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The murder book

an illustrated history of the detective story
1971

Music

2011
Introduces the basics of music through illustrations and text in which each element, including Time Signature, Chord, Rhythm, and others, is represented by a unique character who explains his or her purpose and function.

Cool comics

creating fun and fascinating collections!
2007
An introduction to collecting, providing background on the history of comic books, and offering advice on how to start, add to, organize, and store a comic collection.

Who were the Beatles?

2006
A brief illustrated biography of the Beatles, one of world's most famous rock bands, providing information on each individual member, and tracing how the band started to when they broke up.

Sweet words so brave

the story of African American literature
1996
A survey of the history of African-American literature, from slave narratives to the present, told in the voice of a grandfather speaking to his granddaughter.

The story of the Incredible Hulk

2003
Describes the comic book character called the Incredible Hulk, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.

Who said there's no man on the moon?

a story of Jules Verne
1985
A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose novels of science fiction adventure predicted space travel, the submarine, and other modern achievements.

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1981
Recounts the plots of the 1954 film and its two sequels which followed the career of an unfriendly half-man, half-fish creature discovered in a Brazilian lake.

The Wolf man

1977
Briefly discusses the origins of werewolf legends and the portrayal of werewolves in films. Also presents a synopsis of the 1941 film starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and the 1935 film starring Henry Hull.

The mummy

1981
Recounts the plots of the 1932 Boris Karloff thriller "The Mummy" and of several later films in which ancient mummies return to life.

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