H.E. Bates
H.E. Bates was born in Northamptonshire in 1905. He published his first novel, The Two Sisters, when he was twenty. His most popular creation was the effervescent Larkin family about whom he wrote five novels including The Darling Buds of May. In ... [... more]
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Louise Bates Ames
What is it about four-year-olds that makes them so lovable? What problems do four-year-olds have? What can they do now that they couldn't do at three? Drs. Ames and Ilg, recognized authorities on child behavior and development, discuss these and ... [... more]
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Colleen Dunn Bates
From Eloise's New York to Harry Potter's London, Visits to 30 of the Best-Loved Landmarks in Children's Literature In their imaginations, children travel the world when they read such books as Madeline, A Bear Called Paddington, The Adventures of ... [... more]
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Kathy Bates
Someone knocking on the door at 3 A.M. is never good news. For V.I. Warshawski, the bad news arrives in the form of her wacky, unwelcome aunt Elena. The fire that has just burned down a sleazy SRO hotel has brought Elena to V.I.'s doorstep. ... [... more]
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Karen Grigsby Bates
A newly revised modern manual of manners and etiquette that has become an African American classic. Unlike the more traditional etiquette books that many African Americans may find stodgy, off-putting, and culturally alien, The New Basic Black is ... [... more]
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Ivan Bates
Mama Duck has a good hunch that the big brown creature waddling behind her babies is no duck! As the foxy impostor sneaks closer and closer... Elephants are the biggest animals on land, and they live in big families, too. So who can keep them in ... [... more]
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Thomas Quackenbush
In this accessible presentation of the famous Bates method, Thomas R. Quackenbush (who teaches the Bates method in California and Oregon) describes how eyesight can improve naturally, at any age and regardless of heredity. This book is a ... [... more]
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Karen G. Bates
Karen Grigsby Bates is a correspondent for Day to Day, NPR's mid-day news magazine. She lives in Los Angeles with her family. Chosen People is the second novel in the Alex Powell series. [... more]
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Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman writes a twice-weekly column for the op-ed page of The New York Times. A winner of the John Bates Clark medal for the best American economist under 40, he teaches at Princeton University. [... more]
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