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With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense of humor, Blatner explores the many facets of Pi and humankind's fascination with it--from the ancient Egyptians and Archimedes to Leonardo da Vinci and the modern-day Chudnovsky brothers. Two-color illustrations. AUTHOR: David Blatner
PUBLISHER: Walker & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Rock Art of the American Southwest by Fred Hirschmann, Scott Thybony
From Texas to the caves of Santa Barbara, the wealth and diversity of the ancient rock art of the American Southwest are sure to astonish readers with their beauty, mystery, and spirituality. 100 color photos. Map. AUTHOR: Fred Hirschmann, Scott Thybony
PUBLISHER: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Chinese New Year by David F. Marx
Description not available.Summary: A simple introduction to the traditions and festivities of Chinese New Year. AUTHOR: David F. Marx
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Poetry of the Universe by Robert Osserman
Mathematics has often been at the forefront of our key discoveries in science, anticipating many of the developments in physics and helping to make sense of the data that scientists uncover. Reaching back into history, the author traces mathematical breakthroughs over the centuries and explains their significance in exploring the size and shape of the earth, the nature of light and energy, and the workings of the universe. Osserman also introduces the reader to mathematicians like Carl Friedrich Gauss and Bernhard Reimann or as he calls them the Beethoven and Brahms of mathematics. AUTHOR: Robert Osserman
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Cape May Court House by Lawrence Schiller
In the late 1990s, an usual legal case developed in New Jersey--a wrongful death suit brought by local dentist against a major auto manufacturer was turned on its head when the Ford Motor company introduced evidence that the dentist may have actually strangled his wife. This true crime account follows the ins and outs of this precendent-setting case. AUTHOR: Lawrence Schiller
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Tarzan of the Apes by Amy Sterling Casil, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fred Arting, Jean Marie Stine, John Seelye
Originally written in 1912, in the first of the acclaimed and legendary series, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, an English nobleman raised in the African jungle by apes rediscovers his human heritage. AUTHOR: Amy Sterling Casil, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fred Arting, Jean Marie Stine, John Seelye
PUBLISHER: Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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