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The Three Impostors (1895) is a novel by Arthur Machen. Consisting of interwoven stories involving the title characters, The Three Impostors was compared to the prose style of Robert Louis Stevenson on publication. Condemned as decadent and obscene upon publication, Machen's writing earned praise from Oscar Wilde and H. P. Lovecraft. Throughout the years, Machen's work has been referenced and adapted by such figures as Stephen King, Guillermo del...
3) Reptiles
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[1991]
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First edition.
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English
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Describes a variety of reptiles, including the Jackson's chameleon, snake-necked turtle of Australia, and eyelash pit viper.
5) Fish
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1993.
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English
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Describes the physiology, feeding habits, and habitat of several distinctly different and unique species of fish.
7) Insects
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1993.
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English
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Examines the habitats and characteristics of various insects, including the ladybug, water measurer, and stag beetle.
8) Snakes
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1993.
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English
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Describes the characteristics of several species of snakes considered unique and distinct because of their physiology, habits, and habitats.
14) Mummies
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[1996]
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English
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Discusses the process of mummification as well as the individual histories of four real mummies--The Iceman, King Tut, Tollund Man, and The Lady--and of plaster mummies from Pompeii and how they have advanced historical and scientific knowledge.
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Weird zone volume 1
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Welcome to the Weird Zone, the UFO capital of the world, where crazy is ordinary and Martians will eat your brain! Life in Grover's Mill is never boring. When best friends Liz, Holly, and Jeff arrive at the local lake one morning, they know it is only a matter of time before something weird happens. And unfortunately, they're right. When disgusting alien zombies start rising from the center of the lake, the trio must escape - or their brains will...
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Weird Homes volume 3
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An amazing undertaker's home built out of 600,000 embalming fluid bottles. A beer can house in Houston, Texas and Moore's Junk Castle in Pullman, Washington. Wonders created from trash.
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Weird Homes volume 12
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Three truly amazing places. A man-made and totally painted mountain in the desert, a strange temple in the backwoods of Georgia, and an underground home in Ontario whose owner loves to fly with geese over his farm in his home-built ultra-light.
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Weird Homes volume 4
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English
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Unique homes created as a result of personal suffering. The Button King in South Carolina has insomnia so he has taken to glue hundreds of thousands of buttons to his home, clothes and car. Ex-alcoholic, The Flowerman uses recycled junk to decorate his home and in Toronto, an injured mason has covered every square inch of his home with wooden screws.
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Weird Homes volume 5
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In Bend, Oregon two delightful men have created a fantasy farm bursting with humour including a bowling ball garden and a love pond. And 'Andy's Dummy Farm' in rural New Brunswick is littered with hundreds of life size dummies that all have a story to tell.
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Weird Homes volume 13
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From Port Costa, California to Fanny Bay, British Columbia. Life-sized robots, metal dogs and the odd cyclops in the garden have all been created and given homes by these three extraordinary artists.
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