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1201) Influx
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale set in a world in which technological advances have been suppressed finds particle physicist Jon Grady helping to innovate a device capable of reflecting gravity only to be targeted by a shadowy organization from the future.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Underground Railroad was used by people escaping enslavement in the South. This system of passages and safe houses helped people reach freedom in the Northern United States or Canada. Did you know science played a role in the Underground Railroad? Learn how people used the night sky to find their way north and much more!
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
126 pages
Language
English
Description
Describes the adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explaines how this event sparked the state's developement.
1205) Exploring the land
Author
Publisher
Schoolhouse Press
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Surveys explorers who journeyed to faraway lands and wrote about their experiences, including Marco Polo, Lewis and Clark, David Livingstone, Freya Stark, and Ernest Giles.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: A fascinating, highly visual biography of Mary Anning, the Victorian fossil hunter who changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life and would become one of the most celebrated paleontologists of all time. Perfect for children learning about woman scientists like Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, and Katherine Johnson. 128pp.
1207) Hija de la fortuna
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 24
Language
Español
1208) The gold rush
Series
Criterion collection volume 615
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (160 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Language
English
Description
The Little Tramp prospects for gold, gets involved with a dance hall girl, and deals with a burly competitor during the Yukon gold rush.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 1739, Georg Steller received word from Empress Anna of Russia that he was to embark on a secret expedition to the far reaches of Siberia as a member of the Great Northern Expedition. While searching for economic possibilities and strategic advantages, Steller was to send back descriptions of everything he saw. The Empress's instructions were detailed, from requests for a preserved whale brain to observing the child-rearing customs...
1210) New Animal Discoveries
Author
Publisher
Millbrook
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64p illus 26cm
Language
English
Description
Focusing on creatures that have been discovered in the last fifteen years, this book is a fascinating exploration of science in one of the most interesting guises
1212) Voyages of exploration
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to the early centuries of exploration, including information about explorers, what they discovered, and the significance of those discoveries. Features include fact boxes, maps, photographs, drawings, a timeline, a glossary, and a list of recommended books and websites"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xvi, 224 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigates the research and discoveries made by scientists who expanded the frontiers of physiology, genetics, ecology, botany, and molecular biology.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A captivating journey to the outer frontiers of human knowledge by the popular presenter of Netflix's The Story of Math Ever since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know-- to understand the physical world and the laws of nature. But are there limits to human knowledge? This tantalizing question has inspired scientists and functioned as a spur to innovation. Now, Marcus du Sautoy invites us to join him on a journey to the...
1215) The White Ship
Author
Language
English
Description
The sinking of the White Ship on the 25th November 1120 is one of the greatest disasters that England has ever suffered. Its repercussions would change English and European history for ever. King Henry I was sailing for England in triumph after four years of fighting the French. Congregating with the king at the port of Barfleur on that freezing November night was the cream of Anglo-Norman society: three of his children, including the only legitimate...
Author
Language
English
Description
The definitive history of the Jamestown colony, the crucible of American history
Although it was the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown is too often overlooked in the writing of American history. Founded thirteen years before the Mayflower sailed, Jamestown's courageous settlers have been overshadowed ever since by the pilgrims of Plymouth. But as historian James Horn demonstrates in this vivid and meticulously researched...
1217) A Claim of Her Own
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
389 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in the wilds of 1876 South Dakota, Stephanie Grace Whitson follows the fortunes of 20-year-old Mattie O'Keefe as she embarks upon an arduous journey to find her brother Dillon. When she reaches the gold-rush boomtown of Deadwood, no one seems to know where Dillon is. The resourceful Mattie begins to pan for gold anyhow, hoping her brother will soon arrive. But a relentless stalker draws closer to his prey.
1218) Exploring the world
Author
Publisher
Peter Bedrick Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the first explorers to travel around the world and describes how and why these two epic journeys came to be made.
1219) The Klondike Gold Rush
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. ill. (some col.), col. map 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the adventures of those who flocked to the Klondike after gold was discovered there in 1896.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The Story of Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves. Able to be referenced individually, or read together as the narrative of Western scientific development, the book's 28 chapters lead readers from the first science texts by the Greeks through 20th-century classics in biology,...
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