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Africa Counts: Number and Pattern in African Culture (Book)

Claudia Zaslavsky

ISBN:9781556523502

This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:368

USD $21.41

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Antarctica: Exploring the Extreme - 400 Years of Adventure (Book)

Marilyn J Landis

ISBN:9781556524288

Fabulous sights, hair-raising escapes, jubilant homecomings, and agonising losses abound in this unique historical adventure. Far more complete than competing narratives of Antarctic exploration...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:416

USD $38.98

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Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars and More Dynamite Devices (Book)

William Gurstelle

ISBN:9781556523755

Ordinary folks can construct 13 awesome ballistic devices in their garage or basement workshops using inexpensive household or hardware store materials and this step-by-step guide. Clear instructions...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:169

USD $19.46

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Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World (Book)

Ruy Castro

ISBN:9781556524943

Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as "The Girl from Ipanema" (the fifth most frequently played song in the world)...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:400

USD $20.44

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Building Bots: Designing and Building Warrior Robots (Book)

William Gurstelle

ISBN:9781556524592

This is the definitive guide to designing and building warrior robots. It walks robot enthusiasts of all ages step-by-step through the design and building process...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:256

USD $28.24

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Dreamer's Companion (Book)

Stephen Phillip Policoff

ISBN:9781556522802

Dreams are blueprints of the unconscious mind, and this guide provides the key to reading them. Written for young people aged 12 and up, The Dreamer's Companion shows how dreams have shaped human thought from ancient times through the work of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung to today...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:224

USD $26.29

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Forever Amber (Book)

Winsor Kathleen

ISBN:9781556524042

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:972

USD $22.39

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James Dean, the Mutant King: A Biography (Book)

David Dalton

ISBN:9781556523984

This is the book that restarted the James Dean cult by celebrating him as the cool, defiant visionary of pop culture who made adolescence seem heroic instead of awkward and who defined the style of rock 'n' roll's politics of delinquency. The only book to fully show how deliberately and carefully Dean crafted his own image and performances...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:368

USD $21.41

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Jimi Hendrix and the Making of "Are You Experienced" (Book)

Egan Sean

ISBN:9781556524714

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Pages:212

USD $22.39

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Memoirs (Book)

Georg Solti

ISBN:9781556523373

In these pages Sir Georg Solti relives an unparalleled musical life: his musical studies in Budapest with Dohnanyi, Kodaly, and Bartok; his exile in Zurich during World War II...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:288

USD $19.46

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Monet and Impressionists for Kids (Book)

Carol Sabbeth

ISBN:9781556523977

A lifelong love of art is one of the greatest gifts an adult can bestow on a child - and no period of art is better loved or more available to children than Impressionism. Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in Cassatt's mothers and children...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:140

USD $20.44

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Movie Wars (Book)

Jonathan Rosenbaum

ISBN:9781556524066

Questioning the assumptions that govern our culture, this book focuses on one medium -- the movies. In particular, it examines how movies are packaged...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:256

USD $35.07

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On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids (Book)

Lisa Bany-Winters

ISBN:9781556523243

Kids learn about theater with games and activities that cover basic theater vocabulary, puppetry and pantomime, sound effects, costumes, props, makeup, and more....more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:160

USD $19.46

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Outdoor Survival Skills (Book)

Larry Dean Olsen

ISBN:9781556523236

How to survive in almost any outdoor environment with little or no purchased equipment, relying only on what nature provides....more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:272

USD $21.41

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Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love (Book)

Anne Thomas Soffee

ISBN:9781556524585

This hilariously uplifting memoir follows an Arab-American woman's merry life as she shimmies her way from getting dumped by her tattoo-artist boyfriend to coming to grips with being single...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:288

USD $28.24

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Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music (Book)

Irwin Chusid

ISBN:9781556523724

Outsider musicians can be the product of damaged DNA, alien abduction, drug fry, demonic possession, or simply sheer obliviousness. This book profiles dozens of outsider musicians...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:272

USD $21.41

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The Acoustic Guitar Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Maintain a New or Used Guitar (Book)

Larry Sandberg

ISBN:9781556524189

This book will help all guitar players make better friends with their present guitar or decide on features to look for in a new one. They will learn about the differences in guitar woods (and how they sound)...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:304

USD $31.17

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The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond (Book)

Joachim E Berendt

ISBN:9781556520990

Having sold over two million copies, this is the most comprehensive interpretive history of jazz available in one volume....more details
Pages:560

USD $41.90

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Yoga Made Easy (No Rights UK): a Personal Yoga Program That Will Transform Your Life

Howard Kent

ISBN:9781556524219

Expert instructions and clear step-by-step colour photographs introduce the basic yoga postures and build on them in a month-by-month course...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:160

USD $21.41

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Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music (Book)

Stephanie Stein Crease

ISBN:9781556524257

Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award The life (1912-1988) and career of Gil Evans paralleled and often foreshadowed the quickly changing world of jazz through the 20th century. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool is the comprehensive biography of a self-taught musician whom colleagues often regarded as a mentor. His innovative work as a composer...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:384

USD $38.13

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