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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Deutsche Bräuche Deutsche Bräuche Gabriele Goettle 381 pages : 20 cm OL11515770W
Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life Vice & Virtue in Everyday Life Robert J. Fogelin,Fred Sommers,Christina Hoff Sommers A comprehensive and provocative collection of both classical and contemporary voices in perennial ethical debates, *Vice and Virtue* has established itself as one of the truly outstanding anthologies… OL15164622W
Real life at the White House Real life at the White House John Whitcomb Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the White House with this richly illustrated new book on America's, if not the world's, most famous residence. Abigail Adams dried her wash in the unfinished East R… OL15868142W
Sophies schlimme Briefe Sophies schlimme Briefe Kirsten Boie,Silke Brix-Henker Sophies Grossmutter liegt nach einer Hüftoperation im Spital und hat Aufmunterung nötig. Deshalb schreibt ihr Sophie viele Briefe über alles, was sie bewegt. Sie erzählt von Piesel, ihrer Freundin, v… OL20411571W
Life and death in Hitler's Europe Life and death in Hitler's Europe Jane Shuter An account of what life was like in Europe for both Jews and non-Jews while Adolf Hitler was in power. OL20604077W
Paddington Paddington R. W. Alley,Michael Bond,Robert W. Alley,Tatjana Kröll Adopting for their own the lost bear they find in Paddington Station, the Browns have some exciting first moments with him. OL261401W
Morning Girl Morning Girl Michael Dorris Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she w… OL2625575W
Silent Music Silent Music James Rumford Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but most of all, he loves the ancient art of calligraphy. When bombs begin to fall on his city, Ali turns to his pen, writi… OL2645679W
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon,Haddon Mark,Mark Haddon This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. O… OL2965102W
Daily Life of the Nubians (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) Daily Life of the Nubians (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) Robert Steven Bianchi Until recently little was known about ancient Nubia and day-to-day lives of the Nubian people aside from knowing it was a civilization contemporary with, distinct from, and living under the shadow of… OL3916807W
The encyclopedia of ephemera The encyclopedia of ephemera Maurice Rickards "With more than 400 entries on paper collectibles from the most obscure to the most common, this outstanding source is arranged alphabetically and provides written descriptions and photographs of any… OL4629798W
Making San Francisco American Making San Francisco American Barbara Berglund This book attempts to explain how the racially mixed and roughly egalitarian culture of mining-era SF was gradually molded into something acceptable to “cultured” Americans – both to the nouveau rich… OL8330614W
The Ancient City The Ancient City Peter Connolly Superb, detailed reconstructions of buildings provide the starting-point for a vivid exploration of these two great cities and the lives of the people who inhabited them. Peter Connolly's illustratio… OL859407W