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"Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
3) Seven events that made America America: and proved that the founding fathers were right all along
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Sentinel
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English
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Notable conservative historian Larry Schweikart takes an in-depth look at seven transformative moments in our nation's history and provides an analysis of how each of them spurred a trend that either confirmed or departed from the vision our Founding Fathers had for America.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics. For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the...
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Hampton Roads Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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In this book, Lynn Grabhorn has, above all, a message of hope. In Grabhorn's trademark down-to-earth style, she shows how we--each of us--can choose to embrace the positive in such a way that the negative loses all power over us. Forever. This powerful message, if heeded, will change the course of human history for the better.
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Cookies (Amy Krouse Rosenthal) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Definitions for everyday words, such as "fair" and "cooperation," are presented to youngsters in order to demonstrate important life lessons with regard to managing day-to-day choices, problems, and situations in a young person's world.
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Sterling
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Weird Civil War delves into the peculiar history and ghastly legacy of the bloodiest period in American history, featuring the era's most gripping tragic tales, fascinating facts, spooky scenarios, and eccentric characters. This brand-new volume-which compiles the most compelling Civil War stories from the bestselling Weird series-will excite precocious history students, Civil War buffs, and the multitude of Americans-young and old-with historical...
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"All facts considered has three parts full of fascinating facts on history (including natural history), science (including religion and language), and the arts. History: Who were the Olmecs and the Goths? How did New York get its name? What's the life span of a $5 bill? Who were the first and last men killed in the Civil War? Who was the Prince of Cranks, the King of Censors and the Merry Monarch? When is the wolf moon? What's the most arid place...
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Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Contains answers to approximately one thousand frequently asked questions about insects and other bugs, providing information about the structure of insects, how their bodies function, their growth and metamorphosis, their behavior, and their place in the ecological, and economic scheme of things.
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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A collection of essays from more than twenty different authors--including Elizabeth Berg, Ann Patchett, Andre Dubus III, and Sue Grafton--describes their passion for knitting, recalling their triumphs and disasters in their craft projects and lives.
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National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Examines part, but not all, of the evidence surrounding some of history's unsolved mysteries, from why the pyramids were built to whether or not there was a conspiracy to kill President John F. Kennedy.