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Six West African folktales about Anansi, the spider who is both clever and mischievous

School and Library:

9780316051064 | Little Brown & Co, July 1, 1973, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.

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Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners

Paperback:

9780316051071 | Reissue edition (Little Brown & Co, November 2, 1992), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners

Reinforced:

9780606022286 | Demco Media, November 1, 1992, cover price $18.05 | About this edition: Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners

Prebinding:

9780833595287 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners

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Hardcover:

9780865432222 | Africa World Pr, April 1, 1991, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by Ugorji, Okechukwu K.

Paperback:

9780865432239 | Africa World Pr, June 1, 1991, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: .

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Presents eighteen traditional tales from West Africa, including 'The Tortoise and the Leopard,' 'The Story of Muhammadu,' and 'The Magic Crocodile.'
By Yuko Green (illustrator), Susan L. Rattiner (editor) and Hugh Vernon-Jackson (editor)

Paperback:

9780486405537 | Dover Pubns, January 8, 1999, cover price $1.50 | About this edition: Presents eighteen traditional tales from West Africa, including 'The Tortoise and the Leopard,' 'The Story of Muhammadu,' and 'The Magic Crocodile.

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Product Description: A delight for readers and listeners of all ages, these 25 traditional tales from West Africa were originally accompanied by music and dance. The stories' drama and folk wisdom shine through in these captivating retellings, which are illustrated by evocative woodcut illustrations...read more
By Blair Hughes-Stanton (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780486791982 | Dover Pubns, March 18, 2015, cover price $4.00 | About this edition: A delight for readers and listeners of all ages, these 25 traditional tales from West Africa were originally accompanied by music and dance.
9780412019418, titled "Foundations of Structural Geology" | 2nd edition (Chapman & Hall, February 1, 1989), cover price $30.50 | also contains Foundations of Structural Geology | About this edition: Tailored to the requirements of first or second year geology undergraduates, this revised and updated edition includes some discussion of morphology and classification.

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By Joyce Cooper Arkhurst (other contributor)

Prebinding:

9780606261562 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, May 1, 2012), cover price $13.55

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By Joyce Cooper Arkhurst (other contributor) and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780316203814 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 2012, cover price $3.99

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Product Description: Tailored to the requirements of first or second year geology undergraduates, this revised and updated edition includes some discussion of morphology and classification. The more complex aspects of deformation are dealt with after stress and strain have been discussed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Hardcover:

9780751401387 | 2 edition (Blackie Academic & Professional, February 1, 1989), cover price $99.00 | About this edition: In the Preface to the first edition of this book, nitions and explanations of a number of importĀ­ published in 1983, I explained my reasons for ant stratigraphic and structural concepts that writing the book as follows.

Paperback:

9780412644009 | 3 sub edition (Chapman & Hall, August 1, 1997), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Tailored to the requirements of first or second year geology undergraduates, this revised and updated edition includes some discussion of morphology and classification.
9780412019418 | 2nd edition (Chapman & Hall, February 1, 1989), cover price $30.50 | also contains African Folk Tales | About this edition: Tailored to the requirements of first or second year geology undergraduates, this revised and updated edition includes some discussion of morphology and classification.

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Product Description: Though Washington is full of expensive hotels and upscale restaurants, travelers who follow Frommer's will discover dozens of quality choices for comfortable, convenient lodging and dining. Frommer's comes complete with touring tips to help travelers see the sights with a minimum of hassle...read more

Paperback:

9780028608679 | Bk&map edition (Frommer, February 1, 1996), cover price $15.95 | also contains West African Folktales | About this edition: Though Washington is full of expensive hotels and upscale restaurants, travelers who follow Frommer's will discover dozens of quality choices for comfortable, convenient lodging and dining.
9780028608679 | Bk&map edition (Frommer, February 1, 1996), cover price $15.95 | also contains West African Folktales | About this edition: Though Washington is full of expensive hotels and upscale restaurants, travelers who follow Frommer's will discover dozens of quality choices for comfortable, convenient lodging and dining.

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Describes the causes and effects of tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, and thunderstorms and looks at the efforts of scientists to predict and lessen the severity of dangerous storms

Paperback:

9780316203456 | Little Brown & Co, November 6, 2012, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Describes the causes and effects of tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, and thunderstorms and looks at the efforts of scientists to predict and lessen the severity of dangerous storms

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A Kent State professor culls forty-one tales from a lifetime of listening, reading, and researching into a collection with several stories to represent each country of West Africa, including Niger, Mali, Mauritania, and Cameroon. Original. (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9781566563758 | Interlink Pub Group Inc, July 1, 2001, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A Kent State professor culls forty-one tales from a lifetime of listening, reading, and researching into a collection with several stories to represent each country of West Africa, including Niger, Mali, Mauritania, and Cameroon.

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Retellings of folktales from various West African cultures, including 'Anansi and Hate-to-be-Contradicted,' 'The Monster Sasabonsam versus the Wonder Child,' and 'The Man Who Learned the Language of Animals.'
By Tim Clarey (illustrator) and Robert Hull

Paperback:

9780739818190 | Steck-Vaughn Co, May 1, 2000, cover price $19.10 | About this edition: Retellings of folktales from various West African cultures, including 'Anansi and Hate-to-be-Contradicted,' 'The Monster Sasabonsam versus the Wonder Child,' and 'The Man Who Learned the Language of Animals.

Library:

9780739813331 | Heinemann/Raintree, January 1, 2000, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Retellings of folktales from various West African cultures, including 'Anansi and Hate-to-be-Contradicted,' 'The Monster Sasabonsam versus the Wonder Child,' and 'The Man Who Learned the Language of Animals.

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Product Description: This lively collection comes from West Africa, a place 'where stories grow on trees'. Here are the famous tricksters: Hare, Tortoise, and the greatest of them all - Ananse the spider. The stories are full of larger-than-life characters and situations; and include the tale of how Ananse got his thin waist, how Crocodile learnt his lesson, and how Monkey managed not to get eaten by Shark...read more
By Martin Bennett and Rosamund Fowler (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780192750761 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 30, 2001, cover price $12.95

Prebinding:

9781439517789 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: This lively collection comes from West Africa, a place 'where stories grow on trees'.

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Presents twenty-one traditional tales from West Africa, including 'The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise,' 'The Boy in the Drum,' and 'The Magic Cooking Pot.' (view table of contents)
By Hugh Vernon-Jackson (editor) and Patricia Wright (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780486427645 | Dover Pubns, April 23, 2003, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Presents twenty-one traditional tales from West Africa, including 'The Greedy but Cunning Tortoise,' 'The Boy in the Drum,' and 'The Magic Cooking Pot.

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Product Description: Though Washington is full of expensive hotels and upscale restaurants, travelers who follow Frommer's will discover dozens of quality choices for comfortable, convenient lodging and dining. Frommer's comes complete with touring tips to help travelers see the sights with a minimum of hassle...read more

Paperback:

9780028608679, titled "Frommer''s 96 Frugal Traveler''s Guides: Washington, D.C. from $50 a Day" | Bk&map edition (Frommer, February 1, 1996), cover price $15.95 | also contains Frommer''s 96 Frugal Traveler''s Guides: Washington, D.C. from $50 a Day | About this edition: Though Washington is full of expensive hotels and upscale restaurants, travelers who follow Frommer's will discover dozens of quality choices for comfortable, convenient lodging and dining.

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A collection of tales with a cast of mermaids, tortoises, brothers, and insects, teaches lessons in greed, evil, and more
By Steven H. Gale (editor)

Paperback:

9780844258126 | Ntc Pub Group, August 1, 1994, cover price $22.64
9780810109933 | Northwestern Univ Pr, October 1, 1991, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A collection of tales with a cast of mermaids, tortoises, brothers, and insects, teaches lessons in greed, evil, and more

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