Craig Brown
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She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her...
5) Tractor
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A farmer uses his tractor to prepare the soil, plant seeds, harvest corn, and haul it away to be sold.
6) Barn raising
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An Amish community gathers to erect a barn in one day, and finishes in time for the owner's cows to be milked there that very evening.
10) My barn
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Each of the animals inhabiting the barn makes sounds that distinguish it from the others.
11) Haywire
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The most screamingly funny living writer' Barry Humphries, Mail on Sunday From the bestselling and award-winning author of Ma'am Darling and One Two Three Four, a selection of Craig Brown's finest writing collected together for the first time. What is James Bond's middle name? How does Jacob Rees-Mogg's nanny set about cleaning him up in the morning? When did Piers Morgan introduce his special guest Kim Jong-Un as "the straight-talking boy from North...
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This richly photographed travel pictorial tours Korea-a place of dynamic innovation with strong traditional currents. Several years ago, a columnist at one of Korea's English language newspapers used the byline "Only the Morning is Calm." And while Korea is known as the Land of the Morning Calm, that columnist was right on target. From the hectic sidewalks of the cities, to skiers zipping down mountain slopes, Korea is anything but a country stuck...
13) Animals at Home
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Illustrated with his trademark simplicity, humor, and warmth, Brown takes young readers on a delightful tour of animals' homes.
Ages 3-7.
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People have been gobbling up yummy, nutritious raisins for centuries. Ancient Greeks and Romans awarded them at sporting events and astronauts have taken raisins into space. Find out how grapes become raisins, who introduced the seedless grape, and the many uses for raisins.
20) Dancing feet!
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Easy-to-read, rhyming text depicts diffent animals dancing.