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Giant Snakes and Other Amazing Reptiles.

Interesting facts about such reptiles as the chameleon, the Gila monster and the anaconda snake

By William Wise

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9780399601972 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1970, cover price $4.96 | About this edition: A brief description of the physical characteristics and habits of a variety of reptiles throughout the world.

Fresh As a Daisy, Neat As a Pin.

Young people's introduction to the basics of good grooming which provides a survey of grooming practices prevalent throughout history

By Dora Leder (illustrator) and William Wise

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9780819303608 | Enslow Pub Inc, June 1, 1970, cover price $6.45 | About this edition: Describes trends in hygiene throughout the ages and how people arrived at the realization that dirty was bad and clean was good.

Monsters of the Middle Ages.

Relates the phenomenal tales believed by people during the Middle Ages about such beasts as dragons, unicorns, centaurs, and sea monsters

By William Wise

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9780399604720 | Putnam Pub Group, August 1, 1971, cover price $6.59 | About this edition: Describes the various creatures that were believed to exist during the Middle Ages.

All on a Summer's Day

Brief verses caption photographs of young children's activities.

By William Wise

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9780394923208 | Random House Childrens Books, November 1, 1971, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Brief verses caption photographs of young children's activities.

Off We Go!: A Book of Transportation

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

Animal Rescue: Saving Our Endangered Wildlife

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.

Monsters from Outer Space?

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

Monster Myths of Ancient Greece

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.

In the Time of Dinosaurs

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

In the Time of the Dinosaurs

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

The Black Falcon: A Tale from the Decameron

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

Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse

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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Hardcover:

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

Perfect Pancakes If You Please

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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Hardcover:

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

Library:

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

Nell of Branford Hall

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

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

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.

A Brief Introductory Biography of Albert Einstein

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.

The Two Reigns of Tutankhamen

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.

Killer Smog: The World's Worst Air Pollution Disaster

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 Amazon Factor

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.

Aaron Burr

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.

Alexander Hamilton

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.

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

By William Wise

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

Dinosaurs Forever

A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

By William Wise

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Paperback:

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

School and Library:

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

Reinforced:

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

Prebinding:

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

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

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.

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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Reinforced:

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.

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