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Books published by publisher Contemporary Books, Inc.

  • Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc

    Ray Kroc;Robert Anderson

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, March 15, 1845)
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  • Ryno!

    Ryne Sandberg, Fred Mitchell

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, June 1, 1985)
    The National League's Most Valuable Player for 1984 recalls growing up in Spokane, Washington and describes his life as a professional baseball player.
  • Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble

    Jr. Keith, William H.

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Dec. 1, 1986)
    The reader, as Doctor Who, travels with his companions back to America at the time of the Civil War to stop a time-loose rebel soldier from engineering a victory for the South
  • Number Sense

    Allan D. Suter

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Dec. 1, 1990)
    Simple lessons help readers master multiplication and division skills, while learning problem-solving strategies and real-life applications
  • Decimal Multiplication and Division

    Allan D. Suter, Kathy Osmus, Caren Van Slyke

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Dec. 15, 1990)
    Number Sense HIGH-VISUAL FORMAT Builds confidence in struggling readers with a high-graphics, low-text format. REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS Relate students to hundreds of real-life math problems and applications. SPECIFIC SKILL LEARNING Presents one skill per page to encourage a stress-free, success-oriented approach. CUSTOMIZED LESSONS Allows lessons to be tailored to meet individual student's needs.
  • One Hundred and One Famous Poems With a Prose Supplement: An Anthology

    Roy Jay Cook

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, March 15, 1979)
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  • Elves and the Shoemakers

    Jada Rowland

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1989)
    A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night
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  • Whole Number Addition and Subtraction

    Allan D. Suter

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Dec. 1, 1990)
    Simple lessons help readers master addition and subtraction skills, while learning problem-solving strategies and real-life applications
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  • Night, Circus

    Mark Corcoran

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, April 1, 1990)
    An illustrated tale of a circus preparing for bed as night falls features a strong man, a mother elephant and her baby, chimpanzees, and many other engaging friends and animals
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  • Inside the Circus

    Frank Fitzgerald

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Max and his grandfather visit the circus, where they see every aspect from putting up the Big Top to spending the night in the manager's trailer.
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  • What Happens in a Car Factory

    Arthur Shay

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, June 1, 1969)
    Follows the production of an automobile from the designer to its delivery
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