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|  | Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
A new edition of the 1972 book which now features color illustrations and a slightly revised text. The simple text explains how fossils were created by dinosaurs of long ago and even gives directions for readers to make one minute fossils. AUTHOR: Aliki
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | St. Petersburg by Deborah Kent
Great cities represent the crossroads of a country`s politics, culture, history, and social community. Cities of the World gives students the opportunity to explore the world`s urban centers without ever leaving the classroom. Readers will also investigate cities` attempts to solve the universal urban problems of unemployment, pollution, and crime. Each book presents a broad but detailed picture of societies and their people. Each book includes maps, a list of famous landmarks, a Fast Facts section, suggestions for further reading and online sites, a glossary, and an index. AUTHOR: Deborah Kent
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White
The unnamed narrator offers elegies to a lover who was famous, and who introduced him to a sort of sexual/friendly relationship that the narrator now feels, regretfully, he did not fully appreciate at the time--a relationship he has been trying, unsuccessfully, to recreate. AUTHOR: Edmund White
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Happiness by Will Ferguson
A travel-writer's first novel tells the farcical tale of a self-help book (CHOCOLATES FOR THE SOUL) that wreaks havoc when readers follow its advice. The editor who supervised its publication finds that, when his wife takes the book to heart, it affects his own life in ways he wasn't prepared for. AUTHOR: Will Ferguson
PUBLISHER: Canongate Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Rebieta Trebejos (Tantrum Trebejos) by Manuel Monroy
Description not available.Rabieta, who likes to collect things, receives a wonderful gift from her grandmother--a single sock--and she soon finds that it is a very useful thing to have, even if her mother has her doubts about Rabieta's many possessions. AUTHOR: Manuel Monroy
PUBLISHER: Fondo de Cultura Economica
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Harnessing Peacocks by Carole Boyd, Mary Wesley
Mary Wesley creates one of the most enchanting heroines of recent literature in this story of independence, wit, and sensuality. Nineteen-year-old Hebe flees her family to avoid the forced abortion of her illegitimate child. What follows is at times poignant, touching, and in the end, surprising. AUTHOR: Carole Boyd, Mary Wesley
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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