Oddly Informative

Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1800812108
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddly Informative written by Tom Standage and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The more we ponder, the odder the world can seem. How do footballers get their shirt numbers? Why does having daughters make couples more likely to divorce? How do you move a horse from one country to another? What counts as a journey into space? The keen minds at The Economist contemplate all these questions and more in their quest for the globe's most extraordinary quandaries and conundrums, with bizarre facts and headscratchers that show the world is even stranger than we might have thought. From plant-based milk and supermoons to the next Dalai Lama and what really happened at the storming of the Bastille, this collection of the oddest and most mindboggling explanations will amaze and delight in equal measure.

Author : Otis Frampton
Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 : 1632154102
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddly Normal Vol. 1 written by Otis Frampton and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Oddly Normal, a ten-year-old girl with pointed ears and green hair -- a half-witch who will be the first to tell you that having a mother from a magical land called Fignation and a father from Earth doesn't make it easy to make friends at school! On her tenth birthday, she blows out her cake's candles and makes a disastrous wish. Now, Oddly must travel to Fignation to uncover the mystery of her parents' disappearance. Join Oddly as she navigates a strange new school, monstrous bullies, and Evil itself on an unforgettable fantasy adventure through the vibrant world of Fignation in ODDLY NORMAL.

Author : John Schwartz
Publisher : Avery
ISBN 13 : 1592408400
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddly Normal written by John Schwartz and published by Avery. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A heartfelt memoir by the father of a gay teen, and an eye-opening guide for families who hope to bring up well-adjusted gay adults. Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent at The New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes never to receive: his thirteen-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe's disclosure--delivered in a tirade about homophobic attitudes--was greeted with unease and confusion by his fellow students. Hours later, he took an overdose of pills. In the aftermath, John and his wife, Jeanne, determined to help Joe feel more comfortable in his own skin, launched a search for services and groups that could help Joe understand that he wasn't alone. This book is Schwartz's very personal attempt to address his family's struggles within a culture that is changing fast, but not fast enough to help gay kids like Joe" --

Author : Joyce Dunbar
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763642746
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddly written by Joyce Dunbar and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three strange creatures that do not know their purpose find a boy lost in the woods and they help each other find their homes and identities.

Author : Lena Jones
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008211841
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, Book 1) written by Lena Jones and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new detective series.

Author : Lena Jones
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008211965
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Silver Serpent (Agatha Oddly, Book 3) written by Lena Jones and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A third mystery for thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of this stylish new detective series.

Author : Paul Carter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526158035
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translations, an autoethnography written by Paul Carter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translations is a personal history written at the intersection of colonial anthropology, creative practice and migrant ethnography. Renowned postcolonial scholar, public artist and radio maker, UK-born Paul Carter documents and discusses a prodigiously varied and original trajectory of writing, sound installation and public space dramaturgy produced in Australia to present the phenomenon of contemporary migration in an entirely new light. Migrant space-time, Carter argues, is not linear, but turbulent, vortical and opportunistic. Before-and-after narratives fail to capture the work of self-becoming and serve merely to perpetuate colonialist fantasies. The ‘mirror state’ relationship between England and Australia, its structurally symmetrical histories of land theft and internal colonisation, repress the appearance of new subjects and subject relations. Reflecting on collaborations with Aboriginal artists, Carter argues for a new definition of the stranger-host relationship predicated on recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty. Carter calls the creative practice that breaks the cycle of repeated invasion ‘dirty art’. Translations is a passionately eloquent argument for reframing borders as crossing-places: framing less murderous exchange rates, symbolic literacy, creative courage and, above all, the emergence of a resilient migrant poetics will be essential.

Author : Otis Frampton
Publisher : Image Comics
ISBN 13 : 9781632156921
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddly Normal Book 3 written by Otis Frampton and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A charming and relatable fish-out-of-water tale." -- Hope Larson, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel In Book 3, Oddly Normal's adventures in Fignation continue with Rocketball games, broom races and life changing revelations in this original graphic novel! Meet Oddly Normal, a ten-year-old girl with pointed ears and green hair - a half-witch who will be the first to tell you that having a mother from a magical land called Fignation, also known as the Wicked Witch of the West and a father from Earth doesn't make it easy to make friends at school! On her tenth birthday, she blows out the candles on her birthday cake and makes a disastrous wish. Now, Oddly must travel to Fignation to uncover the mystery of her parents' disappearance. Join Oddly as she navigates a strange new school, teenage angst, monstrous bullies, and Evil itself on an unforgettable fantasy adventure through the vibrant world of Fignation in Oddly Normal. Otis Frampton is a comic book writer, artist and animator. He is the creator of "Oddly Normal" and "ABCDEFGeek" and is one of the artists on the popular web series "How It Should Have Ended."

Author : Larry Hartmann
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 9781498468220
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oddly Unjust written by Larry Hartmann and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believe it or not...The OJ Simpson Trial Gives Us Proof Positive that Jesus the Christ is God's Son! In this book, author Larry Hartmann explores the proof that God exists, the Bible is the truth, and Jesus was indeed God's Son through the lens of the OJ Simpson murder trial. Simpson's trial was seemingly an open and shut murder case with reams of evidence. Yet a Dream Team of lawyers took an impossible case against OJ, with solid evidence and one in seven billion odds that said he did it, and somehow shockingly came away with a not guilty verdict. Oddly Unjust draws the parallel between this famous case and the trial and death sentence of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. The book examines new evidence that now exists to appeal this oddly unjust verdict. Using big data and statistics as well as proven courtroom logic, the book addresses what the odds say and what the most logical and reasonable alternatives are to the big questions about God, the reliability of the Bible and the claims of Jesus Christ. Read this book and you will better understand both sides of the arguments about God, the Bible, Jesus Christ, and the meaning of life. Whether you are a seeker, a skeptic or a believer, this book will be a thought-provoking journey into the questions of God's existence and the impact of the findings on your life and your eternity. Larry Hartmann is a new voice on the issue of Christian apologetics and faith. He brings a fresh and thought provoking perspective as a marketplace leader and entrepreneur, using data and analytics to address the big questions around the Christian Faith."

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Publisher : Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3775751122
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Odd Apples written by and published by Hatje Cantz Verlag. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unscheinbare Selbstverständlichkeiten neigen dazu, bei genauerem Hinsehen ein ganzes Universum faszinierender Details und ausgefallener Besonderheiten zu offenbaren. Man muss nur das richtige Auge dafür haben. Das ist bei William Mullan absolut der Fall. Durch seine Begegnung mit dem wechselhaften Erscheinungsbild eines Egremont-Russet-Apfels kam er auf den Geschmack. Seitdem erforscht er die gewaltige Bandbreite an Apfelsorten und fängt ihren jeweils eigenen Charme in liebevollen Porträts voll stilistischer Eleganz ein. Es ist gerade das seltsam Anmutende und bislang Unbekannte, das diese Aufnahmen zu faszinierenden Studien der vermeintlich alltäglichen Frucht macht. Mullan vertraut sich ganz ihrer eigenwilligen Ästhetik an und lädt in diesem attraktiven Geschenkbuch dazu ein, auf visuelle Entdeckungstour in die Welt des Apfels zu gehen.