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The Great International Paper Airplane Book
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The Great International Paper Airplane BookThe Great International Paper Airplane Book

My dad bought this book for me when I was 9 years old, and I was hooked on making paper airplanes for years--and so was he! This delightful book, first published in 1967, and still in print, brings together plans for the 20 best of the 11,851 entrants from the 1st International Paper Airplane contest sponsored by Scientific American.

 
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Bloom's Guides)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Bloom's Guides)One Hundred Years of Solitude (Bloom's Guides)

In a single, informative volume, One Hundred Years of Solitude presents a helpful literary guide to Gabriel García Márquez’s famous epic. This multigenerational tale tells the story of one family’s struggle to cope with their once insular town becoming less isolated as it faces the challenges of modernization. Filled with both beauty and tragedy, Márquez’s book has become representative of magical realism, and has made its mark as a modern classic.
 
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Fundamental Concepts of Higher Algebra
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Fundamental Concepts of Higher AlgebraFundamental Concepts of Higher Algebra

Preface
The existence of the digital computer and other devices using binary digits has resulted in a renewal of interest in the mathematical theory of finite fields. The main exposition of the foundations of the subject was written over fifty years ago and has been out of print for many years. 

 
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The 36 Stratagems for Business: Achieve Your Objectives Through Hidden and Unconventional Strategies and Tactics
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The 36 Stratagems for Business: Achieve Your Objectives Through Hidden and Unconventional Strategies and Tactics

The 36 stratagems are a set of powerful Chinese aphorisms embodying the essence of the ancient Chinese art of cunning. First mentioned about 1,500 years ago, and committed to paper nearly 500 years ago, the 36 stratagems have been gaining popularity in Chinese business circles since the 1990s. Though more than 80 books have been published recently in the Far East recommending the use of the 36 stratagems in the modern business world, these books are as yet unknown in the Western countries.The 36 stratagems encourage flexibility and new ways of thinking about business issues
 
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Parties and Policies: How the American Government Works
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Parties and Policies: How the American Government WorksParties and Policies: How the American Government Works

In this wide-ranging new volume, one of our most important and perceptive scholars of the workings of the American government investigates political parties, politicians, elections, and policymaking to discover why public policy emerges in the shape that it does. David R. Mayhew looks at two centuries of policy making and offers his original insights on the ever-evolving American policy experience.


 
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