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Staying Alive! 117 Days Adrift
Maurice Bailey, Maralyn Bailey
Hardcover (David McKay, March 15, 1974)The Bailey's is a fantastic human story of adaption to totally alien conditions. It is a story of amazing courage, resolution and endurance. Essential reading for all who enjoy a gripping true story, 117 Days Adrift is an inspiring tale that has become one of the classics of the sea.
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Chess for Juniors: A Complete Guide for the Beginner
Robert M. Snyder
Paperback (David McKay, March 20, 1991)Robert Snyder, national chess master and noted teacher, introduces this timeless game to the young beginner. Snyder teaches the basic principles and then builds on students' knowledge, giving clear instructions on how to choose and employ opening, middle, and endgame strategies to win. In twenty graduated lessons, with over 275 diagrams, Chess for Juniors covers:-- Basic Rules-- Check, Checkmate, and Castling-- Opening Systems, including the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian Defense, the Nimzo-Indian, the Queen's Indian Defense.-- Basic Endgame Strategy-- Tactics such as the Hanging Piece, the Fork, and the Pin-- And more.Robert M. Snyder's students have included the 1989 and 1990 national elementary and junior high school champions. He is the founder of the Chess for Juniors chess club in Garden Grove, California, the country's largest club for young people, and his school seminars have been attended by a total of over 50,000 students.
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Tasha Tudor's Favorite Christmas Carols
Tasha Tudor, Linda Allen
Hardcover (David McKay, Sept. 12, 1978)An illustrated collection of Christmas carols.
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The Story of Little Black Sambo
Helen BANNERMAN
(David McKay, Jan. 1, 1931)None
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Tasha Tudor's Old Fashioned Gifts
Tasha Tudor
Paperback (David McKay, Sept. 12, 1981)Illustrations and instructions are presented for making holiday decorations, party favors, and a variety of gifts including patchwork pillows, advent calendars, sachets, mittens, and stuffed animals
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A Short History of Discovery from the Earliest Times to the Founding of Colonies on the American Continent
Hendrik Willem VAN LOON
Hardcover (Dave McKay, March 15, 1917)None
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Joan of Arc
M.Boutet De Monvel
Hardcover (David McKay, March 15, 1918)beige hardcover
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Commentaries of Caesar on the Gallic War. Classic Interlinear Translations
Julius Caesar
Hardcover (David McKay, March 15, 1963)Commentaries of Caesar on the Gallic War. Classic Interlinear Translations.
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The Killer Angels
Michael Shaara
Hardcover (David McKay, Aug. 1, 1974)This is a book about the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Let the Hurricane Roar
Rose Wilder Lane
Hardcover (David McKay, Jan. 1, 1968)Westward the course of romance led Charles and Caroline, for the urge to pioneer was in them, and the Dakotas promised free land of great fecundity where they might found a fortune and a family. A dugout is their first home, and there, on Caroline's 17th birthday, their baby is born.
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The Universe Between
Alan E. Nourse
Hardcover (David McKay, Jan. 1, 1965)Issued in two bindings: boards with a dustjacket and illustrated boards (Library binding); there was also a Book Club edition. See individual listing for specific format. This is a novel-length expansion of two previously published stories, "High Threshold" and "The Universe Between" from 1951.
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Robin Hood
Paul Creswick, N.C. Wyeth
Hardcover (David McKay, Aug. 16, 1917)Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English Folklore, a highly skilled archer and swordsman. Although such behaviour was was not part of his original character, since the beginning of the 19th century he has been known for robbing the rich and giving to the poor, assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his Merry Men of Sherwood Forest.