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The royal road to card magic (Dover Magic Bks.)
By Jean Hugard. 1999
Noted magic authorities present a guide to developing a versatile repertoire of tricks enabling card handlers to perform more than…
a hundred feats of magic. Includes instructions for Thought Stealer, Gray's Spelling Trick, Now You See It, Obliging Aces, Rapid Transit, Kangaroo Card, and others. 1951Flip
By David Lubar. 2003
Eighth-grader Taylor and her twin brother, Ryan, are complete opposites. So when trouble-making Ryan discovers mysterious alien disks that enable…
him to become legends from the past--Babe Ruth, Albert Einstein, and others--Taylor tries to keep him out of trouble. For grades 5-8. 2003Cooking for kings: the life of Antonin Carême, the first celebrity chef
By Ian Kelly. 2003
Creator of a one-man play about Carême presents a biography of this French Revolution orphan who became "the chef of…
kings and king of chefs." Relates Carême's accomplishments: cooking for the Romanovs, the Rothschilds, and King George IV; writing cookbooks; and inventing both the chef's hat and the soufflé. 2003Up from slavery (Penguin classics)
By Booker T Washington. 1986
Explorers house: National Geographic and the world it made
By Robert M Poole. 2004
Former executive editor of National Geographic magazine chronicles the National Geographic Society from 1888 through 2003. Discusses how Alexander Graham…
Bell and his descendants built an institution that influenced worldwide audiences and sponsored exploration, discovery, and invention. Also examines the organization's race and gender policies. 2004Mary: a flesh-and-blood biography of the Virgin Mother
By Lesley Hazleton. 2004
Award-winning writer draws on thirteen years' research and reporting in Jerusalem to provide social, religious, and political context for a…
portrait of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Reconstructs Mary's world, her motherhood, and her life. 2004Politics, pollution, and pandas: an environmental memoir
By Russell E Train. 2003
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator recounts his pivotal role in environmental policy development under presidents Nixon and Ford and later…
as head of the World Wildlife Fund in the private sector. Provides an insider's look at key conservation movement events and figures of the 1960s-1970s. 2003Modern coin magic: 116 Coin Sleights And 236 Coin Tricks
By J. B Bobo. 1982
This step-by-step guide to slight-of-hand coin conjuring describes basic principles, integrated tricks, and complete routine acts. Offers techniques for over…
three hundred maneuvers including palms, holds, flips, switches, vanishes, change-over, steals, cuffing, sleeving, and others requiring special devices. 1952Obsessive genius: the inner world of Marie Curie
By Barbara Goldsmith. 2005
Account of Marie Curie (1867-1934), the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne, and the first woman to…
receive two Nobel Prizes. Using family documents, Goldsmith compares Curie's roles of scientist, wife, and mother, focusing on the social and economic hurdles she had to overcome. 2005Lincoln: a photobiography (Journeys 2014)
By Russell Freedman. 1987
Biography of sixteenth U.S. president. Describes his rise from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois to become a…
self-educated lawyer, state representative, and, in 1860, president. Highlights Lincoln's Civil War leadership before his 1865 assassination. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1987Beginning wrestling
By Thomas Ryan. 2001
Introduction to competitive wrestling as practiced in elementary and secondary schools and colleges. Discusses fitness goals and basic rules--scoring, illegal…
holds, warnings, and penalties are all included. Also covers specific techniques, such as starting positions, hand fighting, takedowns, and finishing holds. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2001The amateur magician's handbook
By June Barrows Mussey. 1982
Fourth edition of classic guide for conjurers of all skill levels. Includes step-by-step instructions for standard coin and card tricks,…
gimmicks and fakes, slight-of-hand techniques using props like billiard balls and cigarettes, and mind reading. Also includes tips for entertaining children, staging shows, and using comedy, pantomime, and music. 1982Charting a course to wellness: creative ways of living with heart disease and diabetes
By Graham Kerr, Treena Kerr. 2004
Celebrity chef Graham Kerr and his wife, Treena, share their journey of life, love, and healthy eating since Treena's battle…
with heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Includes more than four hundred recipes that contain fewer fats and carbohydrates and that list nutritional information and ADA exchanges. 2004A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe: A Novel
By Robert Cullen. 2002
Bobby Jobe leads the PGA Championship until an attractive woman distracts him. He loses the tournament, fires his caddy, and…
is struck by lightning on the practice tees and permanently blinded. Therapist Angela Murphy reunites caddy and golfer and unexpectedly urges Jobe to return to the game. Strong language. 2001They shoot canoes, don't they?
By Patrick F McManus. 1981
Tongue-in-cheek tales about a sportsman's life. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, and the opportunities for disaster, in the recreations of…
camping, hunting, and fishing. Includes amusing accounts of his dog Strange and an incorrigible old woodsman, Rancid Crabtree. 1981Joséphine: l'obsession de Napoléon
By Gérald Messadié. 2011
" 1795. Napoléon Bonaparte est un jeune général d'origine corse qui vient de sauver le régime républicain. Joséphine de Beauharnais…
est issue d'une vieille famille des Antilles, qui gravite dans les allées du pouvoir. Six ans les séparent. Il est pauvre et rêve de gloire. Elle est déjà mère de deux enfants et mène une existence au-dessus de ses moyens. Leur origine les rapproche : déracinés de leur terre natale, ils ont une ambition pour eux et pour leur famille. Napoléon a celle de diriger le pays et de le conduire à la gloire universelle, Joséphine celle de vivre en toute indépendance ses envies et ses désirs. Malgré les vicissitudes de l'Histoire, ils disparaîtront chacun en pensant à l'autre avec tendresse et nostalgie. Et pourtant quel chemin bordé de roses aux épines blessantes ils ont parcouru ! Rarement couple aura connu à tour de rôle et avec une belle intensité les méandres de l'amour : amour-passion, amourintérêt, amour-liberté... Jamais le sort de la France n'aura autant dépendu d'une histoire d'amour. " -- 4e de couvInvincible Louisa: the story of the author of Little women
By Cornelia Meigs. 1968
A vivid portrait of Little Women (BR 11778) author Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), who based the story of Meg, Jo,…
Beth, and Amy on her own family: her hardworking mother, idealistic father, and three sisters. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1933The speckled people: Memoir Of A Half-irish Childhood
By Hugo Hamilton. 2003
Troubled childhood recounted by a native of Ireland, whose Irish-nationalist father refused to allow him and his siblings to speak…
English and whose German mother had fled war-torn Europe. Depicts Hamilton's struggle for acceptance and reflects the links between culture, language, and identity. Some violence and some strong language. 2003Houdini: the untold story
By Milbourne Christopher. 1970
Alexander the Great: the hunt for a new past
By Paul Cartledge. 2004
British scholar, author of The Spartans (DB 58416), searches for the historical Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), blending classical accounts…
with the findings of modern researchers. Chronicles the major battles and conquests, appraises Alexander's personal and political beliefs, and assesses problems of historical interpretation. 2004