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A rollicking adventure steeped in schoolyard mystery, brazen kidnappings, psychotic mathematicians, and a conspiracy 300 years in the making.Newton’s Dice are the most dangerous artifacts in the history of science.For three-hundred years, the world’s greatest mathematicians and physicists have studied the dice in secret. Risking death and worse, they have kept the dice hidden away from the Observables, an organization whose grim purpose is to police the Laws of Science…and eliminate anyone who would break those laws.Now, in a moment of chance and desperation, the dice have been passed along to Emily “Spooker” Mallick: fifth-grader extraordinaire, local daredevil, and snowball-fight enthusiast. Bigger mistakes will soon be made.

A blistering sci-fi thrill-ride, Tin Crickets follows a crew of misfit journalists into the heart of a grim conspiracy.Every day, the loudspeakers of Fallback broadcast propaganda and lies.Every night, Tommy Molotov breaks curfew to film the truth.With a 16mm camera and a handful of stolen key-cards, Tommy and his friends sneak into the restricted sectors, gathering footage of brutality and corruption -- footage they show in secret screenings to anyone who will watch.Little by little, their Riot Reels are starting a revolution. When Tommy and his friends break into a well-guarded research lab and film evidence of a seditious cover-up, revolution seems closer at hand than ever before. But first they have to get home alive, and with the footage intact.It’s going to be a long night.

A rollicking adventure steeped in schoolyard mystery, brazen kidnappings, psychotic mathematicians, and a conspiracy 300 years in the making.Newton’s Dice are the most dangerous artifacts in the history of science.For three-hundred years, the world’s greatest mathematicians and physicists have studied the dice in secret. Risking death and worse, they have kept the dice hidden away from the Observables, an organization whose grim purpose is to police the Laws of Science…and eliminate anyone who would break those laws.Now, in a moment of chance and desperation, the dice have been passed along to Emily “Spooker” Mallick: fifth-grader extraordinaire, local daredevil, and snowball-fight enthusiast. Bigger mistakes will soon be made.

A blistering sci-fi thrill-ride, Tin Crickets follows a crew of misfit journalists into the heart of a grim conspiracy. Every day, the loudspeakers of Fallback broadcast propaganda and lies. Every night, Tommy Molotov breaks curfew to film the truth. With a 16mm camera and a handful of stolen key-cards, Tommy and his friends sneak into the restricted sectors, gathering footage of brutality and corruption -- footage they show in secret screenings to anyone who will watch. Little by little, their Riot Reels are starting a revolution. When Tommy and his friends break into a well-guarded research lab and film evidence of a seditious cover-up, revolution seems closer at hand than ever before. But first they have to get home alive, and with the footage intact. It’s going to be a long night.

Take the challenge out of math and turn it into a subject kids will love and understand! Math problems are geared toward subjects students will understand. Subjects include measurement math, sports math, science math, money math, and more. This 96-page book is a must-have for middle grade math teachers, and is filled with reproducibles. Activities include word problems, visual geometry problems, measurement activities, question-and-answer problems, and more.

Excerpt from The English Dialect Dictionary, Vol. 2: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred YearsFtwi'jii'isnorum' adj. Boiste 1 foéivyandered, ppl. Adj. Lo (3. Founder, sb. Meaning unkno fowat, adj. Meaning unknow foyster, v. ?to feast fraesta, adv. Pfor all that, me fraik, sb. ?a sea-bird frank, v. To entwine, entangl frannel, adj. Succulent, plenti frauzy, adj. Frisky pettish fret, v. Of animals: to render the colic (dial. Unknown). Frewer, sb. A sir-reverence frilled-cowbells, sb. Pl. T aconite, E rant/12's hyemalz's (war. Frith, sb. Green branches of between posts, driven into a bea vent the shifting of the shingle rizzack,sb. ?arasher(ofbac froll, sb. An untidy woman frommering, sb. Obs. Me known frowing, prp. Meaning unkn frugal,adj. Relaxed, not costi fryetn, pp. Forgotten (lan.) fud court,p/zr. Meaning unkr.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The English Dialect Dictionary, Vol. 5: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years; Founded on the Publications of the English Dialect Society and on a Large Amount of Material Never Before Printed; R-SCarpenters about Marlborough usually reduce the word to a single letter in making up their accounts, as 'to a new R to Cow-lease gate, &c.' (s.v. Har).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The English Dialect Dictionary, Vol. 3: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred YearsSig. In the months of April and May, easterly winds, commonly called Haars, usually blow with great violence, N immo Stirlingshire (1777) 438 Cld. The cold damp called Easterly-hars, so prevalent on the east coast, seldom arrive here, A gric. Surv. 4 Fit'. Their topsails strutting with the vernal harr, tennant Anster (1812) 23, ed. 1871 This parish [st. Andrews] is well acquainted with the cold, damp easterly winds, or haar of April and May, Statist. Ace. XIII. 197.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The English Dialect Dictionary, Vol. 1: Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years; A-CI had hoped to give a classification of the Dialects in this Preface, but I now think that it will be better to wait until I have finished a greater portion of the Dictionary. From the words contained in this volume, it would be easy to give a sketch-map showing clearly those districts in which the Norse element is particularly strong. It is also most remarkable how in certain districts many French words have been preserved, which are now obsolete in the literary language. At present I have not the necessary leisure to work out and account for the fact that in Ireland the dialects of some districts are essentially Scotch. Whilst in other districts they agree with those of the West of England. Also it cannot be a mere accident that the dialect. Of South Pembrokeshire contains quite a number of words of flemisfi origin. Later on I hope to work out these matters fully, and also to account. For the special peculiarities of the K'entish dialects. It will also be easy to show that a great many words which are now confined to particular districts, were confined to those districts already in the Middle Ages, e. G. Early illustrations of. Many words still in use in East Anglia are only to be f0und' in the Promptorium; the same applies to many modern Yorkshire words and the York Mystery Plays. In fact, when the Dictionary is completed it will be of immense value in helping to settle the dialect in which many of our middle-english manuscripts were written, and it will throw a flood. Of light upon many problems connected with Old and middle-english phonology.Any one who takes the pains to examine the Dictionary will find that neither time nor trouble has been spared in order to' obtain accurate information. About popular games, customs, and supersti tions and, as far as possible, to give the literature -where further information will be found. In the etymological part of the dictionary, it must not. Be assumed that where no etymology is given there has been no attempt made to find one. The very Opposite is the case. It has often happened that dozens of dictionaries, special glossaries, and articles in philological journals have been carefully searched without any satisfactory results. In all such instances I' have preferred to give nothing rather than a mere guess. I'n thousands of instances it will be noticed that there is no previously printed authority for the use of words in some districts. In all such cases I give the initials of the persons who supplied the' information; and I may add that one of my senior assistants has spent over a fortnight in verifying these initials; so. That they may be accepted as being correct. Several words found in printed glossaries are omitted from.the Dictionary as being 'ghost Words.' All such words will be collected together and printed in the last volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In his own words and illustrations, 11-year-old Joseph expresses the fears and frustrations of living with an elder relative afflicted by Alzheimer's disease. Through this first-hand account of life with an ailing grandmother, children will learn about dementia, caring for ailing loved ones, and what it feels like to have a grandparent with a terminal disease. Helpful hints and insights from a peer offer reassurance and support to children who are coping with anger, emotional issues, and the everyday challenges experienced by families who must cope with this debilitating condition.

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