The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information
The Onion (Author)
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A devastatingly important encyclopedia from America's Finest News Source that contains the sum total of mankind's knowledge.

Are you tired of stumbling around blindly, in an ignorant haze, perplexed by the world around you? What if there was a book that could make sense of your ultimately meaningless existence? Fortunately, The Onion, bastion of unbiased, reliable, and definitive news, has produced just such a book: an encyclopedia containing all of mankind's known knowledge.

And now, in a remarkably innovative tactic bound to send shockwaves through the entire publishing industry, THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE is now available in a cheaper-yes, cheaper-paperback edition. Thousands of brilliant and essential text entries, colorful graphics, illustrations, and diagrams can now be yours for but a beggar's pittance. And is that not a small price to for eternal wisdom?

• Rank: #1538 in Books
• Published on: 2013-10-29
• Released on: 2013-10-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 2.04 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia: With Special Figure

Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia: With Special Figure
Brandon T. Snider (Author)

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Master your Transformers KRE-O knowledge with this ultimate encyclopedia! From the legendary Optimus Prime and the brave Bumblebee to the treacherous Starscream and the evil Predaking, this complete collector's guide to all the KRE-O figures is sure to short-circuit all Transformers fans. Includes special Orion Pax figure!

• Rank: #298094 in Books
• Published on: 2014-05-13
• Released on: 2014-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition

The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
Michael Teitelbaum (Author), Scott Beatty (Author), Robert Greenburger (Author), Daniel Wallace (Author)
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Following the success of the first edition, the updated and revised DC Comics Encyclopedia offers even more incredible DC detail and imagery than the original. 48 brand-new pages include major updates on characters and storylines (including the recent "Infinite Crisis" story arc). This spectacular, up-to-the-minute encyclopedia will delight comic fans of every age.

• Rank: #3737 in Books
• Brand: DK ADULT
• Published on: 2008-09-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.21" h x 10.02" w x 12.02" l, 5.06 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

From Encyclopedie to Encyclopedie Methodique: Revision and Expansion ((SVEC ))

From Encyclopedie to Encyclopedie Methodique: Revision and Expansion ((SVEC ))
Kathleen Hardesty Doig (Author)

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• Rank: #330335 in Books
• Published on: 2013-11-07
• Binding: Paperback
• 322 pages

The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia (Encyclopedia)

The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia (Encyclopedia)
Martin Olson (Author), Hunson Abadeeer (Compiler)
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What time is it? Adventure Time™! Explore the magical world of Ooo with Jake the dog and Finn the human, along with the Ice King, Princess Bubblegum, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and all your favorite Adventure Time characters, in this first official guide to Cartoon Network’s hit animated series.
     
Written and compiled by the Lord of Evil himself, The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia matches the playful, subversive tone of the series, detailing everything anyone will ever need to know about the postapocalyptic land of Ooo and its inhabitantsAsecret lore and spells, fun places you should visit and places where you will probably die, whom to marry and whom not to marry, how to make friends and how to destroy your enemiesAplus hand-written marginalia by Finn, Jake, and Marceline. An indispensable companion to the show, this side-splittingly funny love letter to Adventure Time is sure to appeal to fans of all ages. Heck yeah!

From the Back Cover:

Written by the Lord of Evil Himself, Hunson Abadeer (a.k.a. Marceline the Vampire Queen's dad), to instruct and confound the demonic citizenry of the Nightosphere, The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia is perhaps the most dangerous book in history. Although seemingly a guidebook to the Land of Ooo and its postapocalyptic inhabitants, it is in fact an amusing nightmare of literary pitfalls, bombastic brain-boggles, and ancient texts designed to drive the reader mad. 

Complete with secret lore and wizard spells, fun places you should visit and places where you will probably die, advice on whom to marry and whom not to marry, and how to make friends and destroy your enemies, this volume includes hand-written marginalia by Finn, Jake, and Marceline.

Arguably the greatest encyclopaedia ever written since the beginning of the cosmos, it is also an indispensable companion to humans and demons who know what time it is: Adventure Time!

Praise for The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia:

AEven if you’re an adult Adventure Time fan, the book will make you feel like you’re 10 again.”
AUSA Today’s Daily Candy blog
 
AThe brand-new Adventure Time Encyclopaedia will tell viewers everything they need to know about the post-apocalyptic magical land and its inhabitants.” 
AEntertainment Weekly’s Family Room blog
 
AThe . . . Encyclopaedia will appeal to Adventure Time fans who want to delve deeper into the show’s mysterious back story and bizarre details.”
AThe Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex blog


 

• Rank: #615 in Books
• Brand: Brand: Abrams
• Published on: 2013-07-22
• Released on: 2013-07-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.02" h x 5.98" w x .0" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

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The Runner's Literary Companion: Great Stories and Poems About Running

The Runner's Literary Companion: Great Stories and Poems About Running
Garth Battista (Editor)
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Extremely popular collection of running literature.

• Rank: #18924 in Books
• Published on: 1994
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.41" h x 6.46" w x 1.18" l, 1.53 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Writers (South Carolina Encyclopedia Guides)

The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Writers (South Carolina Encyclopedia Guides)
Tom Mack (Editor), George Singleton (Foreword)

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The South Carolina Encyclopedia Guide to South Carolina Writers expands the range of writers included in the landmark South Carolina Encyclopedia. This guide updates the entries on writers featured in the original encyclopedia and augments that list substantially with dozens of new essays on additional authors from the late eighteenth century to the present who have contributed to the Palmetto State's distinctive literary heritage.
Each profile in this concise reference includes essential biographical facts and critical assessments to place the featured writers in the larger context of South Carolina's literary tradition. The guide comprises 127 entries written by more than seventy literary scholars, and it also highlights the sixty-five writers inducted thus far into the South Carolina Academy of Authors, which serves as the state's literary hall of fame. Rich in natural beauty and historic complexity, South Carolina has long been a source of inspiration for writers. The talented novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, journalists, historians, and other writers featured here represent the countless anonymous individuals who have shared tales and lore of South Carolina.

• Rank: #485063 in Books
• Published on: 2014-03-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 232 pages

All Things Dickinson [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Emily Dickinson's World

All Things Dickinson [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Emily Dickinson's World
Wendy Martin Ph.D. (Author)

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While Emily Dickinson is one of the most widely studied American poets, some dimensions of her life and work are largely under-appreciated. This book provides the wider context necessary for a more complete understanding of Dickinson, presenting Dickinson's life and times as well as discussion of her poetry and letters. Prolific author and Dickinson expert Wendy Martin and 59 contributors address the relationship between Emily Dickinson's life and work and the larger world in which she lived. Examination of topics such as the history of Amherst, MA, and the Dickinson family's place in it; and the cultural, financial, political, legal, and religious practices of the day illuminate important dimensions of Dickinson's experiences and world for students, scholars, and general readers of this iconic poet's work.

• Rank: #191435 in Books
• Published on: 2013-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
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• Binding: Hardcover
• 968 pages

Mythology Of The American Nations: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Gods, Heroes, Spirits, Sacred Places, Rituals And Ancient Beliefs Of The North ... Indian, Inuit, Aztec, Inca And Maya Nations

Mythology Of The American Nations: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Of The Gods, Heroes, Spirits, Sacred Places, Rituals And Ancient Beliefs Of The North ... Indian, Inuit, Aztec, Inca And Maya Nations
David M. Jones (Author), Brian L. Molyneaux (Author)

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An A-Z reference guide to the mythology of the native North American, Maya, Aztec, Inca, and earlier civilizations and cultures of the Americas. Over 900 entries are packed with information on the central mythical figures of each culture, and the volume is illustrated with 500 images.

• Rank: #360387 in Books
• Published on: 2013-11-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.53" h x 7.32" w x .8" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Literature from the 'Axis of Evil': Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations

Literature from the 'Axis of Evil': Writing from Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Other Enemy Nations
Alane Mason (Editor), Dedi Felman (Editor), Samantha Schnee (Editor)
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"The book every American should read this year."—The Bloomsbury Review

Subject of a full-length segment on Morning Edition when it first appeared in hardcover, Literature from the "Axis of Evil"'s publication was celebrated by authors including Azar Nafisi and Alice Walker, and the Bloomsbury Review named it a "book of the year."

In thirty-five works of fiction and poetry, writers from countries Americans have not been allowed to hear from—until the Treasury Department revised its regulations recently—offer an invaluable window on daily life in "enemy nations" and humanize the individuals living there. The book includes works from Syria, Lybia, the Sudan, Cuba, as well as from Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. As editor Alane Mason writes in the introduction, "Not knowing what the rest of the world is thinking and writing is both dangerous and boring."

• Rank: #39077 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.87" h x 5.67" w x .87" l, .88 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

Walking with Dinosaurs Encyclopedia (Walking With Dinosaurs the 3d Movie)

Walking with Dinosaurs Encyclopedia (Walking With Dinosaurs the 3d Movie)
Steve Brusatte (Author)

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The Walking with Dinosaurs Encyclopedia is filled with facts about the dinosaurs from the movie as well as facts about the world the dinosaurs inhabited and theories about their rise and fall. With full-color images from the film and photos of paleontologists at work, this encyclopedia is a must-have item for Walking with Dinosaurs fans.

Walking with Dinosaurs, a six-part documentary on the BBC, is now the most watched cable documentary ever, as well as a long-running live stage show. The long-awaited 3D motion picture comes out this December, and is sure to thrill fans.

• Rank: #85230 in Books
• Published on: 2013-11-05
• Released on: 2013-11-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

The Professor and the Madman (P.S.)

The Professor and the Madman (P.S.)
Simon Winchester (Author)
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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.

• Rank: #14632 in eBooks
• Published on: 2009-10-13
• Released on: 2009-10-13
• Format: Kindle eBook