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Books in North-South Paperback series

  • Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life

    Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

    Paperback (W. W. Norton & Company, April 17, 1993)
    The international bestseller―don't compete without it! A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thinking Strategically is a crash course in outmaneuvering any rival. This entertaining guide builds on scores of case studies taken from business, sports, the movies, politics, and gambling. It outlines the basics of good strategy making and then shows how you can apply them in any area of your life.
  • The Willow Pattern Story

    Allan Drummond, Alan Drummond

    Paperback (NorthSouth Books, April 1, 1995)
    Any child who has ever imagined a journey into a two-dimensional expanse will be carried away by the passion Drummond brings to the subject. An IRA-CBC Children's Choice. NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Full color.
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  • What Do You Like?

    Michael Grejniec

    Paperback (North-South, April 1, 1995)
    Children discover that they can like the same things and still be different.
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  • Meet the Molesons

    B. Bos, H. De Beer

    Paperback (North-South, April 1, 1995)
    Members of the Moleson family exchange birthday presents, have a bike race, go camping, and enjoy other adventures.
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  • Miller, His Son and Their Donkey

    Aesop, Eugen Sopko

    Paperback (North-South Books (Nord-Sud Verlag AG), Sept. 15, 1987)
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  • Wipe Your Feet Santa Claus

    Konrad Richter, J Wilkon, K Richter, Jozef Wilkon

    Paperback (NorthSouth, Sept. 1, 1997)
    It's Christmas Eve, and Stephen is in trouble. He forgot to wipe his feet again, and has left a trail of muddy footprints across the kitchen floor. Will Santa Claus find out? And if so, will he bring him any presents? Later that night, much to Stephen's surprise, he discovers that sometimes even Santa Claus makes mistakes!
  • Shoemaker Martin

    L. Tolstoy, B. Watts

    Paperback (North-South, Oct. 1, 1997)
    After showing kindness towards three strangers, a Russian shoemaker learns that Jesus visited him three times.
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  • Little Red-Cap

    Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, J Grimm, L Zwerger, Lisbeth Zwerger

    Paperback (NorthSouth, April 1, 1995)
    A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.
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  • Sleepy Owl, The

    Marcus Pfister

    Paperback (North-South, March 1, 1998)
    Available once again is the first picture book by the creator of the international bestseller ""The Rainbow Fish"". When Little Owl oversleeps one night, she wakes to find that all the other owls have gone off without her. Soon she befriends a little boy named Tom who helps the sleepy little owl find plenty of playmates. Full color.
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  • I'm the Real Santa Claus

    Ingrid Ostheeren, C Unzner, I Ostheeren, Christa Unzner

    Paperback (NorthSouth, Sept. 1, 1996)
    When Santa arrives on Christmas Eve, he is shocked to find Santas everywhere--even robber Santas!--and no one will believe is is the real Santa Claus. Discouraged, Santa is ready to return to the North Pole until he meets someone who shows him why he must stay. Full color.
  • Bear at the Beach

    Clay Carmichael

    Paperback (NorthSouth, April 1, 1998)
    ""Bear lives with his human friend Clara, who loves him. More than anything though, he wants a father. . . . (So) Bear sets off on a quest to find one. . . . Adults will enjoy sharing their feelings of love with a child as they read, and independent readers will also relate to this engaging little bear"".--""School Library Journal"" Full color.
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  • The Analects of Confucius

    Confucius, Simon Leys

    Paperback (W. W. Norton & Company, Oct. 17, 1997)
    "This is the Confucius translation for our time."―Jonathan Mirsky, The Times [London] In this terse, brilliant translation, Simon Leys restores the human dimension to Confucius. He emerges a full-blooded character with a passion for politics and a devotion to the ideals of a civilization he saw in decline. Leys's notes draw Confucius into conversation with the great thinkers of the Western tradition. In all, this volume provides new readers the perfect introduction to a classic work.