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  • The World of the Pirate

    Val Garwood, Richard Berridge

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, Oct. 31, 1997)
    An exploration of the world of pirates, focusing on the "Golden Age of Piracy" (1650-1750). Included are fact and fiction boxes giving nuggets of information, a "Rogues Gallery" - mini biographies of famous pirates, and historically accurate colour artwork.

  • The World of Flight

    Ian Graham

    Paperback (Kingfisher, Sept. 15, 2006)
    Amazing and awe-inspiring, flight has always captured man's imagination. This dynamically illustrated title truly captures the excitement of flight, from the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air balloon to the latest "super jumbos" that carry up to nine hundred passengers. Readers will explore the basic principles offlight, meet aviation pioneers, discover which aircraft is the fastest, and fly into the future with amazing "space planes."
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  • The tale of the spiteful spirits: A Kampuchean folk tale

    Carole Tate

    Hardcover (Bedrick/Blackie, March 15, 1991)
    Because a young man will not pass on the stories he is told by an old servant, the spirits of the stories plan a spiteful revenge for the young man on his wedding day.

  • Tobias and the Dragon: A Hungarian Folk Tale

    Val Biro

    Library Binding (Peter Bedrick Books, Aug. 1, 1990)
    Not even a fierce dragon can deter clever Tobias from succeeding in his search for his fortune

  • The cooking of India

    Santha Rama Rau

    Unknown Binding (Time-Life Books, )
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  • The cooking of Italy

    Waverley Lewis Root

    Hardcover (Time-Life Books, March 15, 1971)
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  • The cooking of China,

    Emily Hahn

    Unknown Binding (Time-Life Books, March 15, 1973)
    An introduction to the cuisine of China with colorful illustrations of Chinese dishes accompanied by a spiral bound recipe book

  • Recipes: the Cooking of the Caribbean Islands

    Linda Wolfe

    Paperback (Time Life UK, July 29, 1971)
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  • World of Shakespeare

    Anna Claybourne, R. Treaya, Rebecca Treays

    Hardcover (Usborne Publishing Ltd, Dec. 31, 1996)
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  • The cooking of India

    Santha Rama Rau

    Unknown Binding (Time-Life Books, March 15, 1970)
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  • The cooking of China

    Emily Hahn

    Hardcover (Time-Life Books, Jan. 1, 1976)
    An introduction to the cuisine of China with colorful illustrations of Chinese dishes accompanied by a spiral bound recipe book

  • American cooking

    Dale Brown

    Hardcover (Time-Life Books, March 15, 1973)
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