Lisa Wojna

William "Canada Bill" Jones once proclaimed that it was "immoral to let a sucker keep his money". As a result, confidence men and women, looking to make a quick buck find it easy to exploit the trusting and compassionate Canadian nature. Many have misrepresented, misguided and lied their way through some of the most convincing schemes ever pulled in Canada.

"A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase." -- Anonymous. Babies are life's little miracles. Everything about them -- from conception to birth and beyond -- is fascinating. Book of Babies includes intriguing scientific facts, strange stories, famous stars and their little ones, and cultural traditions from across the globe.

Pacific Northwest Trivia is a readable, entertaining potpourri of fascinating facts about a region of ecological diversity, captivating history, a progressive political culture with hints of separatism and colorful characters: - The world's largest strawberry shortcake, weighing 5700 pounds, is served to more than 15,000 people at the Lebanon Strawberry Festival in June - Adam West, of Batman fame, was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and played the lead character in that campy TV series from 1966 to 1968 - Despite being a semi-arid to arid climate, summer in Idaho is known for its wildflower blooms, covering literally thousands of acres - The site of the nation's only fatal nuclear reactor meltdown is just one of the more than 50 nuclear reactors built at the national testing site near Idaho Falls - Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943), the nation's first female mayor, served as Seattle's mayor from 1926 to 1928 - The name for the city of Portland was settled by that most scientific of methods: a coin-toss.

People often form strong attachments to the animals in their lives, and sometimes the connection is so deep that pets put their lives on the line for the ones they love. Angel, a golden retriever belonging to 11-year-old Austin Forman of Boston Bar, BC, intercepted a cougar as it leapt at her owner and Lulu, a pot-bellied pig, halted traffic on the shores of Lake Erie and led a rescuer to her owner, who was suffering from a heart attack.

Our best friends. They can be pets or working dogs; they race for sticks and balls or find survivors of disasters, and they are the subjects of some of the most amazing and touching stories, such as Bullet, a golden retriever whosaved the Sica family's three-week-old son from certain death from an undiagnosed heart condition or Skippy, a hearing-ear dog, who has given Kerena Marchant a taste of what freedom really means.

This book is an entertaining collection of trivia from the Buckeye State. For example, the Kitty Hawk was built in Ohio. A remarkable number of presidents come from Ohio. George Armstrong Custer was born in Rumley and taught school in Ohio before enrolling in military school. This and more in the Bathroom Book of Ohio Trivia.

Northern California is about as interesting place in the U.S. as it gets when it comes to amazing places, fascinating curiosities and eccentric people. In this entertaining collection of trivia, learn about the origin of California surfing, North America's most famous wine growing region, the remains of the 1849 Great Gold Rush and the origins of a renowned chees.

Southern California is about as interesting a place as it gets when it comes to amazing places, fascinating curiosities and eccentric people. Read this entertaining and lighthearted collection of facts about this state of sunshine, movie-making and surf. Discover one of the richest and deepest gold mines in the U.S., the origin of the hot fudge sundae, and a community where you face a heavy fine if you molest the butterflies.