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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler

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After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an appreciative family.

By Patrick Benson (illustrator) and William Wise

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Hardcover:

9781582348780 | Bloomsbury USA, May 3, 2004, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an appreciative family.

Paperback:

9781582347080 | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury USA, May 30, 2006), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an appreciative family.

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9781435284685 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $14.95

Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse (A Tale of Wickedness - and Worse!)

Product Description: This colourful counting book tells the story of ten tricky piranhas in a tropical river whose numbers mysteriously diminish until there's only one left - and then a crocodile appears.

By William Wise

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9780142400746 | Reprint edition (Puffin, April 1, 2004), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other.

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9781435264403 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: This colourful counting book tells the story of ten tricky piranhas in a tropical river whose numbers mysteriously diminish until there's only one left - and then a crocodile appears.

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An illustrated, pun-filled collection of short rhymes about a variety of animals includes characters such as Gertrude the good agouti, Bess the Indian Tigress, and Sabrina the carefree snake. Reprint.

By Lynn Munsinger (illustrator) and William Wise

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9780618956869 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 29, 2007), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An illustrated, pun-filled collection of short rhymes about a variety of animals includes characters such as Gertrude the good agouti, Bess the Indian Tigress, and Sabrina the carefree snake.

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9780618188918 | Houghton Mifflin, March 27, 2006, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: An illustrated, pun-filled collection of short rhymes about a variety of animals, including Gertrude the good agouti and Sabrina the carefree snake.

Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveller

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Features a brave small mouse which embarks on a perilous journey.

By William Wise

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Hardcover:

9780747570615 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, October 4, 2004, cover price $16.75 | About this edition: Features a brave small mouse which embarks on a perilous journey.

Ten Sly Piranhas

A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other.

By William Wise

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9780606303637 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other.

Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story In Reverse (a Tale Of Wickedness--and Worse!)

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A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other.

By William Wise

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9781417617012 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other.

Dinosaurs Forever

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A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

By William Wise

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9780142301234 | Reprint edition (Puffin, June 1, 2002), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

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9780803721142 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

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9780606246743 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.37 | About this edition: A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

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9780613452564 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2000, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

Secret Mission to the Philippines: The Story of Spyron & the American-Fillipino Guerrillas of Ww II

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By William Wise

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9780595198092 | Iuniverse Inc, August 1, 2001, cover price $13.95

Alexander Hamilton

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Product Description: The Grange, an almost forgotten New York City museum now, was once the home of Alexander Hamilton. Here he settled with his family, hopeful of enjoying a quiet middle-age. Here, two years later, he made his will, and wrote a farewell letter to his wife...read more

By William Wise

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9780595187942 | Iuniverse Inc, June 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The Grange, an almost forgotten New York City museum now, was once the home of Alexander Hamilton.

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Product Description: On May 4th 1812, a transatlantic sailing ship, the Aurora, reached Boston harbor. Aboard was a passenger traveling under an assumed name. Only the Auroras captain knew that Mr. Adolphus Arnot was really one of the most famous and infamous Americans of the age; that he was, in fact, the celebrated and notorious Colonel Aaron Burr...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By William Wise

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9780595196302 | Iuniverse Inc, May 1, 2001, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: On May 4th 1812, a transatlantic sailing ship, the Aurora, reached Boston harbor.

The Amazon Factor

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Product Description: Carr asked himself two questions. How could Cunningham explain the fact that in their small New Jersey town, almost all new born infants were now girls? And what was the cause of this statistically impossible Amazon Factor?

By William Wise

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9780595177929 | Iuniverse Inc, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Carr asked himself two questions.

Killer Smog: The World's Worst Air Pollution Disaster

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Product Description: By uncovering some of the hidden facts of the famous London fog of 1952, in (which) more than 4,000 people died, he (William Wise) dramatizes our own acute problems. -Rollene W. Saal, Saturday Review A distinct contribution to public understanding of the air pollution problem...read more

By William Wise

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9780595171842 | Backinprint.Com, February 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: By uncovering some of the hidden facts of the famous London fog of 1952, in (which) more than 4,000 people died, he (William Wise) dramatizes our own acute problems.

The Two Reigns of Tutankhamen

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Product Description: The first reign of Tutankhamen, as Pharaoh of Egypt, lasted just seven years. Crowned Pharaoh at age ten, he was dead at eighteen. Then, three thousand years later, Tutankhamen reigned over the hopes of twentieth century archaeologists...read more

By William Wise

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9780595168644 | Backinprint.Com, February 1, 2001, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The first reign of Tutankhamen, as Pharaoh of Egypt, lasted just seven years.

A Brief Introductory Biography of Albert Einstein

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Product Description: Albert Einstein has now been named the greatest man of the 20th century; however, his brilliant mind wasn't always recognized. He did poorly in school; after college he nearly starved before finding a job. Then, he published his first Theory of Relativity and won worldwide fame as a scientist and a leader in the cause of World Peace...read more

By William Wise

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9780595003655 | Iuniverse Inc, June 1, 2000, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Albert Einstein has now been named the greatest man of the 20th century; however, his brilliant mind wasn't always recognized.

Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Legend and a Monumental Crime

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Product Description: Professor Stanley Hirshons New York Times review said, Massacre at Mountain Meadows must rank as one of the half dozen boldest and most important books ever written on the Mormons. As an eloquent, moving document, it stands virtually aloneAs a study of human motives and mans brutality, in the name of God, to other men, it is frightening...read more

By William Wise

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9780595092581 | Backinprint.Com, April 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Professor Stanley Hirshons New York Times review said, Massacre at Mountain Meadows must rank as one of the half dozen boldest and most important books ever written on the Mormons.

Nell of Branford Hall

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Nell Branford recounts the horror of the Great London Plague in 1665 and the 'circle of death' that was drawn around her village to keep the disease from spreading to neighboring towns.

By William Wise

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9780803723931 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Nell Branford recounts the horror of the Great London Plague in 1665 and the 'circle of death' that was drawn around her village to keep the disease from spreading to neighboring towns

Perfect Pancakes If You Please

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King Felix loves pancakes so much that he offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who can make the perfect pancake

By Richard Egielski (illustrator) and William Wise

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9780803714465 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1997, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: King Felix loves pancakes so much that he offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who can make the perfect pancake

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9780803714472 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1997, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: King Felix loves pancakes so much that he offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who can make the perfect pancake

Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse

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Rollicking verse and colorful, wickedly funny illustrations follow ten piranhas who steadily consume one another, until the only piranha left learns a lesson about the wages of greed.

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and William Wise

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9780803712003 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1993, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other

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9780803712010 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1993, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other

The Black Falcon: A Tale from the Decameron

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When the wealthy and now-widowed woman whom the impoverished Federigo has always loved invites herself to his home for dinner to make a life-or-death request of him, she learns, ironically, he has already sacrificed all he had in his love for her.

By Gillian Barlow (illustrator), Giovanni Boccaccio and William Wise

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9780399216763 | Subsequent edition (Philomel Books, March 1, 1990), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The wealthy and now-widowed Elena must approach the impoverished Federigo to make a life-or-death request of him, only to find he has already sacrificed the thing he loves most for her

In the Time of the Dinosaurs

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An easy-to-read story describing the habits and habitats of dinosaurs

By William Wise and Lewis Zacks (illustrator)

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9780590445689 | Reissue edition (Scholastic, July 1, 1987), cover price $2.75 | About this edition: An easy-to-read story describing the habits and habitats of dinosaurs

In the Time of Dinosaurs

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An easy-to-read story describing the habits and habitats of dinosaurs

By William Wise

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9780590411493 | Scholastic Paperbacks, July 1, 1987, cover price $2.75 | About this edition: An easy-to-read story describing the habits and habitats of dinosaurs

Monster Myths of Ancient Greece

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Presents a collection of tales dealing with the strange and deadly monsters of ancient Greece, such as Medusa, Chimera, and Polyphemus, and the great heroes and heroines with whom they fought

By William Wise

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9780399611438 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1981, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Briefly recounts six Greek myths featuring hideous monsters who were eventually slain by courageous heroes.

Monsters from Outer Space?

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Explains that most sightings of unidentified flying objects are actually understandable phenomena and discusses the possibility of intelligent life existing elsewhere in the universe.

By William Wise

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9780399610899 | Putnam Pub Group, January 1, 1979, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Calls attention to UFO sightings reported by witnesses through the years, offering theories and possible explanations as well as dramatic, accurate illustrations

Animal Rescue: Saving Our Endangered Wildlife

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Tells the story of individual men and women, private organizations, and government agencies that have worked with dedication and courage to rescue various forms of wildlife, threatened with immediate extinction

By William Wise

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9780399611216 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1978, cover price $6.29 | About this edition: Discusses worldwide efforts to preserve endangered wildlife.

Off We Go!: A Book of Transportation

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Traces the development of various modes of transportation from sledges to space ships.

By Sue L. Anderson (illustrator) and William Wise

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9780819305329 | Enslow Pub Inc, March 1, 1972, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Describes various kinds of transportation which have been developed since ancient times and examines problems created by man's desire to travel

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