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Firearms : the life story of a technology
Explosives : history with a bang
Dear Bully : 70 authors tell their stories
The 1910s Scrapbook : the decade of the Great War
A Brief History of the Samurai : a new history of the warrior elite
The Devil in the White City
Half Brother
In 1973, when a renowned Canadian behavioral psychologist pursues his latest research project--an experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills--he brings home a baby chimp named Zan and asks his thirteen-year-old son to treat Zan like a little brother. F OPPEL
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Firearms : the life story of a technology
Presents a comprehensive history of firearms and their technology over the centuries beginning with the use of crossbows in ancient China and the introduction of flammable power around the first century AD to the sophisticated weaponry of the twenty-first century. 683.4 PAU
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Explosives : history with a bang
This entertaining and informative book tells the dramatic tale of explosives from gunpowder to the H-bomb. Laying the emphasis on the lives of the people involved., on the diverse uses of explosives and on their social and historical impact, the author relates a story of remarkable international and human endeavour. 662.2 BRO
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Dear Bully : 70 authors tell their stories
Today's top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying-as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators-in a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal. Today's top authors for teens come together to share their stories about bullying-as silent observers on the sidelines of high school, as victims, and as perpetrators-in a collection at turns moving and self-effacing, but always deeply personal.
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The 1910s Scrapbook : the decade of the Great War
A collection of over one thousand color images, advertisements, and propaganda from Great Britain in the 1910s, including images that celebrate King George V's coronation, women's fashions, household products, women's suffrage, automobiles, flight, popular culture, games, and other topics associated with World War I. 941.083 1910s
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Airhead
A lot of girls envy supermodels and wish they had their looks, makeup, and clothes and of course, an exciting life. Emma Watts is not one of them though. She would rather play video games until there is a freak accident at the new Stark Megastore. Emma Watts has a huge plasma TV land on her. After that, her life can never be the same and the word supermodel take on a whole different meaning.
F CABOT
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Black Sabbath
A brief introduction to the band with short biographies of the various band members. Black Sabbath musicians grew up in Birmingham, England, and came from poor working-class families. The book covers the dramatic highs and lows, tensions, disagreements, and personnel changes, as well as drug use, alcohol, and personal relationships. The reader will also find an analysis of the music and albums along with insight into the impact the band has had on today's rock music. An easy read that is perfect for Heavy Metal fans.
782.42166 ABE
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The Devil in the White City
It is the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. Architect Daniel H. Burnham is charged with the task of designing the World’s Fair. He faced an almost an impossible task of designing and constructing hundreds of buildings, some enormous in size and grandeur, on a very short schedule. At the same time, Herman Webster Mudgett, a.k.a. Henry H. Holmes and a serial killer, built a bizarre structure aimed at trapping, exploiting, and killing young women. These are the actual events behind the World’s Fair and the mass murders.
364.15 LAR
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Matched
Life runs smoothly for 17 year-old Cassia. Of course, it would because the "Society" makes all your decisions for you. Your food, shelter, education, career choice and even your future spouse are selected by the study of statistical data and probable odds. In this "Society", you even know when you are going to die. Cassia doesn’t worry about anything until her Matching ceremony when she doesn’t see her desired match, the wonderful Xander but instead sees rebellious Ky. Is it a mistake? Will the "Society" allow for love? Find out what happens when you challenge the "Society". This is a fast paced story that is hard to put down.
F CONDIE
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