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  • Volcanoes & Earthquakes

    Robin Kerrod

    Hardcover (Lorenz Books, Feb. 1, 2000)
    Investigate the powerful forces that cause the earth to explode in lethal showers of molten rock or to move with sudden, devastating violence.
    T

  • The Homicide Detective

    Toney Allman

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Nov. 20, 2009)
    Discusses the methods homicide investigators use to solve murders, including gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses and suspects, examining cold cases, and appearing in court.
    L

  • Sliding

    Patricia Whitehouse

    Paperback (Heinemann, July 18, 2003)
    This book presents simple hands-on experiments that demonstrate the properties that make sliding easier or more difficult.
    N

  • Drug Trafficking: a Global Criminal Trade

    Nicole Horning

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 15, 2018)
    The drug trade is a lucrative business, and drug traffickers find inventive ways to protect their investments. Smugglers have a variety of means available to them to move large amounts of drugs between countries, including underground tunnels, secret pockets, and even the postal service. This means law enforcement officials must be clever and creative in their pursuit of these criminals. Readers learn how police target drug traffickers and what they can do to pursue a similar career. Informative sidebars, fact boxes, and full-color photographs give a full picture of the work that law enforcement officials do to apprehend drug traffickers.

  • The Unabomber

    Diane Yancey

    Hardcover (Lucent, Aug. 20, 2007)
    Explains how investigators tracked down and eventually captured Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.

  • The Crime Scene Photographer

    Gail B Stewart

    Hardcover (Lucent Books, Aug. 15, 2008)
    Examines the fascinating world of the criminal investigator and other professionals who are on the frontline of solving notorious crimes with the help of technological advances in the field.
    Z+

  • Pushing

    Patricia Whitehouse

    Library Binding (Heinemann, July 18, 2003)
    This book presents simple hands-on experiments that demonstrate what can make pulling easier or more difficult.
    F

  • Rocks and Minerals

    Jack Challoner

    Hardcover (Anness, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Introduces rocks and minerals, and includes projects such as growing crystals, finding buried minerals, and making fossils.
    R

  • Forensic Art

    Jenny MacKay

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Feb. 13, 2009)
    Jenny MacKay
    J

  • Machines

    Chris Oxlade

    Hardcover (Lorenz Books, March 1, 2001)
    This book strips the technicalities of machines - from a pair of pliers to cranes, wind turbines, power drills - right down to the basics. It shows how the simplest of devices and scientific principles form the basis of the most complex machines.
    P

  • Murder: Inside the Crime Lab

    Diane Yancey

    Hardcover (Lucent Books, Jan. 27, 2006)
    Describes how forensic science can help find clues in murder investigations, the jobs different specialists perform during the investigation, and how evidence is collected and analyzed.
    Z

  • Floating

    Patricia Whitehouse

    Library Binding (Heinemann, July 18, 2003)
    This book presents simple hands-on experiments that demonstrate what can make floating easier or more difficult.
    Q