Rainer Lothar Broekel
Born: 1923 in Germany
Died: January 26, 2006 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Mr. Broekel was raised in Evanston, Illinois and taught Junior-High in Jacksonville, Illinois during the 1950`s. Biography: N/A
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I can be an author / ISBN: 0516018914 OCLC: 12909855 Childrens Press, Chicago : ©1986. Describes the personal qualities, training, and tools necessary to be a writer. |
| I can be an auto mechanic / ISBN: 051601885x OCLC: 12052915 Childrens Press, Chicago : ©1985. Explains what an auto mechanic does, discusses important qualities such as manual dexterity and an ability to work with computers and math, and examines the special education and training required for such a career. |
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| Math-a-magic : ISBN: 0807549940 OCLC: 20016569 A. Whitman, Niles, Ill. : 1990. Provides instructions for twenty magic tricks using numbers, with explanations of the mathematics behind each trick. |
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| Optical illusions / ISBN: 0531102203 OCLC: 13525857 F. Watts, New York : 1986. Explains how optical illusions trick the eye and fool perception and provides examples and instructions for readers to make their own. |
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| Sixty silly jokes you can play on your friends / ISBN: 0590324020 OCLC: 21782902 Scholastic Inc., New York : ©1981. Contains simple tricks, puzzles, and experiments designed to amaze readers with their curious and seemingly unbelievable results. |