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Founded in 1768 by a group of painters, sculptors and architects, the Royal Academy of Arts was the primary art institution in the United Kingdom until the beginning of the 20th century. Created as a
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A charming collection of four beautifully illustrated stories about the unlikely friendship between Mango, a little girl, and Bambang, an Asian tapir. Mango Allsorts is good at all sorts of things, no
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A Bind Up of the seventh, eighth and ninth Star Darlings paperback Chapter books(Piper- 9781484714263, Astra- 9781484714270, and Tessa- 9781484714287), with a new cover including all three girls.
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"Imagine doubling your income, without doubling your work hours... Imagine a world where everyone woke up happy, excited for work, and went home fulfilled. Imagine you could not stop smiling because
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In the same format of the best-selling Leonardo's Notebooks, which has 320,000 copies in print worldwide,Michelangelo's Notebooks is an illustrated record of the artist's life and work.Michelangelo is
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For readers of #GIRLBOSS and viewers of Shark Tank comes a guide to becoming self-reliant, self-actualized, and rich in every way by activating your entrepreneurial instinct and working to attain happ
Editors Lo, Mooney, and Wu present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles investigating the contemporary status of angel investing in startups throughout the Asia Paci
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This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrat
In 1991, Shaka Senghor was sent to prison for second-degree murder. Today, he is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, a leading voice on criminal justice reform, and an
Spanning forty years and bringing together works by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, and Fang Lijun, this volume follows the development of contemporary art in China in the new millennium. Focusing
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This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrat
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Snow White is the fairest in the land. When the wicked queen wants that title for herself, Snow White flees into the forest where she meets the Seven Dwarfs. But the queen is determined to be the fair
