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Explains how to make creative black-and-white photographs of a variety of subjects

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9780867063509 | Silver Burdett Pr, June 1, 1985, cover price $13.27 | About this edition: Explains how to make creative black-and-white photographs of a variety of subjects

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Offering helpful solutions to common photographic problems, this creative sourcebook, explains diverse aspects of photographic technique, composition, equipment, light, subject matter, and other topics

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9780817454159 | Amphoto, October 1, 1985, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offering helpful solutions to common photographic problems, this creative sourcebook, explains diverse aspects of photographic technique, composition, equipment, light, subject matter, and other topics

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9780817454203 | Reissue edition (Amphoto, September 1, 1988), cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Offering helpful solutions to common photographic problems, this creative sourcebook, explains diverse aspects of photographic technique, composition, equipment, light, subject matter, and other topics

Collects facts, charts, and formulas on all aspects of photography, including exposure, depth of field, flash, lenses, and more

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9780671668969 | Fireside, May 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Collects facts, charts, and formulas on all aspects of photography, including exposure, depth of field, flash, lenses, and more

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It appears the someone is killing facultly members of the United Hospitals of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Archer Montana, spurred on by his suspicious wife Molly, is determined to track down the murderer

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9780312029418 | St Martins Pr, July 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: It appears the someone is killing facultly members of the United Hospitals of Pennsylvania, and Dr.

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Product Description: This edition provides an update of therapies for some infectious diseases. It also suggests alternative approaches for some infectious diseases covered in the previous editions.

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9781556640667 | 3 edition (Pmph USA Ltd, March 1, 1990), cover price $87.00 | About this edition: This edition provides an update of therapies for some infectious diseases.

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Product Description: The author of Incredible Cross-Sections takes a detailed look inside an eighteenth-century warship, providing fascinating facts about the ship and the people aboard it. BOMC Main.

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9780590746106 | Scholastic, June 1, 1990, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The author of Incredible Cross-Sections takes a detailed look inside an eighteenth-century warship, providing fascinating facts about the ship and the people aboard it.

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A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited. (view table of contents)

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9780789455871 | Dk Pub, June 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited.
9780679816799 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1992, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited

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9780789465832 | Dk Pub, June 1, 2000, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited.
9780679916796 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1992, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited

Eighteen illustrations of marvelous cut-away details show all the important functions of every thing from the Empire State Building to a space shuttle. 35,000 first printing. AB.

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9780679814115 | Reissue edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, July 1, 1992), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A collection of eighteen cross-section drawings introduce young readers to the inner workings of the world's most fascinating structures, including the Empire State Building, a castle, a car factory, and a subway station

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The author of Incredible Cross-Sections takes a detailed look inside an eighteenth-century warship, providing fascinating facts about the ship and the people aboard it. BOMC Main.

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9781564583215 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1993, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Takes a detailed look inside a British warship of the Napoleonic age, providing facts about the ship and the people aboard it

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Traces the history of inventions throughout time, from 3500 BC to the technological advances of today, in an indispensible guide that provides students with a vast array of essential information and makes learning enjoyable.

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9781564586759 | Dk Pub, December 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A chronology of inventions, from the spear and first oil lamp to the space shuttle and artificial heart, also looks at future trends

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A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses.
By Tina Chambers (illustrator) and Richard Platt

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9780789460240 | Dk Pub, June 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses.
9780679872559 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1995, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses

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9780756607128 | Dk Pub, August 9, 2004, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses.
9780789466082 | Dk Pub, April 1, 2000, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses.
9780679972556 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1995, cover price $20.99 | About this edition: A survey of the history of piracy and lives of pirates covers such specifics as the invention of the Jolly Roger, discipline aboard pirate ships, and pirate ruses

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A single volume, highly visual reference chronicles the history of our changing world, from caves to skyscrapers, offering timeline perspectives on everything from science and technology to art and fashion.

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9780789402066 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1995, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of the world from caves to skyscrapers, offering timeline perspectives on everything from science and technology to art and fashion

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Removing the front of a busy apartment building to offer readers a perspective on what happens in a particularly chaotic one, a detailed picture book reveals a dubious plumbing system, several eccentric tenants, and a mystery.
By Leo Hartas (illustrator) and Richard Platt (editor)

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9780789401977 | Dk Pub, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Illustrates a day in the life of an apartment building by showing activities going on in different units at various times between 7:00 a.

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Text and cutaway illustrations depict life aboard a British warship of the Napoleonic era, covering such topics as work, leisure, discipline, navigating, and fighting.

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9788437245362 | Santillana USA Pub Co Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: Looks inside a British warship of the Napoleonic age, with facts about the ship and those aboard

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Product Description: El Asombroso Libro Del Interior De Las Cosas
By Stephen Biesty (illustrator) and Richard Platt

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9788437245249 | Santillana USA Pub Co Inc, December 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: El Asombroso Libro Del Interior De Las Cosas

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Twelve novel subjects--including the Grand Canyon and a city block--are presented from different points of view, in exploded illustrations, in detailed cross-sections, and even turned inside out, all complete with intriguing anecdotes.

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9780789410245 | Dk Pub, August 1, 1996, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Text and cross-section illustrations present inside views of a variety of subjects including a space station, airport, and windmill

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Chronicles the history of the world from caves to skyscrapers, offering timeline perspectives on everything from science and technology to art and fashion

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9788437221694 | Santillana USA Pub Co Inc, October 1, 1996, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Chronicles the history of the world from caves to skyscrapers, offering timeline perspectives on everything from science and technology to art and fashion

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Text and illustrations present an overview of such important historical topics as the Roman Empire, the First Crusade, the fall of the Aztecs, the Moghul Empire, and the French Revolution.

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9780789420305 | Dk Pub, May 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Text and illustrations present an overview of such important historical topics as the Roman Empire, the First Crusade, the fall of the Aztecs, the Moghul Empire, and the French Revolution.

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The creators of Incredible Cross-Sections present a study with more than one thousand intricately detailed, color illustrations, showing how everything from bridges to planes to dinosaur models is built, accompanied by a wealth of fascinating facts.

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9780789420497 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1997, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Cut-away illustrations and explanatory captions explain how such diverse objects as chocolate bars and cathedrals, false teeth and tanks are made

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In an exciting visual guide, a vivid text and cross-section artwork reveal the full impact of more than a dozen devastating disasters, including the sinking of the Titanic, the eruption of Vesuvius, and the Black Plague.
By Richard Bonson and Richard Platt (illustrator)

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9780789420343 | Dk Pub, October 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Documents some of the most devastating events in world history, including natural disasters, accidents, and plagues

Beginning with a detailed look at man's earliest tools, an illustrated survey of the development of technology through the ages traces the ever-increasing sophistication of systems of measurement, transportation, energy, medicine, machinery, and computation.

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9780805048766 | Henry Holt & Co, December 1, 1997, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Provides an illustrated survey of the development of technology through the ages, from man's earliest tools to the ever-increasing sophistication of transporation, energy, medicine, machinery, and computation

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Two miniaturized body explorers scout a human body and meet 'body people' who explain how various body parts work and their relationship with other parts in a fantastic voyage illustrated through thirteen full-color spreads.

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9780789434241 | Dk Pub, August 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Uses the perspective of tiny people traveling through a man's body to present its various systems and organs and how they work

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A brief history of the Aztec Indians including their way of life, religion, and rulers
By Peter Dennis (illustrator) and Richard Platt

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9780789439574 | Dk Pub, May 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A brief history of the Aztec Indians including their way of life, religion, and rulers

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