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"Tolstoy produced many drafts of Anna Karenina. Crafting and recrafting each sentence with careful intent, he was anything but casual in his use of language. His project, translator Marian Schwartz observes, "was to bend language to his will, as an instrument of his aesthetic and moral convictions." In her magnificent new translation, Schwartz embraces Tolstoy's unusual style - she is the first English language translator ever to do so. Previous translations...
7) The planets
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A brief introduction to the characteristics of each planet.
8) Satellites
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Discusses the operation and uses of various kinds of man-made satellites in orbit around the earth.
10) Comets
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An easy-to-read introduction to the origins, composition, and orbits of comets and what happens when comet debris falls to the Earth.
11) Spiders
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Simple text and illustrations examine the characteristics, behavior, and various kinds of spiders.
12) Motorbikes
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A brief introduction to motorbikes, both heavy and lightweight, for racing and for pleasure riding.
13) Racing cars
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Describes a variety of racing cars and the kinds of races in which they are used.
14) Submarines
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Brief text introduces the uses and features of nuclear-powered and diesel-electric submarines.
15) Jupiter
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Describes the characteristics of the planet Jupiter and its moons, as revealed by photographs sent back by unmanned spaceships.
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