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From George Washington to Bill Clinton, this authoritative reference presents the forty-two presidents of the United States, focusing on their backgrounds, goals, temperaments, success, failures, and contributions.
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9780831770747 | Reprint edition (Smithmark Pub, August 1, 1995), cover price $9.98 | About this edition: Surveys the life and administration of each of the presidents, from George Washington to George Bush
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9780912517339 | Bluewood Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Profiles military leaders who have made significant contributions throughout world history.
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9780613675772 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Profiles military leaders who have made significant contributions throughout world history.
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9780785811183 | Book Sales, September 1, 1999, cover price $24.99
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9781592231027, titled "The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses: History-Legend-Lore-Design-Technology-Romance" | Rev upd edition (Thunder Bay Pr, September 1, 2003), cover price $29.98 | About this edition: The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores — and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings — has captivated our collective imagination.
9781571452245 | Thunder Bay Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $24.98 | About this edition: The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores—and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings—has captivated our collective imagination.
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Provides a brief history of one hundred relationships that have shaped world history, including Marc Antony and Cleopatra, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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9780912517407 | Bluewood Books, December 1, 2000, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred relationships that have shaped world history, including Marc Antony and Cleopatra, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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9780606205269 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred relationships that have shaped world history, including Marc Antony and Cleopatra, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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Chronologically profiles one-hundred significant battles from 1294 BC through the present day, highlighting strategies, tactics, weapons, and commanders
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9780912517278 | Bluewood Books, October 1, 1997, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Chronologically profiles one-hundred significant battles from 1294 BC through the present day, highlighting strategies, tactics, weapons, and commanders
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9780606205184 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.71 | About this edition: Chronologically profiles one-hundred significant battles from 1294 BC through the present day, highlighting strategies, tactics, weapons, and commanders
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Provides a brief history of one hundred families that have shaped world history, from the Hapsburg dynasty to the Kennedy's.
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9780912517346 | Ill edition (Bluewood Books, October 1, 1999), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred families that have shaped world history, from the Hapsburg dynasty to the Kennedy's.
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9780606205221 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $16.71 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred families that have shaped world history, from the Hapsburg dynasty to the Kennedy's.
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Chronologically profiles one-hundred wars from 547 BC through the present day, highlighting key battles, contributing factors, great commanders, and key theorists
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9780912517285 | Bluewood Books, October 1, 1997, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Chronologically profiles one-hundred wars from 547 BC through the present day, highlighting key battles, contributing factors, great commanders, and key theorists
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9780606205276 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: Chronologically profiles one-hundred wars from 547 BC through the present day, highlighting key battles, contributing factors, great commanders, and key theorists
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9780613675123 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Chronologically profiles one-hundred wars from 547 BC through the present day, highlighting key battles, contributing factors, great commanders, and key theorists
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Offers brief biographies of Native American leaders and British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and other explorers, military and religious leaders, governors, and other figures in what would be the United States and Canada
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9780912517353 | Bluewood Books, December 1, 1999, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of Native American leaders and British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and other explorers, military and religious leaders, governors, and other figures in what would be the United States and Canada
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9780606205191 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.71 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of Native American leaders and British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and other explorers, military and religious leaders, governors, and other figures in what would be the United States and Canada
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9780613675079 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of Native American leaders and British, French, Spanish, Dutch, and other explorers, military and religious leaders, governors, and other figures in what would be the United States and Canada
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Offers brief biographies of American politicians, industrialists, civil rights leaders, entertainers, scientists, entertainers, and writers who made important contributions to American life
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9780912517322 | Bluewood Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of American politicians, industrialists, civil rights leaders, entertainers, scientists, entertainers, and writers who made important contributions to American life
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9780606205146 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.71 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of American politicians, industrialists, civil rights leaders, entertainers, scientists, entertainers, and writers who made important contributions to American life
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9780613886949 | Turtleback Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Offers brief biographies of American politicians, industrialists, civil rights leaders, entertainers, scientists, entertainers, and writers who made important contributions to American life
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Presents the history of the Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon suffered his final defeat by the British and Dutch, ending the Napoleonic Wars, and was returned to exile.
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9780791071106 | Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 2002, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: Presents the history of the Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon suffered his final defeat by the British and Dutch, ending the Napoleonic Wars, and was returned to exile.
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9780791066836 | Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 2002, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Presents the history of the Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon suffered his final defeat by the British and Dutch, ending the Napoleonic Wars, and was returned to exile.
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9780791071649 | Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 2002, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: Provides a historical account of the 1066 Battle of Hastings, a pivotal event in England's history, as well as the people and events leading up to it and its ramifications.
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9780791066805 | Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 2002, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Provides a historical account of the 1066 Battle of Hastings, a pivotal event in England's history, as well as the people and events leading up to it and its ramifications.
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Looks at Cortâes' conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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9780791071663 | Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 2003, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: Looks at Cortâes' conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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9780791066812 | Chelsea House Pub, June 1, 2002, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Looks at Cortâes' conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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9780791092088 | 2 edition (Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 2006), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of Pakistan.
9780791070987 | Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of Pakistan.
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9780836854701 | World Almanac Education, December 1, 2002, cover price $30.60 | About this edition: Brief biographies of one hundred men and women who attained greatness through military force, strategy, and/or the ability to command, relating the often harsh conditions and incredible odds each faced.
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9780836854688 | World Almanac Education, December 1, 2002, cover price $122.40
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A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.
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9780791074947 | Chelsea House Pub, January 1, 2003, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.
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9780791072202 | Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.
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9780613652773 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $29.74 | About this edition: A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brilliant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.
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Describes the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
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9780791074930 | Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 2003, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: Describes the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
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9780791072196 | Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 2003, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Describes the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
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9780613651486 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $30.14 | About this edition: Describes the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great of Macedonia.
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9780791074374 | Chelsea House Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Recounts the battle known as the Third Crusade between Richard the Lionhearted of England and the Muslim leader Saladin and the fight over the Holy Land in 1191 A.
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9780791074510 | Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Discusses the effects of the invention of the printing press on language, religion, science, society, and everyday life.
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Discusses the effects of the invention of the repeating rifle, which did not require that the shooter be a marksman, on warfare, crime, and society.
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9780791074527 | Chelsea House Pub, October 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Discusses the effects of the invention of the repeating rifle, which did not require that the shooter be a marksman, on warfare, crime, and society.
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Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.
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9780791077931 | Chelsea House Pub, August 1, 2003, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.
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9780791074381 | Chelsea House Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.
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9780613813372 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.
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9780766022133 | Enslow Pub Inc, February 1, 2004, cover price $26.60 | About this edition: Describes the life of Gouverneur Morris, who edited the final version of the United States Constitution, and was instrumental in the establishment of our national coinage system and in the planning of the Erie Canal.
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Chronicles the life of the Roman Catholic monk whose writings about the spiritual life, Zen Buddhism, and meditation helped to introduce Asian religions to the West.
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9780791078624 | Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 2004, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the life of the Roman Catholic monk whose writings about the spiritual life, Zen Buddhism, and meditation helped to introduce Asian religions to the West.
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9780791081020 | Chelsea House Pub, August 1, 2004, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Presents the life of the Swedish scientist, from his scientific work in the fields of astronomy, mineralogy, and human anatomy to his later controversial writings about his spiritual reawakening.
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