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Orchard books is an original, awardwinning and innovative publisher of. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. Grolier was one of the largest american publishers of general encyclopedias, including the book of knowledge 1910, the new book of knowledge 1966, the new book of popular science 1972, encyclopedia americana 1945, academic american encyclopedia 1980, and numerous incarnations of a cdrom encyclopedia 19862003 grolier is an educational publishing company known for its. It was published in the united states, united kingdom and spain.
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Orchard books, part of the hachette childrens group, has acquired a funny picture book about the greediest unicorn in fairyland. The title is on the spine and the victorian library colophon on the spine and book front. Hachette uk, a major british publisher, publishes 5000 books annually across fifty imprints. Terrorists spark a worldwide oil and gas crisis while imports grind to a halt. Publishers of art books, exhibition catalogues and gallery guides in the field of contemporary art and british artfrom 1500.
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