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Originally published in 1896, "Robert's Rules of Order," remains to this day the manual of choice when it comes to conducting orderly productive proceedings. As General Henry M. Robert describes in his preface to the work, "The object of Rules of Order is to assist an assembly to accomplish in the best possible manner the work for which it was designed. To do this it is necessary to restrain the individual somewhat, as the right of an individual,...
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1952.
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English
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A visual survey of dress that covers the fashions of Western man over nearly 5,000 years of recorded history. An encyclopedia of dress styles that begins with the civilization of Ancient Egypt and continues through the 20th century. Includes an extensive section on American costume-Indians and cowboys, tradesmen and office girls, gentlemen of fashion and Klondike prospectors.
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Guinness World Records
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2014.
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English
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Chronicles the evolution of record breaking while incorporating thousands of new entries, hundreds of new photographs, highlights of classic records, and access to a bonus "See It 3D Augmented Reality" app of interactive digital content.
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English
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Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children’s books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die ranges across cultures and through time to offer an eclectic collection of works that each deserve to come with the recommendation, You have to read this. But it’s not a proscriptive list of the “great works”—rather, it’s a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary...
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Revell
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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What if there were one book that could help you do nearly everything in life cheaper, better, and faster? Show you how to remove hairspray baked onto a curling iron. How to make white shoes look like new. How to make gourmet coffee without the gourmet price. How to keep your cat out of your houseplants. And hundreds of other things. Cheaper, Better, Faster is all the best advice you've ever heard, collected into one handy volume. Every tip is short,...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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Entries arranged in evolutionary sequence help identify and describe more than 600 prehistoric species, with illustrations of each animal, detailed analysis of fossil records, and educated guesses about each animal's behavior and appearance.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"The secret to cooking fast is cooking smart--how you choose and prepare your ingredients and make use of your time in the kitchen. In How to Cook Everything Fast, Mark Bittman's latest comprehensive, culinary reference, he shows how anyone can spend just a little time cooking and be able to make 2,000 innovative recipes that are delicious, varied, exciting, made from scratch, and ready in anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes" --
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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"From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a Q&A-based guide to everything you need to know about kids & germs. "Is it OK for my child to eat dirt?" That's just one of the many questions authors Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with every week from parents all over the world. They've heard everything from "My two-year-old gets constant ear infections. Should I give her...
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Dorling Kindersley
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English
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Sister Wendy is back with this expanded version of her popular book, which features more than 450 masterpieces, 150 oversized details from key paintings, and 250+ photos, drawings, and documents that place paintings in their historical context
Chronicles the history of eight hundred years of Western painting, from the Byzantine era to post-modernism, highlighting styles, techniques, media, artists, and themes
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Houghton Mifflin
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English
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Field Guide to Stars and Planets, Third Edition, makes it easy to observe the phenomena of the nighttime sky. The heart of the book is the star maps, which can be used from any location on earth. One set of maps shows, month by month, what you can expect to see in any part of the sky. The other set forms a complete atlas of the sky, showing stars and constellations, planets, nebulae, galaxies, and other celestial objects. The atlas charts are accompanied...