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Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

Hardcover:

9780395698471 | Clarion Books, March 23, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

Paperback:

9780618432431 | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, May 24, 2004), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

Miscellaneous:

9780547346304 | Houghton Mifflin, May 24, 2004, cover price $8.95

Reinforced:

9780606303378 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $18.85 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

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In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.

Hardcover:

9780439078146 | Scholastic, March 1, 2004, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: In 1874, Brian Doyle records in his diary how he ran away from his home in San Francisco, joined the crew of a whaling ship, and endured storms, hostile shipmates, and being stranded in the Arctic.

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Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

Hardcover:

9780395633908 | Clarion Books, October 18, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America

Paperback:

9780395764831 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 19, 2003), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

Reinforced:

9780606276535 | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Prebinding:

9780613646383 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $22.05 | About this edition: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

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Accompanied by black-and-white archival photos and drawn from first-hand accounts, a compelling true story vividly recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.

Hardcover:

9780395776087 | Clarion Books, June 23, 2003, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as the time's medical beliefs and practices.

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Product Description: CARNEYVILLE is a controversial novel recounting the indelible memories of Patrick Kelly from 1959 to 1967 in a strict Catholic seminary. In reconstructing the past, he can’t help but comment on the current travails of the Church, specifically those deviant priests who had reputations for victimizing youth or engaging in sexual liaisons with men or women...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Paperback:

9780972896924 | 1 edition (Acorn Pub, June 1, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: CARNEYVILLE is a controversial novel recounting the indelible memories of Patrick Kelly from 1959 to 1967 in a strict Catholic seminary.

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Provides an in-depth look at the historic siege of the Alamo through a review of the people who fought the battle, the weaponry used, the process of the battle itself, and the aftermath that led to another confrontation that finally resulted in the independence of Texas from Mexico, enhanced with diagrams, photos, maps, and more.

Hardcover:

9780385325745 | Delacorte Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo.

Library:

9780385900928 | Delacorte Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo.

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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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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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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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Paperback:

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

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:

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

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

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

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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

Paperback:

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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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

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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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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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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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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

Paperback:

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.

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

School and Library:

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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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

Hardcover:

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

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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