Author: Christina Joie Slager
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439342711
Category : Chondrichthyes
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Over 140 photos illustrate this introduction to the world of sharks and their cousins the rays, including some amazing "believe it or not" facts and anecdotes.
Ripley's Amazing Sharks
Author: Christina Joie Slager
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439342711
Category : Chondrichthyes
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Over 140 photos illustrate this introduction to the world of sharks and their cousins the rays, including some amazing "believe it or not" facts and anecdotes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439342711
Category : Chondrichthyes
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Over 140 photos illustrate this introduction to the world of sharks and their cousins the rays, including some amazing "believe it or not" facts and anecdotes.
Ripley's RBI 04: Secrets of the Deep
Author: Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1609910362
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Join the RBI—a group of teen agents with special gifts—on a series of action-packed adventures as they travel the world! In an eerie underwater cavern, human hands reach out from the seabed searching the dark water. The RBI are sent on a watery quest to find out what lies beneath. How do mysterious happenings on the sea at night, an angry school of sharks, and zombie ghost stories link with this creepy new mission? The RBI are on a mission to search out the truth!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1609910362
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Join the RBI—a group of teen agents with special gifts—on a series of action-packed adventures as they travel the world! In an eerie underwater cavern, human hands reach out from the seabed searching the dark water. The RBI are sent on a watery quest to find out what lies beneath. How do mysterious happenings on the sea at night, an angry school of sharks, and zombie ghost stories link with this creepy new mission? The RBI are on a mission to search out the truth!
Ripley's Unbelievable Stories For Guys
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 160991046X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Ripley's Believe it or Not for guy's who think they know everything! One for the grown-ups, this quirky new Ripley’s book is filled with bizarre and hilarious "Believe It or Not!" stories, trivia and lists— perfect for any fan of the unusual, and the ideal Father’s Day gift. Some of the utterly stupefying stories within include: • Joseph Puyol, professional farter and highest paid entertainer in 19th-century France • the craziest true CIA plots • a divorce settlement that included a kidney • the college student jailed for insulting a horse • Iceland’s penis museum • the gambler who broke Monte Carlo • a man who removed his own appendix The perfect gift for the man in your life. This title will engage its audience with stories, facts and charts that men can relate to. This title takes the unbelievable and strange facts that Ripley's is known for and expands upon these stories to make a fun and entertaining book for men. Did you know that military hot-air balloons and submarines were used in the American Civil War? Did you know that the Japanese Earthquake shortened a day? What about before Madoff? What was the first ponzi scheme? How about the craziest true plots of the CIA? This title will engage an adult male audience with all the unique and fun stories that Ripley's is famous for.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 160991046X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Ripley's Believe it or Not for guy's who think they know everything! One for the grown-ups, this quirky new Ripley’s book is filled with bizarre and hilarious "Believe It or Not!" stories, trivia and lists— perfect for any fan of the unusual, and the ideal Father’s Day gift. Some of the utterly stupefying stories within include: • Joseph Puyol, professional farter and highest paid entertainer in 19th-century France • the craziest true CIA plots • a divorce settlement that included a kidney • the college student jailed for insulting a horse • Iceland’s penis museum • the gambler who broke Monte Carlo • a man who removed his own appendix The perfect gift for the man in your life. This title will engage its audience with stories, facts and charts that men can relate to. This title takes the unbelievable and strange facts that Ripley's is known for and expands upon these stories to make a fun and entertaining book for men. Did you know that military hot-air balloons and submarines were used in the American Civil War? Did you know that the Japanese Earthquake shortened a day? What about before Madoff? What was the first ponzi scheme? How about the craziest true plots of the CIA? This title will engage an adult male audience with all the unique and fun stories that Ripley's is famous for.
A Curious Man
Author: Neal Thompson
Publisher: Crown Archetype
ISBN: 077043620X
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The marvelously compelling biography of Robert Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world's strangest oddities.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
ISBN: 077043620X
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The marvelously compelling biography of Robert Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world's strangest oddities.
Ripley's Big, Weird & Dangerous Fish
Author: Bob Cranston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439342742
Category : Exotic fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Over 140 photos illustrate this introduction to the world of unusual fish, including some amazing "believe it or not" facts and anecdotes.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439342742
Category : Exotic fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Over 140 photos illustrate this introduction to the world of unusual fish, including some amazing "believe it or not" facts and anecdotes.
The new American cyclopædia, ed. by G. Ripley and C.A. Dana
Author: American cyclopaedia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Stylepedia
Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811833462
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A chunky, distinctive object of brilliant design in and of itself, Stylepedia is the first handy, cross-referenced desk guide to the kaleidoscope that is modern design. In hundreds of illustrated entries, Heller and Fili, the award-winning authors of Euro Deco and numerous other popular design titles, survey the designers, schools, and movements that comprise the practice today as well as take a fascinating glimpse back at some of the seminal early leaders. From the first Santa Claus to appear on a Coca-Cola bottle to the increasingly ubiquitous camouflage tee shirt, iconic everyday items of yesterday and today provide valuable inspiration to designers and design aficionados. As quirky as it is useful and positively packed with lavish color illustrations, this designer's design compendium is the only one of its kind.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811833462
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A chunky, distinctive object of brilliant design in and of itself, Stylepedia is the first handy, cross-referenced desk guide to the kaleidoscope that is modern design. In hundreds of illustrated entries, Heller and Fili, the award-winning authors of Euro Deco and numerous other popular design titles, survey the designers, schools, and movements that comprise the practice today as well as take a fascinating glimpse back at some of the seminal early leaders. From the first Santa Claus to appear on a Coca-Cola bottle to the increasingly ubiquitous camouflage tee shirt, iconic everyday items of yesterday and today provide valuable inspiration to designers and design aficionados. As quirky as it is useful and positively packed with lavish color illustrations, this designer's design compendium is the only one of its kind.
Ripley's Special Edition 2015
Author: Ripley's Entertainment Inc.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545698391
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Another year's worth of wild and wacky information from Ripley's Believe It or Not! 144 pages of awesomely weird information and photos. Cover includes eye-catching special effects!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545698391
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Another year's worth of wild and wacky information from Ripley's Believe It or Not! 144 pages of awesomely weird information and photos. Cover includes eye-catching special effects!
Ripley's World
Author: Andy Ripley
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 178057200X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Winner of the National Sporting Club's prestigious British Rugby Book of the Year Award for 2008, Ripley's World transforms and redefines the genre of the sports autobiography. In a moving and intimate memoir, Andy Ripley, England rugby icon and victorious British Lion, television Superstar and world rowing champion, reflects on a life of sporting achievement and confronts his most powerful and dangerous challenge yet - his diagnosis with prostate cancer. Told with typical candour and courage, it is an absorbing and inspirational story.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 178057200X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Winner of the National Sporting Club's prestigious British Rugby Book of the Year Award for 2008, Ripley's World transforms and redefines the genre of the sports autobiography. In a moving and intimate memoir, Andy Ripley, England rugby icon and victorious British Lion, television Superstar and world rowing champion, reflects on a life of sporting achievement and confronts his most powerful and dangerous challenge yet - his diagnosis with prostate cancer. Told with typical candour and courage, it is an absorbing and inspirational story.
Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency
Author: Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A practical guide for teaching comprehension and fluency in the kindergarten through eighth-grade classroom with instruction on reading levels, writing about reading, and interactive read-aloud and literature study; and contains a DVD with over 100 blackline masters, forms, and checklists.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
A practical guide for teaching comprehension and fluency in the kindergarten through eighth-grade classroom with instruction on reading levels, writing about reading, and interactive read-aloud and literature study; and contains a DVD with over 100 blackline masters, forms, and checklists.