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Description not available.Set in 1718, Daniel begins his life on the high seas as a stow away where his belief as a non-violent Quaker comes into contrast with his want to fight the pirates who terrorize his homeland on the eastern seaboard. AUTHOR: Robin Moore
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction 
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 | Why Schools Fail by Bruce Goldberg
An exploration of the shortcomings in the educational system. AUTHOR: Bruce Goldberg
PUBLISHER: Cato Institute
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | The New Jewish Baby Book by Amy Eilberg, Anita Diamant, Norman J. Cohen
Description not available.Describes the rituals used to welcome a baby into Judaism, lists Jewish names and their meanings, and discusses how contemporary practices do or don't follow traditional standards AUTHOR: Amy Eilberg, Anita Diamant, Norman J. Cohen
PUBLISHER: Jewish Lights Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | A One Room School by Bobbie Kalman
'A One-Room School' is a historic look at the days when that's all there was and what you learned in those schools. AUTHOR: Bobbie Kalman
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | King Solomon's Mines by Dennis Butts, H. Rider Haggard, Marilyn Kay, Stan Winiarski
Allan Quatermain, gentleman adventurer, is retained to locate a missing man by two Englishmen. The man, brother of one of the Englishmen, has disappeared into the heart of Africa while on a hunt for the lost mines of King Solomon. Joining up with a Zulu named Umslopogaas, they follow a trail of fabulous wealth. The first volume of a series of ten about Quatermain and his fiends. AUTHOR: Dennis Butts, H. Rider Haggard, Marilyn Kay, Stan Winiarski
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell
A four-year-old girl asks her parents to recount the story of the day she was born--the day they knew they had a new baby to adopt. The parents share the often-told story with the girl again, telling her about the late night phone call announcing her birth, their trip to the hospital, what it was like the first time they saw her, and how they cried happy tears when they held her for the very first time. Illustrated with watercolor paintings. AUTHOR: Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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