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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 2
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English
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While scuba diving around an old shipwreck, Rip and Samantha have their yacht hijacked on the high seas above them by modern-day Pirates. After a harrowing time in a liferaft, they make landfall in Papua New Guinea - and are captured by mountain Pygmies. Locked in a pig cage, they’re fattened up - and Samantha remembers why. The pygmies are the world’s only “practicing” cannibals. Seconds before they are barbecued, Cyril crash lands in...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 13
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English
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Diving in mini-subs off the coast of North Carolina with famed treasure hunter Bill Robinson, the BION team digs up a shield belonging to the ancient order of the Knights of the Crusades. When a rival group of treasure hunters plots to take the Knight’s treasure for themselves, Bill winds up in the hospital when his oxygen tanks fail, and a planted chest of fake gold coins causes the BION team to be accused of fraud. Returning to the dive site,...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 6
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English
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When Sam’s Uncle Paul, a caretaker at The Winchester Mystery House in San Diego, starts seeing ghosts, she must defend his sanity to save his job. At the greatest ghost house on the continent, the BION team discovers dozens of staircases that lead nowhere, and hundreds of rooms with no doors, all built by Sarah Winchester who believed she was haunted by the victims of her father’s famous rifles. When no ghosts are found, the trustees of the...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 7
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English
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Rip, Sam and Cyril travel to China, to photograph “The Lama’s Skull”, an artifact said to protect all those “within it’s vision”. But when the skull goes missing, the Hu-Nan temple is immediately reduced to rubble and everyone in town is suddenly getting sick! When Cyril discovers a button from a military uniform in the ruins, it leads the team to sneak into the nearby army camp. There they discover General Ling has stolen the Skull...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 5
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English
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When a young woman collapses in the town square of the Transylvanian town of Poenari, it is discovered she has a vampire bite on her neck! With everyone leaving town, the BION discover that a long lost relative of Vlad Dracula has recently taken up residence in the old Count’s castle. When Rip ends up bit and in a coma, and Cyril sprouts fangs, it is up to Sam, with the Vampire Killing Kit in hand, to deal with the new Count in the old castle....
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 4
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English
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Rip, Cyril and Sam travel to Cairo, Egypt to investigate the case of a woman put in a coma by the Curse of King Tut, after trying to buy contraband artifacts from the dead Pharaoh’s tomb. When Cyril finds a piece of a Tutankhamen fan, he has a friend analyze it. Meanwhile, a mysterious phone call leads Rip and Sam to the Valley of the Kings, where they are trapped in a tomb! Framed by the man in charge of Cairo antiquities, Mohammed Mahdi, Rip...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 10
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English
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When the two daughters of an old friend of Cyril’s receive Turkish Love Charms, they are mysteriously swept away by Whirling Dervishes. Rip obtains a “real” love charm from a Gypsy Woman, who agrees to lead the team to the secret mountain top village of the Dervishes. There, while Sam and Cyril pose as buyers of charms, Rip attempts an escape with the two girls, only to be thwarted by the youngest sister, Turkan. Unable to marry her Dervish...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 12
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English
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When a jar believed to contain anti-aging cream of the Pharaohs is stolen from a Ripley exhibit, the BION team travels to Moscow. Sensitive about his impending birthday, Cyril is especially interested in the legendary cream. With help from Detective Yuri Renko, security camera footage is matched with mug shots and the thief is tracked to the mansion of the aging industrialist, Rasilikov. Cyril uncovers some old photos of Rasilikov that show miraculous...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 3
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English
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When Rip and the BION team travel to Central Africa to collect tribal artifacts, they discover the Game Reserve has been losing elephants at an alarming rate! An elephant researcher, Scheider, says Nasilele, a tribal idol that is a lie detector, blinked its eyes, implicating a local boy. When the BION team are attacked by a rogue elephant, they discover a tracking device, planted by Scheider, is causing it to become enraged. When the idol blinks...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 1
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English
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Rip & Co. wing to Japan to investigate reports of a live Oni, the Japanese Demon. They discover that the Oni report is a cover-up for something even more fantastic: the discovery of the magical Daruma Dolls. Legend claims the “missing” dolls have been protected for over 400 hundred years by a Samurai. A wealthy collector, with his own private army, will stop at nothing to get them. The action and “ownership” of the Dolls goes back and forth...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 9
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English
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When Rip’s old college professor, Dr. Sullivan, searching the Amazon for a million year old dinosaur egg, falls ill, the BION team rush to South America. The unexpected arrival of gruff Paul Hacken, a former fellow student of Rip’s, has Sam and Cyril suspicious. His vision obscured by friendship, Rip leads the two faced Paul to an ancient temple deep in the rain forest, where they find Dr. Sullivan suffering from food poisoning. When the million...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 8
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English
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When the Golden Helmet of Ur is stolen from the BION HQ, Rip, Cyril and Sam follow its tracking device to Kuwait City, in the Middle East. There, Rip receives a mysterious message from Dun Inanna, an old friend of Robert Ripley’s, that leads to him being stranded in the desert! Meanwhile, in the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, a ghost of the “Wandering King” commands the last Bedouin tribe to leave! When Sam and Cyril arrive looking for...
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! volume 11
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English
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When the statue of the Toltec Raingod is stolen from a Global Warming conference in Mexico City, the BION team gives chase in the ARV, only to be side-swiped by the sudden appearance of a tornado! Legend has it, the Raingod causes weird weather when it’s moved. Battling a hurricane, the BION team tracks the statue to the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. But when they try to airlift it from the great Sun Pyramid, they are double crossed by...
Publisher
Ripley Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An all-new collection of extraordinary stories and facts, Play It Loud! is tailored for the curious kid ages 7 to 10. Interactive puzzles, fun games, and fascinating trivia make this big book entertaining for even the most reluctant reader.
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Ripley's Believe It or Not volume 1
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English
Description
A 48-page anthology of some of the most fantastical oddities in the Robert Ripley collection, written and illustrated by an equally mind-blowing mix of comic book legends and rising stars. Including 5 illustrated fun fact pages, featuring juicier tidbits about the stories within this issue and Robert Ripley himself! You'll have to see it to believe it!
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Ripley's Believe It or Not volume 2
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English
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More fantastic tales straight from the vaults of Robert Ripley himself! Told by legendary talents and rising stars alike! 48 pulse-pounding pages of magic and mystery featuring Howard Mackie, the legend of Stingy Jack, Tony Isabella, the inexplicable Winchester Mansion, and much, much more! Even when you see it, you won't believe it!
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Ripley Publishing, a Jim Pattison Company
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"Ripley's Believe It or Not! Mind Blown! is sure to amaze and astound children and adults alike with thousands of strange stories, unusual feats, and hair-raising oddities from around the world. Discover how one woman can crush apples with her biceps and read about the spider that lives underwater--yes, it's all weird and it's all true! Bursting with vibrant and eye-catching photos, as well as submissions from our dedicated readers, this book is a...
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Ripley's believe it or not! volume 19
Publisher
Ripley Publishing, a Jim Pattison Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Ripley's believe it or not! volume 20
Publisher
Ripley Publishing, a Jim Pattison Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most...
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