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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The 20th century can be seen as the "mass" century - mass production, mass market, and mass destruction. Add to the list mass entertainment, exemplified by the rise of Hollywood and the film industry. Track the development of motion pictures - and the inventions that made them possible.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"My Inventions" is a candid and illuminating autobiography of Nikola Tesla, one of the most important technological innovators of the modern industrial age. Famous for the radio, robotics, and wireless energy, Tesla quickly gained international notoriety for his pioneering inventions as much for his eccentric life. Perhaps no one in his day more thoroughly embodied the archetype of the "mad scientist". This firsthand account reveals the fascinating...
3) Sky jumpers
Author
Series
Sky jumpers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Hope lives in a post World War III town called White Rock where everyone must participate in Inventions Day, though Hope's inventions always fail. Her unique skill set comes in hand when a group of bandits invades the town"--
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Series
My weird school volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the new computer lab teacher tries to bring Ella Mentry School into the twenty-first century with her peculiar inventions, second-grader A.J. struggles to survive without sugary snacks when Principal Klutz bans junk food.
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Series
Accelerati trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers who enjoy strange science, quirky humor, and out-of-this-world plot twists will be captivated by this third and final book in the electrifying Accelerati Trilogy from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Neal Shusterman and author/screenwriter Eric Elfman.
Nick Slate, in order to protect his father and little brother, reluctantly must help the Accelerati complete Tesla's great device. Their power-mad leader...
Nick Slate, in order to protect his father and little brother, reluctantly must help the Accelerati complete Tesla's great device. Their power-mad leader...
7) Unleashed
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Luthor the Doberman, a former attack dog, has a good home with Savannah Drysdale, but every time a certain truck passes he goes into a frenzy, while Griffin Bing is caught up in trying to beat his rival, Darren Vader, at an invention contest.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
This activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat that forever changed the world. At a time when most people still had not ridden in an automobile, Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first powered, heavier-than-air flying machine. Woven throughout the heartwarming story of the two brothers are activities that highlight their ingenuity and problem-solving...
11) Jackpot
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Griffin Bing and his friends are trying to locate Mr. Fielder's missing thirty million dollar lottery ticket, and thwart the local bully, Darren Vader, who wants to find it for himself--and Mr. Bing's latest invention may help.
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Fizzopolis volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Harold, the adopted son of a food inventor, discovers that his father's latest invention, soda pop that produces the world's longest burps, also generates furry creatures known as Fizzies.
16) Etherworld
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Series
Elusion volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Regan Welch and her boyfriend are led to Etherworld, a secret dimension revealed by her father's technological invention, the Elusion. They must find a way to escape by attacking from within.
Author
Series
Mysteries of Cove volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though technology and inventions have been outlawed in the mountain city of Cove, in order to save the city Trenton and Kallista must follow a set of mysterious blueprints to build a creature to protect them from the dragons outside their door.
19) Tesla's attic
Author
Series
Accelerati trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla"--
Author
Series
My weirdest school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A.J. and the gang from Ella Mentery School start a company to sell their brand new invention-a heated, scented, talking toilet seat!"--
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