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Keith Baker

The long-overlooked story of a number of adventurous Britons who left their homeland before World War I to inspire and shape the growth of modern soccer in continental Europe and South America. Drawn from widely different backgrounds, their motivations and contributions were diverse—helping to form legendary clubs now supported by millions across the globe; bringing revolutionary changes to the way soccer was taught and played; and laying the foundations on which the game would continue to...

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Keith Michael Baker

A landmark biography of one of the most notorious and controversial protagonists of the French Revolution—Jean-Paul Marat.Who better to pen an authoritative biography of Jean-Paul Marat (1743–93) than preeminent historian of France Keith Michael Baker? Decades in the making, this monumental work takes readers on a journey through the intriguing, sometimes shocking life of this writer and thinker.Starting with Marat's Swiss family and upbringing, Baker then ...

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Keith Baker

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The Dreaming Dark

The City of Towers launches a brand new novel line set in the world of Eberron, Wizards of the Coast’s newest D&D® campaign setting.Author Keith Baker’s proposal for the exciting world of Eberron was chosen from 11,000 submissions, and he is the co-author of the Eberron Campaign Setting, the RPG product that launched the setting. The Eberron world will continue to grow through new roleplaying game products, novels, miniatures, and electronic games.AUTHOR BIO: Keith Baker is...

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Keith Baker

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The Peas Series

Now available as Classic Board Book, Keith Baker’s peas are back in this sequel—a.k.a. “pea-quel”—to the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas!The peas are back with all of their signature jaunty and joyful energy in this “pea-quel” filled with unique jobs, activities, roles, and hobbies. But this time, the little green peas are bouncing through the lowercase alphabet! With exuberant rhyming text and playful pea-packed illustrations, the l...

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Keith Baker

A selection of anecdotal short stories of humour and adventure, with plenty of twists.Baker's InflatablesFeeling doddery or frail and wary of falling? If you are, your worries are over.……….at first I was grateful for my undies to inflate and save me from a fall.But, before I knew it - I was aloft! If it wasn't for the spire of Christchurch,……..Must Get Out MoreIn those brief moments,...

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Keith Baker

Annie Welles is an officer with the Halifax Regional Police’s Robbery and Violent Crimes Unit. Recently divorced without custody of her two young sons, Annie’s career, too, is now stalling under the ambitions of her ruthless colleagues. When two murders occur within forty-eight hours of each other, she takes a risk to follow her intuition, hoping to prove herself.

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Keith Baker

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The Peas Series

Keith Baker’s New York Times bestselling peas celebrate Halloween in this picture book filled with kids’ favorite parts of spooky season!It’s Halloween, and that means plenty of frightful fun for everyone’s favorite pea pals! Costumes and candy await in this treat of a Halloween tale.

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Keith Baker

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The Peas Series

Keith Baker’s New York Times bestselling peas are merry and bright in this picture book filled with all the most festive and fun parts of the holiday season!The holidays are here, and that means plenty of gifts to give and joy to share for the peas! There are ornaments to hang, candles to light, and snowballs to throw as a fun-filled, pea-filled year comes to a close.

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Keith Baker

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The Peas Series

Keith Baker’s New York Times bestselling peas have some Easter fun in this picture book filled with eggs, chicks, candies, bunnies, and more!Hap-pea Easter! Hap-pea Spring! What surprises will it bring?From sprouting flowers and gentle showers to eggs decorated every which way, there’s plenty of excitement to be had on Easter with the peas! And there might even be an appearance from everyone’s favorite bunny…

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Keith Baker

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The Peas Series

The peas are back in this counting-themed follow-up to the New York Times bestselling LMNO Peas.Meet the peas—the 1-2-3 Peas! Come along as they count from one to one hundred in this pea-filled picture book that’s packed with bright, bold numbers and playful number-themed scenes. These tiny green mathematicians will have young readers everywhere calling for more peas, please!

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Keith Baker

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The Dreaming Dark

Xend’rik. The dark continent. A land of once-proud empires that now lie in ruin. A land shrouded in mystery where monsters and dark powers stalk the jungles, where only the bravest and most foolhardy will venture.Now a band of war-weary soldiers must brave the depths of Xen’drik in search of an artifact that is the last hope to save one of their own.From the Paperback edition.

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Robert Olen Butler, Tom Bissell, Benjamin Percy, Charles Johnson, Maile Meloy, Tim O'Brien

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Kathleen Chalfant, Oskar Eustis, Dylan Baker, Keith Szarabajka, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ted Marcoux

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Selected Shorts

What happens to people's lives during times of battle and strife? From the American Revolution to the ongoing war in Iraq, the subject of this collection is how people cope with the dramatic shifts that come with war. Before Independence, a slave fights for freedom by taking up arms for the British; in WWI, a mother goes to the front lines to see her son; and in our time, a teenager in Oregon waits for e-mail from his father in the Middle East.