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Expert Digs Up Dirt on Ancient Toilets
Offbeat  (tags: toilet, flush toilet, anient times, archaeology, book, eating habits )

Naoko
- 2 days ago - search.japantimes.co.jp
Flush toilets are less a modern convenience than many people think , having been around since ancient times and research on those old privies can tell a lot about people's lives, according to a book published Monday by an archaeologist who specializes
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A Shadow Falls
Offbeat  (tags: wildife photographs, pholographers, images, wild animals, book )

Simone
- 16 days ago - features.csmonitor.com
Great wildlife photographers have a singular purpose - to tell us a cautionary tale about the destruction of the animal kingdom. They want us to look at the creatures with which we share the earth, to make us care, to make us change our disregard for
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âEUR~Half Broke HorsesâEUR(TM)May Be Ticket to Full Fiction : Life : The Buffalo News
Offbeat  (tags: book )

Bernadett
- 18 days ago - buffalonews.com
true life story of wild grand mother who horse races and pokerslaos
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Rescued Dogs and Cats Give Back
Offbeat  (tags: animals, rescued, pets, book, environment, protection )

Cher
- 58 days ago - cbsnews.com
Some animals are given a second chance, and they use it to give back to the people who need it most. Elise Lufkin, author of "To the Rescue: Found Dogs with a Mission," discusses the book and rescue dog Linus' story.
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One Kind Gig Harbor Animal-Lovin' Author, Takes in One Special Cat
Offbeat  (tags: animals, stray cats, caregivers, protection, rescued, book, environment )

Cher
- 61 days ago - kitsapsun.com
Local caregiver turns passion into life lessons for others.
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Millions of "Unemployed Angels" Waiting to Assist Those Seeking Help
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, book, business, news )

Sally
- 86 days ago - newsblaze.com
According to a Baylor University study, 81% of Americans say they believe in angels to some extent, with 60% of Americans "absolutely" believing. And with the internationally best-selling Angels in My Hair by Irish mystic Lorna Byrne , ...
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50 Best Websites for Audio Book Addicts
Offbeat  (tags: Audio, Book, Addiction, Internet, Web, Learning )

Sophie
- 135 days ago - accreditedonlinedegrees.org
Love reading, but hate the strain on your eyes? Then check out the world of audio books. If you want to learn more, or simply need to grow your collection, check out these top 50 audio book sites, with everything from the best stores to free books.
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Lessons From Food History
Offbeat  (tags: food, society, history, interesting, book )

Michelle
- 160 days ago - consumerfreedom.com
This May, bestselling author Mark Kurlansky published a collection of recipes and food writings from the Great Depression Era called The Food of a Younger Land. More than one reviewer has remarked with utter amazement how much American food has changed
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The Prophecies of Nostradamus for 2008. 50 Minute Video.   video
Offbeat  (tags: Nostradamus, prophet, France, French, prophecies, Astrology, King James Bible, Code, Book, Revelation, Biblical, Mabus, 666, Titan, Greek, The Destroyer, society, technology, humans )

Gregory
- 456 days ago - youtube.com
The French prophet Nostradamus, his prophecies interpreted using astrology, Bible Prophecy including the Book of Revelation, and the King James version English Bible Code.Codefinder software, is used, in a new approach to interpreting Nostradamus quatrain
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BBC NEWS | What's in a Name?
Offbeat  (tags: name, odd, initial, truman, clinton, eliot, rodham, hillary, literature, mark twain, lewis carroll, book )

Cissy
- 691 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Alfred became Alistair Cooke. Harry Truman added an S. Hillary first refused to add Clinton, only for it to supersede her own. A name can shape one's persona.
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JK Rowling Hints at Eighth Harry Potter Book - Telegraph
Offbeat  (tags: harry potter, book, rowling )


- 720 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
"If, and it's a big if, I ever write an eighth book about the (wizarding) world, I doubt that Harry would be the central character. "I feel I've already told his story. But these are big ifs. Let's give it 10 years."
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Human Skin-Covered Book With 'Ghost Face' Up for Auction
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, interesting, death, human skin, book )

Linda
- 757 days ago - foxnews.com
A 400-year-old book covered in a sheet of wrinkled human skin is going under the hammer in a bizarre auction.
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'Ghost Face' In Human Skin-Covered Book
Offbeat  (tags: weird, unusual, interesting, off-beat, bizarre, book, skin )

Cathryne
- 757 days ago - news.sky.com
A 400-year-old book covered in a sheet of wrinkled human skin is going under the hammer in a bizarre auction. It is thought the skin was cut from the corpse of one of Guy Fawkes' fellow conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. And if you hold the novel
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Woman Pays 17 Year Fine for Overdue Book
Offbeat  (tags: offbeat, unusual, librarian, book, interesting )


- 794 days ago - timesdaily.com
Talk about a late fee on an overdue library book. When Brooks High School librarian Debbie Whitehead arrived at work Friday, there was a package for her. Inside was a book titled "The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays" by Albert Camus.
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Chico the Cat Tells Pope's Life Story
Offbeat  (tags: Pope Benedict, book, tabby cats story )

Patricia
- 811 days ago - hosted.ap.org
The story of Pope Benedict XVI's life - from his birth in Germany to his election as pontiff - is told through the eyes of a tabby cat called Chico
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