Best Facts About Canada - April 2024

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

Fung zeroes in on why insulin resistance has become so prevalent and offers specific outside-the-box solutions that have emerged as the key to maximizing health."—Jimmy Moore, author, Keto Clarity and Cholesterol ClarityEverything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones—in everyone—and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss.In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into prop... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1771641258
• ASIN: 1771641258
• ISBN: 1771641258
• Brand: Fung Jason
• Manufacturer: Greystone Books

Indescribable: 100 Devotions for Kids About God and Science

Discover the Wonders of the Universe with the CreatorIt’s impossible to out-imagine God. He orchestrates time, creates light, and speaks things into existence—from the largest stars to the smallest starfish. God is a powerful, purposeful, personal, unparalleled Creator.Psalm 19:1 says, “The heavens tell the glory of God. And the skies announce what his hands have made.”Indescribable displays the majesty of creation with scientific findings, photography, and original illustrations. These 100 devotions encourage awe at God’s creativity with an in-depth look at • Space, Galaxies, Pla... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0718086104
• ASIN: 0718086104
• ISBN: 9780718086107
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Case for ... Series)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD!Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Former atheist and Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel says yes! In this revised and updated bestseller, The Case for Christ, Strobel cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates from schools such as Cambridge, Princeton, and Brandeis, asking hard-hitting questions - and building a captivating case for Christ's divinity.Strobel challenges them with questions like, How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0310345863
• UPC: 025986345860
• ASIN: 0310345863
• ISBN: 0310345863
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Zondervan

50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do

This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best travel experiences in every state, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sites include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches, out-of-the-way museums, and more. You'll discover the world's longest yard sale in Tennessee, swamp tours in Louisiana, dinosaur trails in Colorado, America's oldest street in NYC, and the best spot to watch for sea otters on the central California coast. Each entry provides detailed travel information as well as fascinating facts about each state... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1426216904
• ASIN: 1426216904
• ISBN: 9781426216909
• Brand: National Geographic
• Manufacturer: National Geographic

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate_Discoveries from A Secret World

The first book in New York Times bestselling author Peter Wohlleben’s The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy. Book two, The Inner Life of Animals, and the third book, The Secret Wisdom of Nature, are available now.Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1771642483
• UPC: 884475306979
• ASIN: 1771642483
• ISBN: 1771642483
• Brand: Greystone Books
• Manufacturer: Greystone Books

Life of Pi

• ASIN: B0070Y46UY
• ASIN: B0070Y46UY
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

National Parks of the USA

A 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K–12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council). Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the flora and fauna unique to each of the 21 parks portrayed, this lushly illustrated coast-to-coast journey documents in large format the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places—and shows why they should be preserved for future generations to enjoy. Explore Florida's river-laced Evergla... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1847809766
• ASIN: 1847809766
• ISBN: 1847809766
• Manufacturer: Wide Eyed Editions

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

One of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year Winner of the James Beard Award Author of How to Change Your Mind and the #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food RulesWhat should we have for dinner? Ten years ago, Michael Pollan confronted us with this seemingly simple question and, with The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his brilliant and eye-opening exploration of our food choices, demonstrated that how we answer it today may determine not only our health but our survival as a species. In the years since, Pollan’s revolutionary examination has changed the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143038583
• ASIN: 0143038583
• ISBN: 9780143038580
• Brand: Penguin
• Manufacturer: Penguin

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction •Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven “nations” that continue to shape North AmericaAccording to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, each with its own unique historical roots. In American Nations he takes readers on a journey through the history of o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143122029
• ASIN: 0143122029
• ISBN: 9780143122029
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

It Can't Happen Here (Signet Classics)

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451465644
• ASIN: 0451465644
• ISBN: 0451465644
• Brand: Sinclair Lewis
• Manufacturer: Signet

2019 Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas

Give road-weary eyes a break with this spiral-bound Large Scale edition featuring all the accuracy you've come to expect from Rand McNally, only bigger. Updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state that are 35% larger than the standard atlas version plus over 350 detailed city inset and national park maps and a comprehensive, unabridged index. Road construction and conditions contact information for every state conveniently located on map pages. Contains mileage chart showing distances between 77 North American cities and national parks with driving times map. Tough spiral binding allows th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0528019635
• ASIN: 0528019635
• ISBN: 0528019635
• Brand: Rand McNally
• Manufacturer: Rand McNally

Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels

Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniqu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1434704696
• ASIN: 1434704696
• ISBN: 1434704696
• Brand: David C Cook
• Manufacturer: David C Cook

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place: A Flavia de Luce Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth” (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author Alan Bradley.In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with c... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071VHV946
• ASIN: B071VHV946
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity

In this compilation of the five books in the best-selling Lineage of Grace series by Francine Rivers, we meet the five women whom God chose—Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. Each was faced with extraordinary—even scandalous—challenges. Each took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. Each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World.2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner!

• ASIN: 0842356320
• UPC: 031809056325
• ASIN: 0842356320
• ISBN: 9780842356329
• Brand: Tyndale House Publishers
• Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

A Rule Against Murder: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

"What happened here last night isn't allowed," said Madame Dubois.It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on baguette."You have a rule against murder?" he asked."I do. When my husband and I bought the Bellechasse we made a pact....Everything that stepped foot on this land would be safe."It is the height of summer, and Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache are celebrating their wedding anniversary at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxurious inn not far from the village of Three Pines. But they're not alone. The F... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312614160
• ASIN: 0312614160
• ISBN: 0312614160
• Brand: Minotaur Books
• Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!)

Lively and information-packed, this book is literally bursting its covers with fascinating, fun-tastic facts on super, sensational topics that kids love. A visual feast of colorful photographs surrounded by swirling, tipping, expanding, and climbing bits

• UPC: 19797740
• Rating: 4.375

Weird But True Canada : 300 Outrageous Facts About the True North

Collects three hundred facts about Canada's wildlife, cuisine, history, sports, and

• UPC: 997798661

The Story of Titanic for Children : Astonishing Little-Known Facts and Details about the Most Famous Ship in the World

More than a century after it crashed into an iceberg, the Titanic remains as compelling as ever. Now children can explore its beautiful sundecks, marvel at the luxurious design, and relive the tragic sinking of

• UPC: 682061113

5,000 Awesome Facts (about Everything!) 2 (Hardcover)

Lively and information-packed, this book is literally bursting its covers with fascinating, fun-tastic facts on super, sensational topics that kids love. A visual feast of colorful photographs surrounded by swirling, tipping, expanding, and climbing bits

• UPC: 33647697
• Rating: 5.0

1,000 Facts About Insects

"From butterflies and honey bees to cockroaches and katydids, discover all you have ever wanted to know about these amazing animals. Discover which insects are the most common; which have the most painful sting; and

• UPC: 56197249

1111 Amazing Facts about Animals

Did you know that in medieval times dogs were known to have accompanied their masters into battle wearing suits of armour? Or that cows from different regions moo in different accents? Were you aware that

• UPC: 53606254

Game On! 2018 : All the Best Games: Awesome Facts and Coolest Secrets

"Amazing facts, cool secrets, all the hottest

• UPC: 55599843

Weird But True Human Body : 300 Outrageous Facts about Your Awesome Anatomy

Interesting and little known facts about the human body intended for kids.

• UPC: 55132386

Amazing Facts about the Science of Sports - Sports Book Grade 3 Children's Sports & Outdoors Books

There's so much to learn about sports, but this time, we'll focus on the nerdy science-y part. Although filled with amazing facts, this book will still make an easy read because of the layout, the

• UPC: 599057294

Weird But True Food : 300 Bite-size Facts About Incredible Edibles

A latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series serves up tons more zany fun, focusing totally on the subject of food!

• UPC: 40568586