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20841) Super Speed
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Ever wondered what you could do with super speed? You could get to school in the blink of an eye! In this title, a narrative opener puts readers in the action. Then, fact-filled chapters cover the use of super speed in fiction.
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Identify Birds with Colorado's Best-Selling Bird Guide!
Make bird-watching in Colorado even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This handy book features 136 species of Colorado birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you'll see them in nature, and...
20843) Sports in Winter
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Engage readers with stories of popular winter sports. Readers are introduced to fun winter activities, such as ice-skating, skiing, and snowboarding. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, an index, an introduction to the author, and sources for further research. A kid-friendly project inspires creativity and hands-on fun.
20844) Birds of Nevada Field Guide
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• Popular, proven format: more than 1 million copies of Stan Tekiela's Bird Identification Guides have sold
• Market: According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, about 20% of the population are active bird watchers, spending more than $40 billion on the hobby, annually
• Not intimidating: geared toward the average bird watcher with bird species organized by color for easily identifying them
• 139 species of Nevada birds-backyard birds,...
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A little tree, guided by her family circle and forest friends, can't wait to grow tall and strong
Little Sap can't wait to grow tall and strong just like her mother and touch the sky. But growing takes time. Luckily for Little Sap, she has her family circle close by and a forest of friends, above and below ground, to help guide her up. Jan Hughes is a longtime Bay Area editor and writer. This is her first, and hopefully not last, picture book. She...
20846) Organ Transplants
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Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of organ transplants, including early attempts at transplantation, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how organ transplants work and how scientists...
20847) Electricity
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Easy-to-read text, simple infographics, and fun facts create a basic explanation of electricity and its effects. Young readers will explore the amazing science that lights up their world as they read and look at cool pictures. Other features include a table of contents, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
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Materialism. Greed. Loneliness. A manic pace. Abuse of the natural world. Inequality. Injustice. War. The endemic problems facing America today are staggering. We need change and restoration. But, where to begin?
In Shalom and the Community of Creation Randy Woodley offers an answer: learn more about the Native American 'Harmony Way,' a concept that closely parallels biblical shalom. Doing so can bring reconciliation between Euro-Westerners and indigenous...
20850) Universal Breaths
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Universal Breaths is a collection of poetry that attempts to give perspective into life's balancing patterns. Every life, year, day, or moment, will have its hills and valleys. These can be seen as the inhales and exhales that create the breath, which sustains the life you now live. Universal Breaths comprises four chapters that cover the time span of a year. This collection emphasizes the exact times and months that have fallen together in waves...
20851) Read All About The Ocean
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Have you wondered how the oceans affect the weather? Do you know what kinds of creatures you can find below the water's surface? Explore the world's oceans in this fact-filled book. Striking photos and simple text make this a perfect introduction to nonfiction for young children. A Table of Contents splits the information into sections, making it fun and easy-to-find.
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Written with pace, clarity, and humor by world-renowned scientists in immunology, nutrition, and environmental health, The Secret Life of Your Microbiome makes the irrefutable case that our health and happiness depends fundamentally on the health of our personal biodiversity and the biodiversity around us, and shows how we can nurture this nature.
20853) The Orvis Streamside Guide to Approach and Presentation: Riffles, Runs, Pocket Water, and Much More
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I know how to cast, I know my knots, and I can tell a dry from a wet fly. What next? This pocket guide shows the fly fisher where to cast, why, and what kind of fly to use. It can be studied prior to a fishing trip or used in the water.
Streamers, nymphs, wets, and dry flies are detailed with diagrams and color photographs. The book is organized by water types, and once you identify what kind of water you are facing-riffles, runs, pocket water, or...
20854) Saguaro Sanction
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Janelle Ortega and Chuck Bender are drawn deep into a threatening web of hostility and deceit in Saguaro National Park in this page-turner of a mystery.
"A winning blend of archaeology and intrigue, Graham's series turns our national parks into places of equal parts beauty, mystery, and danger."
-EMILY LITTLEJOHN, author of Lost Lake
When Janelle Ortega's cousin from Mexico is found brutally murdered at a remote petroglyph site in Saguaro...
20855) Earthquakes
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Life on Earth is never boring. What actually happens when Earth unleashes its fury? This title gives you an up-close look at the power of our planet. With well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more, you'll know all you need to know about avalanches! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core...
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Striped bass - in fresh and salt water - are one of the world's greatest gamefish, and The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing is the fullest, most authoritative, most helpful book ever written on the species. Nick Karas, one of the world's great experts on the striped bass, offers proven techniques for more successful fishing. He details fishing from the surf; from boats; from bank, pier, jetty, and bridge - with all kinds of tackle and methods....
20857) Gene Therapy
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Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of gene therapy, including the discovery of DNA, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how gene therapy works and why future applications of the technology...
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This fascinating text contains a comprehensive step by step guide pertaining to the preparation and preservation of a bird skin to be used in taxidermy. Containing all the information necessary for such an endeavour and written in an accessible manner, this handbook is perfect for the amateur taxidermist and constitutes a great addition to any collection of taxidermic literature. This book has been elected for modern republication due to its timelessly...
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A kid-friendly introduction to invasive animal species.
It might not seem like a big deal when a non-native animal species finds its way to a new environment. But it can be! Especially when these species end up destroying the ecosystem in their new neighborhood! Here are stories of 10 of these invasive species - from tiny cactus moths to ginormous Burmese pythons - from how they got to their current homes (it was always humans who brought them!)...
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Let's visit Russia without leaving the comforts of home. Yes, it's possible through this educational book. You will get to learn about the country, its people, and its rich history and traditional as you open the many pages of this wonderful book. There are also pictures involved to secure your experience. Grab a copy today!
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