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Books in Famous Books series

  • Famous firsts in medicine,

    Bette Jean Crook

    Unknown Binding (Putnam, March 15, 1974)
    Surveys the history of medicine by introducing many of its "firsts:" the first abdominal surgery, the first woman doctor, the first antiseptic.
  • Famous firsts in aviation

    Jesse Davidson

    Paperback (Putnam, March 15, 1974)
    Offers a brief illustrated history of aviation by highlighting important developments from the first balloon in 1783 to the first winged spacecraft nearly two hundred years later.
  • Five Fall into Adventure

    Enid Blyton

    Paperback (Hodder Childrens Book, Aug. 1, 2001)
    Julian, Dick and Anne are really worried - George and her devoted Timmy have just disappeared! Not only that, somebody has broken into Kirrin Cottage. Could there be a connection? The Famous Five think so, but it's going to be tough getting to the bottom of this mystery when there's only three of them...
  • Famous Men of Modern Times

    John H. Haaren

    Paperback (Start Publishing LLC, May 2, 2017)
    This easy to read text will be not only be a delight for your child to read, but also provide a great insight to the foundations of the modern world. You can experience the adventurous times of the birth of the modern era through the eyes of such men as Lorenzo de Medici, Christopher Columbus, Galileo, Newton, Napoleon, Gladstone, and George Washington.
  • Beyond the Chindwin: Being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma, 1943

    Bernard. Fergusson

    Hardcover (Collins/St. James's, 1962., Jan. 1, 1962)
    This is an account of No. 5 Column of the Wi ngate Expedition into Burma, in 1943, written by its command er. It was written only a year after the end of the story it tells and the immediacy of the narrative adds to the excite ment. '
  • The road to Oz: In which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's daughter met on an ... marvelous Land of Oz

    L. Frank Baum

    Unknown Binding (Reilly & Lee Co, March 11, 1977)
    *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books. It was originally published on July 10, 1909 and documents Dorothy's fourth visit to Oz. The book was dedicated to Joslyn Stanton Baum, the author's first grandson, the child of Baum's eldest son Frank Joslyn Baum.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr

    Carol Murphy, Bob Reese

    Hardcover (Dominie Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
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  • Christopher Columbus

    Janie Spaht Gill, Carol Murphy

    Hardcover (Dominie Pr, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Gill, Janie Spaht, Murphy, Carol
  • Five Go Off in a Caravan

    Enid Blyton

    Paperback (Hodder Children's Books, May 3, 2012)
    The Famous Five are spending their holidays in a caravan - it is going to be great. When they come across a circus company, they know they are in for an adventure. But some of the circus people aren't exactly friendly.
  • Five Go Off in a Caravan

    Enid Blyton

    Paperback (Hodder Children's Books, Aug. 5, 2010)
    The Famous Five are spending their holidays in a caravan - it is going to be great. When they come across a circus company, they know they are in for an adventure. But some of the circus people aren't exactly friendly.
  • Enid Blyton's Five on a Treasure Island

    Enid Blyton, Jolyne Knox

    Paperback (Hodder & Stoughton General Division, July 1, 1979)
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  • Five Run Away Together

    Enid Blyton

    Paperback (Hodder Stoughton, July 6, 1999)
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