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Scary Stories for Sleepovers

Presents more than thirty stories about such scary topics as ghosts, demons, haunted houses, and zombies.

By C. B. Colby (editor), Ron Edwards, John Macklin, Sharon McCoy, Arthur Myers, Margaret Rau and Sheryl Scarborough

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9781402721823 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, May 1, 2006, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Presents more than thirty stories about such scary topics as ghosts, demons, haunted houses, and zombies.

The Mail Must Go Through: The Story Of The Pony Express

Presents the history and development of the mail service that delivered mail almost two thousand miles across the United States in less than ten days on horseback during the nineteenth century.

By Margaret Rau

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9781931798631 | Morgan Reynolds Pub, August 30, 2005, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Presents the history and development of the mail service that delivered mail almost two thousand miles across the United States in less than ten days on horseback during the nineteenth century.

Scary Stories For Halloween Nights

A collection of scary short stories dealing with spooky spaces, dangerous demons, and banshee bodies, suitable for Halloween reading is the perfect companion to Scary Stories for Campfires. Original.

By C. B. Colby (editor), Ron Edwards, John Macklin, Sharon McCoy, Arthur Myers, Margaret Rau and Sheryl Scarborough

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9781402721816 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, August 1, 2005, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A collection of scary short stories dealing with spooky spaces, dangerous demons, and banshee bodies, suitable for Halloween reading.

Scary Stories For Campfires

A collection of over thiry accounts about ghosts and haunted houses.

By Arthur Myers and Margaret Rau

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9781402721700 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, May 1, 2005, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A collection of over thiry accounts about ghosts and haunted houses.

The Ordeal of Olive Oatman: A True Story of the American West

Describes the life of Olive Oatman during the time that she lived as a slave of the Apache and Mohave Indians after her capture in 1851.

By Margaret Rau

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9781931798099 | 2 edition (Morgan Reynolds Pub, April 1, 2003), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Describes the life of Olive Oatman during the time that she lived as a slave of the Apache and Mohave Indians after her capture in 1851.

9781883846213 | Morgan Reynolds Pub, October 1, 1997, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Tells the story of the Oatman family, who were attacked and killed by the Apache Indians, except for Olive and Mary Ann, who were held as slaves

Weird Tales I Have Heard

Product Description: Gathered during the author's many worldwide travels, these far flung accounts describe haunted places, ghostly encounters, peculair animals and weird happenings.J Anonymous people who had no reason to spice things up were among the many contributors to these strange tales.

By Margaret Rau

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9781403327833 | Authorhouse, August 1, 2002, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Gathered during the author's many worldwide travels, these far flung accounts describe haunted places, ghostly encounters, peculair animals and weird happenings.

The Book of Pandas, Kangaroos, and Snow Monkeys

By Margaret Rau

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9780595198269 | Backinprint.Com, October 1, 2001, cover price $18.95

Belle of the West: The True Story of Belle Starr

Recounts the life of the legendary female outlaw known as the Bandit Queen.

By Margaret Rau

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9781883846688 | Morgan Reynolds Pub, June 1, 2001, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of the legendary female outlaw known as the Bandit Queen.

Red Earth, Blue Sky: The Australian Outback

A photographic essay examines life in the Australian Out-back, focusing on both Aboriginal and white families who make their homes there, and outlines the region's historical and geographic background

By Margaret Rau

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9780690040807 | Ty Crowell Co, April 1, 1981, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A photographic essay examines life in the Australian Out-back, focusing on both Aboriginal and white families who make their homes there, and outlines the region's historical and geographic background

Paperback:

9780595185795 | Iuniverse Inc, May 1, 2001, cover price $11.95

The Wells Fargo Book of the Gold Rush

Through the accounts recorded in the Wells Fargo Archives, young readers can learn what life was like during the California gold rush from its earliest beginnings through the 1849 recession, complete with period prints and photos. (view table of contents)

By Margaret Rau and Fargo & Company Wells (illustrator)

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9780689830198 | Atheneum, May 1, 2001, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the California gold rush, from its beginning in 1848, through its peak, to the 1849 recession that brought about its end.

Young Women in China

Product Description: The accounts in Margaret Rau's book come from her intimate conversations with young women. Young Women in China was selected by the New York City Library as an outstanding non-fiction book.

By Margaret Rau

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9780595160334 | Backinprint.Com, February 1, 2001, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: The accounts in Margaret Rau's book come from her intimate conversations with young women.

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9780894901706 | Enslow Pub Inc, August 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Explores social, economic, and political influences on the lifestyle of today's young Chinese women.

World's Scariest "True" Ghost Stories

Recounts a variety of uncanny incidents fron Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada, including the Australian ghost who is honored with a festival, the story of the disappearing hitchhiker, and the experiences of Liv Ullmann and Sir Ernest Shackleton

By Margaret Rau and Jim Sharpe

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9780806907963 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, September 1, 1994, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Recounts a variety of uncanny incidents fron Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada, including the Australian ghost who is honored with a festival, the story of the disappearing hitchhiker, and the experiences of Liv Ullmann and Sir Ernest Shackleton

Holding Up the Sky: Young People in China

Describes the lives of several young people in various parts of China, and the political, cultural, and economic factors that affect them.

By Margaret Rau

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Hardcover:

9780525667186 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1983, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: A selection of portraits of young people in China reveals the cultural diversity, traditions, social customs, and lifestyles of modern China

The Minority Peoples of China

Describes the lives and customs of some of the fifty-six minority groups of China, most of whom occupy mountainous regions or live along the borders.

By Margaret Rau

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9780671415457 | Julian Messner, June 1, 1982, cover price $9.29 | About this edition: A detailed, colorful study of the children of some of the fifty-four minority groups living in China explores their costumes, games, customs, and other specific facets of their particular lifestyles

The Snow Monkey at Home

Photographs and informative commentary record the growth and development of the unusual snow monkey of Japan, from the mating of a young female through the birth and nurturing of her young

By Margaret Rau

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9780394939766 | Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 1979, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics, habits, behavior, and life cycle of the monkeys who live farther north than any other species of monkeys.

People of the New China

Describes modern China's cities and villages, focusing on the daily lives of young people in the 1970's.

By Margaret Rau

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9780671328702 | Julian Messner, April 1, 1978, cover price $9.29 | About this edition: Born and raised in mainland China, the author acquaints Westerners with the country's people by using words and photographs to take them to communes, cities, farms, factories, hospitals, and schools

The Gray Kangaroo at Home

Portrays the kangaroo in its natural environment, the wilds of Australia, and follows the development of the young kangaroo from the birth of the embryo through its journey to the pouch

By Margaret Rau

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9780394934518 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 1978, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and environment of one of the largest of kangaroo species.

The Giant Panda at Home

Introduces the physical characteristics and habits of the giant panda describing its role in the ecology of its natural environment in China and its past and present relationship to its human neighbors.

By Margaret Rau

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9780394832487 | Random House Childrens Books, March 1, 1977, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Introduces the physical characteristics and habits of the giant panda describing its role in the ecology of its natural environment in China and its past and present relationship to its human neighbors.

Musk Oxen, Bearded Ones of the Arctic

Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and environment of the only arctic animal that spends the long northern winter entirely in the open.

By Margaret Rau

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9780690010404 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1976, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Drawings and text reveal the origins, history, life cycle, habits, and habitat of the Alaskan musk oxen known as the Oomingmak

The Yellow River.

Traces the history of the mighty river and its effect on the lives of the people of North China

By Haris Petie and Margaret Rau

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Hardcover:

9780671321253 | Julian Messner, June 1, 1969, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Describes the ways of life of the varied peoples who live along China's great Yellow River and the efforts of these people to tame this river that is sometimes friend and sometimes foe.

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