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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in AmericaPublisher: WW Norton & CoAu...

In the early 1970s, two young filmmaking brothers unloaded their camera and recording equipment on the collapsing front porch of a dilapidated mano...

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Winner of every major trophy and playing honour available between 1887 and 1903.Illustrations: 40 black and white illustrations

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This humorous yet informative book features details of the acclaimed Great Tapestry of Scotland in a history book for young readers aged 8-12.Illus...

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The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy

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Choon-Ok Harmon was born soon after the Korean War, when South Korea was experiencing extreme poverty. This memoir describes the hardships she trie...

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