Books from Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
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Twenty and Ten
By Claire Huchet Bishop, William Pène du BoisTwenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis during the occupation of France during World War II.
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The Spectator Bird
By Wallace Earle StegnerThe Spectator Bird
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Ways of Seeing
By John BergerThe relation between what we see and what we know is never settled." John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language.
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On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
By Carl R. RogersThe late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of "client-centered therapy.
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Farewell to the Bloody Shirt: Northern Republicans and the Southern Negro, 1877-1893
By Stanley P. HirshsonFarewell to the Bloody Shirt: Northern Republicans and the Southern Negro, 1877-1893
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Concordance to the Poems of John Keats
By Dane Lewis BaldwinConcordance to the Poems of John Keats
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Humbug Mountain
By Sid FleischmanWelcome to Humbug Mountain.
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A Diary from Dixie
By Mary B. ChestnutOne of the most important documents in southern history, this is a day-by-day diary of the Civil War years. It rings with authenticity while evoking the nostalgia, bitterness, and comedy...
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Down The River
By Edward AbbeyDown The River
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Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book
By Muriel L. FeelingsThe Swahili words for the first ten numbers are introduced together with information on East African culture
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Men at Work Photographic Studies of Modern Men and Machines
By Lewis Wickes HineMen at Work Photographic Studies of Modern Men and Machines
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Warrior's Way: The Challenging Life Games
By Robert S. De RoppWarrior's Way: The Challenging Life Games
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Man and the Natural World: Changing Attitudes in England, 1500-1800
By Keith ThomasThroughout the ages man has struggled with his perceived place in the natural world. The idea of humans cultivating the Earth to suit specific needs is one of the greatest...
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Blaze and the Gray Spotted Pony
By C. W. AndersonA youngster outgrows carved ponies and stuffed ponies, and finally he wants a gray pony, with spots, please, and alive.
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America Goes to War
By Charles C. TansillAmerica Goes to War
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The Best Christmas
By Barbara Cooney, Lee KingmanWhen his older brother is lost at sea just before Christmas, ten-year-old Erkki works secretly to make special presents for all the members of his family.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History
By Donald HoffmanTraces the complicated development of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, the architectural planning, site selection, construction and occasional clashes with the businessman who commissioned the house
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The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
By Claire TomalinThe Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
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Abbey's Road: Take the Other
By Edward AbbeyAbbey's explorations include the familiar territory of the Rio Grande in Texas, Canyonlands National Park, and Lake Powell in Utah.
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Rachel Carson: The Writer at Work
By Paul BrooksRachel Carson: The Writer at Work