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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of historians to provide textured analysis...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Get the scoop on inventions of the future before they hit stores, like the fish tank that turns your toilet into an aquarium (but don't worry, your fishy friends will be just fine), or the Cargonaut, a human-size robot that flies around picking up and delivering items just for you"--Page 4 of cover.
3) Inventions
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
INsiders brings inventions to life, with the most up-to-date information and state-of-the-art 3-D illustrations that practically leap off every page, stimulating minds and imaginations in a whole new way.
10) Invention
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text explore such inventions as the wheel, gears, levers, clocks, telephones, and rocket engines.
Author
Series
Invention hunters volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a school in their flying museum, a student helps them by explaining how common concepts related to light, like refraction, magnification, and reflection, and objects, like cameras and televisions, work.
12) In the kitchen
Author
Series
Andrew lost volume 3
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
After being shrunk by a shrinking machine, Alexander, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot encounter drain flies, a cockroach, and worse as they work their way through Mrs. Scuttle's house toward safety.
14) On the reef
Author
Series
Andrew lost volume 7
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the belly of a whale, Andrew and his cousin Judy face more dangers from their underwater nemesis, Soggy Bob, in the Great Barrier Reef.
Author
Series
Creature Department novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000--the world's eighth-largest electronics factory. When Uncle Archie vanishes, it's up to Elliot, Leslie, and every one of the unusual 'employees' to create an invention so astonishing it will save the Creature Department"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Full of weird and wacky facts and retro-inspired illustrations, Amazing Inventions is the perfect, fun introduction to everything from robots to nanoscience. Prepare to laugh, marvel, and learn. Did you know that the ancient Egyptians may have used kites to help build their pyramids? That robots have a hard time learning karate? Or that Australian nanoscientists have manufactured a garment that you can clean by just holding it up to the light? Covering...
17) The camera
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the history and development of the camera and explains how a film camera works.
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Español
Description
"Ya sea por sensacionalismo, cálculo político o simple calumnia, las falacias históricas quedan ancladas entre nosotros incluso hasta mucho después de que hayan sido desmentidas. Por ello, este libro recoge las leyendas y mentiras más relevantes, deslumbrantes, perniciosas y desconcertantes de la Historia universal, y analiza qué hay de verdadero, falso o dudoso en ellas. En lugar de resultar un asunto árido, la exploración y aclaración de...
Author
Series
Creature Department novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When Jean-Remy receives a singing telegram from his long-lost sister, Eloise Yvette, the Creature Department is once again thrown into an invention frenzy. Rumor has it that the Ghorks have taken Heppleworth's Food Factory hostage. And worse, they are threatening to make tasty treats of the creatures inside"--
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