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Bleep!: A Guide to Popular American Obscenities
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Bleep!: A Guide to Popular American ObscenitiesBleep!: A Guide to Popular American Obscenities

The only thing more embarrassing than being called a dcare enough to say something truly offensive. This guide from a skilled linguist covers them airty word is not knowing what it means. Since the four-letter words of our forefathers now seem almost prim, startling combinations of the old favorites and even completely new vulgarities have been created for those occasions when you ll. Illustrated

 

 

 
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Tags: favorites, completely, vulgarities, combinations, startling, Bleep, Obscenities, American, Guide, Popular
The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia: A Startling Collection of Over 1,000 Things You'll Never Need to Know
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The Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia: A Startling Collection of Over 1,000 Things You'll Never Need to KnowThe Utterly, Completely, and Totally Useless Fact-O-Pedia: A Startling Collection of Over 1,000 Things You'll Never Need to Know

Improve your small talk and sharpen your conversational skills with this giant collection of ridiculously useless but endlessly fascinating facts.
Did you know that cats were once used to deliver mail in Belgium? That the “huddle” in football became popular after a deaf player began using it to prevent other teams from reading his sign language? That the average American eats 30 pounds of cheese in a year? Organized from A to Z, there are over 1,000 trivia tidbits for you to peruse.

 
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Tags: cheese, Organized, there, trivia, pounds, Collection, Things, Utterly, Startling, Never
Heroes at Odds
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Heroes at OddsHeroes at Odds

Shield Lee Mallorough and Source Shintaro Karish are steadfast in their commitment to protect Westsea no matter what disaster-natural or man- made-may befall it. But before our heroes can discern why so many people are suddenly interested in gaining control of Westsea, Lee's family arrives with some startling news. Long before she was trained as a Shield, she was betrothed as part of an alliance with another merchant clan-and her "fiancé" is determined to see Lee fulfill her contract...
 
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Tags: Shield, before, Westsea, startling, contract, Heroes, trained
The Girl in the Blue Beret
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The Girl in the Blue BeretThe Girl in the Blue Beret

Intimate and haunting, The Girl in the Blue Beret is a beautiful and affecting story of love and courage, war and redemption, and the startling promise of second chances.


 
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The Craft of the Japanese Sword
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The Craft of the Japanese SwordThe Craft of the Japanese Sword

Well over a thousand years old, the tradition of swordmaking in Japan is one of the most highly regarded metal crafts in the world. When all sword manufacture was prohibited in Japan for seven years after World War II, the age-old techniques were in danger of being lost forever. Today, in the hands of a new generation of practitioners, the craft is making a startling comeback. Connoisseurs say that the swords being produced now are the equal of anything made in Japan in the past few hundred years.
 
 
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