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Practical Watch Repairing
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This book describes the theories and processes of repairing and adjusting the modern watch in precise and meticulous detail. De Carle takes his reader through every stage and operation of watch repairing, and with 553 illustrations, it can justifiably claim to be the best illustrated book on more..

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One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
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A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl. more..

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Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization's End
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Don’t look up

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