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365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
This is the gold standard of word calendars For students, writers, readers, crossword buffs, and all lovers of language, it's the pleasure of learning a new word every day from the editors at Merriam-Webster, the world's most respected dictionary. Discover literary words ( Aesopian: conveying an innocent meaning to an outsider but a hidden meaning to a member of a conspiracy or underground movement), words that are too much fun not to use ( slugabed: a person who stays in bed after the usual or proper time to get up), and more. Each entry includes a definition, pronunciation, sample sentence, and detailed word history..
Price: $8.20
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Wisdom: 50 Unique and Original Portraits
Each one of us can be an oasis of peace.—Desmond Tutu Inspired by the idea that wisdom is the greatest gift one generation can give to another, award-winning photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman interviewed, photographed and filmed 50 of the world’s great writers, actors, artists, designers, politicians, musicians and religious and business leaders of our time. He posed seven questions to each of his subjects—all over 65 years of age—and their candid responses offer uniquely inspirational and often surprising insights. Thoughts from Nelson Mandela, Frank Gehry, Judi Dench, The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Clint Eastwood, Ted Kennedy, Robert Redford, Vaclav Havel, Terence Conran, Buzz Aldrin, Lou Reed, Willie Nelson, Madeline Albright, Jane Goodall, Burt Bacharach, Andrew Wyeth, Vanessa Redgrave, Nadine Gordimer and many more reveal lifetimes of adversity and triumph, and present intimate insights into very public lives. Beautifully photographed and accompanied by a documentary DVD, Wisdom is above all a timeless gift and a deeply revealing portrait of the common experiences that unite generations. .
Price: $31.50
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Bad Cat Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
Bad Cat is paws-down the most offensive cat calendar ever—and the funniest, packed with day after day of inexcusable feline behavior Here are hundreds of kitties gone crazy: the lethargic and the clumsy, the goofy, the indifferent, the cross-eyed, and the plain ol' mean. Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestselling book this calendar includes Bad Cats in Show Business, Feline Faux Paws, Bad Cat Parole Violations, and Bad Cat Fortune Cookies (Fortune: You will feed me or die)..
Price: $5.68
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The Original Sudoku Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Page a Day Fun & Games Calendr)
The Original Sudoku Calendar is on the up-and-up. Because these puzzles, printed in lively full color, are simply the best you'll find anywhere From Nikoli, the Japanese publisher that invented Sudoku, they are completely handmade—which means every puzzle is like a mind game between you and its creator. Nikoli's grids have an elegance that computer-generated puzzles don't; they strike the perfect balance of challenge and solvability. The calendar features easy puzzles each weekend, with progressively more difficult ones over the course of the week..
Price: $7.98
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The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
Celebrating 15 years of mind-blowing success—and supreme stupidity! The #1 top-selling black-and-white Page-A-Day is back with a whole new batch of shocking ignorance, malapropisms, foot-in-mouth moments, celebrity airheadedness, and government spin: "Rat complaints have gone up, but we see that as a positive thing, because more people know how to contact us now."—New York City complaints hotline bureaucrat. Plus hopelessly mixed metaphors, odd menu items, dumb tourist questions, and supermodel Naomi Campbell: "I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.".
Price: $4.68
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Never Not Knitting! Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
For obsessive knitters—and you know who you are—here's a new calendar whose title says it all. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee is a superstar in the knitting world; her bestselling books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Packed with inspiration, passion, and practical advice delivered with the author's signature humor and wit, Never Not Knitting! will appeal to knitters of all ages. Tuesday Tips, including how to avoid knitting those pesky swatches. Knitting personality quizzes. Plus weekly "Knitticisms," A Stitch in Time (knitting history), and Purls of Wisdom: No one has ever been killed or maimed by being adventurous with knitting, no matter how pointy the needles..
Price: $9.58
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Zen Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
Begin each day with a jolt of truth. Adapted from the bestselling book The Little Zen Companion, the Zen Calendar features hundreds of quotes, koans, parables, sutras, and poems—the surprising, the wise, the paradoxical—that will make you see in a way you didn't see before. The Zen of Ikkyu: The way of the wise is without knowledge...in the place of ten thousand sutras, one song. The Zen of Stevie Ray Vaughn: When I play from my mind I get in trouble. The Zen of Emily Dickinson and Albert Einstein, Wang Wei, Basho, and Hui-Hai: Your treasure house is within; it contains all you'll ever need..
Price: $8.17
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Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
Are your neurons up to the task? Featuring a year of brainy challenges from puzzle master Abbie F. Salny, 365 Brain Puzzlers is the ever-more-popular calendar endorsed by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society. Push your gray matter with hundreds of word and number puzzles: Crisscross Saws, Tom Swifties, Gigantiwords, Palindromes, Puzzling Prices, Cubic Chaos, and this conundrum: Ellie is 33 years old today. This is three times as old as Sophie was when Ellie was as old as Sophie is now. How old is Sophie? Give up? (Answer: 22). Answers are on the reverse side of each page..
Price: $3.50
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Disquiet (Penguin Original)
Olivia arrives at her mother’s chateau in rural France (the first time in more than a decade) with her two young children in tow. Soon the family is joined by Olivia’s brother Marcus and his wife Sophie—but this reunion is far from joyful. After years of desperately wanting a baby, Sophie has just given birth to a stillborn child, and she is struggling to overcome her devastation. Meanwhile, Olivia wrestles with her own secrets about the cruel and violent man she married many years before. Exquisitely written and reminiscent of Ian McEwan and J. M. Coetzee, Disquiet is a darkly beautiful and atmospheric story that will linger in the mind long after the final page is turned..
Price: $7.23
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Book Lovers Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
Packed with hundreds of great reads, Book Lover's is the calendar that keeps you reading. So many books to choose from: In a Dry Season, Peter Robinson's beautifully crafted mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales. From Diane Ackerman, a fascinating probe into the secrets of the brain. Pat Conroy recalls his time as a point guard at the Citadel. Plus an A. J. Liebling reader, a ghostwriter's efforts to find her own voice, classic Thornton Wilder, and Luc Sante's lively portrait of old New York..
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