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The Story of America 5 reviews
DK Publishing
DK ADULT, 2002
The Most Beautiful American History Book Ever!
+ Wonderful Account of America's History
+ A Splendid Supplementary Text for Advanced H.S. Classes
My home library is full of American history books, but none come close to the absolute beauty of this book. To begin with, this hardcover edition uses a great quality semi-gloss heavy paper not often found. Its pages are laden with extraordinary color plates and prints. But this book goes far ...
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History: The Definitive Visual Guide (From The Dawn of Civilization To The Present Day) 9 reviews
DK Publishing
DK ADULT, 2007
Meet my new best friend!
+ An Excellent Reference For Chronicling Human Progress
+ Beautiful History
+ Awesome Book
+ My New Favorite Book
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Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife61 reviews
David Burnie
DK ADULT, 2005
Best Comprehensive Animal Encyclopedia!
+ good, but?
+ Fantastic Wildlife book-Best I've ever seen
+ Animal book
+ great book
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Earth21 reviews
DK Publishing
DK ADULT, 2003
Awesome Book from DK!
+ Excellent reference book, love it.
+ AWESOME
+ Coffee Table Reference
+ Best all rounder
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Human (Dk Smithsonian Institution) 7 reviews
Robert Winston
DK ADULT, 2004
Covers all aspects of human life
+ Great book, but with some errors
+ Great Illustrations
+ Excellent book
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Plant 7 reviews
Janet Marinelli
DK ADULT, 2005
A Complete Understanding of Plants and Global Habitats
+ A Vital Part Of The Natural World That Should Not Be Overlooked
+ A good book with a lot of information.
"By now, most people know that we're poised on the brink of a biological disaster that could rival anything in evolutionary history...what most gardeners don't realize is that, if current trends continue, a devastating number of the world's flowering plants could be extinct in the coming decades." ...
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The Human Body Book17 reviews
Steve Parker
DK ADULT, 2007
Nursing student says: "this book is amazing"
+ Great resource for anatomy and physiology
+ Awesome book
+ Beautifully Illustrated
+ Wish I had checked first on Amazon!
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World War II5 reviews
Charles Messenger, H. P. Willmott, ...
DK ADULT, 2004
New Pictures Covering the Beginning to the End.
+ Causes and Consequence
+ Great book with some glitches
When I was a kid used to produce these beutifully illustrated books about World War II. I haven't seen one of them in years. Now this book has come out. I at first thought that it was a reprint of one of the old books, but it isn't. I've seen hundreds, if not thousands of WW II photographs from all ...
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Universe48 reviews
Robert Dinwiddie, Philip Eales, ...
DK ADULT, 2005
Gorgeously Made Book!
+ A very thorough and thought provoking book about universe
+ The Best
+ Stunning - a perfect merger of form and content
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Rainforest39 reviews
Ben Morgan
DK ADULT, 2006
Breathtaking
+ nature photography,wow.i'm inspired.
+ Naure photography
+ A book of art
+ Amazing Photography
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Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor14 reviews
DK Publishing
DK ADULT, 2006
Great!
+ Handy Visual Reference
+ Excellent and well-written book
+ Rich and Deadly
+ Great coffee table book
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Rock and Gem9 reviews
Ronald Louis Bonewitz
DK ADULT, 2005
Beautiful all-in-one guide to rocks & minerals
+ Basic Gem
+ rock hounder's ultimate reference
+ Wonderful
+ Good general overview for non-scientist
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Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man9 reviews
R. G. Grant
DK ADULT, 2007
Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man
+ Good Book for What it Says
+ GOOD SCHEMATIC VIEW
+ Best Book Ever
+ Warrior: A Visual Image of Fighting Man
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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation20 reviews
DK ADULT, 2002
Outstanding book.
+ I'd give it 5, but...
+ Amazing detail and scope
+ Flight 100 Years in Aviation
+ Should be in the bookcase of every pilot.
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Ocean18 reviews
DK ADULT, 2006
Wonderful science book on the Ocean
+ stunning overview of the water world
+ Surpassed expectations
+ A visual and informational feast!
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Reef21 reviews
Scubazoo
DK Publishing, 2007
Great book
+ Reef
+ Readable coffee table book
+ Buy this book, you will not be dissapointed
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Ship (Smithsonian)5 reviews
Brian Lavery
DK ADULT, 2004
Interesting Writing, Beautiful Illustrations
+ If you love histiory and popular mechanincs
+ Gorgeous book; historically informative
This profusely illustrated book covers boats from the earliest Pre-historical times until the present. It includes everything from birch bark canoes to the latest commercial and military vessels, junks to dhows, clipper ships to cruise liners and boats built especially for the Americas cup. More ...
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Battle: A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat17 reviews
R. G. Grant
DK ADULT, 2005
Rich and Deadly
+ An excellet historical reference
+ Indispensable Book
+ Excellent collectors item
+ Great format and summary of the major battles in history!!
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World War I10 reviews
HP Willmott
DK ADULT, 2003
Even as an introduction, this book hasn't dept
+ A few problems, but overall very good
+ Excellent Quick Source
I read this book, here in Brazil.This book is an introduction, about World War I.In fact, after after war years, there's chapter 9.In fact, this book has nine chapters, a glossary,index and acknowledgments.
Such as told by another reviewer, the style of this book is similar to a hight school's ...
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Plant7 reviews
Janet Marinelli
DK ADULT, 2005
A Complete Understanding of Plants and Global Habitats
+ A Vital Part Of The Natural World That Should Not Be Overlooked
+ A good book with a lot of information.
"By now, most people know that we're poised on the brink of a biological disaster that could rival anything in evolutionary history...what most gardeners don't realize is that, if current trends continue, a devastating number of the world's flowering plants could be extinct in the coming decades." ...
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