Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

Houdini's Paper Magic

Milbourne Christopher

Maurine Christopher

David Copperfield

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Illustrated History of Magic

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James Randi

Conjuring

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Marion Green

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

This beautifully presented book is based on the truths of natural magic that honor Nature and her cycles, and also on the individual powers of insight and farseeing that we all have within us.

Practical Magic

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Bathroom Readers' Institute Staff

Uncle John's Seventh Bathroom Reader

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Varla Ventura

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Freaky Facts and Strange Stories

The Book of the Bizarre

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David G. French

An A-Z Guide to What You Never Knew Could Kill You

Everybody knows that cigarettes can kill you, but studies show that, in fact, everything is bad for you: food, vitamins, the city you live in, optimism, air conditioning, rain, being a man, being a woman, breathing. The way it's looking, you're lucky to be alive! You might as well just stay in bed -- except that bed rest is bad for you and the covers are infested with dust mites.

Everything Is Bad for You is a comprehensive catalog of everything that's bad for you and why, complete with references for supporting documentation. The entries are listed in alphabetical order from Air Conditioning (pollution inside an air-conditioned room is likely to be two to five times as great as in the air outdoors) to Writing (writers have an unusually high risk of dying from pulmonary tuberculosis).

With tongue-in-cheek humor, David French points out that the world of risk has become one in which you are constantly encouraged to be fearful about things that don't much matter, and to remain ignorant of things that do.

Everything Is Bad for You!

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Biographies of Our Chief Executives

The American Presidents

Rob Cohen

David Wollock

Etiquette for Outlaws

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

To Kill A Mockingbird 

Famous Rebels , Pretenders and Imposters in history 

Rebels Pretenders & Imposters

Who's had who , the world's first historical sex register on celebrities and famous people 

Who's Had Who

David Wallechinsky

Amy Wallace

The Original Compendium of Curious Information

The original, benchmark compendium of facts weirder than fiction, intriguing information, and must-talk-about trivia that has sold over eight million copies worldwide and spawned many imitators. For nearly three decades David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace have been researching curious facts and unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a long-awaited, thoroughly up-to-date, and Americanized new edition, including brand-new lists and list makers. Contributors include: Oliver Stone; Jane Fonda; Sean Connery; Robert Duvall; Pedro Almodovar; Stephen King; John Waters; Wynton Marsalis; Quincy Jones; Arnold Palmer; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Isaac Stern; Ian Rankin; Alan Dershowitz; Margaret Atwood; Dave Eggers; Brian Eno; and Elmore Leonard.

The New Book of Lists

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Jamie Frater

A Mind-Boggling Collection of Fun, Fascinating and Bizarre Facts on Movies, Music, Sports, Crime, Celebrities, History, Trivia and More

Features lists that cover a broad range of subjects including bizarre eating habits, famous historic misquotes, books that changed the world, and differences between Europe and America.

The Ultimate Book of Top Ten Lists

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The best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

Bathroom Readers' Institute

An Elevating Collection of Quick Facts and Incredible Curiosities

The weirdest, wittiest, wackiest facts and trivia from the Bathroom Reader series are packed into this new volume.

Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that's a fact! At nearly 400 pages (with a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience), Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It's organized into hundreds of topics--everything from sports and entertainment to word origins and science. Here are but a few of the facts awaiting you:

* More women than men talk to their cars.
* The melody for Nat King Cole's 1954 hit "Smile" was composed by Charlie Chaplin.
* Acid rain was first identified and named in 1852.
* What is your buccal cavity? Your mouth.
* There are no skunks in Newfoundland.
* The average Super Bowl party has 18 people.
* When dropped in water, a fresh egg will sink; a stale one won't.
* The average newborn baby spends 113 minutes a day crying.
* Pepper was so valuable during Elizabethan times that it was sold by the grain.
* Fossilized termite farts have been preserved in amber.
  And thousands more!

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader WISE Up!

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The People's Almanac Presents the Twentieth Century

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Paul Aron

The author explains why he believes that history has all the twists and turns, intellectual challenges, and surprise revelations of a great mystery story, and offers explanations for some of history's most intriguing mysteries.

Unsolved Mysteries of History

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A. A. Hoehling

The Truth Behind Eight of History's Most Mysterious Ship Disasters

Lost at Sea

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Strange Secrets of the Past Revealed

THE WORLD'S 100 GREATEST MYSTERIES 

Lionel Fanthorpe

Patricia Fanthorpe

Tim Wallace-Murphy

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Secrets of Rennes le Chateau

Mysteries of Templar Treasure and the Holy Grail

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Jim Marrs

The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids

What secrets connect Egypt‘s Great Pyramids, the Freemasons, and the Council on Foreign Relations? In this astonishing book, celebrated journalist Jim Marrs examines the world‘s most closely guarded secrets, tracing the history of clandestine societies and the power they have wielded – from the ancient mysteries to modern–day conspiracy theories. Searching for truth, he uncovers disturbing evidence that the real movers and shakers of the world collude covertly to start and stop wars, manipulate stock markets, maintain class distinctions, and even censor the news. Provocative and utterly compelling, Rule by Secrecy offers a singular worldview that may explain who we are, where we came from, and where we are going.

Rule by Secrecy

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Jim Keith

Banned Ideas and Hidden History

Banned Ideas and Hidden History Provocative articles, essays, documents and photos which reveal a hidden history of world events. From the publisher of Apocalypse Culture', the cult bestseller, the book includes details of CIA involvement in the Jonestown tragedy, mind control experimentation, complete with an x-ray of a brain implant, sex, sorcery and assassination revelations and many other compelling entries on secret societies, heretical history and social control.'

Secret and Suppressed

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The Most Evil Secret Societies In History 

Juan Morales

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