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|  | The Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell B. Sandved
A renowned nature photographer presents stunning photographs of butterflies from throughout the world, using close-up views of wing designs that look like letters of the alphabet. The hardcover version of this exquisite picture book won the 1997 IRA Children's Choice award. Full color. AUTHOR: Kjell B. Sandved
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference 
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 | Guinness World Records 2003
Description not available.With more than 1,600 new records, the favorite annual reference features more tales of heroism, survival, and feats of daring, from balloon flights around the world to robotic vehicles, as well as sections on recent technological innovations, sports, human achievement, and more. 1,700,000 first printing.
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English-Chinese Dictionary
There are certain kinds of information that can be conveyed more readily and clearly by pictures than by descriptions and explanations. The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English & Chinese Dictionary identifies some 28,000 objects by means of numbered illustrations and offers at a glance their Chinese and English names. Exceptionally wide coverage of the vocabulary of Science and Medicine, Technology, Industry, and Commerce, the Arts, Leisure, and the Home is provided.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Ancestors by William Maxwell
From letters and journals and his own memories, writer and editor William Maxwell writes the history of his family, which flourished in the small towns of the Midwest--and in doing so illuminates the world of 19th-century America. AUTHOR: William Maxwell
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Miss Manner's Basic Training by Judith Martin
For the myriad rudeness that today passes for consolation, congratulation, and other forms of verbal communication, Miss Manners provides politely pointed comebacks as well as the gracious and proper thing to say in any situation. AUTHOR: Judith Martin
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | The American Century Dictionary of the English Language by Laurence Urdang
Originally developed by Oxford University Press`s Dictionary Department, this is a new dictionary created for American English. AUTHOR: Laurence Urdang
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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