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Books published by publisher Peter Smith:

  • In the Shadow of Man

    Jane Goodall

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1999)
    Both a landmark scientific study and a fascinating adventure story, this best-selling classic is an absorbing account of the early years of Jane Goodall's struggle in remote Africa to approach primates in the wild as no one had ever done before. It is also the story of her breakthrough. "Apart from its enormous scientific value, IN THE SHADOW OF MAN is absolutely fascinating to read as a st ory of discovery . . . The whole book is enthralling." -- BOSTON GLOBE
  • Inland Whale: Nine Stories Retold from California Indian Legends

    Theodora Kroeber

    Textbook Binding (Peter Smith Pub, June 1, 1980)
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  • Andersonville

    MacKinlay Kantor

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1990)
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  • Testing of Tertius

    Robert Newman

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1985)
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  • Interstellar Pig

    William Sleator

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, July 1, 1997)
    A teenager becomes interested in a strange board game called "Interstellar Pig," the obsession of his new and unusual neighbors, and he soon stumbles into a nightmare when he discovers that the game is real.
  • The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt

    John Bellairs

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 2001)
    Johnny Dixon searches a deserted mansion to find H. Bagwell Glomus's hidden will and accidentally uncovers a mysterious and terrifying force
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  • Puritan Revolution: A Documentary History

    Stuart E. Prall

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1970)
    Brief biographies stressing the hockey careers of twenty-two players from the early days of the National Hockey League to the present.
  • The Watch House

    Robert Westall

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1999)
    While spending the summer with her old nurse on the north English coast, a teen-age girl discovers that her presence in the nearby Watch House, a museum containing relics of shipwrecks and rescues, releases a powerful and evil ghost.
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  • Z for Zachariah

    Robert C. O'Brien

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 2001)
    Seemingly the only person left alive after a nuclear war, a sixteen-year-old girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.
  • Speak

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 30, 2006)
    A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
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  • The Incredible Journey of Lewis & Clark

    Rhoda Blumberg

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1999)
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  • Nothing Is Impossible: The Story of Beatrix Potter

    Dorothy Aldis

    Hardcover (Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1987)
    A biography of the woman who created Peter Rabbit as well as other stories read by children all over the world.
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