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Description not available.When a father and his daughter attempt to frost a cake together, more icing ends up around the room than on the cake AUTHOR: Mary Margaret Perez-Mercado
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | The Bronze Age Computer Disc by Alan Butler
When author Alan Butler discovered a 15-centimeter clay disc in a museum in Crete, he set out to unravel the mystery of the spiral by hieroglyphs inscribed on each side. The discovery of this Phaistos Disc crystallized Butlers previous convictions that Bronze Age peoples in Europe had been excellent mathematicians and astronomers. AUTHOR: Alan Butler
PUBLISHER: Foulsham, W. Company, Limited (UK)
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Peoples of the Great North by Marina Fedorova, Tatiana Fleck
There are a great many northern peoples: Eskimos, Samoyedes, Yakuts, Kuryaks, etc. And they all have one thing in common: the far north with its vast snowy wastes, a wilderness of whiteness where the petrifying cold penetrates to the marrow of man's bones. A landscape of plains and wind where, despite everything, men and women live and love in the harshness of inhospitable nature. Gathered around the fire, source of life, protected from the elements by ice and animal skins, the peoples of the great north bring pleasure into their bleak existence by using what meagre sustenance they find in nature. As hunters they give expression to their legends in the skins of the animals they hunt, bringing their history to life by drawing an animal, a human being, a moon or a sun on the bare material. Tales and histories inspire the imagination of these peoples during the long winter evenings, giving rise to a little-known culture, that of men for whom day is often night. The distinctive identity passed on to us so vividly by the peoples of the great north is gradually disappearing, particularly in the mad rush to colonize northern Siberia and in the frenzied search for wealth beneath the earth. AUTHOR: Marina Fedorova, Tatiana Fleck
PUBLISHER: Parkstone Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The Book Group Book by Ellen Slezak, Margaret Atwood
Description not available.Offers advice on starting and running a successful book discussion group and covers how to organize meetings, select books, stimulate discussion, and attract new members. AUTHOR: Ellen Slezak, Margaret Atwood
PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Superlearning 2000 by Lynn Schroeder
Whether you want to learn a foreign language, improve your tennis game, ace a test, or learn anything two-to-five times faster, the fun and innovative method of superlearning is designed to unlock your limitless potential. This revolutionary program reveals how the right kind of music can enhance learning, which superfood can make people a startling 25 percent smarter, the subliminal message that increases test scores, and much more. AUTHOR: Lynn Schroeder
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Deregulating Freight Transportation by Michael Mintrom, Paul Teske, Samuel Best
The transportation of freight performs a critical linking function in the American economy. For most of this century, it was heavily regulated by federal and state governments. Now most of that regulation has been greatly reduced - with the exception of state regulation of the trucking industry. Teske, Best, and Mintrom examine the controversies surrounding state and federal regulatory oversight and present useful recommendations for changing transportation regulation and federalism. AUTHOR: Michael Mintrom, Paul Teske, Samuel Best
PUBLISHER: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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