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  • Spotlight on Iron and Steel

    Mark Lambert

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Discusses the process of turning iron into steel and the enormous number of uses that stronger product has

  • Silver

    Graham Rickard

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Discusses the mining of silver and its processing into objects with technological, medicinal, industrial, and artistic uses

  • Plastics

    Mark Lambert

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, )
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  • Copper

    Mark Lambert

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Discusses the mining of copper, its ability to mix with other metals, and its processing into both artistic and useful objects

  • Spotlight on Grain

    Alan Blackwood

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1987)
    Explains how wheat, rice, and other grains are grown, milled and made into foods and drinks. A brief history of grain is included.
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  • Spotlight on Gas

    Roger Pechey

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1987)
    Describes the formation of fuel gases, how they are located removed from the ground, distributed, and the many ways they are used.
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  • Spotlight on Shakespeare: A practical introduction

    Sandy Brownjohn

    Paperback (Hodder & Stoughton, March 15, 1992)
    Presents the life and times of William Shakespeare and provides guidelines on staging scenes from three of his plays.

  • Spotlight On: Databases

    Jennifer Gipp

    Spiral-bound (Course Technology, May 18, 2006)
    As computer education curriculum moves down from the high school to middle school level, it's especially important that students get the skills they need at an early age. Now there is a solution that provides middle school teachers with the curricular framework needed to be successful. You can choose your books based on the applications you use rather than purchasing a textbook that covers subjects that are not even covered in your class. These flexible books that you can mix and match to suit your specific classroom needs, introduce a concept, provide practice using the application, and then allow students to use the applications in a cross-curricular scenario.

  • Spotlight on Oil

    Mark Lambert

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1987)
    Discusses the origins of oil, how it is located, removed from the ground, transported, and refined, and the impact it has had and will have on modern life
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  • Spotlight on Timber

    Andrew Langley

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1987)
    Discusses the importance of wood as a natural resource and describes the different types of timber, where they occur in the world, and the industries that depend on them. Also examines the problem of disappearing forests and what is being done to restore them.Discusses the importance of wood as a natural resource, describes the different types of timber, where they occur in the world, and the industries that depend on them, and examines the problem of disappearing forests
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  • Spotlight on Seafood

    Harry Barrett

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1987)
    Discusses past, present, and future fishing methods, the top fishing countries, the dangers of pollution and overfishing, and the daily life of a fisherman
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