John Hamilton
162) Goblins and trolls
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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Part of a series on magical and mythological creatures, this volume contains tidbits from fantasy and folklore and contemporary and archival art that explore the concepts of goblins and trolls.
163) Avalanches
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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Describes the causes of avalanches, different kinds of avalanches, avalanche safety, and methods used by some states to control avalanches, and tells the true story of an avalanche survivor.
164) Giants and ogres
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
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English
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Part of a series on magical and mythological creatures, this volume contains tidbits from fantasy and folklore and contemporary and archival art that explore the concepts of ogres and giants.
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48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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English
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Welcome to Wyoming, the Equality State! ... explore Yellowstone National Park, attend the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, tour the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and more as they learn about Wyoming history, plants and animals, industries, sports, cities, famous people ... --
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48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
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English
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Presents the history, geography, climate, plants and animals, cities, transportation, natural resources, industry, sports, entertainment, and people of New Mexico, as well as general facts about the state.
168) Elves and fairies
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
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English
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Discusses the imaginary beings elves and fairies--common subjects of fairy tales and fantasy stories--and puts them in their literary and historical context.
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Winnipeg was Canada's first important city in the west and was the supply point for other prairie cities like Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, and even far-off Vancouver. It exploded from a village of 2, 700 people in 1877 to a fully modern metropolis of 100, 000 in just thirty years and by then had a university, newspapers, publishing firms, a major theatre, and a vibrant mass of immigrants who flooded in to open up the West. Growing Winnipeg...
173) Zion National Park
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm.
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English
175) Blackbeard
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32 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
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English
178) The Maltese falcon
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English
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In The Maltese falcon, Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed while tailing a man. The woman who asked his partner to follow the man turns out to be someone who is not what she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the 'Maltese Falcon', a gold-encrusted life-sized statue of a falcon, the only one of its kind. In Satan met a lady, Sam Spade is now PI Ted Shane,...
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe volume 2
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English
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Having wrecked Ming's laboratory and after saving General Lupi, Flash Gordon and his crew escape Ming's palace and head to Frigia in search of Polarite, the antidote to the death dust, with Ming's men in close pursuit.
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe volume 1
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English
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After Ming the Merciless releases Death Dust on the people of Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to planet Mongo in an attempt to stop Ming's evil plans.