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SUBJECT INDEX

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PRIMARY SCHOOL

LIBRARIES Birds 598

Health 613

Pets 636

Homes 640

Music 780

Sport 796

Vikings 948



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Alphabetical Index

Abbeys 255 America, North 970

aborigines 994 America, South 980

accidents 613 America, (US) 973

acid rain 363.7 amphibians 597

acting 792 amusements 790

addictions 613 anatomy 611

adhesives 668 ancient history 930

adoption 306 angling 799

adventures 904 Anglo-Saxons 942.01

advertising 659 animal rights 179

aerodynamics 533 animals 591

aeroplanes 387 animals, farm 630

Afghanistan 958 animals (pets) 636

Africa 960 animals, prehistoric 560

agricultural revolution 941.06 animals (working) 636

agriculture 630 Antarctic 919.8, 998

Air Force, Royal 358 ants 595

air pollution 304, 363.7 apes 599

air (science) 533 Arabs 953

air transport 387.7 archaeology 930

air (weather) 551.5 Arctic 919.8, 998

aircraft 387 Armada, Spanish 942.05

airports 387.7 army 355

Alaska 973 art 700

Albania 949.6 art history 709

albatrosses 598 art (painting) 750

alcohol abuse 613 artists 759

algebra 512 Asia 915,950

allergies 616 astronomy 520

alligators 597 athletics 796.4

alternative energy 621 atlases 912

aluminium 669 Australia 919.4, 994

Amazon, River 918.1 authors 823

ambulance service 362 autumn 508

America, Central 972 avalanches 551.4

America (early history) 970 Aztecs 972

ABBEYS - AZTECS



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Babies (human) 612 bridges 624

baby animals 591.3 Britain 914.1, 941

badgers 599 Britain, prehistoric 936

badminton 796.3 bronze age 930

baking 641 Buddhism 294.3

ballet 792 budgerigars 636.6

Bangladesh 915.4, 954 building 690

banks (economics) 332 buildings 720,690

Baptist Church 286 bullying 302.3

basketball 796.3 butter 641

bats 599 butterflies 595

Battle of Britain 940.54

Battle of Hastings 941.03

battles (in general) 355

bears 599

bees 595

Belfast 914.16,941.6

Belgium 914.9, 949.3

bereavement 155

Bible stories 220

bicycles 388

biographies 920

biology (human) 612

birds (pets) 636.6

birds (wild) 598

birth 612

blindness 617

blood 612

boats 386

boating 797

body (human) 612

bones 612

book production 686

botany 580

boxing 796.8

Brazil 918.1, 981

bread 641

BABIES - BUTTERFLIES



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Cakes 641 children's homes 306

calculators 513 Chile 983

camels 599 China (ancient) 931

cameras 770 China (modern) 951

camouflage (animal) 591.4 china (pottery) 738

camping 796.5 Chinese New Year 394

Canada 917.1, 971 Chinese religion 298

canals 386 chivalry 940.1

Canary Islands 964 chocolate 641

cancer 616 Christian denominations 260

canoeing 797.1 Christian festivals 263

card games 795 Christian life 248

Carnivals 394 Christian buildings 726

carols 782 Christianity (general)260

cars 388 Christmas 394

cartoon drawing 741.5 Church, The 260

castles 728 cinema 791

caterpillars 595 circus 791.3

cathedrals 726 cities 307

Catholics, Roman 280 citizenship 323

cats (pets) 636.8 civil rights 323

cats (wild) 599 Civil War, American 973

cattle 636.2 Civil War, English 941.06

cavemen 569.9 civilisation 930

caves 551.4 cleanliness, personal 613

cells (biology) 571 cliffs 551.45

Celts 940.049 climate 551.6

ceramics 738 climbing 796.5

cereals (crops) 633 clocks (time) 529

cereals (food) 641 cloth 677

chameleon 597.95 clothes 391

Chanukah 296 clouds 551.5

charities 361.7 clowns 791

cheese 641 clubs 369

cheetahs 599.759 coal mines 622

chemistry 540 coasts 551.4

chess 794 cocoa 641

chickens 636.5 codes 302.2

CAKES – CZECH REPUBLIC



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coffee 641 cows 636.2

coins 332 cowboys 973

collage 746 crabs 595

colours 535 crafts 745.5

Commonwealth 947 cranes (machines) 621

communications 302.2 Crete , ancient 939

communities 307 cricket 796.3

composers 780 crime 364

computers 004 Croatia 949.7

concrete 693 crocodiles 597

conservation 333 crops 633

continents 910 crystals 548

cookery 641 customs 394

copper 669 cycling (sport) 796.6

coral reef 577.7 cycling (transport) 388

costume 391 Cyprus 915.6,956

cotton 677 cystic fibrosis 616

countryside life 578 Czech Republic 914.3, 943



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Dairy farming 636.2 Down's syndrome 616

dairy foods 641 drama 822

dams 627 drawing(techniques) 740

dance 792 drinks 641

day time 529 drug abuse 613

deafness 617.8 drugs (medical) 615

death 306 drums 786

deer 599 ducks 598

Denmark 914.8, 948 dyes and dyeing 746

dentists 617

desert life 577.54

deserts 551.4

design 741.6

diabetes 616.4

diamonds 553.8

dictionaries, English 423

dictionaries, French 443

dictionaries, German 433

dictionaries, Italian 453

dictionaries, Spanish 463

diet (health) 613

digestion 612

dinosaurs 567

disability 362, 616

disasters (natural) 551

discovery (exploration) 910.9

discovery (inventions) 608

diseases 616

divorce 306

Diwali 294.5

DNA 572.86

doctors 610

dogs 636.7

dolls 688

dolphins 599

domestic animals 636

domestic appliances 643

DAIRY – DYES / DYEING



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E-mail 384 entertainment 791

eagles 598.9 environment 304, 333

early man 569.9 epilepsy 616

ears (animal) 573 Eskimos 970

ears (human) 612.8 Estonia 947.98

earth 551 Ethiopia 916.3, 963

earthquakes 551.2 Europe 914, 940

Easter 263 European Union 341

ecology 577 evolution 576, 559.9

economics 330 exploration 904

education 370 explorers 910.9

Edwardians 941.08 extinct animals 591.6

eggs (birds) 598 eyes (animal) 573

eggs (food) 641 eyes (human) 612.8

Egypt, ancient 932

Egypt, modern 962

Eid 297

electrical engineering 621.3

electricity (science) 537

elephants 599

Elizabethans 941.05, 942.05

emergency services (general) 363

emigration 304

energy (alternative) 333.79

energy (coal) 333.8

energy (gas) 333.8, 665

energy (nuclear) 333.79

energy (oil) 333.8, 553.2

energy (physics) 531

energy resources 333

energy (solar) 333.79, 621.4

energy (water) 333.9, 621.2

energy (wind) 333.9, 621.4

engineering (general) 620

engines 621

England 914.21, 942

English language 420

English literature 820

EMAIL - EYES



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Fabrics 677 food (growing) 630 fairs 791 football 796.3

fairy tales 398.2 forces 531

family relationships 306 forest life 577

famine (Irish) 363, 941.508 forestry 634

famous people (general) 920 fossil fuels 333.82

farm animals 636 fossils 560

farm machinery 631 foxes 599

farming 630 Fractions 513

fashion 391 France 914.4, 944

feelings 152 French language 440

feet (animal) 591.4 French literature 840

feet (human) 612 French Revolution 944

ferries 387.2 friction (physics) 531

festivals, non-religious 394 friends 302.3

festivals, religious 291 frogs 597

film making 791 fruit (food) 641

Finland 914.8, 948.9 fruit growing 634

fire (science) 536 fungi 579

fire service 363

firemen 363

first aid 617

fishermen 639

fishes 597

fishes (tropical) 639

fishing industry 639.2

fishing (sport) 799

fitness 613

flags 929

flight (aircraft) 387.7

flight (birds) 598

floating and sinking 532

floods 551.48

flowers (garden) 635

flowers (wild) 582

folktales 398.2

food 641

food chains 577.17

food (cookery) 641

FABRICS - FURNITURE



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Gaelic language 491.6 Greece, modern 949.5

galaxies 523 Greek mythology 398.2

Gambia, The 966 growth (human) 612

games (indoor) 793 guide dogs 636.7

games (outdoor) 796 guitar 787

garage (vehicle repair) 629 Gunpowder Plot 941.061

garden life 577.5, 591.7 guns 355

gardening 635 gymnastics 796.4

gas technology 665 gypsies/romanies 305

gases (physics) 533

gears 531

gems (jewellery) 739

gems (geology) 553.8

general knowledge 001

geography 910

geology 551

geometry 516

Georgians 942.07

German language 430

German literature 830

Germany 914.3, 943

germs 616

Ghana 916.6, 966

ghosts 133

giraffes 599

glaciers 551.3

glass 666

global warming 363.7

gold 669

goldfish 639.3

golf 796.352

gorillas 599

government 320

grasslands 577.4

gravity 531

Great Britain 941

Greece, ancient 938

GAELIC - GYSPIES



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Habitats 577, 591.7 house building 690

hair (human) 612 houses 643, 728

hair styles 646 hovercraft 387

Haiti 972.9 human body 612

Halloween 394 human rights 323

hamsters 636.9 Hungary 914.3,943

handicrafts 745.5 hurricanes 551.6

hands 612 hygiene, personal 613

hares 599

harvest (farming) 631

harvest (customs) 394

hats 391

health promotion 613

healthy living 610

hearing 612.8

heart 612

heat 536

hedgehogs 599

helicopters 387.7

hens 636.5

heraldry 929

hibernation 591.5

highway code 363

highwaymen 364

Hinduism 294.5

history, ancient 930

history, local 941.1

history, world 909

hobbies 790

hockey 796.3

holidays 394

Holland/Netherlands 914.9, 949

home economics 640

homelessness 305, 362

homes 643

homes, animal 591.5

horse riding 798

horses 636.1

hospitals 362, 610

HABITATS - HYGIENE



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Ice 551.3 ice age 551.7, 560

ice hockey 796.9

ice skating 796.9

icebergs 551.3

Iceland 914.9, 949

illness 616

immigration 304

Incas 985

India 915.4, 954

Indian languages 491

Indians of N. America 970

Indians of S. America 980

indoor games 793

industrial revolution 942 .07

industry 338

inland waterways 386

insects 595

intelligence 153

international organisations 341

Internet 004

Inuit 970, 998

inventions 608

invertebrates 592

Iran 915.5, 955

Iraq 915.6, 956

Ireland 914.15, 941.5

Ireland, Northern 914.16, 941.6

iron 669

iron age 930

Islam 297

islands 551.4

Israel 915.6, 956

Italian language 450

Italy 914.5, 945

ICE - ITALY



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Jacobites 941.107

Jamaica 917.2, 972.9

Japan 915.2, 952

Japanese language 495

jellyfish 593

Jerusalem 956

Jesus Christ 232

Jesus - stories of 220

jets 387.7

jewellery 739

Jews 296

jobs 331

jokes 828

journalism 070

journeys 910.4

Judaism 296

judo 796.8

jungle 577.3

kangaroos 599 karate 796.8

Kenya 916.7, 967

keyboard instruments 786

keys and locks 683

kings of Britain 941

kitchens 643

kites 796

knights 728, 941.03

knitting 746

knots and splices 746

Korea 915.1, 951

Kuwait 915.3, 953

JACOBITES - JUNGLE

KANGAROOS - KUWAIT



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ladybirds 595 literature 800 lakes 551.48 Lithuania 947.93

landforms 551.4 litter 363.7

Language 400 lizards 597

language, Arabic 492 local government 352

language, Bengali 491.44 local history 941.1

language, Chinese 495.1 locomotives 385

language, English 420 locusts 595.726

language, French 440 London (geog) 914.21

language, Gaelic 429 London (hist) 942

language, German 430 London, Fire of 942.1066

language, Gujerati 491.47 lorries 388

language, Hindi 491.43 lungs 612.17

language, Italian 450 Luxembourg 914.9, 949

language, Japanese 495

language, Spanish 460

language, Urdu 491.43

laundry 648

law 340

leather industry 675

leather products 685

leaves 581

Legends 398.2

leisure 790

lettering 745.6

letters (mail) 383

levers 531

libraries 027

Libya 916.1, 961

life (biology) 574

life (human) 612

lifeboats 363

life cycles 571

light 535

lighthouses 387.1

lightning 551.6

linen 677

lions 599

liquids 532

LADYBIRDS - LUXEMBOURG



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machines 621 migration (mammals) 599

magic tricks 793 milk (drink) 641

magic (witchcraft) 398 milk (farming) 636.2

magnetism 538 minerals 553

mail 383 mines and mining 622

Malaysia 915.9, 959 minibeasts 592, 595

mammals 599 missionaries 266

man, prehistoric 569.9, 930 Mohammed 297

Maoris 993 monasteries 726

maps 912 money 332

marine life 579 monkeys 599

markets 381 monsters (legendary) 398.2

marriage 392 monsters(prehistoric) 560

Mars 523 moon 523

marsupials 599 moorlands 577.5

mass media 302.2 Morocco 964

materials (building) 691 mosques 297

materials (fabric) 677 moths 595

materials (technology) 660 motorcycles 388

mathematics 510 mountaineering 796.5

measurement 510 mountains 551.4, 577.5

meat 641 movement (human) 612

mechanics 531 movement (physics) 531

medals 737 muscles 612

medicine 610 museums 069

medieval Britain 941.03 music 780

memory 153 musical instruments 784

mental disability 616 mythology, general 398.2

merchant navy 387.5 mythology, Roman 398.209

metals 669 mythology, Greek 398.209

meteorology 551.5

Methodist Church 287

Mexico 917.2, 972

mice (pets) 636.9

microbiology 579

Middle Ages 941.03

Middle East 915.6, 956

migration, animal 591.5

migration, bird 598

MACHINES - MYTHS



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N.A.T.O. 341

names 929

nativity 226

natural history 578

nature 574

Navy, Royal 359

needlework 746

nervous system 612

netball 796.3

Netherlands 914.9, 949

New Testament 225

New Year celebrations 394

New Zealand 919.3, 993

newspapers 070

newts 597

Nigeria 916.6, 966

night time 529

nocturnal animals 591.5

noise pollution 363.7

noise (sound) 534

Normans 941.02, 942.02

North America 970

North Pole 910.9

North Sea oil (drilling) 622

Northern Ireland 914.6, 941.6

Norway 914.8, 948

noses 612

nuclear power 333.79

number 513

nuns 255

nursery rhymes 398.8

nurses and nursing 610

nutrition 613

nylon 677

NATO - NYLON



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Oceans 550

Octopus 594

oil – geology, drilling 553.2, 622

old people 305

Old Testament 221

Olympic Games 796.4 (Winter – 796.9)

opera 782

optical illusions 535

orchestra 784

orienteering 796.5

origami 736

Orthodox churches 281

otters 599

owls 598

ozone layer 551.5, 363.7

Pacific Ocean 996 pigeons (pets) 636.6

painters 759 pigs 636.4

painting (art - techniques) 750 Pilgrim Fathers 973

Pakistan 915.4, 954 pilot, airline 387

Paper 676 pirates 364.164

paper crafts 736, 745.5 place names 929

Parents 305 planes 387.7

Paris 914.4, 944 planets 523

parks 577.5 plants 580

parliament 328 plastics 668

penguins 598 playground games 796

personal hygiene 613 poetry 821

Peru 918.5, 985 Poland 914.3, 943.8

pets 636 Polar bears 599

Pharaohs 932 Polar regions 919.8

Philippines 959 police 363

philosophy 100 politics 320

photography 770 pollution 304, 363.7

physical disability 616 pond life 577.6

physical education 796 ponds 577.6

physics 530 ponies 636.1

piers 394 pop music 781

PACIFIC - PYRAMIDS

OCEANS – OZONE LAYER



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population 305 prehistoric life 560

Portugal 914.6, 946 prehistoric man 569.9, 930

Post/post office 383 primates 599

potatoes ( farming) 633 printing (industry) 302

potatoes (food) 641 proverbs 398.9

pottery (craft) 738 psychology 150

pottery (industry) 666 publishing 070

poultry 636.5 puppets 791, 745.5

poverty 305 puppies 636.7

prehistoric Britain 936 Pyramids 932

Quakers 289

queens of Britain 941

quotations 808

Rabbits (pets) 636 reptiles 597

rabbits (wild) 599 rescue services 363

race relations 305 reservoirs 628

races (athletics) 796 rhinos 599

radar 621.3 rhymes, nursery 398.8

radio 384 , 621.3 rice 641

radio stations 302 riding 798

rail transport 385 rivers 551.48

rain 551.6 road safety 363

rainforest life 577 road transport 388

ramadan 297 robots 629

rats (pets) 636.9 rock climbing 796.5

recipes 641 rockets, space 629

recorder music 788 rocks 552

recreation 790 rodents 599

recycling 363.7 roller skating 796

Red Cross 361 Roman Britain 941.01

Reformation 941.14 Roman mythology 398.2

refuse disposal 363 Romans 937

relationships 306 Royal Air Force 358

religion 200, 290 Royal family, British 941.08

QUAKERS - QUOTATIONS

RABBITS – RUSSIA



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rubber 678

rubbish

- waste technology 628

- pollution 363.7

- collection/recycling 363.7

rugby 796.3

rural life 307

Russia 914.7, 947

Safari park 590 sex education 612

safety 363 Shakespeare 822.9

Sahara Desert 916.6, 966 shape 516

sailing 797 sharks 597

sailing ships 387.2 sheep 636.3

sailors 387.5, 910.4 shells 594

saints 270 shipbuilding 338

salmon 597 ships 387.2

salt 641 shipwrecks 363, 910.4

sand 553.6 shoes 391

Saudi Arabia 953.8 shops 381

Scandinavia 914.8, 948 sight 612.8

schools 371 Sign language 419

Science 500 signs and symbols 302.2

scientists 509 Sikhism 294.6

scorpions 595.46 silk 677

Scotland 914.11, 941.1 silver 669

Scouts 369 singing 782

sculpture 730 size 516,530.8

sea 551.4 skateboarding 796

sea life 577 skating 796.9

sea rescue 363 skeletons (animal) 573

sea transport 387.5 skeletons (human) 612

seals (mammals) 599 skiing 796.9

seashore life 577.6 skin (animal) 573

seaside 394 skin (human) 612

seasons 508, 574 skyscrapers 720

seeds 581 slavery 326

Seine River 914.4 sleep (human) 613

senses 612.8 Slovakia 943.73

SAFARI PARK - SWITZERLAND



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smell 612.8 structures 624, 721

smoking 613 Stuarts 942.06

smugglers 364 submarines 358

smuggling 364 Sudan 916.2, 962

snails 594 sugar 641

snakes 597 summer (season) 508, 574

snooker 794 sun 523

snow 551.6 supermarkets 381

soccer 796.3 supernatural 133

soil 551.3, 631 swans 598

solar energy 621 Sweden 914.8, 948.5

solar system 523 swimming 797

soldiers 355 Switzerland 914.9, 949.4

solids, physics 531

songs 782

sound 534

South Africa 916.8, 968

South America 918, 980

South Pole 910.9

Space 520

space travel 387.8

Spain 914.6, 946

Spanish Armada 942.05

Spanish language 460

Special Olympics 796.4

speed 531

spiders 595

spies 327

sport 796

spring (season) 508. 574

squirrels 599

stained glass 748

stamp collecting 769

starfish 577

stars 523

statistics 519

steam engines (railways) 385. 621

steel 669

stone 553.5

stone age 930

storms 551.6

streets 307



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Table tennis 796.3 tractors 631

tadpoles 597 trade 380

tanks (military) 355 traffic 388

tapestry 746 trains 385, 625

taste 612.8 trampolining 796

tea 641, 633 transport (air) 387

teaching 370 transport (general) 380

technology 600 transport (rail) 385

teeth, animal 591.4 transport (road) 388

teeth (human) 617 transport (sea) 386

telecommunications 302 , 384 transport (space) 387

telephones 384 transport (water) 386

telescopes 522 travel (journeys) 904, 910

television 302, 384, 791 treasure 904

temperature 536 trees 582, 634

tennis 796.3 tropical fish 639

terrorism 364 trucks 388

textiles 677 Tudors 942.05

Thailand 959.3 tunnels 624

theatre 792 Turkey 915.6, 956

thunderstorms 551.6 turtles 597

tides 551.47 Twentieth century 909.82

tigers 599

timber (forestry) 634

timber products 674

time 529

toads 597

toadstools 579

tobacco 633

tools 621

tornadoes 551.6

tortoises (pets) 636

tortoises (wild) 597

touch 612.8

tourism 338

town life 577.5

towns (general) 307

toys 688, 745.5

tracks, animal 591.4

TABLE TENNIS – 20 th CENTURY



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U.F.O.s 001.9

Uganda 967

Underground - geology 551

underwater sports 797

unemployment 331

uniforms 355

unions, trade 331

United Kingdom 914.1, 941

United Nations 341

United States 917.3, 973

universe 523

Urdu language 491.439

Uruguay 989

Vaccination 614

valleys 551.4

vegetables (food) 641

vegetables (gardening) 635

vegetarianism 179

vertebrates 596

vets 636

Victorians 941.08, 942.08

video technology 621.3

Vietnam 915.9, 959

Vikings 948

villages 307

violin 787

vitamins - biochemistry 572

vitamins - food 641

volcanoes 551.2

volume 516

volleyball 796.3

voyages 910.4

UFOs - URUGUAY

VACCINATION - VOYAGES



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Wales 914.29, 942.9 wind 551.6

walking 796.5 wind power 621.4

walks 796.5 windmills 621

walls 721, 690 Windows

walruses 599 - architecture 721

warfare 355 - stained glass 748

warships 359 Winter 508, 574

washing (household laundry) 648 winter sports 796.9

washing (personal hygiene) 613 wolves 599

wasps 595 women's rights 323

waste technology 628 Wonders of the world 930

watches 529 wood (timber) 694

water cycle 551.48 woodland life 577.3

water engineering 627 woodwind instrument788

water pollution 363.7 wool 677

water power 621 work 331

water sports 797 world geography 910

water transport 386 world history 909

waterfalls 551.48 World War 1 940.3, 941.08

waterways 386 World War 2 940.53, 941.08

waves 532, 551.47 World Wide Web 004

weapons 355 worms 592

weather 551.6 wrestling 796

weaving 746 writers 823

weddings 291, 392

weight 531

weights and measures 530.8

welfare state 361

West Indies 917.2, 972

wetlands 577.6

whales 599

wheat (farming) 633

wheat (food) 641

wheels 531

wild animals 591

wild birds 598

wild flowers 582

wild mammals 599

Wild West 973

WALES - WRITERS



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X-rays 539, 615

Yeti 001.9

Youth associations 369

Zaire 967

Zambia 968

zebras 599

Zimbabwe 916.8, 968

zoology 590

zoos 590

Zulus 968

In the case of individual countries, the first number refers to the

geography of that country and the second number to its history.

e.g. Northern Ireland (geog) 914.16

Northern Ireland (hist) 941.6

X

YETI - YOUTH

YETI - YOUTH

ZAIRE - ZULUS



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