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Fancy Nancy at the Museum
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Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator), Ted Enik (Illustrator)
Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum, and Nancy wants to be extra fancy for the occasion. After a bumpy bus ride, she doesn't feel very well. Luckily for Nancy, her teacher has a few fancy tricks of her own. Full color.
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After Dark
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A special publishing event--Jove's first paperback original from a beloved storyteller--Jayne Ann Krentz writing as Jayne Castle. Set in the future world of the "Charmed" anthology, this title features a para-archaeologist who discovers a dead body while working in a low-budget horror museum.
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno Logy
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Lawrence Weschler
"New Yorker" staff writer Weschler explores an odd museum and its eccentric curator to expand on the "slight slippage" he finds between pure wonder and skeptical confusion. Includes b&w drawings.
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The Last Templar
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Raymond Khoury
Mysterious medieval codes and the most carefully guarded secrets of the Catholic church drive this DA VINCI CODE-style debut thriller. As the Crusading Templars face their greatest defeat at the gates of Acre in 1291, a small group of the order flee in their last boat, bearing with them a small chest. In the present day, a dazzling gala at New ...
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The Murder Room
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P D James
Commander Adam Dalgiesh investigates a murder which seems to be tied to a dispute over whether or not to close a private museum dedicated to London's interwar years of 1919-1939. After a second murder occurs, Dalgiesh realizes the killings are following a pattern: they are imitations of crimes covered in the museum's own "Murder Room"--a gallery ...
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American Casino Guide
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Steve Bourie
The "American Casino Guide" taps into the huge casino-goers market by providing the money-saving, detailed information that is sought by the seasoned casino veteran as well as the first-time visitor. The guide is jam-packed with detailed information on every casino/resort, riverboat and Indian casino in the U.S. Included are informative stories on ...
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The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
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Edward Dolnick
This suspense-filled book tells the true story of the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" from the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway, and the brilliant detective who gets it back. Includes a 16-page b&w photo insert.
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Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites
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Professor Brian Lamb, Ispan Staff The Ispan Staff, C-Span Staff The C-Span Staff
Famous last words: "'Tis well." "I wish you to understand the true principles of the government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more." "The nourishment is palatable." Which three famous people uttered one of these phrases on their deathbeds? (Hint: they all served as president of the United States). The answers to these and many other ...
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Before Sunrise
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Diana Palmer
In this work of romantic suspense, a death sparks a couple's reunion three years after a messy breakup. A professor is murdered after reporting a significant but potentially dubious anthropological discovery at a Native American reservation in North Carolina. FBI agent Jeremiah Cortez is assigned to handle the case, providing him with the ...
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Norman the Doorman
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Don Freeman
Norman is a small white mouse who serves as a doorman to all the other mice who want to visit the Majestic Museum of Art. He carefully springs all the mouse traps and gives guided tours of the museum. But Norman also dreams of becoming a famous artist himself. Will his work ever be displayed in the museum? Illustrated with colored pencil drawings.
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Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
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Richard Fortey
In an elegant and illuminating narrative, the acclaimed author of "Life, Trilobite!," and "Earth" acquaints the reader with the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that helped to create the Natural History Museum in London. Illustrated.
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The Day of the Djinn Warriors
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P B Kerr
Djinn twins John and Philippa are off on another whirlwind adventure that takes them around the globe and into unknown worlds. And it's a race against time as they attempt to rescue their mother from her fate as the Blue Djinn of Babylon. An aging curse has been placed on their father and if the twins are gone too long, he'll rapidly become an old ...
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The Vatican
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Michael Collins
"The Vatican" is a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of the world's smallest nation and the spiritual center of the Roman Catholic Church. Written by a former employee of the Vatican, this book offers readers an unprecedented photographic journey.
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Introduction to Museum Work
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G Ellis Burcaw
Long regarded as one the leading texts in museology, Introduction to Museum Work is now thoroughly revised and updated. While citing recent changes in the museum world, the third edition of Burcaw's classic work retains its useful philosophical orientation and convenient summary format. All the basics of museology are here-the central issues are ...
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Roller Coasters: A Thrill-Seekers Guide to the Ultimate Scream Machines
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Robert Coker
Thrill seeking knows no limits -- and roller coaster rides are a major food group for the thrill seeker's diet. From fifteenth-century Russian slides to the original Coney Island Cyclone to modern day steel gigacoasters like Cedar Point's Millennium Force, this breathtaking guide offers a wild ride through the evolution of roller coasters, ...
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The pilgrim's new guide to the Holy Land
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Stephen Doyle
More than an updated second edition, this book combines the best information from the popular first edition with new insights to help you turn your travels into pilgrimages.
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Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage
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James Cuno
Whether antiquities should be returned to the countries where they were found is one of the most urgent and controversial issues in the art world today, and it has pitted museums, private collectors, and dealers against source countries, archaeologists, and academics. Maintaining that the acquisition of undocumented antiquities by museums ...
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A Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
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Carl Shilleto, Mike Tolhurst
This new kind of guidebook gives comprehensive information about Normandy's major battles and battlefields, memorial sites, how to get there, what to see, maps, and now-and-then photos.
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Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums
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Edward P Alexander
In 1979, Edward P. Alexander's "Museums in Motion" was hailed as a much-needed addition to the museum literature. In combining the history of museums since the eighteenth century with a detailed examination of the function of museums and museum workers in modern society, it served as an essential resource for those seeking to enter to the museum ...
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Mickey Mouse History PB
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Mike Wallace, Michael Wallace
This is a book about why history matters. It shows how popularized historical images and narratives deeply influence Americans' understanding of their collective past. A leading public historian, Mike Wallace observes that we are a people who think of ourselves as having shed the past but also avid tourists who are on a 'heritage binge,' flocking ...
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You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum
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Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman, J Bonnell (Editor), Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)
In this wordless story, a young girl and her grandmother view works inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the balloon she has been forced to leave outside floats around New York City causing a series of mishaps that mirror scenes in the museum's artworks.
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The Looters
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Harold Robbins, Junius Podrug
Money and ego turn the quest for art into a deadly business in which the super-rich battle to possess the rarest and most beautiful "objet d'art" on Earth: the golden death mask of the Queen of Babylon.
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Where Are They Buried: How Did They Die? Fitting Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy
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Tod Benoit
This enlightening and browsable guide features more than 500 profiles of the lives, deaths, and final resting places of some of the most influential figures from sports, music, film, television, literature, and politics. 50 photos.
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The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture
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Phaidon Press
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture presents a global survey of the most outstanding works of contemporary architecture from around the world completed in the last five years. Organized geographically and illustrated with global, regional and sub-regional maps locating each building, the book illustrates more than 1,000 completed ...
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Ms. Krup Cracks Me Up!
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Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot (Illustrator)
A.J. thinks that nothing can possibly be as boring as a sleepover in the natural history museum. However, anything can happen when Ms. Krup is in charge. She says the dinosaur skeletons come to life in the middle of the night. Is she right? Illustrations.
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