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  • Roberts' Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff

    Robert Roberts

    eBook (Skyhorse, May 13, 2014)
    Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.
  • Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?

    Robert E. Wells

    Paperback (INDPB, Sept. 1, 2012)
    There are trillions of stars in the universe, but we rely on our sun to provide (or contribute to) most of what we need to survive and thrive: heat, light, plants, animals, wind, and water. Complete with fun, cartoon illustrations, this book give kids plenty of information about our sun in an easy-to-read and digest format. By focusing on the needs of an elephant, Wells makes clear just how important the sun is to life on Earth.
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  • Battery Reconditioning: How to Recondition Batteries, Dead Batteries, a Car Battery, Old Batteries at Home

    E.Z. Robert

    eBook (, May 12, 2019)
    Battery Reconditioning - How to Recondition Batteries, Dead Batteries, a Car Battery, Old Batteries at HomeThis Battery Reconditioning eBook is Simple, Quick & Very Effective!This Battery Reconditioning eBook is the basic and easy to follow, step by step guide to recondition all kinds of old batteries with just simple supplies your probably already have in your home.This Battery Reconditioning eBook is made up of step-by-step guides that show you how to recondition each type of battery. And each guide is full of pictures and diagrams so you not only read exactly what to do …you see exactly what to do as well!It’s like having the expert standing there with you, guiding you every step of the way as you recondition your batteries.And it does not matter if you’re not technical or don’t know the first thing about batteries …because our Battery Reconditioning guide is incredibly easy to follow and absolutely anybody can use it.
  • What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?

    Robert E. Wells

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1995)
    A pygmy shrew is among the tiniest of mammals. A ladybug is even smaller. But in this book you will find small things you could not ordinarily see.
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  • What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?

    Robert E. Wells

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1997)
    What's faster than a cheetah?--no animal on earth can run faster. But a peregrine falcon can swoop faster than a cheetah can run. And the falcon can't compare to an airplane, a rocket, or the speed of light.
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  • Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within

    Robert E. Quinn

    Hardcover (Jossey-Bass, Aug. 14, 1996)
    Don't let your company kill you! Open this book at your own risk. It contains ideas that may lead to a profound self-awakening. An introspective journey for those in the trenches of today's modern organizations, Deep Change is a survival manual for finding our own internal leadership power. By helping us learn new ways of thinking and behaving, it shows how we can transform ourselves from victims to powerful agents of change. And for anyone who yearns to be an internally driven leader, to motivate the people around them, and return to a satisfying work life, Deep Change holds the key.
  • Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?

    Robert E. Wells

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1993)
    The blue whale is the biggest creature on Earth. But a hollow Mount Everest could hold billions of whales! And though Mount Everest is enormous, it is pretty small compared to the Earth. This book is an innovative exploration of size and proportion.
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  • How Do You Lift a Lion?

    Robert E. Wells

    Paperback (INDPB, Jan. 1, 1996)
    How do you lift a lion? With a machine that's big and powerful with clanking metal parts? There are machines like that. But otheres have only a few moving parts. In fact, some machines are so simple that they don't seem like machines at all―like the wheel, the lever, and the pulley. These machines can make work easy―even if you're trying to lift a lion!
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  • Roberts' Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff

    Robert Roberts

    Paperback (Skyhorse, May 13, 2014)
    Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.
  • How Do You Know What Time It Is?

    Robert E. Wells

    eBook (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 2002)
    This book is specially designed in Amazon's fixed-layout KF8 format with region magnification. Double-tap on an area of text to zoom and read. What would life be like with no clocks and no calendars? How would you know when to get up in the morning? Long, long ago, all people could do was watch the sun and moon and try to figure things out. Eventually, they made simple clocks like sundials.
  • The Forty-Eighters

    Robert E. Short

    eBook (Robert E. Short, Dec. 8, 2013)
    A young man finds himself on the Oregon Trail because of an impulsive decision. The choices he makes along the way will either make him into a man of character or get him killed.
  • Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water?

    Robert E. Wells

    eBook (Albert Whitman & Company, Jan. 1, 2006)
    TThe author explains the complete water cycle and also discusses ocean currents, ocean and lake habitats, and hydroelectricity. He also touches on water pollution and our responsibility to keep our water clean.This book is specially designed in Amazon's fixed-layout KF8 format with region magnification. Double-tap on an area of text to zoom and read.
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