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  • Betty Crocker's Cookbook

    Anne Ficklen

    Paperback (Macmillan General Reference, May 15, 1993)
    The latest edition of this immensely popular cookbook contains more that one thousand recipes and addresses the concerns of today's health-conscious consumer with recipes low in sugar, salt, and fat. Reprint.
  • Betty Crocker's New Boys and Girls Cookbook

    Betty Crocker

    Spiral-bound (Macmillan General Reference, March 15, 1990)
    Features 130 easy-to-prepare recipes developed for the young cook.
  • Planets: A Smithsonian Guide

    Thomas R. Watters

    Paperback (Macmillan General Reference, May 1, 1995)
    From Babylonian cosmology to todays high-tech data gathering, Planets will provide countless hours of enjoyment for anyone wanting to understand our celestial neighbors. The easy-to-follow text is divided into six beautifully-illustrated sections, beginning with early beliefs and origins and continuing on to a full visual treatment of Mercury and Venus to Pluto and the mysterious Planet X, and even planets beyond the solar system. Special full-color features compare the planets and explore such subjects as life on other planets, meteorites, and the Shoemaker-Levy comet.
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  • Smokin' Joe: The Autobiography of a Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin' Joe Frazier

    Joe Frazier, Phil Berger

    Hardcover (Macmillan General Reference, March 1, 1996)
    Examines the personal and professional life of the famous boxer
  • No Strings Attached: The Inside Story of Jim Henson's Creature Shop

    Matt Bacon

    Hardcover (Macmillan General Reference, Oct. 1, 1997)
    Goes behind the scenes of movies and television to show how the puppets and special effects were created for such productions as "Babe," "The Storyteller," "101 Dalmatians," and "The English Patient"
  • The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 1999

    Arthur Frommer

    Paperback (Macmillan General Reference, Sept. 15, 1998)
    A candid guide to the happiest place on earth!
  • Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life

    Dougal Dixon, Barry Cox, R.J.G. Savage, Brian Gardiner

    Hardcover (Macmillan General Reference, Nov. 1, 1988)
    In a who's who of prehistoric life, readers take a visually spectacular trip through our evolutionary past going back more than 500 million years. All creatures are depicted in full-color paintings based on the latest paleontological information.
  • The Atlas of North American Exploration: From the Norse Voyages to the Race to the Pole

    William H. Goetzmann, Glyndwr Williams, Malcolm Swanston, Isabelle Lewis, Jacqueline Land

    Hardcover (Macmillan General Reference, Oct. 1, 1992)
    State-of-the-art cartography is organized chronologically by region to chart the fascinating course of North American exploration from the pre-Columbian voyages to the race to the North Pole in 1909.
  • Betty Crocker's Boys and Girls Microwave Cookbook

    Betty Crocker

    Paperback (Macmillan General Reference, Sept. 15, 1992)
    A guide to safe, fast microwave cooking offers young readers recipes for Double Whammy Fudge, Branded Potatoes, Ravioli, Blueberry Coffee Cake, and much more. National ad/promo.
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  • As Easy As Pie

    Susan Gold Purdy

    Paperback (Macmillan General Reference, Oct. 1, 1990)
    Briefly traces the history of pie and provides recipes for pastries, fillings, toppings, tarts, galettes, turnovers and savory, custard, chiffon, and frozen pies
  • The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life

    Dougal Dixon, Barry Cox, R. J. G. Savage, Brian Gardiner

    Paperback (Macmillan General Reference, April 1, 1993)
    Covers fish, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, mammals, and extinct creatures
  • The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference

    INCORPORATED

    Hardcover (Macmillan General Reference, Nov. 1, 1993)
    Based on questions that students frequently ask reference librarians, this comprehensive guide covers such topics as religions, the universe, computers, etiquette, health and fitness, fine arts, and others.