For 125 years Columbia Records has been one of the most vibrant & storied names in pre-recorded sound nurturing the careers of jazz blues rock & pop legends such as W.C. Handy Louis Armstrong Bessie Smith Frank Sinatra Barbra Streisand Miles Davies Bob Dylan Johnny Cash Mariah Carey Bruce Springsteen Beyonce Adele & many more. This lavishly illustrated celebration written by noted historian Sean Wilentz tells the story of the label's rich history as it interweaves threads of technical & social change with the emergence of an incredible stable of artists & the creation of some of the greatest albums ever made. Also featuring over 300 rare & revealing images from the Columbia archives 360 Sound is an inside look at a landmark record label & a must-have for any music fan. ...

The best most obsessive & most packed-with-attitude cat calendar available--and the 1 bestselling Page-A-Day calendar year after year. 365 Cats delivers just what the cat lover ordered: cats cats & more cats. Every day meet one (or a few) of the hundreds of adorable winners of the 2012 Cat Calendar Contest in fabulous full color. A gold & white calico sipping from a bird bath. An American Shorthair curled up by a fireplace. Plus energetic Abyssyinians outgoing Ocicats & plush Persians. Accompanying the photographs are"es breed facts health & care tips & lore. ...

According to the U.S. Department of Labor 26.7 percent of the population volunteered in 2006. Unfortunately while the population is increasing the percentage of Americans who volunteer is decreasing each year. What this means is that you must hang onto & keep your volunteers happy & coming back perhaps bringing new volunteer recruits with them. This book is packed with hundreds of simple & inexpensive ways to motivate challenge & reward your volunteers. Volunteers today need constant reinforcement & recognition & here is how to do it. With real life proven examples & case studies from actual non-profit organisations you can use this book daily to boost morale & productivity & find fundraising activities. This is your opportunity to build an organisation that people love to volunteer & you can do so by using these quick effective humorous innovative & simply fun solutions. Make your organisation a happy place to volunteer & reap the benefits. ...

The bestselling word calendar celebrates the love of language every day perfect for word lovers readers writers crossword buffs & students. Here are hundreds of smart unexpected & useful words compiled by the editors at Merriam-Webster Americas most-respected dictionary. The spiritual (ahimsa") the political ("roorback") the 21st century ("vaporware") the comical ("higgledy-piggledy") the million-dollar ("pachydermatous") & more. Entries include definition pronunciation sample sentences word history & miscellany: Did you know "facetious" is one of the few English words that uses the vowels "a e i o u" in order?" ...

From the amazing success of the documentary March of the Penguins to the popular penguins in Madagascar to the penguin-themed movie Happy Feet" penguins are everywhere! That's especially true for the family in "365 Penguins" who find a penguin mysteriously delivered to their door for every day of the year. At first they're cute but with every passing day the penguins pile up
- along with the family's problems. Feeding cleaning & housing the penguins becomes a monumental task. They're noisy smelly & they always hog the bathroom! & who on earth is sending these squawking birds? In a large format & with lots of opportunities for counting "365 Penguins" is sure to become a perennial wintertime favourite."
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365 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side is full to the brim with good fortune arisen out of the flames of history's biggest & smallest errors blunders & miscalculations
- one for every day of the year on the day it happened. This brilliantly quirky book demonstrates that while the old adage of ' Everyone makes mistakes' may be true some gaffes are so monumental that they can end up improving life for everyone else (if not for themselves!). 365 Reasons to Look on the Bright Side has many magical moments of looking on the bright side of history's most hopeless moments. Here a few to whet your whistle: Thanking Atilla the Hun for creating Venice crediting Alexander Graham Bell's mum's deafness for inventing the telephone praising Pope Clement VIII for blessing coffee realizing that without the bubonic plague Newton may never had invented calculus & believing how one particularly big-boobed woman helped invent the stethoscope. Word count: 35 000
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Sports cars make up one of the most beloved automotive genres for car fans. From towering icons like Ferrari Lamborghini Porsche & Corvette to everyman sportsters from Triumph MG Sunbeam & Miata to oddballs like Crosley Sabra & DB sports cars inspire passion & strong opinions as few other vehicles on the road could. This book 365 Sports Cars You Must Drive provides capsule overviews & fun facts about the greatest oddest most beautiful & most ill-considered sports cars of all time. How many have you driven dreamed about or shuddered at the thought of? ...

This book is aimed at anybody & everybody who is interested in spirituality
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This is a fantastic collection of 365 fun environmentally friendly activities using paper card & all manner of materials to be found around the house. There's something to do for every day of the year including a 3D cardboard city sock monkeys loo roll mice foil birds sweet wrapper bugs & many many more. Every activity is clearly & vividly illustrated in an appealing & colourful style with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. ...