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Treaties, Trenches, Mud, Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4)
World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and litt…
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- 9781419708084
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- 127 p.: illus.; 20 cm
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- -
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- 940.3 HAL t
The silk roads: the extraordinary history that created your world
Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads. From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781526623560
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- 126 p. ; ill. ; 26 cm
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- -
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- 950 FRA t
Red comet: the short life and blazing art of Sylvia Plath
With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia Plath, who had precocious poetic ambition and was an accomplished published writer even before she became a star at Smith College. Refusing to read Plath’s work as if her every act was a harbinger of her tragic fate, Clark considers the sociopolitical context as she thoroughly explores Plath’…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9780307951267
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- 1118 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm
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- -
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- 920 CLA r
Travels in the land of serpents and pearls
The intrepid Venetian traveller's observations of a thirteenth-century India filled with lavish jewels, chaste princes, superstitions and naked armies.
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- Ed. 1
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- 9780141398358
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- 56 p. ; 14 cm
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- Penguin little black classics
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- 910 POL t
Things that disappear
Jenny Erpenbeck meditates on the disappearance and impermanence of things. Whether recalling the demolition of familiar places, the loss of a friendship, or a change in social attitudes, Erpenbeck's sharp intelligence, eye for telling detail, and her nuanced perspective on her country's history and her own writing lifeimbue these short pieces with lasting power.
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- Ed. 1
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- 9780811238113
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- 71 p. ; 16 cm
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- 920 ERP t
Things in nature merely grow
Yiyun Li’s remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance as she considers the loss of her son James.
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781250437976
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- 172 p. ; 21 cm
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- -
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- 920 YIY t
The cost of living
What does it cost a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse the social hierarchies that make her a minor character in the world not arranged to her advantage?
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781635573534
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- 134 p. ; 21 cm
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- -
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- 920 LEV t
Shakespeare
Find out about Shakespeare’s childhood in the English countryside and how it inspired his works. Discover Shakespeare’s lasting influence on everything from films and festivals to musicals and cartoons. See inside the original Globe Theatre and learn how a play was set up and performed.
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- 9780241523032
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- 48 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm
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- Eyewitness
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- 920 DOR s
Prehistoric people
Who were our earliest ancestors and how did they live? Step inside the cave of a prehistoric family by turning the page... Learn to hunt mammoth and reindeer, make clothes from animal skins and paint on cave walls.
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- 9781851034529
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- unpaged. ; ill. ; 18 cm
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- My First Discoveries
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- 930 JEU p
Atlas of the earth
See how wins, water and ice sculpt valleys and mountains. Witness a new island being born as a volcano erupts. Find out how landscapes are formed over millions of years
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781851034062
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- unpaged. ; ill. ; 18 cm
- Series Title
- My First Discoveries
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- 910 JEU a
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