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Surveys the habits, habitat, and behavior of domestic cats as well as the large, wild cats of Europe, Asia, America, and Africa
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9780382062353 | Silver Burdett Pr, December 1, 1978, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Briefly introduces members of the cat family.
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Text and pictures present the animals of the seashore.
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9780382062452 | Silver Burdett Pr, December 1, 1978, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Depicts the variety of plants and animals that live in the sand, tidal pools, and other areas of the seashore
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Traces the important developments that occurred during the Italian Renaissance and highlights achievements in trade and exploration, art, architecture, science, and medicine
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9780531091647 | Franklin Watts, May 1, 1980, cover price $11.40 | About this edition: Discusses the revival of interest in classical knowledge; how scholars, artists, and scientists used this knowledge as the foundation for new ideas; and the lives of ordinary people.
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Traces the growth and spread of the Islamic civilization from the time of Muhammad's revelation in the seventh century A.D. through the sixteenth century
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9780531091654 | Franklin Watts, May 1, 1980, cover price $9.90 | About this edition: Discusses the religion, history, and culture of the Islamic Empire.
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9780382063862 | Silver Burdett Pr, May 1, 1980, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Briefly describes a variety of locomotives built between the early 1800's and the present day.
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Captures the splendor of the Inca Empire at its peak, as it developed a complex communication system, a powerful religion, a sophisticated legal system, and a superb arts and crafts
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9780531091715 | Franklin Watts, August 1, 1980, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: An overview of the Inca empire, its culture, and its ultimate destruction.
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9780850454345 | Osprey Pub Co, June 1, 1982, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: For the first three years of the Second World War the German Army's armored formations dominated the world's battlefields.
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Looks at government, war, religion, medicine, crime, agriculture, fashion, food, holidays, business, travel, and scientific advances during the sixteen hundreds
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9780382066948 | Silver Burdett Pr, February 1, 1983, cover price $16.96 | About this edition: Describes the religious conflicts, travel and communication, homes, food and drink, clothing, celebrations, scientific advances, and other aspects of life in seventeenth-century Europe.
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Looks at the class structure of medieval Europe and describes health care, family life, houses, castles, clothing, chivalry, war, government, pilgrimages, trade, education, and exploration in the Middle Ages
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9780382068331 | Silver Burdett Pr, December 1, 1984, cover price $16.96 | About this edition: Describes in text and illustrations how people in Europe lived and worked during the three centuries between 1200 and 1500.
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Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during two years she and her family hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic.
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9780531180228 | Franklin Watts, June 1, 1985, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: Depicts the life of Anne Frank, who wrote a diary describing her experiences hiding with her family from the Nazis
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Traces the life of the British monarch from birth through her coronation in 1953 and looks at her royal duties and private life.
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9780531180174 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1985, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: Traces the life and reign of England's current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, and discusses the background of her reign, her work, and her family
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Traces the life of the fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer, tells how his ship was the first to circle the world, and describes his tragic death
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9780531180327 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1986, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: A brief account of Magellan's 1519-1522 voyage around the world, which proved beyond all doubt that the world was round.
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Traces the life of the British-born musician who rose to fame as a member of the Beatles, one of the most popular groups in rock music history.
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9780531180723 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: A life of the Liverpool boy who, together with his band, revolutionized popular music is illustrated with artwork and photographs from throughout his career
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Traces the life of the explorer, navigator, and scientist whose detailed surveys of the Pacific Ocean and coasts of New Zealand and Australia brought the map of the world near to completion.
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9780531180914 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1987, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: Describes the voyages of the eighteenth century English explorer, looks at the many lands he visited, and recounts his death in Hawaii
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Looks at the weapons, equipment, and fighting strategies of the infantry from Alexander the Great to the Vietnam War and describes the experiences of individual footsoldiers
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9780192731470 | Reissue edition (Oxford Univ Pr, March 1, 1988), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Looks at the weapons, equipment, and fighting strategies of the infantry from Alexander the Great to the Vietnam War and describes the experiences of individual footsoldiers
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Traces the history of mounted soldiers from the pre-Roman era through the Crusades and the days of chivalry, up to World War II
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9780192731579 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of mounted soldiers from the pre-Roman era through the Crusades and the days of chivalry, up to World War II
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Details the culture, weapons and places associated with King Arthur and compares his true sixth century origins to the romances and chronicles of the Middle Ages
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9780713719000 | Blandford Pr, March 1, 1988, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Details the culture, weapons and places associated with King Arthur and compares his true sixth century origins to the romances and chronicles of the Middle Ages
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9780713721461 | Blandford Pr, September 1, 1989, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Details the culture, weapons and places associated with King Arthur and compares his true sixth century origins to the romances and chronicles of the Middle Ages
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Recounts how Judas Maccabeus led rebel Jewish forces to a surprizing victory over the Roman army
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9781853140112 | Firebird, March 1, 1989, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Recounts how Judas Maccabeus led rebel Jewish forces to a surprizing victory over the Roman army
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9781853140082 | Firebird, March 1, 1989, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Recounts the accomplishments of the shepherd-king who united the tribes of Israel
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9781853140099 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, March 1, 1989, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An account of Nebuchadnezzar, king of ancient Babylon, whose clever military strategy brought about the fall of Jerusalem and insured his dominion over the Middle East.
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Relates how the warrior commander Joshua led the Israelite army in the destruction of the Canaanites.
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9781853140105 | Firebird, March 1, 1989, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Recounts how Joshua led the tribes of Israel out of the Sinai and brought down the walls of Jericho
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A biography of the Oglala chief who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempts to take over Indian lands
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9781853140259 | Firebird, September 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Oglala chief who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempts to take over Indian lands
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9781853140242 | Firebird, September 1, 1989, cover price $12.95
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A biography of the Nez Perce chief who led his people on a long trek to escape the injustices of the United States government
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9781853140266 | Firebird, September 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Nez Perce chief who led his people on a long trek to escape the injustices of the United States government
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9781853140273 | Firebird, September 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Apache Chief who led one of the last great Indians uprisings against the United States Army
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