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Description not available.An updated, compact information guide provides more than 160,000 facts organized under 280 fields of interest, including history, science, arts and culture, and sports, and is complemented by mini biographies and a quick-reference index. AUTHOR: Trevor Anderson, Una McGovern
PUBLISHER: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | Zeeland:or Elective Concurrences by Hans Koning
An American soldier named Michael Beauchamp and his radical French grandfather, Michel, have oddly parallel histories: both escape from political prisons and find refuge at a monastery in Perpignan, and both must struggle to win the women they love. As Hans Koning's novel moves back and forth between the Franco-Prussian War and World War II, both men encounter tests of courage and character that resonate between the generations. AUTHOR: Hans Koning
PUBLISHER: NewSouth, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke, Mark Hammer
Dave Robicheaux's friend, Dixie Lee Pugh, needs his help. Robicheaux's former roommate went from country western star to drunk driver, and is currently a struggling ex-con being framed for a crime he swears he didn't commit. Reluctantly, Robicheaux agrees to help Pugh because, if he doesn't, it looks like no one else will. AUTHOR: James Lee Burke, Mark Hammer
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Annihilation by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, Piotr Szewc
Szewc`s first novel presents a day in the life of the Jewish inhabitants of a little town shortly before World War II--the eastern Polish town where Szewc himself grew up. We see the local prostitute at her morning ablutions, the town cop on night duty, and everything in between--all part of a world the narrator desperately wishes to save from the coming annihilation. AUTHOR: Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, Piotr Szewc
PUBLISHER: Dalkey Archive Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | Old Granny & the Bean Thief by Cat Bowman Smith, Cynthia C. DeFelice
Old Granny leads a lonely life in the country--which is just fine with her as long as she has her beans to grow. Then one night, her beans are stolen and Old Granny sets out to report the crime to the sheriff. Along the way, she meets a variety of talking creatures (including a snake and a prickly pear cactus) and soon finds herself surrounded by new friends. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Cat Bowman Smith, Cynthia C. DeFelice
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Biz Dev 3.0 Business Development at E-Speed by Brad Keywell
The practice of partnering--when companies form strategic alliances in order to maximize customers and grow--was developed in the dotcom world. In BIZ DEV 3.0, the author explains the concept and applies it to the business world in general. What is partnering, why is it good, how does it work, how should one go about it, and what are the pitfalls? AUTHOR: Brad Keywell
PUBLISHER: American Lawyer Media
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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