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eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is a widely-used computer language for creating and designing pages on the web and for defining other languages with more specialized purposes. XML - Managing Data Exchange provides a detailed description of XML, its origins, its programming, and its uses on the Internet today.

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Explore and discover the human body, an incredible machine, with Human Body. For children ages 8–12.

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The Au Jus sandwich, also known as a French Dip sandwich or Roast Beef Au Jus, traces its origin to a restaurant in downtown Los Angeles in 1918, when a local restaurant owner was making a sandwich for a police officer and accidentally dropped a French roll into a pan containing beef drippings.

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Shelf:Games contains books on games, and includes the subsection shelves athletic games, board games, card games, electronic games, and game design.

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Shelf:Computer programming contains books on programming, such as LaTeX, OpenSCAD User Manual, Python Programming, and Java Programming.

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Shelf:Languages of Asia contains books on Asian languages, such as Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Hindi, and Sanskrit.

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