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$2.95 a month — wotta deal! From Life magazine in 1965, a full-page ad for a vocabulary enrichment program my father created for Grolier (click for larger version)

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Makes a great gift! Click cover for more.  
400+ pages of science questions answered and explained for kids -- and adults!
FROM ALTOIDS TO ZIMA, by Evan Morris
 
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