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Bestselling chess author John Walker presents a feast of exciting and challenging chess positions for young and improving players to solve. AUTHOR: J. Walker
PUBLISHER: Cadogan Books PLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Grain of Truth by Ross A. Laird
The author meditates on his own experiences with woodworking as a singularly fulfilling activity, and on the greater implications of craft in general. AUTHOR: Ross A. Laird
PUBLISHER: Walker & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Lawyers & Other Reptiles by Jess M. Brallier
Quotes from Art Buchwald, Al Gore, F. Lee Bailey, H. L. Mencken, Will Rogers, Charles Dickens, and other notables. AUTHOR: Jess M. Brallier
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Knitted Sweaters for Every Season by Nancie M. Wiseman
Description not available.Offers patterns and colored charts, and teaches various knitting techniques for sixteen sweaters, including diagonal knitting and short rows. AUTHOR: Nancie M. Wiseman
PUBLISHER: Martingale & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | I Had a Rooster by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Pete Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger
Description not available.An amusing sing-song tale about a collection of noisy farm animals, including a cock-a-doodling rooster, quacking duck, and oinking pig, includes a CD recording of the folk song. AUTHOR: Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Pete Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | A Sport of Life & Death by E. Michael Whittington
The Mesoamerican ballgame was no ordinary sport. Played by the Olmecs, Maya and Aztecs, from at least 1200 BC to the Spanish Conquest in the 16th century AD, it was both a contest of breathtaking athletic skill and a ritual spectacle in which the struggle between the opposing forces of day and night, good and evil, life and death was enacted by the teams on the ballcourt. In a game surrounded by elaborate ceremonies and combining elements of modern basketball, football and soccer, teams had to manoeuvre the heavy rubber ball around the courts often using only hips or arms, and the penalty for the losers could be severe--sacrifice. The ballgame was the source of endless inspiration for Mesoamerican artists, who created miniature ballcourts packed with players and spectators, as well as strangely attired ballplayers, painted scenes on ceramic vessels, and an array of equipment which provided them with symbolic and physical protection. THE SPORT OF LIFE AND DEATH, the most comprehensive work ever on the Mesoamerican ballgame, brings together a range of these works of art, of striking beauty, vivacity and power, from tiny jade carvings of the Olmecs depicting their player kings to the ring-shaped stone goals that once stood in Aztec ballcourts. Essays by leading authorities on Mesoamerican art and culture discuss all aspects of the ballgame, such as the natural history of rubber, the magnificent architecture of the ballcourts, the extraordinary equipment worn by the players, the complex religious symbolism and ritual elements of the games and descriptions of versions that are still played today in Mexico. A way of attempting to impose order on an unruly universe, as well a lavish entertainment accompanied by music, dance and drama, the ballgame was one of the defining features of Mesoamerican culture and can truly be called THE SPORT OF LIFE AND DEATH. AUTHOR: E. Michael Whittington
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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