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L. Frank Baum (Who Wrote That?)
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L. Frank Baum (Who Wrote That?)

Actor. Businessman. Newspaper editor. Filmmaker. Exotic poultry breeder. During his lifetime, L. Frank Baum tried and failed at many careers. At the age of 44, he wrote and published the book that made him one of the most beloved children's authors of all time: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a novel that first introduced young readers to the magical land of Oz. The book became the first in a series of 14 novels about Oz, and one of more than 40 other novels Baum wrote. His other works include nine fantasy novels ...
 
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Katherine Paterson (Who Wrote That?)
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Katherine Paterson (Who Wrote That?)

Katherine Paterson was in her 40s and a married mother of four when she sent her first young adult novel, The Sign of the Chrysanthemum, to a publisher. She did not know anyone at the publishing house, nor did she have an agent. Set in 12th-century Japan, the novel was rescued from rejection by an editor who loved her writing and another who had just returned from Japan. But it was her fourth, Bridge to Terabithia, based on a tragedy endured by her young son, that won the Newbery Medal and made her a successful author.
 
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Edgar Allan Poe (Who Wrote That?)
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Edgar Allan Poe (Who Wrote That?)Edgar Allan Poe (Who Wrote That?)

Edgar Allan Poe not only wrote such dark and uncanny works as "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher," but also lived a tragic and similarly gloomy life. Credited as the father of the modern horror story and the first detective novel, Poe still inspires legions of fans to this day.
 
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Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems
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Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary SystemsBiology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems

Biology’s First Law shows how the Zero-Force Evolutionary Law can be applied to the study of diversity and complexity and examines its wider implications for biology. Intended for evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, and other scientists studying complex systems, and written in a concise and engaging format that speaks to students and interdisciplinary practitioners alike, this book will also find an appreciative audience in the philosophy of science.
 
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Representations of Algebraic Groups
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Representations of Algebraic GroupsRepresentations of Algebraic Groups

Now back in print by the AMS, this is a significantly revised edition of a book originally published in 1987 by Academic Press. This book gives the reader an introduction to the theory of algebraic representations of reductive algebraic groups. To develop appropriate techniques, the first part of the book is an introduction to the general theory of representations of algebraic group schemes.
 
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