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When a prank has fatal results, Brian, one of the boys who took part in the prank, tries to elude the suspicions of the police and his own feelings of guilt

Hardcover:

9780899190655 | Ticknor & Fields, April 1, 1982, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An incident in a park leads to an accidental death, but a police detective wonders if it was an accident -- or murder.

Traces the history of bicycles from the French 'celerifere' of 1791, through the nineteenth-century velocipede, hobby horse, boneshaker, and high-wheeler, to the modern racing bicycle and HPV.

Hardcover:

9780397320073 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, March 1, 1983, cover price $9.70 | About this edition: Traces the history of bicycles from the French 'celerifere' of 1791, through the nineteenth-century velocipede, hobby horse, boneshaker, and high-wheeler, to the modern racing bicycle and HPV.

Library:

9780397320080 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1983, cover price $11.89 | About this edition: Traces the history of bicycles from the French 'celerifere' of 1791, through the nineteenth-century velocipede, hobby horse, boneshaker, and high-wheeler, to the modern racing bicycle and HPV.

Takes the reader through an Indy 500, including the crash of one of the cars. Discusses the car, track, pit crew, etc.

School and Library:

9780899191515 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1983, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes look at the world-acclaimed motor-sport race details events from three weeks before the race to race day itself

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Having fallen madly in love with the beautiful cheerleader for the Poonton Bay Porkers, Harold consults with Owl the lawyer in order to devise a plan for winning Esther's affections

Hardcover:

9780517539125 | Random House Value Pub, October 1, 1983, cover price $1.99 | About this edition: Harold devises an elaborate scheme to try to get Esther to notice him instead of Bruiser.

The author selects two teams of players considered the best professional baseball players of all time and provides a complete profile and lifetime statistics for the members of each team

Hardcover:

9780899192291 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1984, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The author presents two hypothetical 'all-time, all-star' teams chosen from the best players in baseball history, with accompanying research to support his choices.

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Traces the development of the tractor and looks at the breakthroughs in technology that contributed to the modern design

Hardcover:

9780397320509 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, July 1, 1984, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Relates the history of the tractor and shows the changes in design that have resulted in the diesel-powered giants of today.

Rat prepares to throw a party that he is sure will ruin Christmas for all of his forest neighbors

Hardcover:

9780137531110 | Prentice Hall, August 1, 1985, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: Mean Rat does his best to spoil the other animals' Christmas.

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Describes forty-five unusual, but actual, inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed, after inviting the reader to guess their purposes from pictures

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9780027677201 | Atheneum, March 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Describes forty-five unusual, but actual, inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed, after inviting the reader to guess their purposes from pictures

Depicts what life might have been like for the last dinosaur on earth
By Jim Murphy and Mark Alan Weatherby (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780590448758 | Reprint edition (Scholastic, September 1, 1991), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Depicts what life might have been like for the last dinosaur on earth

School and Library:

9780590410977 | Scholastic, April 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Depicts what life might have been like for the last dinosaur on earth

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Describes how an ordinary family car may be transformed, on a limited budget, into a unique custom car

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9780899192727 | Ticknor & Fields, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes how an ordinary family car may be transformed, on a limited budget, into a unique custom car

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Product Description: The most complete "how to" book in the Christian world about demonization and how to overcome demon power. This book deals with biblical principles of how people become demonized and the steps to permanent freedom from demon power...read more

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9780962439872 | Arnold Beckwith Pubns, January 1, 1992, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: The most complete "how to" book in the Christian world about demonization and how to overcome demon power.

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The first humorous addition to the historical fiction series is narrated by Teresa, a first generation American of Italian descent, who travels by train and then by wagon with her family from New York to a utopian community in Idaho.

School and Library:

9780590738880 | Scholastic, June 1, 1992, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: While traveling in 1883 with her Italian American family (including a meddlesome little sister) and other immigrant pioneers to a utopian community in Idaho, fourteen-year-old Teresa keeps a diary of her experiences along the way.

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Chased from the forest because of a shortage of undeveloped space, a hungry young bear wanders far from the wood and finds himself in a human family's backyard.
By Jeffrey Greene (illustrator) and Jim Murphy

School and Library:

9780590443753 | Scholastic, February 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: After developers encroach upon its forest home, a young black bear wanders into a neighborhood and creates chaos in the middle of a peaceful summer night

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Product Description: Get a grip on conflict; develop counter-approaches for turning disputes into opportunities. Managing Conflict at Work is for every employee! This book accesses current conflict-resolution skills to fuel productivity and to prevent behaviors that cause conflict...read more

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9781884926259 | Provant Media, December 1, 1994, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Get a grip on conflict; develop counter-approaches for turning disputes into opportunities.
9781556238901 | Business One Irwin, June 1, 1993, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Helps readers understand the roots of conflict in their organizations, assess their current conflict-resolution skills, and devise new strategies to actively and assertively overcome the tensions and other disagreements that threaten productivity and cooperation.

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Recounting the many stories he has overheard throughout his years as a graveyard worker, Digger draws in his listeners with tales about ordinary teenagers who encounter vampires, witches, mummies, werewolves, and the grave digger himself. Reprint. VY.

Paperback:

9780590453424 | Reprint edition (Point, November 1, 1994), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: A chatty old gravedigger shares chilling tales he's heard in his wanderings from one cemetery to another.

School and Library:

9780590453417 | Scholastic, October 1, 1993, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A chatty old gravedigger shares chilling tales he's heard in his wanderings from one cemetery to another.

Reinforced:

9780606070584 | Demco Media, November 1, 1994, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: A chatty old gravedigger shares chilling tales he's heard in his wanderings from one cemetery to another.

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A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Paperback:

9780590419406, titled "The Call of the Wolves" | Scholastic Paperbacks, December 1, 1994, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Reinforced:

9780606069496, titled "The Call of the Wolves" | Demco Media, December 1, 1994, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Prebinding:

9780613133326 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Excerpts from Thoreau's own writings highlight an account of an adventure-filled journey deep into the forests of Maine. By the author of Across America on an Emigrant Train.
By Kate Kiesler (illustrator) and Jim Murphy

School and Library:

9780395605226 | Clarion Books, March 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Excerpts from Thoreau's own writings highlight an account of an adventure-filled journey deep into the forests of Maine

Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival
By Jim Murphy and Mark Alan Weatherby (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780590921268 | Scholastic, September 1, 1996, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival

School and Library:

9780590428668 | Scholastic, October 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival

Reinforced:

9780606091923 | Demco Media, September 1, 1996, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival

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Paperback:

9780198280576 | Oxford Univ Pr, March 1, 1997, cover price $23.00 | also contains Medicolegal Neuropathology

Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for Jim Murphy's novel, 'The great fire'

Paperback:

9780590996167 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, June 1, 1997, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for Jim Murphy's novel, 'The great fire'

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Paperback:

9781569910887 | Amer Correctional Assn, March 1, 1999, cover price $10.00

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Product Description: This collection represents an engagement with American history, technology, and cultures. Murphy's poetry ranges from fairly straightforward narrations of events to experimental pieces using a variety of American-speaking subjects and several angles of vision on cultural creations--Elvis Presley, Holly Golightly, and Elmore James, to name just a few...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Paperback:

9780873386630 | Kent State Univ Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $4.75 | About this edition: This collection represents an engagement with American history, technology, and cultures.

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Trying to find a creative outlet for his feelings, immigrant laborer Pascal D'Angelo taught himself English from newspapers and soon began writing the poetry for which he became famous for in his later years. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780395776100 | Clarion Books, October 16, 2000, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A biography of an Italian peasant who immigrated to America in the early twentieth century and endured poverty and the difficult life of an unskilled laborer, determined to become a published poet.

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With accounts from the survivors and period photos, a tale by the author of the Newbery Honor book, The Great Fire tells what is was like to live through the Great Blizzard of 1888 that crippled New York City with its fierce winds and blinding snow. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780590673105, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Reprint edition (Scholastic, October 1, 2006), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781883332914, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2003), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781883332853, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2003), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

School and Library:

9780590673099, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Scholastic, November 1, 2000, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Prebinding:

9781417768363, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2006, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

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Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.

Hardcover:

9780590438100 | Scholastic, October 1, 2001, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.

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