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Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way by Michael Young

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way
Michael Young

The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America - Julian Montague ISBN /products/isbn/9780810955202
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America
Julian Montague
What Bird Did That? A Driver's Guide to Soem Common Birds of North America by Peter Hansard, Burton Silver.
What Bird Did That? A Driver's Guide to Some Common Birds of North America
Peter Hansard, Burton Silver
Do-It-Yourself Coffins by Dale Power - ISBN 0764303376
Do-It-Yourself Coffins: For Pets and People
Dale Power
ISBN 0811852210 How to Be Pope - Piers Marchant
How to Be Pope: What to Do and Where to Go Once You're in the Vatican
Piers Marchant
How to Poo on a Date: The Lover's Guide to Toilet Etiquette by Mats Enzo

How to Poo on a Date: The Lover's Guide to Toilet Etiquette
Mats Enzo

Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop: And Other Practical Advice In Our Campaign Against The Fairy Kingdom by Reginald Bakeley

Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop: And Other Practical Advice In Our Campaign Against The Fairy Kingdom
Reginald Bakeley

How Tea Cosies Changed the World by Loani Prior

How Tea Cosies Changed the World
Loani Prior

How to Sharpen Pencils by David Rees

How to Sharpen Pencils
David Rees

Bombproof Your Horse by Rick Pelicano

Bombproof Your Horse
Rick Pelicano

Australian Tractors

Australian Tractors: Indigenous Tractors and Self-Propelled Machines in Rural Australia
Graeme R. Quick

Farm Tractors in New Zealand

Farm Tractors in New Zealand
Richard H. Robinson

ISBN: 9781741100020 - The Magic of Old Tractors

The Magic of Old Tractors
Ian M. Johnston

Implement & Tractor: Reflections on 100 Years of Farm Equipment

Implement & Tractor: Reflections on 100 Years of Farm Equipment
Robert K. Mills (ed.)

Great Tractors

Great Tractors
Michael Williams

Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow by Donald Rogers

Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow
Donald Rogers

101 More Uses for a Dead Cat by Simon Bond

101 More Uses for a Dead Cat
Simon Bond

Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine! by Chris Maynard and Bill Scheller
Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!
Chris Maynard & Bill Scheller

Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slighly Sinister by Renee Rigdon and Zabet Stewart
Anticraft: Knitting, Beading and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister
Renee Rigdon and Zabet Stewart
The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book by Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg
The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book
Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg
 
Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook by Annick Giroux
Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook
Annick Giroux
Lizard Social Behavior by Stanley F. Fox

Lizard Social Behavior
Stanley F. Fox

A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Holy Housewifery by Ethel Marbach

A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Holy Housewifery
Ethel Marbach

Movie Stars in Bathtubs by Jack Scagnetti
Movie Stars in Bathtubs
Jack Scagnetti
The Radiation Recipe Book
The Radiation Recipe Book
no given author
 
A History of Thimbles by Edwin F. Holmes

A History of Thimbles
by Edwin F. Holmes

Medical Uses of Soap by Morris Fishbein

Medical Uses of Soap
by Morris Fishbein

The Book of Waistcoats by Jacquline Farrel

The Book of Waistcoats
by Jacqueline Farrell

Clean and Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom & the Water Closet by Lawrence Wright

Clean and Decent: The Fascinating History of the Bathroom & the Water Close
by Lawrence Wright

Where Underpants Come From: From Cotton Fields to Checkout Counter by Joe Bennett

Where Underpants Come From: From Cotton Fields to Checkout Counter
by Joe Bennett

Catflexing: The Catlovers Guide to Weight Training, Aerobics and Stretching by Stephanie Jackson

Catflexing: The Catlovers Guide to Weight Training, Aerobics and Stretching
by Stephanie Jackson

One Good Turn : A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw by Witold Rybczynski

One Good Turn : A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
by Witold Rybczynski

Increasing Laundry Output by Florian J. Hyam

Increasing Laundry Output
by Florian J. Hyam

Saucepans & The Single Girl by Jinx Morgan

Saucepans & The Single Girl
by Jinx Morgan

The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nineteenth-Century France by Alain Corbin
The Life of an Unknown: The Rediscovered World of a Clog Maker in Nineteenth-Century France
by Alain Corbin
Fashion is Spinach by Elizabeth Hawes

Fashion is Spinach
by Elizabeth Hawes

Fancy Goldfish Culture by Frank W. Orme

Fancy Goldfish Culture
by Frank W. Orme

Garbage Housing by Martin Pawley

Garbage Housing
by Martin Pawley

Jurassic Towel Origami by Alison Jenkins

Jurassic Towel Origami
by Alison Jenkins

Mole Catching: A Practical Guide by Jeff Nicholls
Mole Catching: A Practical Guide
by Jeff Nicholls
Amish Folk Remedies for Plain and Fancy Ailments by William McGrath

Amish Folk Remedies for Plain and Fancy Ailments
by William McGrath

The Best Fences by James Fitzgerald

The Best Fences
by James Fitzgerald

A Guide to Bone Toothbrushes of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries by Barbara E. Mattick

A Guide to Bone Toothbrushes of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
by Barbara E. Mattick

Bicycles in War by Martin Caidin and Jay Barbree

Bicycles in War
by Martin Caidin and Jay Barbree

Baboon Metaphysics by Horace Bent
Baboon Metaphysics
by Horace Bent
The Art of Squash Rackets by Amr Bey

The Art of Squash Rackets
by Amr Bey

How to Land a Top-Paying Pierogi Maker's Job by Ashley McFadden

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How to Land a Top-Paying Pierogi Maker's Job
by Ashley McFadden

English Laundresses by Patricia E. Malcolmson

English Laundresses
by Patricia E. Malcolmson

Land Snails and Slugs of Russia and Adjacent Countries by A. Sysoev and A.A. Schileyko

Land Snails and Slugs of Russia and Adjacent Countries
by A. Sysoev and A.A. Schileyko

How to be Danish by Patrick Kingsley
How to be Danish
by Patrick Kingsley
Treat Your Own Neck by Robin McKenzie

Treat Your Own Neck
by Robin McKenzie

What Makes Me Amish? by Charles George

What Makes Me Amish?
by Charles George

The Mime Alphabet Book by Nina and Cathy Gasiorowicz

The Mime Alphabet Book
by Nina and Cathy Gasiorowicz

Successful Muskrat Farming by Robert G. Hodgson

Successful Muskrat Farming
by Robert G. Hodgson

The Art of Faking Exhibition Poultry by George R. Scott
The Art of Faking Exhibition Poultry
by George R. Scott
All About Pockets by Christine Petrell Kallevig

All About Pockets
by Christine Petrell Kallevig

A New Look at Wife-Swapping by Roger Blake

A New Look at Wife-Swapping
by Roger Blake

Breeding Stud Sheep by Murray Long

Breeding Stud Sheep
by Murray Long

The Joyce Lee Method of Scientific Facial Exercises

The Joyce Lee Method of Scientific Facial Exercises
by Joyce Lee

Still Stripping After 25 Years by Eleanor Burns
Still Stripping After 25 Years
by Eleanor Burns
Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots by Peter York

Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots
by Peter York

London Transport Bus Garages Since 1948 by J. Joyce

London Transport Bus Garages Since 1948
by J. Joyce

American Denim: A New Folk Art by Peter Beagle

American Denim: A New Folk Art
by Peter Beagle

Understanding Aloe Vera by Peter Atherton

Understanding Aloe Vera
by Peter Atherton

How to Live with an Idiot: Clueless Creatures and the People Who Love Them by John J. Hoover
How to Live with an Idiot: Clueless Creatures and the People Who Love Them by John J. Hoover
The Strange Story of False Teeth by John Woodforde

The Strange Story of False Teeth
John Woodford

Shepherds' Crooks & Walking Sticks by David Grant & Edward Hart

Shepherds' Crooks and Walking Sticks
David Grant & Edward Hart

Building a Fire Truck by Jerry Bushey

Building a Fire Truck
Jerry Bushey

Trout Madness by Robert Traver

Trout Madness
Robert Traver

Dictionary of Pipe Organ Stops by Stevens Irwin
Dictionary of Pipe Organ Stops
Stevens Irwin
C is for Chafing by Mark Remy

C is for Chafing
by Mark Remy

Does God Ever Speak Through Cats? by David Evans

Does God Ever Speak Through Cats?
by David Evans

English Smocks by Alice Armes

English Smocks
by Alice Armes

ISBN: 1550462849 - Ductigami

Ductigami: The Art of the Tape
Joe Wilson

The Moldavian Pimp by Edgardo Cozarinksy

The Moldavian Pimp
by Edgardo Cozarinksy

Carp: How to Catch Them by D.L. Steuart

Carp: How to Catch Them
D.L. Steuart

The Invention of Curried Sausage by Uwe Timm

The Invention of Curried Sausage
Uwe Timm

My Cat's in Love by Frank Manolson

My Cat's in Love
Frank Manolson

Guests: Or How to Survive Hospitality by Russell Lynes
Guests: Or How to Survive Hospitality
Russell Lynes
Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World by Vicki Leon

Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World
Vicki Leon

I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs by Nigel Rees

I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs
Nigel Rees

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves by Duncan Birmingham

Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves
Duncan Birmingham

Pictorial Poultry Keeping by Dr. J. Batty

Pictorial Poultry Keeping
Dr. J. Batty

The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks by Lin Wellford
The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks
Lin Wellford
Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News With Baby Animals by Amanda McCall; Ben Schwartz

Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News With Baby Animals
Amanda McCall; Ben Schwartz

Your Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy by Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg

Your Three Year Old: Friend or Enemy
Louise Bates Ames, Frances L. Ilg

The Needlework Book of Bible Stories by Carolyn Meyer

The Needlework Book of Bible Stories
Carolyn Meyer

Foods For Glamour by Jack LaLanne

Foods For Glamour
Jack LaLanne

An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Catalin Avramescu
An Intellectual History of Cannibalism
Catalin Avramescu
The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook by David George Gordon

The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook
David George Gordon

 
Ghosts: Minnesota's Unnatural Resource by Brian Leffler

Ghosts: Minnesota's Unnatural Resource
Brian Leffler

Beyond Leaf Raking by Peter L. Benson

Beyond Leaf Raking
Peter L. Benson

Ragnar's Guide to Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives by Ragnar Benson by Ronald Duncan and M. Weston-Smith

Encyclopaedia of Medical Ignorance
Ronald Duncan and M. Weston-Smith

How to Make Love While Conscious by Guy Kettelhack
How to Make Love While Conscious
Guy Kettelhack
Welcome to Your Face Lift by Helen Bransford
Welcome to Your Face Lift
Helen Bransford
 
Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka

Squids Will Be Squids
Jon Scieszka

The Bible & Flying Saucers by Barry H. Downing

The Bible & Flying Saucers
Barry H. Downing

The Practical Pyromaniac by William Gurstelle

The Practical Pyromaniac
William Gurstelle

Bodybuilders in Tutus by Philipp Lomboy
Bodybuilders in Tutus
Philipp Lomboy
Sun-Beams May Be Extracted from Cucumbers, But the Process Is Tedious by David Daggett
Sun-Beams May Be Extracted from Cucumbers, But the Process Is Tedious
David Daggett
 
Electricity in Gynecology by May Cushman Rice

Electricity in Gynecology
May Cushman Rice

Innards and Other Variety Meats by Jana Allen and Margaret Gin

Innards and Other Variety Meats
Jana Allen and Margaret Gin

Make a Fully Working Ventriloquist's Dummy

Make a Fully Working Ventriloquist's Dummy
Author Unstated

Babes With Bullets: Women Having Fun With Guns by Debbie Ferns
Babes With Bullets: Women Having Fun With Guns
Debbie Ferns
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
How to Avoid Huge Ships
John W. Trimmer
 
Whose Bottom is This?: A Lift-the-flap Book

Whose Bottom is This?: A Lift-the-flap Book

Glamour and the Hostess: A Guide to Canadian Table Setting by Marie Holmes

Glamour and the Hostess: A Gude to Canadian Table Setting
Marie Holmes

Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality by Glenn C. Ellenbogen

Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality
Glenn C. Ellenbogen

Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin W. Schwabe
Unmentionable Cuisine
Calvin W. Schwabe
The Lull Before Dorking - Chiswick Press
The Lull Before Dorking
Chiswick Press
 
Smocks by M. Hall

Smocks
M. Hall

Showing Sheep by Laura Lawson

Showing Sheep
Laura Lawson

Sixguns and Society: A Structural Study of the Western by Will Wright

Sixguns and Society
Will Wright

Snow Caves for Fun and Survival by Ernest Wilkinson
Snow Caves For Fun and Survival
Ernest Wilkinson
Royal Knits by Nicolette McGuire
Royal Knits
Nicolette McGuire
 
Goats: Homeopathic Remedies by George Macleod

Goats: Homeopathic Remedies
George Macleod

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Doug Richmond

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Doug Richmond

The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes and More by Charles T. Bourland

The Astronaut's Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More
Charles T. Bourland

Giraffes? Giraffes! by Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey
Giraffes? Giraffes!
Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-On-Whey
How to Be Happy Though Married by Tim LaHaye
How to Be Happy Though Married
Tim LaHaye
 
Bar Mitzvah Disco: Everyone's Invited by Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll and Jules Shell

Bar Mitzvah Disco
Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell

A Popular History of British Seaweeds by Rev. D. Landsborough

A Popular History of British Seaweeds
Rev. D. Landsborough

So You Want to Be a Shaman: The Mystic Crafts by David Lawson

So You Want to Be a Shaman
David Lawson

A Lust for Window Sills: A Lover's Guide to British Buildings from Portcullis to Pebble Dash by Harry Mount
A Lust for Window Sills
Harry Mount
How to Understand Women Through Their Cats by Wendy Diamond
How to Understand Women Through Their Cats
Wendy Diamond
 
ISBN: 1577330013 - Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story

Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story
Tanis Helliwell

Lenin's Embalmers by Ilya Zbarsky

Lenin's Embalmers
Ilya Zbarsky

Spacebloom: A Guide to Cosmic Flora by Awk Ro

Spacebloom: A Guide to Cosmic Flora
Awk Ro

Forensic Examination of Rubber Stamps by Jan Seaman Kelly
Forensic Examination of Rubber Stamps
Jan Seaman Kelly
Soap Through the Ages by R. Lucock Wilson
Soap Through the Ages
R. Lucock Wilson
 
The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric by Michel Pastoureau

The Devil's Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric
Michel Pastoureau

ISBN 1563523566 Critter Cuisine - Mary Ann Clayton
Critter Cuisine
Mary Ann Clayton
ISBN 1594630186 Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats by Steve Ettlinger
Twinkie, Deconstructed Steve Ettlinger

How You Can Bowl Better Using Self-Hypnosis

How You Can Bowl Better Using Self-Hypnosis

How to Make Your Own Shoes by Mary Lofthus Wales
How to Make Your Own Shoes
Mary Lofthus Wales
 
All About Scabs by Genichiro Yagyu

All About Scabs
Genichiro Yagyu

Cadaver Dog Handbook by Andrew Rebmann

Cadaver Dog Handbook
Andrew Rebmann

Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television

Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television
Michael Klossner

ISBN: 1556610408 Lorraine Peterson - Anybody Can Be Cool

Anybody Can Be Cool... But Awesome Takes Practice
Lorraine Peterson

Storm Chasing Handbook by Tim Vasquez
Storm Chasing Handbook
Tim Vasquez
 
Knitted Historical Figures by Jan Messent

Knitted Historical Figures
Jan Messent

Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School by Todd Strasser

Help I'm Trapped in Obedience School
Todd Strasser

Boy George Fashion and Make-up Book by Boy George

Boy George Fashion and Make-up Book
Wayne Winder

 

Fantasy: The Incredible Cabbage Patch Phenomenon by William Hoffman
Fantasy: The Incredible Cabbage Patch Phenomenon
William Hoffman
The Humanure Handbook by Joseph C. Jenkins
The Humanure Handbook
Joseph C. Jenkins
 
Raising Witches by Ashleen O'Gaea

Raising Witches
Ashleen O'Gaea

How to Start Your Own Country by Erwin S. Strauss

How to Start Your Own Country
Erwin S. Strauss

Exercises for Gentlemen by Alfred B. Olsen

Exercises for Gentlemen
Alfred B. Olsen

The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying by Jack Barth
The International Spy Museum Handbook of Practical Spying
Jack Barth
Wild Boar: Pig-Hunting in New Zealand by Philip Holden
Wild Boar: Pig-Hunting in New Zealand
Philip Holden
 
How to Date a White Woman by Adam Quan

How to Date a White Woman
by Adam Quan

Flower Drying with a Microwave by Titia Joosten

Flower Drying with a Microwave
by Titia Joosten

Dating

Dating for Under a Dollar
by Blair Tolman

Crafting with Cat Hair by Amy Hirschman and Kaori Tsuyata
Crafting with Cat Hair
by Amy Hirschman and Kaori Tsuyata
Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur by Francesca Lia Block

Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur
by Francesca Lia Block

 
Sexual Deviations in the Female - Louis S. London

Atlas of the Fleas (Siphonaptera) of Britain and Ireland
R.S. George

ISBN 0913155004 Ira J. Rappaport - Hanging Out

Hanging Out: The Upside Down Exercise Book
Ira J. Rappaport

People With Long Ears by Robin Borwick

People With Long Ears -A Practical Guide to Donkey Keeping
Robin Borwick

American Murder Ballads by Olive Woolley Burt

American Murder Ballads
Olive Woolley Burt

Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant by Michael & Karan Feder

Liberace: Your Personal Fashion Consultant
 Michael & Karan Feder

 
Flock of Dreamers: An Anthology of Dream Inspired Comics Ed. by Sasa Rakezic

Flock of Dreamers: An Anthology of Dream Inspired Comics
Ed. by Sasa Rakezic


An Alien Who's Who

An Alien Who's Who
Martin S. Kottmeyer

We are the people our parents warned us against by Nicholas Von Hoffman

We are the people our parents warned us against
Nicholas Von Hoffman

What Kinda Cactus Izzat? by Reg Manning
What Kinda Cactus Izzat? A "Who's Who" of Strange Plants of the Southwest American Desert
Reg Manning

ISBN 9781593271947 The Manga Guide to Calculus by Kojima

The Manga Guide to Calculus
Hiroyuki Kojima

 
Auto Vacuum Ice Cream Freezer Recipes by the Auto Vacuum Freezer Company
Auto Vacuum Ice Cream Freezer Recipes
Auto Vacuum Freezer Company

 

ISBN: 0553273450 Raymond A. Moody - Elvis After Life: Unusual Psychic Experiences Surrounding the Death of a Superstar

Elvis After Life
Raymond A. Moody

Salvation on Sand Mountain - Dennis Covington

Salvation on Sand Mountain
Dennis Covington

ISBN 1416572287 Chad Orzel - How to Teach Physics to Your Dog

How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
Chad Orzel

ISBN 9780307266361 The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture
Henry Petroski

A Cow is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles

A Cow is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles
Joseph Foster

ISBN: 189894881X - Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan

Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan
Chenciner, Ismailov, Magomedkhanov, Binnie

ISBN: 1872119948 - What Not to Wear on a Horse

What Not to Wear on a Horse
Ginny Oakley, Stephanie Soskin

ISBN 1591025141 - Death in the Pot

Death in the Pot: The Impact of Food Poisoning on History
Morton Satin

Jack Hanley - Let's Make Mary

Let's Make Mary: Being a Gentleman's Guide to Scientific Seduction in Eight Easy Lessons
Jack Hanley

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