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Find Out About Flight: With 18 projects and more than 240 pictures
Peter Mellett
Hardcover (Armadillo, June 15, 2013)A fascinating fact file and learn-it-yourself project book. Features 18 hands-on experiments to help you really find out - make a miniature plane and a hot-air balloon, construct a kite, and build models that demonstrate how birds fly and how jets engines work. Ideal for 8-12 year-olds for home and school use.
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Ancient Japan
Fiona Macdonald
Paperback (Anness, March 1, 2001)Marvel at the secrets of Japan--a land of emperors and shoguns, tea ceremonies and martial arts.
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All About Derivatives
Michael Durbin
Paperback (McGraw-Hill, Aug. 24, 2005)The answer to trading profit growth lies in derivatives. All About Derivatives explains the major derivatives and their key features of each; vital mechanical issues such as storage, settle- ment, valuation, and payoff; and common types of risk and how to effectively hedge against them. Michael Durbin is known as a derivatives trader and manager for one of the world’s largest, most high-profile hedge funds.
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The Roman Empire: What Life was Like in the Ancient World
Philip Steele
Paperback (Anness, Jan. 1, 2000)Packed with more than 200 photographs, cross-sections, maps, and a pictorial timeline. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links with the present.
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Homes and Houses Long Ago
Helen Edom
Paperback (Edc Pub, June 1, 1989)None
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Find Out About Insects: With 18 projects and more than 260 pictures
Jen Green
Hardcover (Armadillo, June 15, 2013)Find out about butterflies, moths, ants, termites, bees, wasps, dragonflies and other fascinating minibeasts in this accessible and lively book. Combining facts, pictures and practical projects, children can learn how to make a pond net and a pooter to collect specimens, rear stick insects and watch a tortoiseshell butterfly emerge from its chrysalis.
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Find Out About Machines: With 19 projects and more than 260 pictures
Chris Oxlade
Hardcover (Armadillo, June 15, 2013)Discover what machines are, how they work, and how they have developed through history, in this fascinating fact file and learn-it-yourself project book. Includes 19 practical experiments - make a windmill, a hydraulic lifter and even a vacuum cleaner! An accessible and lively introduction to machines, ideal for home or school use for 8 to 12 year olds.
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ALL ABOUT THINGS PEOPLE DO
Melanie Rice
Hardcover (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1990)A colorful tour through the daily activities of people from all over the globe visits truck drivers, pilots, fashion designers, doctors, mechanics, chefs, scientists, and many others
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Find Out About The Sea: With 20 projects and more than 260 pictures
Robin Kerrod
Hardcover (Armadillo, June 15, 2013)Explore the murky and mysterious ocean depths, the sweeping tides and currents, icy polar waters and warm, bright coral reefs with this fascinating fact file and learn-it-yourself book. 20 amazing projects and experiments investigate the secrets of the sea - make waves in a tank, construct a rock-pool viewer, and build a sea-bird hide. Ideal for home or school use for 8 to 12 year-olds.
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How Did We Find Out About Pluto?
Isaac Asimov, Erika Kors
Hardcover (Walker & Co, March 1, 1991)Describes the history of Pluto's discovery and what is known and unknown about the planet today
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Caillou: At the Theater
Johanne Mercier
Paperback (Chouette Publishing, Aug. 1, 2006)Caillou goes to a play with his cousins Amanda and Emilio, and he gets to be in it.
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Caillou: At the Library
Johanne Mercier
Paperback (Chouette Publishing, Oct. 1, 2005)When Caillou makes his first visit to the library, he forgets about playing hide-and-seek and is happy to find out that he can borrow the books he has found about dinosaurs, pirates, knights, and dragons.
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