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Hardcover:
9780948807497 | Gardners Books, October 17, 2000, cover price $28.55 | About this edition: A secret diary, written almost a hundred years ago by a young child, was hidden in the woods, leaving strange clues as to its author.
Hardcover:
9780070134270, titled "Multiengine Flying" | Tab Books, June 1, 1994, cover price $29.95 | also contains Multiengine Flying
Paperback:
9780803292840 | Bison Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the American novelist from his childhood in Utah, to Harvard, to his writing career that included novels, prize-winning Western histories, and his monthly column 'Easy Chair' in Harper's magazine.
9780879052997 | Reprint edition (Gibbs Smith, February 1, 1989), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Chronicles DeVoto's private life and traces his career as a scholar and journalist
9780026656603, titled "Safety and Sanitation" | Bennett & McKnight Pub Co, June 1, 1985, cover price $11.24 | also contains Safety and Sanitation
Hardcover:
9780252026164 | Univ of Illinois Pr, April 1, 2001, cover price $39.95
Paperback:
9780252073144 | Reprint edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, September 7, 2005), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Now in paperback, this is the first book-length biography of Edgar Lee Masters, author of the celebrated "Spoon River Anthology", one of the most widely read and discussed works of poetry ever written in America.
Hardcover:
9780070435667, titled "100 Best Companies to Work for in America/Audio Cassette" | McGraw-Hill Pubns, June 1, 1984, cover price $9.95 | also contains 100 Best Companies to Work for in America/Audio Cassette
Library:
9780823940202 | 1 edition (Rosen Pub Group, September 1, 2003), cover price $33.25 | About this edition: Discusses the life and work of the well-known author of award-winning young adult literature who grew up in Harlem as a foster child and struggled with his identity as an African American writer.
Hardcover:
9781557532589 | Purdue Univ Pr, December 1, 2003, cover price $10.95
9780070653306, titled "Handbook of Electrical Design Details" | McGraw-Hill, May 1, 1997, cover price $79.95 | also contains Handbook of Electrical Design Details
Hardcover:
9781572332430 | Univ of Tennessee Pr, March 31, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Heart of RevolutionThe Radical Life and Novels of Olive DarganKathy Cantley AckermanDespite the timeless themes of Olive Tilford Darganâs work and the acclaim she earned with her novels Call Home the Heart (1932) and A Stone Came Rolling (1935), the author, who published her best-known works under the pseudonym Fielding Burke, has been largely forgotten by the American literary establishment.
Paperback:
9780072131147, titled "Genealogy Online" | 5th edition (McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, January 1, 2001), cover price $24.99 | also contains Genealogy Online | About this edition: Describes related Web sites and explains how to begin and maintain a family history research project.
Hardcover:
9789990002027 | 7 edition (McGraw-Hill College, May 1, 2004), cover price $0.02
9780072494129 | 7 edition (McGraw-Hill College, June 1, 2003), cover price $99.40
9780072847338 | 7 har/cdr edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, January 1, 2003), cover price $120.70
9780072558470 | 7 pck edition (McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, July 1, 2002), cover price $129.25
9780072430547 | 6 pck edition (McGraw-Hill College, August 1, 2000), cover price $108.65
6 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
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9780070307063 | 5th edition (McGraw-Hill College, July 1, 1999), cover price $60.70 | also contains Mario Kart Super Circuit: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
9780072297928 | Custom edition (McGraw-Hill College, July 1, 1999), cover price $67.85 | also contains Changing Patrons: Social Identity and the Visual Arts in Renaissance Florence
9780697380586 | Pck edition (McGraw-Hill College, July 1, 1999), cover price $80.23
9780697296788 | 5th edition (William C Brown Pub, June 1, 1999), cover price $85.95
9780070307056 | Custom edition (McGraw-Hill College, December 1, 1998), cover price $84.50 | also contains Tom Clancy Rainbow 6 Rogue Spear: Blach Thorn : Prima's Official Strategy Guide
18 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
Paperback:
9780316242684 | Reissue edition (Back Bay Books, October 22, 2013), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: 'Twas the night before Christmas when a bedraggled white feline enters the heart--and home--of Cleveland Amory.
Reinforced:
9780606311243 | Demco Media, August 30, 2004, cover price $22.30 | About this edition: An account of a year in the life of Polar Bear, a stray white cat that finds its way into the heart and home of the author, portrays the cat's independent nature and opposition to anything new.
Paperback:
9781609382810 | Univ of Iowa Pr, October 1, 2014, cover price $16.00
Paperback:
9780312641573 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, April 24, 2012), cover price $9.99
9780786273379 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, March 14, 2005), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
9780099475873 | New edition (Gardners Books, January 6, 2005), cover price $8.00 | About this edition: Jack Gantos had a peripatetic childhood around the US and the Caribbean.
9780374430894 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 8, 2004), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780807216446 | Unabridged edition (Listening Library, July 1, 2003), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
9780807216453 | Abridged edition (Listening Library, July 1, 2003), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Becoming a writer the hard wayIn the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job.
School and Library:
9780374399887 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 26, 2002, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
Reinforced:
9780606308595 | Demco Media, July 30, 2004, cover price $16.80 | About this edition: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
Prebinding:
9781435233607 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $17.00
9781417639083 | Turtleback Books, September 8, 2004, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
Hardcover:
9780060097004 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 2003, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: The author and illustrator discusses his childhood in early twentieth-century New York City, describing his family, home, neighbors, and what he could buy with a nickel.
Paperback:
9780060097028 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 2005), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: The author and illustrator discusses his childhood in early twentieth-century New York City, describing his family, home, neighbors, and what he could buy with a nickel.
9780073032931, titled "Psychology" | Custom edition (McGraw-Hill College, September 1, 1997), cover price $66.40 | also contains Psychology
Library:
9780060097011 | Joanna Cotler Books, April 1, 2003, cover price $18.89 | About this edition: The author and illustrator discusses his childhood in early twentieth-century New York City, describing his family, home, neighbors, and what he could buy with a nickel.
Reinforced:
9780606339261 | Demco Media, May 1, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This is the story of when I was a boy, almost 100 years ago, when fire engines were pulled by horses, boys did not play with girls, kids went to libraries for books, there was no TV, you could see a movie for a nickel, and everybody wore a hat.
Prebinding:
9781417700738 | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2005, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: The author and illustrator discusses his childhood in early twentieth-century New York City, describing his family, home, neighbors, and what he could buy with a nickel.
Hardcover:
9781596090798 | Har/dvd edition (Chamberlain Brothers, May 31, 2005), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Presents a biography of the cross-dressing performer who was a friend and collaborator of Andy Warhol that incorporates a time line, collected interviews, and selections from Jackie Curtis' writings.
9780075548720, titled "An American History" | 4 sub edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 1, 1985), cover price $43.95 | also contains An American History
Hardcover:
9780810853386 | Scarecrow Pr, June 30, 2005, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Presents the life and works of Graham Salisbury, discussing the themes and characters found in his works.
Hardcover:
9781401602390 | Thomas Nelson Inc, September 1, 2005, cover price $14.99
9780080325439, titled "Planning and Operation of Electric Energy Systems" | Pergamon Pr, April 1, 1986, cover price $240.00 | also contains Planning and Operation of Electric Energy Systems
Hardcover:
9780747576273 | Gardners Books, January 3, 2005, cover price $21.70 | About this edition: The magical memoir of Lily Shaine, an orphan bought up by her two eccentric bachelor uncles.
9780753164709 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, August 1, 2001), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The story of a girl who starts out fatherless, is orphaned at 8, is raised by her two eccentric uncles, and slowly accumulates for herself a strong and deeply loving family.
9780394561127 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 1989, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A memoir of growing up in the Bronx during the 1950s follows Lily--the illegitimate daughter of Rosie--who, after her mother's death, is raised by a pair of eccentric bachelor uncles
Paperback:
9780747579328 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 16, 2006), cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Features an American memoir of growing up in New York with eccentric uncles.
9780753164716 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, April 1, 2002), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: An enchanting memoir of a wildly unorthodox Bronx childhood in the 1950's.
9781573228237 | Reissue edition (Riverhead Books, July 1, 2000), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A memoir of growing up in the Bronx during the 1950s follows Lily--the illegitimate daughter of Rosie--who, after her mother's death, is raised by a pair of eccentric bachelor uncles.
9780452265578 | Reprint edition (E P Dutton, January 1, 1991), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A moving, funny memoir of a wildly unorthodox Bronx childhood in the 1950's--the story of a girl who starts out fatherless, is orphaned at 8, is raised by two extremely odd strangers who happen to be her uncles, and slowly accumulates for herself a strong and--no matter how eccentric--deeply loving family.
Hardcover:
9780802715371, titled "Perfect ,once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me" | Walker & Co, October 3, 2006, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A nostalgic memoir of coming of age and baseball describes the author's move to Indiana and the role of baseball in his life, especially after he discovers that his cousin, the legendary Don Larsen, is a pitcher for the New York Yankees.
Paperback:
9780802716279 | Reprint edition (Walker & Co, March 4, 2008), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: "Disguised as a nostalgic, coming-of-age baseball memoir, this is a sly, spare meditation on the perils of childhood, the power of celebrity, the vagaries of human kindness, and how even tenuous family bonds can have a surprisingly steely impact.
Learning to drive occasions emotions ranging from reasonable caution to unbridled terror. Learning under the watchful eye of one's spouse is an added challenge
Hardcover:
9780874837452 | August House Pub Inc, May 30, 2005, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Learning to drive occasions emotions ranging from reasonable caution to unbridled terror.
Miscellaneous:
9781598959000 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, March 12, 2007), cover price $29.99
CD/Spoken Word:
9780874836875 | August House Pub Inc, October 1, 2002, cover price $16.95
Paperback:
9780865345393 | Facsimile edition (Sunstone Pr, May 30, 2007), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Mary Austin published her autobiography in 1932 near the end of her long and creative career.
Hardcover:
9781572335745 | Univ of Tennessee Pr, May 30, 2007, cover price $48.00
9780122997501, titled "Social and Biological Predictors of Nutritional Status, Physical Growth, and Behavioral Development" | Academic Pr, January 1, 1981, cover price $55.00 | also contains Social and Biological Predictors of Nutritional Status, Physical Growth, and Behavioral Development
Hardcover:
9781582433455 | Counterpoint, June 13, 2006, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A wry memoir about a family farm, a father, and a daughter, and why it's so hard to go home again.
9780124702851, titled "Practical Tissue Culture Applications" | Academic Pr, December 1, 1979, cover price $52.50 | also contains Practical Tissue Culture Applications
Paperback:
9781582433639 | Counterpoint, June 5, 2007, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Debra Marquart Grew Up On a Family farm in rural North Dakota--on land her family had worked for generations.
Hardcover:
9781572334809 | Univ of Tennessee Pr, June 15, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Sutton E.
9780125103404, titled "Controversies in Modern Geology: Evolution of Geological Theories in Sedimentology, Earth History and Tectonics" | Academic Pr, April 1, 1991, cover price $105.00 | also contains Controversies in Modern Geology: Evolution of Geological Theories in Sedimentology, Earth History and Tectonics | About this edition: A collection of papers covering sedimentology, Earth history, tectonics and geophysics which reflects current research in these fields.
Paperback:
9780316008068 | Reprint edition (Back Bay Books, September 9, 2008), cover price $17.00
Miscellaneous:
9780316019736 | Little Brown & Co, September 27, 2007, cover price $9.99
Hardcover:
9780312353599 | Thomas Dunne Books, November 13, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the children's author best known for such publications as 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' and 'A Light in the Attic' describes his forays into songwriting and scriptwriting, his jet-setting residences throughout the country, and his complicated personality.
Paperback:
9780312539313 | 2 reprint edition (Griffin, March 31, 2009), cover price $18.99
Miscellaneous:
9781429980562 | 1 edition (Thomas Dunne Books, November 13, 2007), cover price $11.99
Library:
9780766027589 | Enslow Elementary, April 1, 2008, cover price $25.27 | About this edition: 'Discusses the life of children's author Bruce Hale, including his works of fiction, how he got into writing, and his tips for aspiring young writers'--Provided by publisher.
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