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REFERENCE A CERTAIN “JE NE SAIS QUOI” The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English Chloe Rhodes Here is an accessible, A-to-Z lexicon of foreign words and phrases used in English, complete with translations, definitions, origins, and a timeline of each item’s evolution. 978-1-606-52057-4 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-057-4 9 781606 520574 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5 AN APPLE A DAY Old-Fashioned Proverbs— Timeless Words to Live By Caroline Taggart An Apple a Day is no everyday dictionary of proverbs. It’s an honest look at hundreds of fun, sometimes contradictory, and occasionally confusing tidbits of truth. 978-160-652191-5 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-160-652191-5 51495 9 781606 521915 reader’s Digest Hardcover OH, SAY DID YOU KNOW? The Secret History of America’s Famous Figures, Fads, Innovations & Emblems, from Ben Franklin’s Turkey to Obama’s BlackBerry Fred DuBose and Martha Hailey Fun, clever anecdotes of people, events, and ideas that helped shape American history. 978-1-60652-035-2 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-035-2 9 781606 520352 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5 UNDER THE COVERS AND BETWEEN THE SHEETS The Inside Story behind Classic Characters, Authors, Unforgettable Phrases, and Unexpected Endings C. Alan Joyce and Sarah Janssen Fun and interesting facts and quips about authors and books sure to delight the bibliophile and make anyone the life of the literary party. 978-1-60652-034-5 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-034-5 9 781606 520345 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5 THE CLASSICS All You Need to Know, From Zeus’s Throne to the Fall of Rome Caroline Taggart Remember Western Civilization class? Well, all the stuff you wish you had paid attention to on classical literature, language, philosophy, art, math, and more is here. 978-1-606-52132-8 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-606-52132-8 9 781606 521328 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5 I BEFORE E (EXCEPT AFTER C) Old-school Ways to Remember Stuff Judy Parkinson Featuring all the mnemonics you’ll ever need to know, this fun little book will bring back the simple, easy-to-remember rhymes from your childhood. 978-0-7621-0917-3 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-0-762-10917-3 9 780762 109173 reader’s Digest Hardcover 50 Penguin gROuP gift BOOks 2013 5 1 4 9 5 SPILLING THE BEANS ON THE CAT’S PAJAMAS Popular Expressions—What They Mean and How We Got Them Judy Parkinson This book takes an informed yet amusing look at some of the most colorful catch phrases, quotations, and expressions that keep our language flourishing—all in an easy-to-peruse A-to-Z format. 978-1-606-52171-7 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-171-7 9 781606 521717 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5 EASY AS PI The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day Jamie Buchan Decode the origins of numerical expressions, explore the role of numbers in novels, film, cultures, and religion, and get to the root of math and science terms and theories. 978-1-606-52134-2 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-134-2 9 781606 521342 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5
I USED TO KNOW THAT: PHILOSOPHY Stuff You Forgot from School Lesley Levene Spanning over some two-and-a-half thousand years of philosophical thought, this book gives an overview of all the major theories, presented in an easy-tounderstand and engaging format. 978-160-652323-0 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-160-652323-0 51495 9 781606 523230 reader’s Digest Hardcover I USED TO KNOW THAT: LITERATURE Stuff You Forgot from School C. Alan Joyce and Sarah Janssen Bibliophiles, here is a compendium of interesting—and often scandalous— facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex. 978-1-60652-415-2 $14.99 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-415-2 51499 9 781606 524152 reader’s Digest Hardcover I USED TO KNOW THAT: GEOGRAPHY Stuff You Forgot from School Will Williams and Edited by Caroline Taggart The physical, biological, and cultural features of the Earth’s surface can be hard to comprehend. Explore all of it in short order with this entertaining, easyto-understand book. 978-160-652245-5 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-160-652245-5 51495 9 781606 522455 reader’s Digest Hardcover I USED TO KNOW THAT: SCIENCE Stuff You Forgot from School Marianne Taylor Do you know why we are able to see light and hear sound? What is the Earth made of? How does the body produce energy? Author Taylor answers those questions and more and explains why the answers are vital to us and to cutting edge scientific research. 978-1-60652-467-1 $14.99 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-467-1 51499 9 781606 524671 reader’s Digest Hardcover I USED TO KNOW THAT: SHAKESPEARE Stuff You Forgot from School Liz Evers Capturing the unbelievable scope of Shakespeare’s influence, this book covers the little-known details of Shakespeare’s life along with the surprising legacy of the language and phrases inherited from his works. 978-160-652246-2 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-160-652246-2 51495 9 781606 522462 reader’s Digest Hardcover I USED TO KNOW THAT: WORLD HISTORY Intriguing Facts About the World’s Greatest Empires, Leaders, Cultures and Conflicts Emma Marriott It can be difficult to keep different historical events and figures straight in your head, which is why I Used to Know That: World History presents major episodes in history with short, easily understood sections. 978-1-60652-459-6 $14.99 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-459-6 51499 9 781606 524596 reader’s Digest Hardcover booksellers.penguin.com I USED TO KNOW THAT Stuff You Forgot from School Caroline Taggart This small but mighty collection will trigger your memory with fun facts you learned in school—from adverbs to the Pythagorean Theorem. 978-0-7621-0995-1 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-0-7621-0995-1 51495 9 780762 109951 reader’s Digest Hardcover E=MC2 Simple Physics: Why Balloons Rise, Apples Fall, and Golf Balls Go Awry Jeff Stewart Packed with amusing real world examples and hands-on experiments, this book covers all of the most important discoveries of physics. It proves to anyone frightened by the subject that physics doesn’t bite—even if it does bang. 978-1-606-52167-0 $14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8 ISBN 978-1-60652-167-0 9 781606 521670 reader’s Digest Hardcover 5 1 4 9 5 REFERENCE 51
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I USED TO KNOW THAT:<br />
PHILOSOPHY<br />
Stuff You Forgot from School<br />
Lesley Levene<br />
Spanning over some two-and-a-half<br />
thousand years of philosophical thought,<br />
this book gives an overview of all the<br />
major theories, presented in an easy-tounderstand<br />
and engaging format.<br />
978-160-652323-0<br />
$14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-160-652323-0<br />
51495<br />
9 781606 523230<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
I USED TO KNOW THAT:<br />
LITERATURE<br />
Stuff You Forgot from School<br />
C. Alan Joyce and Sarah Janssen<br />
Bibliophiles, here is a compendium of<br />
interesting—and often scandalous—<br />
facts and quips about the literary<br />
world. Featuring authors and tomes of<br />
yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien’s<br />
Middle-earth to Jeffrey Eugenides’s<br />
Middlesex.<br />
978-1-60652-415-2<br />
$14.99 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-1-60652-415-2 51499<br />
9 781606 524152<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
I USED TO KNOW THAT:<br />
GEOGRAPHY<br />
Stuff You Forgot from School<br />
Will Williams and Edited by<br />
Caroline Taggart<br />
The physical, biological, and cultural<br />
features of the Earth’s surface can be<br />
hard to comprehend. Explore all of it in<br />
short order with this entertaining, easyto-understand<br />
book.<br />
978-160-652245-5<br />
$14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-160-652245-5<br />
51495<br />
9 781606 522455<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
I USED TO KNOW THAT:<br />
SCIENCE<br />
Stuff You Forgot from School<br />
Marianne Taylor<br />
Do you know why we are able to see<br />
light and hear sound? What is the Earth<br />
made of? How does the body produce<br />
energy? Author Taylor answers those<br />
questions and more and explains why<br />
the answers are vital to us and to cutting<br />
edge scientific research.<br />
978-1-60652-467-1<br />
$14.99 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-1-60652-467-1 51499<br />
9 781606 524671<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
I USED TO KNOW THAT:<br />
SHAKESPEARE<br />
Stuff You Forgot from School<br />
Liz Evers<br />
Capturing the unbelievable scope of<br />
Shakespeare’s influence, this book covers<br />
the little-known details of Shakespeare’s<br />
life along with the surprising legacy of<br />
the language and phrases inherited from<br />
his works.<br />
978-160-652246-2<br />
$14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-160-652246-2<br />
51495<br />
9 781606 522462<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
I USED TO KNOW THAT:<br />
WORLD HISTORY<br />
Intriguing Facts About the World’s<br />
Greatest Empires, Leaders,<br />
Cultures and Conflicts<br />
Emma Marriott<br />
It can be difficult to keep different<br />
historical events and figures straight in<br />
your head, which is why I Used to Know<br />
That: World History presents major<br />
episodes in history with short, easily<br />
understood sections.<br />
978-1-60652-459-6<br />
$14.99 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-1-60652-459-6 51499<br />
9 781606 524596<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
booksellers.penguin.com<br />
I USED TO KNOW THAT<br />
Stuff You Forgot from School<br />
Caroline Taggart<br />
This small but mighty collection will<br />
trigger your memory with fun facts you<br />
learned in school—from adverbs to the<br />
Pythagorean Theorem.<br />
978-0-7621-0995-1<br />
$14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-0-7621-0995-1<br />
51495<br />
9 780762 109951<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
E=MC2 Simple Physics: Why Balloons<br />
Rise, Apples Fall, and Golf Balls<br />
Go Awry<br />
Jeff Stewart<br />
Packed with amusing real world<br />
examples and hands-on experiments, this<br />
book covers all of the most important<br />
discoveries of physics. It proves to anyone<br />
frightened by the subject that physics<br />
doesn’t bite—even if it does bang.<br />
978-1-606-52167-0<br />
$14.95 (NCR) 5 H x 8<br />
ISBN 978-1-60652-167-0<br />
9 781606 521670<br />
reader’s Digest Hardcover<br />
5 1 4 9 5<br />
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