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The Calendar
The 5000 Year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days
by David Ewing Duncan
The adventure spans the world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in Washington, the world's official timekeeper since the 1960s. We visit cultures from Vedic India and Cleopatra's Egypt to Byzantium and the Elizabethan court; and meet an impressive cast of historic personages from Julius Caesar to Omar Khayyam, and giants of... (more)
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Longitude
The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
Anyone alive in the eighteeth century would have known that "the logitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The... (more)
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Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
by Jo Marchant
The bronze fragments of an ancient Greek device have puzzled scholars for more than a century after they were recovered from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, where they had lain since about 80 BC. Now, using advanced imaging technology, scientists have solved the mystery of its intricate workings. Unmatched in complexity for a thousand years, the mechanism functioned as the world’s first analog computer,... (more)
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Headache
A Guide for the Primary Care Physician
by Elizabeth W. Loder, MD, Vincent T. Martin, MD
The emphasis of this book falls naturally on the Big Three headache disorders: migraine, tension-type, and cluster headaches. Other topics include medication overuse and misuse, complementary and alternative treatments, headache in special populations such as children and adolescents, and the difficult headache patient. Special features include the headache calendars and diaries, headache impact test, and the... (more)
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SPQR: Book 13
The Year of Confusion
by John Maddox Roberts
“Readers looking for a crafty and entertaining journey to the past won’t be disappointed.” —Publishers Weekly on SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius Caius Julius Caesar, now Dictator of Rome, has decided to revise the Roman calendar, which has become out of sync with the seasons. As if this weren’t already an unpopular move, Caesar has brought in astronomers and astrologers from abroad, including Egyptians, Greeks,... (more)
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Clocks and calendars
by Tracey Steffora
This series will teach readers about different units used to measure time, such as minutes, hours, days, weeks and months with an emphasis on important relational terms, such as before, after and next. Common indicators of time such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime are used to help the reader make connections between familiar and unfamiliar measurements of time.
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The laugh-a-day book of bloopers, quotes & good clean jokes
by Jim Kraus
Laughter is powerful medicine--and it's just plain fun. The Laugh-a-Day Book of Bloopers, Quotes & Good Clean Jokes brings together hundreds of the funniest bits of wit and humor to brighten anyone's day. From blunders like "For sale: Electric hospital bed, hardly used. No one died in it," to truisms like "The only thing worse than hearing the alarm clock in the morning is not hearing it," there's something... (more)
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Teacher Cartoon-A-Day: 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar
by Jonny Hawkins
Start the school day with a smile. Gleeful classroom adventures and amusing student antics greet teachers as they reference these daily depictions of entertaining playground escapades, homework snafus, and comical coursework mishaps. Each day, humorist Jonny Hawkins turns in a cleverly cartooned lesson in schoolroom humor. For its year's worth of chuckles and grins, the Teacher Cartoon-A-Day 2012 Day-to-Day... (more)
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An Insult A Day: Scathing (but funny) Quips and Gibes: 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar
by Kathryn Petras
We've been taught it's best to say nothing if we have nothing nice to say, but sometimes being nice is overrated. Then, firing off a one-liner or unleashing a long-winded diatribe is the only course of action--and so much more satisfying. An Insult A Day: Scathing (but funny) Quips and Gibes 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar contains pithy proclamations from politicians, comedians, talk show hosts, and celebrities, as... (more)
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Medical Bloopers: 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar
by Andrews McMeel Publishing
Be amazed by true tales of hospital high jinks, exam-room faux pas, and insurance escapades. Real-life healthcare professionals dispense daily doses of medical bloopers to tickle funny bones and brighten the days of other doctors, nurses, and medical caregivers. With its entertaining patient anecdotes, amusing transcription typos, and comical co-worker blunders, the Medical Bloopers 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar ... (more)
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The Shopaholic's Daily Calendar 2012
by Andrews McMeel Publishing
Bo Derek once said, Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping. The Shopaholic's Daily Calendar 2012 Day-to-Day Calendar offers lots of ideas, presenting readers with top shopping sites on the Web as well as tips on shopping anywhere from the mall to the flea market, from a designer boutique to eBay. Add in advice from celebrity stylists, quotes and tips from designers, ways... (more)
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Dora's Essentials
Dora's Essentials - 2012 Calendar
by Pandora Poikilos
January to March 2012. A daily dose of books, blogs and quotes from all corners of the BlogSphere. Whether you're having a good day or a bad day, this eBook is bound to offer you a smile or two.
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Cat Calendar (EPHEMERA)
by Eve Adamson
Calendars are ephemera and should not be combined with other print/audio works
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Dora's Essentials - 2012 Calendar (Book 2 of 4)
by Pandora Poikilos
April to June 2012. A daily dose of books, blogs and quotes from all corners of the BlogSphere. Whether you're having a good day or a bad day, this eBook is bound to offer you a smile or two.
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Marking Time
The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
by Duncan Steel
Did you know? . . . Russias October Revolution in 1917 actually occurred on November 7th For centuries, Britain and the colonies rang in the New Year on March 25th The Roman Empire originally observed an eight-day week The anno Domini (a.d.) year-counting system is wrong, and Jesus birth actually occurred some years before December 25, 1 b.c. These are just a few of the little-known facts that you will... (more)
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The Dance of Time: The Origins of the Calendar: A Miscellany of History and Myth, Religion and Astronomy, Festivals and Feast Days
by Michael Judge
Did you know that the ancient Romans left 60 days of winter out of their calendar, considering these two months a dead time of lurking terror and therefore better left unnamed? That they had a horror of even numbers, hence the tendency for months with an odd number of days? That robed and bearded druids from the Celts stand behind our New Year's figure of Father Time? That if Thursday is Thor's day, then Friday... (more)
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1491
New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. Mann
In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. From the... (more)
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The Organized Parent : 365 Simple Solutions to Managing Your Home, Your Time, and Your Family's Life
by Christina Baglivi Tinglof
From parenting author Christina Baglivi Tinglof comes The Organized Parent , a collection of tips and advice on how you can create an organized and efficient home and family schedule. Three hundred sixty-five tips--divided into quick fixes and major tune-ups--focus on parent-specific organizational problems. You will find solutions for everything from budgeting to housecleaning to organizing messy closets,... (more)
Phenomenon Book of CalendarsDragon's world a.g.
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Festival of Calendar Quilts
12 delightful wall quilts to celebrate each month
by Sandra L. Hatch
Make a wall quilt for each month of the year.

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