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Summary: "Every country profile is packed with photos, and each nation has a full-color map detailing its main cities, landscape features, and borders, and exactly where in the world it is. At-a-glance panels provide a quick reference to all the stats, and the easy-to-read text is full of fascinating, fun facts."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910 MILPohlen, Jerome.
Summary: This zany travel guide presents a more peculiar state than the Iowa Tourism Office might like out-of-towners to imagine. Leaving out the traditional scenic trips to the Mississippi River bluffs and the Amana Colonies, this guide will take the adventurous traveler to the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, the home of the "Lonely Goat Herder" marionettes from The Sound of Music, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.7 IOWA POHPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: "What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: GCP 2023
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Summary: "The Encyclopedia of the Weird and Wonderful features explanations of some of the most intriguing and entertaining facts from prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. " -- Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellfleet Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 031.02 ROSPohlen, Jerome.
Summary: This offbeat travel guide lists some 170 unusual sites for the traveler interested in seeing a somewhat different side of Indiana. While most listings are "outlandish" others are tied to well-known individuals, such as Johnny Appleseed, Cole Porter, James Dean, John Dillinger, David Letterman, and Dan Quayle. Grouped by geographic sections of the state, each entry gives a description of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.72 INDIANA POHTurner, Tracey
Summary: This compelling, mind-blowing book of lists about the wonderful world of animals is un-put-down-able! Filled with details on topics from the most shudder-inducing bugs and the most popular breeds of cat to which animals can't fart and how to escape from dangerous forest animals, this will be a must-have book in every child's collection!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2020