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9781448859917 | Rosen Pub Group, December 15, 2011, cover price $39.95

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9781448859931, titled "Ancient Greece and Rome Myths and Beliefs: Myths and Beliefs" | Rosen Pub Group, December 15, 2011, cover price $39.95

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9781448859894 | Rosen Pub Group, December 15, 2011, cover price $39.95

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9781448848317 | 1 edition (Rosen Pub Group, August 15, 2011), cover price $39.95

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9781448848331 | 1 edition (Rosen Pub Group, August 15, 2011), cover price $39.95

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Product Description: Featuring more than 240 myths from around the world, this fascinating, profusely illustrated compendium presents tales about gods, heroes, princesses, magicians, monsters, and animals with extraordinary powers. Organized by region into 18 distinct, mythmaking cultures, the collection spans many centuries and long distances, relating stories from the quests of Gawain in the forests of Britain and the heroism of El Cid in Spain to the gifts of the Spider Woman in North America and the scapulimancy of Mongolian shamans...read more
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9788480768627 | Italian edition edition (Blume, December 1, 2010), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Featuring more than 240 myths from around the world, this fascinating, profusely illustrated compendium presents tales about gods, heroes, princesses, magicians, monsters, and animals with extraordinary powers.

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Product Description: With a recognition guide and explanatory glossary for dozens of commonly encountered motifs, this practical, easy-to-follow field manual is a guided trail through the iconography and symbology of the world’s religions, secret societies, and cults...read more
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9788480768085 | Blume, June 1, 2010, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: With a recognition guide and explanatory glossary for dozens of commonly encountered motifs, this practical, easy-to-follow field manual is a guided trail through the iconography and symbology of the world’s religions, secret societies, and cults.

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9788860981868 | Black Rabbit Books, January 1, 2010, cover price $34.25

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9781439271469 | Createspace, December 21, 2009, cover price $15.00

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Product Description: How did humans discover fire? What are the songs of Milarepa? And who was the Pied Piper of Hamelin? These vibrant tales of deities, heroes, villains, monsters, and magical animals have enthralled audiences across the centuries. Myths of the World gathers some 250 of the greatest stories ever told, all organized by region into 18 cultures and prefaced with a scene-setting introduction that examines the meaning of mythology...read more
By Tony Allan (editor)
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9781844838455 | Duncan Baird Pub, September 1, 2009, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: How did humans discover fire?

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Product Description: How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee? The answer may shock you: 140 liters! That's the true amount of water used in growing, producing, packaging, and shipping the beans you use to make your morning coffee. Your lunchtime hamburger takes 2,400 liters and that favorite pair of blue jeans a whopping 11,000 liters...read more
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9781845119836 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, June 15, 2011, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee?

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9781845119843 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, August 16, 2011, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee?

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Product Description: From the diviners consulted by Chinese emperors to modern visions of catastrophe, this overview of prophecy encompasses 4,000 years of world history. It’s a fascinating anthology of amazing stories—including clairvoyant dreams about the sinking of the Titanic...read more
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9781906787134 | Reprint edition (Watkins Pub Ltd, May 5, 2009), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: From the diviners consulted by Chinese emperors to modern visions of catastrophe, this overview of prophecy encompasses 4,000 years of world history.
9780007653737 | Thorsons Pub, October 1, 2002, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Collects prophecies, visions, dreams, and predictions from 4,000 years of history, including natural disasters, tragedies, war, and revolutions.

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A highly-illustrated series that explores the lives of people in past civilisations
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9780749687373 | Gardners Books, March 26, 2009, cover price $23.45 | About this edition: A highly-illustrated series that explores the lives of people in past civilisations

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9788860981592 | McRae Books, August 1, 2009, cover price $34.25

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Product Description: Dragons and firebirds, fairies and orcs: these are just a few of the residents of The Mythic Bestiary. A whole menagerie of make-believe beings from the earth, water, and air inhabit these stunningly written and eye-catching pages, from Japan’s Yukki-onna, a beautiful but deadly spirit who appeared to stranded travelers, to the two-headed venomous snake Amphisbaena, which hailed from the imagination of the Greek poet Nicander...read more
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9781844834846 | Duncan Baird Pub, October 7, 2008, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Dragons and firebirds, fairies and orcs: these are just a few of the residents of The Mythic Bestiary.

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Product Description: Explores key topics involving World War I and shows the causes that led up to the outbreak of war, including France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Germany's attack on France.
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9781403446206 | Not Applicable, May 1, 2003, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: This book examines the main causes of the first great war of the 20th century and the events that led to its beginning.

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9781403401489 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 2002, cover price $31.43 | About this edition: Explores key topics involving World War I and shows the causes that led up to the outbreak of war, including France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Germany's attack on France.

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9781439538692 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Explores key topics involving World War I and shows the causes that led up to the outbreak of war, including France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Germany's attack on France.
9780613944809, titled "Causes Of World War I" | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2003, cover price $19.10 | About this edition: Explores key topics involving World War I and shows the causes that led up to the outbreak of war, including France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Germany's attack on France.

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Product Description: Examining key events of the 20th century, each title in this set of 6 outlines the lead-up and aftermath, explores the issues, and introduces leaders and key figures. Titles of useful websites and further reading recommendations are given.
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9781588109217 | Not Applicable, January 1, 2002, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Chroniles the history of China since 1990, including the people and events that transformed a traditional empire into a modern world power.

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9781588106612 | Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 2002, cover price $31.43 | About this edition: Chroniles the history of China since 1990, including the people and events that transformed a traditional empire into a modern world power.

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9780606272537, titled "Rise of Modern China" | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $17.04 | About this edition: Chroniles the history of China since 1990, including the people and events that transformed a traditional empire into a modern world power.

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9781439546284 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Examining key events of the 20th century, each title in this set of 6 outlines the lead-up and aftermath, explores the issues, and introduces leaders and key figures.

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What was it like to be a Protestant living in Northern Ireland and at war with your Catholic neighbor? What was it like to be a British soldier sent in to sort it out? What was it like to be a witness to history? Step back to the latter part of the 20th ce
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9781403462138 | Not Applicable, June 1, 2004, cover price $9.49 | About this edition: What was it like to be a Protestant living in Northern Ireland and at war with your Catholic neighbor?

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9781403448675 | Heinemann/Raintree, May 30, 2004, cover price $32.86 | About this edition: Uses primary source materials to trace the history of the conflicts in Northern Ireland.

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9781439539378 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $18.49

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Product Description: THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Each subject is explored in the context of his wider scientific, geographical, social, and historical framework, and excerpts from journals and personal records are featured.
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9781588109927 | Not Applicable, April 1, 2002, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A portrait of the physicist's life assesses his accomplishments in the field of science, his rescue of the British mint and its currency, his intellectual battles with his colleagues, and his fascination with religious ideas.

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9781588100535 | Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 2001, cover price $31.43 | About this edition: A portrait of the physicist's life assesses his accomplishments in the field of science, his rescue of the British mint and its currency, his intellectual battles with his colleagues, and his fascination with religious ideas.

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9780606243940 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $17.60 | About this edition: A portrait of the physicist's life assesses his accomplishments in the field of science, his rescue of the British mint and its currency, his intellectual battles with his colleagues, and his fascination with religious ideas.

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9781439546635 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780613457828 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: A portrait of the physicist's life assesses his accomplishments in the field of science, his rescue of the British mint and its currency, his intellectual battles with his colleagues, and his fascination with religious ideas.

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Looks at nineteenth-century life in Ireland and how mass starvation caused by the Irish Potato Famine forced two million people to leave their homes and seek a new life elsewhere.
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9781403491534 | Not Applicable, July 22, 2006, cover price $8.49 | About this edition: Looks at nineteenth-century life in Ireland and how mass starvation caused by the Irish Potato Famine forced two million people to leave their homes and seek a new life elsewhere.
9781403441133 | Not Applicable, April 1, 2003, cover price $8.49

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9781403491442 | Rev upd edition (Heinemann/Raintree, July 22, 2006), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Looks at nineteenth-century life in Ireland and how mass starvation caused by the Irish Potato Famine forced two million people to leave their homes and seek a new life elsewhere.
9781588100771 | Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 2001, cover price $29.29 | About this edition: Explains the background and causes of the Irish famine, and explores its historical impat.

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9780606295703, titled "Irish Famine: The Birth of Irish America" | Demco Media, December 1, 2001, cover price $15.93

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9781439540008 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $17.49

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9780794521967 | Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2008, cover price $4.99

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9781417825585 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2008, cover price $14.80

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Product Description: Symbols are everywhere, hidden in paintings, architecture, even tattoos and t-shirts. With this highly portable and comprehensive two-part manual, enthusiasts of esoteric knowledge can do expert detective work and uncover deep meanings wherever they go...read more
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9781844836178, titled "The Symbol Detective: How to Decipher Mystical Motifs - and Know Where to Find Them" | Duncan Baird Pub, May 6, 2008, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Symbols are everywhere, hidden in paintings, architecture, even tattoos and t-shirts.
9781844835829, titled "The Symbol Detective: How to Decipher Mystical Motifs - and Know Where to Find Them" | Duncan Baird Pub, March 25, 2008, cover price $16.75

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9780791094778 | Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2008, cover price $280.00

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Instructs readers not just about the geography and history of ancient peoples, but how geography and history influenced daily life, language and lore, and art and architecture for bygone civilizations.
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9780816068272 | 1 edition (Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 2007), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Maps, charts, illustrations, and text explore the history and culture of ancient China.

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9781841126326 | Capstone, April 20, 2007, cover price $27.50

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Product Description: Tony Allan is a rare breed - a masterful chef as well as a great businessman. He is second only to Sir Terence Conran as Britain's wealthiest restaurateur and enjoys celebrity status following his primetime BBC cookery show Tony & Giorgio, with best pal Giorgio Locatelli...read more
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9781841126319 | Capstone Ltd, October 13, 2006, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Tony Allan is a rare breed - a masterful chef as well as a great businessman.

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