8.56" w x 1.97" l, 5.20 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 948 pages

Oedipus the King (Enriched Classics Series)

Oedipus the King (Enriched Classics Series)
Sophocles (Author), Bernard Knox (Translator, Introduction)
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Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship One noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder -- the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • Timelines of significant events in Greek history and theater that provide the book's historical context • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations • Detailed explanatory notes • Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson

• Rank: #33777 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-28
• Released on: 2005-06-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.81" h x .47" w x 4.21" l, .16 pounds
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 144 pages

Poptopics: Space Travel #2 (Poptropica)

Poptopics: Space Travel #2 (Poptropica)
Tracey West (Author)

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Introducing an exciting new line of nonfiction titles inspired by the world of Poptropica.

The Poptropica island Lunar Colony presents a fun, but fictional view of space travel—however, the origins of that story are based in fact. This 64-page nonfiction book introduces kids to the history and current advancements of space travel in a fun and engaging way.

• Rank: #1593782 in Books
• Published on: 2013-10-17
• Released on: 2013-10-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

The Modern Rhyming Dictionary Edition

The Modern Rhyming Dictionary Edition
Gene Lees (Author)
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(Book). Gene Lees' bestseller for songwriters has been revised! In addition to providing fascinating, creative and clear techniques for writing lyrics, this edition now includes: a new foreword by renowned songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman; a new chapter called "Tattered Standards," which outlines the lack of literacy in certain modern songs and shows you how to avoid it; a new chapter called "The Words You Choose," which examines why words from some language families are subconsciously more appealing than those from others; and much more! Invaluable to the beginner, this book will also prove beneficial to professionals, poets, linguists and teachers.

• Rank: #250720 in Books
• Brand: Cherry Lane Music
• Published on: 1987-01-01
• Released on: 1987-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.26" w x .0" l, 1.25 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 372 pages

• Published by Cherry Lane Music 384 Pages
• (364 pages, 6 x 9) by Gene Lees
• Author: Gene Lees

The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television

The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television
John Kenneth Muir (Author)
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a complete guide to over fifty years of superheroes on screen! Each entry includes a detailed history, cast and credits, episode and film descriptions, critical commentaries and data on arch-villains, gadgets, comic-book origins and super powers, while placing each production into its historical context. Four appendices list common conventions and clichés of superheroes on screen, incarnations, a sampling of memorable superhero ad-lines, and the best, worst, and most influential superhero productions from 1951 to 2003. Mr. Muir’s Horror Films of the 1970s (2002) was selected as one of the thirteen "Reference Books of the Year" by the American Library Association.

• Rank: #774326 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 621 pages

Magic: The Gathering -- Official Encyclopedia, Volume 5: The Complete Card Guide

Magic: The Gathering -- Official Encyclopedia, Volume 5: The Complete Card Guide
Cory J. Herndon (Author)
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In association with Wizards of the Coast, the creators of Magic: The Gathering, and the Magic experts at Top Deck (Wizards' official trading-card game magazine) Thunder's Mouth Press announces the next volume in the essential reference series Magic: the Gathering-the Official Encyclopedia Volume 5. Magic: the Gathering, Encyclopedia 5 includes full-color reproductions of every new Magic card released since last October. Magic: the Gathering has sold billions of cards all over the world in English and dozens of translations. The huge number of Magic cards makes these encyclopedias must-haves for any serious player. They are invaluable reference guides, collecting all the cards in the latest expansions and including information crucial for collectors as well as history, rules, strategies, and techniques for playing the hottest fantasy game of the 90's - and of the new century.

• Rank: #152339 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.02" h x .39" w x 8.50" l, 1.02 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts: Really Unbelievable . . . Because They're Not Real

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts: Really Unbelievable . . . Because They're Not Real
Bathroom Readers' Institute (Author)
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The crackpot staff of the Bathroom Readers’ Institute is out of control. After 25 years of laboriously researching facts and verifying them and then verifying them again, Uncle John’s mischievous minions decided to blow off a little steam. The result: Fake Facts. It’s stuff that isn’t even remotely trueAwe just made it sound real. Why? Because it’s really funny. Fake Facts is 228 pages of origins, facts, weird products, strange diseases, kooky fads, slang terms, historical oddities, and other fascinating bits of information that are too good to be true . . . because they aren’t true. So put aside your BS detector and settle in to read about:

The ill-fated AVice President For a Day” for kids program
How the overfishing of dolphins led to the canned tuna industry
ACrumble,” Aplaidsy,” Abenji,” and other British slang
Abandoned rules of early baseball, and obscure rules of grammar
How early vegetarians gave Boston its ABeantown” nickname
The secret superpowers of twins
James Joyce’s unpublished sci-fi trilogy
Unicorns, wizards, and pirates galore

And lots more falsified fun!

• Rank: #224063 in Books
• Published on: 2012-09-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.89" h x .59" w x 4.88" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

The Great Encyclopedia Of Faeries

The Great Encyclopedia Of Faeries
Pierre Dubois (Author), Claudine Sabatier (Illustrator), Roland Sabatier (Illustrator)
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They are known as the Little People, the Beautiful Maidens, the Godmothers, the Blessed, the Ageless Ones...for it is dangerous to say the name "faeries" without good reason. Ruling over earth, air, fire, and water, they protect forests, animals, and children, and in their hands lie the dreamy souls of all creatures.

The faeries rose from the mist long, long ago, in the time of the Golden Age -- well before the creation of gods and men. In their magical fancy they created the singing grasses and the reflection of springs, the music of legends and the far side of the mirror. From the Valkyries of Valhalla to the Babouchka of Russia, Banshees, Dryads, Bogey Beasts, Sirens, and their ilk populate the imaginations and the forests of every culture.

In this comprehensive celebration of the world of faery, renowned French elficologist Pierre Dubois describes the extraordinary richness of the faery kingdom, presenting dozens and dozens of lushly illustrated entries on the most powerful and enchanting denizens of this magical world. Dubois provides readers with authoritative information detailing the customs, habitat, and activities of these Little People. Faery Godmothers, we discover, were originally tall, distinguished, and rather severe; only recently have they taken up the magic wands and cheerful smiles we know them for today. We learn that the favorite foods of the Arthurian faery Viviane are the blackberries that surround Merlin's tomb. And among the customs and activities of the Bogey Beast, the prime goal is indeed to scare little children...if only for their protection.

Dubois's entrancing descriptions are accompanied by Roland and Claudine Sabatier's marvelous illustrations, which depict the appearance of the faeries, the places where they are found, and their familiar objects. Without revealing any faery confidences (which must never be betrayed), Dubois and the Sabatiers have created a comprehensive and utterly enchanting survey of a magical world as old as time.

• Rank: #143777 in Books
• Published on: 2000-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 184 pages

Classics and Comics (Classical Presences)

Classics and Comics (Classical Presences)
George Kovacs (Editor), C. W. Marshall (Editor)
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Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture.

Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. The volume collects sixteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. It opens with a detailed historical introduction surveying the role of classical material in comics since the 1930s. Subsequent chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the incorporation of modern theories of myth into the creation and interpretation of comic books, the appropriation of characters from classical literature and myth, and the reconfiguration of motif into a modern literary medium. Among the well-known comics considered in the collection are Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City, DC Comics' Wonder Woman, Jack Kirby's The Eternals, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and examples of Japanese manga. The volume also includes an original 12-page "comics-essay," drawn and written by Eisner Award-winning Eric Shanower, creator of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze.

• Rank: #677240 in Books
• Published on: 2011-02-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.92" h x .75" w x 7.13" l, 1.12 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Marilyn Encyclopedia

Marilyn Encyclopedia
Adam Victor (Author)
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Marilyn Monroe's status as the greatest icon of the twentieth century is rarely disputed, but the real Marilyn in many ways has remained a mystery. Her life has been pondered by everyone from film scholars and historians to novelists and pop culture mavens, creating endless pages of biography, analysis, adoration, invective, and speculation ever since her mysterious death in August 1962.

With Adam Victor's astute research and crisp writing, as well as hundreds of photographs (including shots by top photographers Eve Arnold, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Milton Greene, among others), the facts of Marilyn's amazing life are represented in full and, of course, there is complete information on Marilyn's lovers, songs, and films, including credit listings. The Marilyn Encyclopedia is the second-to-none resource on Marilyn Monroe.

• Rank: #720043 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Released on: 2001-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x .91" w x 5.08" l, 3.51 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 342 pages

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
Carol Rose (Author)
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"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! have nothing on Rose, at home in a thicket of menacing creatures."—Choice

We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own image, from giants to nubile maidens. In these pages you will meet extraordinary beings from Hindu and Navajo religions, Scandinavian tales, Russian folklore, Lithuanian stories, Irish oral history, American tall tales, and Aztec myth. Just some of the monstrous entourage: • Baku, a benevolent Japanese monster with the body of a horse, the head of a lion, and the legs of a tiger, who helps people by devouring their nightmares. • Kurma, the giant tortoise of Hindu myth, whose upper shell forms the heavens and lower part the earth. • Missipissy, the feared fish serpent of North America's Great Lakes region. This illustrated encyclopedia not only identifies and describes individual beasts in their cultural context but also groups them together across cultures and discusses common mythological strands and conceits. 60 b/w illustrations.

• Rank: #85489 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x 1.10" w x 7.80" l, 1.91 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Magic: The Gathering -- Official Encyclopedia Volume 4

Magic: The Gathering -- Official Encyclopedia Volume 4
Beth Moursund (Author), Richard Garfield (Foreword)
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In association with Wizards of the Coast, the creators of Magic: The Gathering, and the Magic experts at The Duelist (Wizards' official trading-card game magazine), Thunder's Mouth Press presents the next book in this reference series: Magic: The Gathering - The Official Encyclopedia Volume 4. With full-color reproductions of over 1,700 new Magic cards, it includes the full Urza's Saga and its two expansions. The new basic set, Sixth Edition, and Wizards of the Coast's "broken" expansion, Unglued, are also featured.

• Rank: #540454 in Books
• Published on: 1999-11-11
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages