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|  | The Winning Edge by Connie Vanacore, George G. Alston
For the amateur exhibitor who needs to develop and hone his or her skills, George Alston's thirty-five years of experience teaches how to train both mentally and physically, to size up the competition, and turn being an amateur into an advantage. AUTHOR: Connie Vanacore, George G. Alston
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Pets & Animals 
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 | Going to School During the Civil War, the Confederacy by Kerry A. Graves
Description not available.Discusses the school life of Confederate children during the Civil War, including school lessons, Confederate books, military academies, and life during battles. AUTHOR: Kerry A. Graves
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Boundaries & Passages by Ann Fienup-Riordan
This book brings together as complete a record of traditional Yupik rules and rituals as is possible in the late twentieth century. Incorporating elders` recollections of the system of ruled boundaries and ritual passages that guided their parents and grandparents a century ago, Ann Fienup-Riordan brings into focus the complex, creative Yupik world view - expressed by ceremonial exchanges and the cycling of names, gifts, and persons - which continues to shape daily life in communities along the Bering Sea coast. Her analysis is illustrated with many contemporary and historical photographs. Identifying metaphors to live by , Fienup-Riordan tells of the Boy Who Went to Live with Seals and the Girl Who Returned from the Dead . She explains how in Yupik cosmology their stories illustrate relationships among human beings, animals, and the spirit world - the boundaries and passages between death and the renewal of life. AUTHOR: Ann Fienup-Riordan
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
MASTER AND COMMANDER is the first volume in the O`Brian`s delightful series about the English Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Jack Aubrey (a captain in the Royal Navy) and Stephen Maturin (who will become his ship`s surgeon and closest friend) first meet, in April 1800 at a performance of Locatelli`s C-major Quartet at a concert in Minorca. This first installment is a beautifully written and observed novel of war, friendship, love, and--not incidentally--natural history, amateur music-making, the British intelligence network, and 18th-century life in general. AUTHOR: Patrick O'Brian
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | A Guide to Pre-Columbia Art by Jean P. Barbier
This easy-to-use guide provides a unique opportunity to gain a closer view of the pre-Hispanic world. Edited by Jean Paul Barbier, one of the foremost collectors of 'primitive' art and Director of the Barcelona Museum of Ethnology, the text provides a close analysis of the origins and the decline of the greatest ancient American civilizations. The Mayas, Aztecs and Inkas are revealed alongside many other lesser known but equally fascinating cultures, from the Amazon Basin, the forest of the Eastern Mississippi and the mountains and deserts of the Southwestern United States. Chapters range from a commentary on the art of Central America, Peru and Western Mexico to a study of the goldsmith's craft and of the three cities of Teotihuacan, Monte Alban and El Tajin. Stone and wooden sculptures, ceramics, gold and silver jewelry and fabrics selected from the rich collections of the Museo Barbier-Mueller of Pre-Columbian art in Barcelona illustrate the extraordinary sophistication of early American artists. The text is supplemented by detailed geographical maps, photographs of archaeological sites and drawings, to give the whole picture of life in Pre-Columbian America. AUTHOR: Jean P. Barbier
PUBLISHER: Skira
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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 | College Algebra by Lawrence S. Leff
With classroom-style notes that emphasize important facts, College Algebra covers all key topics, including polynomials, equations, inequalities, polynomial equations, conics, and more. AUTHOR: Lawrence S. Leff
PUBLISHER: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Non-Fiction
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