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Comet Street Kids reading books follow the adventures of Rav, Asha, Tess and Finn, four of the residents of Comet Street. There are 72 exciting stories in the series that children won't be able to put down.When Asha and Tess go on a ride at Planet Zoom, they have no idea they'll end up on the International Space Station! They meet two scientists who are carrying out experiments about the effects of weightlessness. When a seed from an experiment goes missing, the girls are keen to track it down.Reading age: 6-7 years

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This practical book provides explicit instructions for teaching sentence-level skills to students who have difficulties in this area. The author explains the key role of sentence combining in the writing process and presents effective techniques for instruction and assessment. Numerous sample lessons, practice activities, planning tips, and grammatical pointers make it easy for teachers to incorporate sentence combining and construction into the writing curriculum at all grade levels (2-12). Accessible and engaging, the book helps teachers and students experiment with different ways to arrange thoughts and produce meaningful written work.

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As an incredibly cheap, credit-card sized computer, the Raspberry Pi is breaking down barriers by encouraging people of all ages to experiment with code and build new systems and objects; and this book provides readers with inspiring and insightful examples to explore and build upon. Written for intermediate to seasoned Raspberry Pi users, this book explores four projects from around the world, explained by their makers. These projects cover five major categories in the digital maker space: music, light, games, home automation, and the Internet of Things.

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Soil Mechanics Lab Manual prepares readers to enter the field with a collection of the most common soil mechanics tests. The procedures for all of these tests are written in accordance with applicable American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. Video demonstrations for each experiment available on the website prepare readers before going into the lab, so they know what to expect and will be able to complete the tests with more confidence and efficiency. Laboratory exercises and data sheets for each test are included in the Soil Mechanics Lab Manual.

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Discover, experiment and learn with the little scientists! Each little scientist has something new to teach young readers. Cody the Robot is here to introduce young children to the exciting world of coding. Join Cody, and his two friends Lily and Logan, on their adventures as they learn fundamental coding concepts, all while having loads of fun! Go beyond the story with fun simple activities to encourage interactive learning! Each book features two pages of scientific information and activities for children to put what they've learnt into action.Everyone can be a little scientist!

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An innocent train journey to the graduation ceremony of their brilliant son, Douglas, forever changes the lives of a middle aged couple when they hesitatingly engage in an intimate experiment. Douglas is about to become engaged to Frances, a talented girl of fine social standing. When Douglas becomes incurably deaf he has a scandalous affair with a shop assistant and produces a child. His fiance's father, a prominent judge, disparages Douglas. Isolated on a small farm and utterly impecunious, Douglas' great intellect allows him to set a legal precedent against all odds.

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In the 21st Century, the glittering Neo-Tokyo has risen from the rubble of a Tokyo destroyed by an apocalyptic telekinetic blast from a young boy called Akira-the subject of a covert government experiment gone wrong now imprisoned for three decades in frozen stasis. But Tetsuo, an unstable youth with immense paranormal abilities of his own, has done the unthinkable: He has released Akira and set into motion a chain of events that could once again destroy the city and drag the world to the brink of Armageddon.

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Painting in mixed media combines all the excitement and potential of different materials and techniques, while giving the artist the opportunity to express themselves without any of the limitations of each separate medium. Whether you love the vibrancy of pastels, the versatility of acrylics or the dynamism of collage, this book shows you how to combine them to make a unique piece of art. Alongside Soraya's beautiful paintings, it encourages the artist to express themselves, to experiment with their own creative ideas and to enjoy the magical potential of painting in mixed media.

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Joshua Kampa is torn between two worlds - the Early Pleistocene Africa of his dreams and the 20th-century reality of his waking life. These worlds are transposed when a government experiment sends him over a million years back in time. Here, John builds a new life as part of a tribe of protohumans. But the reality of early Africa is much more challenging than his fantasies. With the landscape, the species, and John himself evolving, he reaches a temporal crossroads where he must decide whether the past or the future will be his present.

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To catch "in full sight" is Edwin Morgan's ambition. That fullness he achieves in lyric epiphanies, in the cumulative focuses and refocuses of sequences, in the reification of words in concrete poems, in the rhythms of sound poems. He hears and transcribes voices. Even the sonnet form remains an experiment for the poet questing for vision and unwilling to rest on rules. This volume includes Edwin Morgan's "Poems of Thirty Years" (1982) and "Themes on a Variation" (1988), together with some 50 uncollected poems from 1939 to 1982.

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A beautifully designed activity book filled with fascinating garden experiments With 80 experiments for the whole family to discover and enjoy,The Pocket Book of Garden Experiments contains easy-to-follow instructions for activities that will stretch your imagination and bring out your inner scientist. - Make an ecosystem in a jar - Find out why leaves change colour - Turn potatoes into slime - Calculate the heights of trees - Make a sound map of your garden Each experiment takes inspiration from the natural world and the fascinating things that live in it.

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Science is entertaining! Science is funny! Science is downright ridiculous! Get hands-on and explore the wacky world of science in this comic strip-style book of facts and experiments. Keep things dry underwater with kinetic theory, bravely defy gravity with air pressure, experiment with buoyancy using a Cartesian diver, and much more! Learn about each scientist and their amazing discoveries in the fun comic strips, then have a go at the experiments and activities yourself. Featuring a diverse range of scientists throughout history this book will inspire you to give science a go! Are you ready?

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Humans have long believed themselves to be the superior species: we consume other animals for food, experiment on them and slaughter them for sport. But as well as the ethical issues surrounding our treatment of other animals, our attitudes are responsible for massive species loss and extinctions, the extensive destruction of habitats and a growing threat of zoonotic pandemics. Drawing on philosophy and theology, art and history, Between Light and Storm is a penetrating account of our fraught relationship with animals. It is also a timely and necessary plea for a more humane approach to those with whom we share a planet.

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Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity.

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In this sci-fi horror, an experiment in faster than light travel goes terribly wrong. Unintended side effects will drop pilot David Peeler into a living nightmare when alternate versions of himself start appearing, each one more deranged than the last. Putting both himself, and his family in danger, David will navigate the farthest reaches of the cosmos, and the abyss of the human mind. Little by little, he will lose himself to the growing insanity of confronting the darkest parts of himself made flesh. All of it culminating in an explosive ending that will almost certainly be Peeler's doom!

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Come discover with me, Super Mi!Ever wonder how bees make honey? What are the roles bees have, living and working together?My name is Mi and though I'm still small, the world has no more secrets from me anymore! That's because of my superpowers. As Super Mi, I can discover everything I want to know!Discover, experiment and learn with the little scientists! Each little scientist has something new to teach readers. Through engaging narratives and full-colour illustrations, I'm a Little Scientist! introduces children to the exciting and ever-advancing world of science.Everyone can be a little scientist!Series features:

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Come discover with me, Super Mi!In what ways are our bodies like racing cars? What do our bodies need to survive?My name is Mi and though I'm still small, the world has no more secrets from me anymore! That's because of my superpowers. As Super Mi, I can discover everything I want to know!Discover, experiment and learn with the little scientists! Each little scientist has something new to teach readers. Through engaging narratives and full-colour illustrations, I'm a Little Scientist! introduces children to the exciting and ever-advancing world of science. Everyone can be a little scientist!Series features:

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Though creativity may be unequal among individuals, it is still accessible to everyone. Numerous techniques and tools can help one develop ideas, stimulate methods of thinking.., and create. The bases of a methodology linked with creativity are simple: Look at things differently,Research freely, without restrictions,Take time to experiment,Be conscious of the context in which you must express your creativity.This is the thought process of a creative person on an everyday basis.This book's exercises and projects will let you discover the creative, professional tools to open new perspectives and help you develop your creative potential...

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1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin's experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye everything it touches a brilliant purple. Perkin has discovered mauve, the world's first synthetic dye, bridging a gap between pure chemistry and industry which will change the world forever.From the fetching ribbons tying back the hair of every fashionable head in London to the laboratories in which scientists developed modern vaccines against cancer and malaria, Simon Garfield tells the story of how the colour purple became a sensation.

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A special edition collecting the great works of The Metabarons co-creator, Juan Gimenez, an artist with a limitless imagination.This collection includes two works. The first, the elegant space opera THE FOURTH POWER, is about the odyssey of star soldier Exether Mega who—through a series of heavy encounters—discovers she's at the center of a complex, secret experiment to create the ultimate weapon of war. The second work is the wild, intergalactic romp THE STARR CONSPIRACY which follows an aspiring young journalist on a wild goose chase to uncover the conspiratorial scoop of the century!

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Reconstructive facial surgery after a car crash so alters Manhattan model Charlotte that, within the fashion world, where one's look is oneself, she is unrecognizable. Seeking a new image, Charlotte engages in an Internet experiment that may both save and damn her. As her story eerily converges with that of a plain, unhappy teenager - another Charlotte - it raises tantalizing questions about identity and reality in contemporary Western culture.Jennifer Egan's bold, innovative novel, demonstrating her virtuosity at weaving a spellbinding, ambitious tale with language that dazzles, captures the spirit of our times and offers an unsettling glimpse of the future.

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In Piemburgem, the deceptively peaceful-looking capital of Zululand, Kommandant van Heerden, Konstabel Els and Luitenant Verkramp continue to terrorise true Englishman and even truer Zulus in their relentless search for a perfect South Africa. Kommandant van Heerden, that great Anglophile, gropes his way towards attaining true 'Englishness' in the company of the eccentric Dornford Yates Club. But Luitenant Verkramp, whose hatred of all things English is surpassed only by his fear of sex, sets in motion an experiment in mass chastity (with the help of a lady psychiatrist), which has remarkable and quite unforeseen results.

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VOLUME ONE: SHAPING A NEW NATION From 1492 to 1877 The American story begins before there was an America at all, except in the imagination of peoples around the world, living in poverty and yearning for freedom. From its beginnings America has been a land of hope, a magnet for people looking for a new beginning, a new life for themselves and their families. Out of their efforts a new nation gradually came into being. It was a nation formed by men and women who believed that freedom meant being able to rule themselves, rather than being ruled over by distant kings and princes. Such a nation would be a great experiment, a large republic unlike any other in history. Through a brave war of independence, and wise acts of statecraft, its leaders created a system of government that could protect the ideals of freedom and self-rule that they cherished. It was a brilliant system. But it was far from perfect, especially in its permitting the continued existence of slavery. It could not prevent a bloody and wounding civil war, a terrible contest pitting brother against brother and testing the great experiment to the breaking point—testing, but not breaking. The nation came out of the Civil War and postwar Reconstruction battered, but with a future full of possibility lying ahead.

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An award-winning science writer takes us into the lab to answer some of life's biggest questions: How was the universe created? And could we create our own?What if you could become God, with the ability to build a whole new universe? As startling as it sounds, modern physics suggests that within the next two decades, scientists may be able to perform this seemingly divine feat-to concoct an entirely new baby universe, complete with its own physical laws, star systems, galaxies, and even intelligent life. A Big Bang in a Little Room takes the reader on a journey through the history of cosmology and unravels-particle by particle, theory by theory, and experiment by experiment-the ideas behind this provocative claim made by some of the most respected physicists alive today. Beyond simply explaining the science, A Big Bang in a Little Room also tells the story of the people who have been laboring for more than thirty years to make this seemingly impossible dream a reality. What has driven them to continue on what would seem, at first glance, to be a quixotic quest?This mind-boggling book reveals that we can nurse other worlds in the tiny confines of a lab, raising a daunting prospect: Was our universe, too, brought into existence by a daring creator?

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In The Capitalist Revolution in Eastern Europe, Laszlo Csaba offers an applied economics interpretation of the modernization attempts which followed the collapse of the Soviet empire and of the state socialist experiment. This important book presents a comprehensive overview of empirical and theoretical developments in order to analyse and interpret what common factors or trends are discernible in the transformation process. From 1989 to 1994 a loss of employment and production was recorded in Eastern Europe which exceeded that of the great depression of the 1930s. This book questions why conventional economic doctrines seem to have failed in some countries but have been more successful in others. What - if anything - went wrong with an experiment which involved some of the most prominent economists in the world? Why did shock therapy fail in Russia and why is gradualism reaching its outer most limits in Hungary? In attempting to build a bridge between abstract economic theory and the empirical material available in Eastern Europe, the author adopts a broad framework of analysis making use of data and theories drawn from sociology, history and political science. In developing an analytical framework, and through its application by a single author, this book presents a unique, authoritative perspective on the transformation of Eastern Europe. Students, academic researchers, journalists and policymakers will welcome this decisive assessment of the empirical and theoretical insights resulting from the transformation of Eastern Europe.

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This book offers the first guide to landscape ecologists on the art and science of doing experiments, both observational and manipulative. How do you conduct an experiment when your study subject is as big as a landscape? Issues of scale, spatial heterogeneity and limitations on replication may challenge scientists seeking to carry out robust experiments in landscape ecology.Beginning with an overview of the history and philosophy of the scientific method, and tracing the development of experimental approaches in ecology broadly, the first half of the book discusses the broader issues of what makes a good experiment. Individual chapters describe unique aspects of landscape ecology that present challenges to experimentation, with suggestions for solutions on issues of scale, and how to apply controls, randomization and adequate replication in a landscape setting.The second half of the book describes different kinds of landscape ecology experimental approaches including: large-scale manipulations experimental model landscapes mesocosms and microcosms in silico experiments novel landscapes Each chapter describes the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, and identifies the types of landscape ecology concepts and questions that a research can address. Examples from around the world, in a myriad of different environments, help to illustrate the ideas in each chapter. Together with an annotated resources section, this book aims to stimulate ideas and inspire creativity for graduate students and early career researchers who want to conduct better experiments in landscape ecology.

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The Italian table, from north to south, has always borne minestrone, bean soups, bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil, pastas with vegetable sauces, preserves and fruit. These dishes, typical of the Mediterranean diet, are all also entirely compatible with the vegan point of view. Vegano Italiano celebrates these dishes and more, with recipes including: Crostini with Marinated Zucchini, Spaghetti with Wild Asparagus, Cream of Pumpkin and Potato Soup with Chestnuts and Cherry Strudel. Seasonal, mouth-watering and fun, these recipes will let the whole family experiment with new dishes, reinvent old favourites and get the most out of local, seasonal ingredients.

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This practical handbook shows teachers how to nurture a kindergarten learning environment in which children feel safe, comfortable, and able to take risks. It offers innovative ways to encourage children to explore, experiment, discover, solve problems, and freely interact with one another. Based on extensive classroom practice,Reading, Writing, Playing, Learning provides concrete suggestions for creating play-based learning in a culture of inquiry. The book discusses all aspects of oral language development, reading to and by children, shared and guided reading, reading to write and writing to learn, putting “play” into word play, celebrating diversity, and meeting the needs of all learners.

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There is an urgent need to rethink relationships between systems of government and those who are ‘governed’. This book explores ways of rethinking those relationships by bringing communities normally excluded from decision-making to centre stage to experiment with new methods of regulating for engagement. Using original, co-produced research, it innovatively shows how we can better use a ‘bottom-up’ approach to design regulatory regimes that recognise the capabilities of communities at the margins and powerfully support the knowledge, passions and creativity of citizens. The authors provide essential guidance for all those working on co-produced research to make impactful change.

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Explore and refine the techniques taught in The Leadership Challenge in Spanish The Leadership Challenge Workshop, 5th Edition, Participant Workbook in Spanish offers readers a practical and accessible Spanish-language toolkit to work through the insights, techniques, and strategies contained in the fifth edition of the The Leadership Challenge. Filled with templates, checklists, and other resources designed to bring out your inner leader, this Workbook follows the structure of the helps you to clarify your leadership values, inspire a shared vision amongst your followers, experiment with new ideas, enable others to realize their full potential, and more.

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This book showcases textile and surface design by some of the most exciting up-and-coming designers worldwide and points to the future of this vibrant field. It includes illustrative, abstract, geometric, floral, representational and digital designs; and knitted, woven, hand-dyed and digitally printed fabrics. In tandem with the rise of exciting new technologies is a renewed appreciation of traditional craftsmanship and the handmade; of the tactility and construction of fabrics of all kinds. Illustrated biographies introduce 13 of the most significant and innovative textiles designers working today. The book reveals new ways to communicate, experiment and become inspired.

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Come discover with me, Super Mi!Ever wonder how Earth moves round the sun? What's in our solar system?My name is Mi and though I'm still small, the world has no more secrets from me anymore! That's because of my superpowers. As Super Mi, I can discover everything I want to know!Discover, experiment and learn with the little scientists! Each little scientist has something new to teach readers. Through engaging narratives and full-colour illustrations, I'm a Little Scientist! introduces children to the exciting and ever-advancing world of science.Everyone can be a little scientist!Series features:

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Irish writing, we are told, is currently enjoying a renaissance. Strange, original talents are blossoming, wielding styles and perspectives as variant as the inspirations they bring to bear on their work. The Other Irish Tradition seeks to situate this recent flowering within the centuries-long efforts of Irish writers to experiment and to innovate, to make the form of the novel new and strange again. From Laurence Sterne to Flann O’Brien and beyond, this anthology presents both highly familiar and relatively obscure writers from across the history of Irish fiction, offering afresh perspective on and a provocative reshuffling of the literary canon.

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Bring your fashion dreams to life with these 40 plus runway-inspired illustrations. Try out your boldest colour combinations on glamorous gowns, unwind by styling daring dresses and eye-catching accessories or experiment by adding creative embellishments of your own. Each dazzling design is yours to customise and is printed on high-quality perforated paper to ensure your art will look as display-worthy as the clothes on the page, plus there are coloured illustrations to help inspire your work. So, grab your markers and coloured pencils and get lost in the world of haute couture!

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In Losing the Nobel Prize, cosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiment Brian Keating tells the inside story of BICEP2’s mesmerising discovery and the scientific drama that ensued. In an adventure story that spans the globe, Keating takes us on a personal journey of revelation and discovery, bringing to vivid life the highly competitive, take-no-prisoners, publish-or-perish world of modern science. Along the way, he provocatively argues that the Nobel Prize, instead of advancing scientific progress, may actually hamper it, encouraging speed and greed while punishing collaboration and bold innovation.

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Learn to style for advertisements, magazines and portfolios and take your first steps into one of fashion communication's most dynamic and rewarding careers. With hands-on practical advice on working as part of a team, developing a visual vocabulary and managing a shoot, you'll be encouraged to experiment and develop your own original creative concepts. This revised edition includes a new chapter on the future of the industry, exploring how the role is changing and the stylist's position as an entrepreneur. There are also new interviews with professional stylists and 120 new images to demonstrate each technique.

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A beautifully illustrated account of the Impressionist experiment in the United States—showing how the French style was put to distinctly American use From the late 19th century to the Second World War, American painters adapted Impressionism to their own ends, shaping one of the most enduring, complex, and contradictory styles of art ever produced in the United States. This comprehensive book presents an original and nuanced history of the American engagement with the French style, one that was both richer and more ambivalent than mere imitation. Showcasing key works from public and private collections across the United States, this expansive catalogue contextualizes celebrated figures, such as Claude Monet (1840–1926) and William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), among their unduly overlooked—and often female—counterparts, such as Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), Emma Richardson Cherry (1859–1954), and Evelyn McCormick (1862–1948). Essays from leading scholars of the movement expand upon the geography and chronology of Impressionism in America, investigating regional variants and new avenues opened by the experiment. Beautifully illustrated, this volume is a landmark event in the understanding of an important era in American art.Distributed for the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, and the San Antonio Museum of ArtExhibition Schedule:Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN (January 23–May 9, 2021)San Antonio Museum of Art (June 11–September 5, 2021)Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA (October 9, 2021–January 9, 2022)

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Fun STEAM Projects for Kids (Ages 8-12)“Sarah’s work as a STEAM educator is the perfect balance of creativity, fun, and science!”—Kellie Gerardi, bioastronautics researcher and space enthusiastFollow simple step-by-step instructions with Noah, your junior scientist guide, and explore STEAM experiments that are bubbly, colorful, big, and mind-blowing in this illustrated introduction to science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. A junior scientist’s guide to safe chemical reactions. Part illustrated fun, part STEAM workbook, Noah’s Fascinating World of STEAM Projects for Kids is the perfect addition to any kid scientist’s bookshelf. Dr. Sarah Habibi, the expert on TikTok science for kids and the brain behind the popular Science Bae videos, brings you 10 easy science experiments for kids to do right at home. Learn how to follow the scientific method by building a hypothesis, conducting a real experiment, and observing the results. Did something go wrong? That’s okay! Scientists mess up all the time—Noah and Dr. Habibi show you how to modify your experiment and try again.Inside, find 10 fun STEAM projects for kids, such as: Experiments with balloons and slime DIY Lava Lamps Composing in invisible ink Families who enjoy fun science books and science activity books for kids—like Awesome Science Experiments for Kids, Steve Spangler's Super-Cool Science Experiments for Kids, The Future of Science is Female, or MinuteEarth Explains: How Did Whales Get So Big?—will love Noah’s Fascinating World of STEAM Projects for Kids.

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Details on planes like the German Stuka, the American Dauntless, the Japanese Aichi D3A1 "Val," the Soviet PE-2, and numerous others Riveting accounts of aerial combat Includes maps, diagrams, tables, and photos For many, it is a dive bomber that conjures the most dramatic, quintessential image of World War II: a screaming German Stuka hurtling toward the ground as part of the frightening blitzkrieg that opened the war. In this illustrated history of Allied and Axis dive bombers, Peter C. Smith traces these formidable aircraft from the earliest experiment, through the planes' first operation, to their emergence as devastatingly effective tools of aerial warfare in World War II.

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Create beautiful cards using stencils and the relaxing art of Zentangle! Brass stencils are the perfect medium for Zentangle—their small designs are just the right size for embellishing with fun tangle patterns in black & white or glorious color. This book offers fascinating ideas for using Dreamweaver Stencils© to make memorable personalized greeting cards.Zentangle adds a fun new dimension to stencils. Inside you’ll find dozens of fabulous ideas for using stencils and templates with tangle art. Learn to create 40 new original tangles with step-by-step illustrations. Use the bonus workbook section to play, experiment, and create, as you master tangling and shading for your Zentangle-inspired masterpieces.

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There is a Canadian myth about the Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution for Canada. The myth says they were white, upper-class citizens devoted to British ideals, transplanting the best of colonial American society to British North America. In reality, more than 10 per cent of the Loyalists who came to the Maritime provinces were black and had been slaves. The Black Loyalists tells the story of one such group who came to Nova Scotia, but didn't stay. James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone.

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In the spirit of his bestselling Braai the Beloved Country, Jean Nel has created a book that shows you how to cook the old favorites and experiment with new techniques on a gas grill. Tackling some of the myths about cooking on a gas flame, he shows you how to cook anything from boerewors or steak, to smoked salmon and the most amazing slow-cooked pulled beef you’ve ever eaten. Cooking with Gas will get you outdoors and cooking more than you ever thought possible. In its pages you will find showstopper recipes for entertaining, as well as a simple, quick chicken breast for a midweek dinner.

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Louis Meyer is an overworked aerospace engineer looking forward to a week-long vacation on the Mediterranean. DeMilo is an astronaut and self-proclaimed ladies’ man whose behavior borders on the obsessive and voyeuristic. When a series of coincidences and disasters-including a devastating earthquake in Marseilles-brings them together on a spacecraft with an aloof woman they are both strongly attracted to, the two men’s flaws and shortcomings emerge as they engage in an underhanded competition to win her over. Brimming with Jean Echenoz’s inimitable humor, We Three is both a satirical take on the adventure novel and subtle experiment with narrative point of view.

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If you thought you knew everything about Slade Wilson, you were dead wrong! His blood-drenched past and exploits are well chronicled, but how did Slade become the infamous assassin and mercenary known as Deathstroke? Mission number one leads down an unforeseen path straight to the morgue. As it turns out, hunting down the last surviving doctor responsible for the experiment that gave him his powers gets complicated. Written by ED BRISSON (Batman Incorporated, Batman & Robin Eternal) with art by DEXTER SOY (Red Hood and the Outlaws, Suicide Squad) this volume collects Deathstroke Inc. #10-15: the Year One storyline that cannot be missed!

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Published to coincide with a major retrospective of Alexander Calder's work, Meet Alexander Calder is a fun-filled introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century's most important modern artists. Edward Cheverton takes readers beyond the page and introduces them to ways of creating art that takes up space and moves round and about. Taking inspiration from Alexander Calder's toys and mobiles, Cheverton invites readers to reinvent simple forms and experiment with combinations of found objects to create their own new pieces of sculpture. Children will enjoy discovering that art is not only something to observe but something to play and interact with, and to have fun making.

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A terrifying, surreal space-age odyssey, The Soft Machine initiated Burroughs' Cut-Up Trilogy that includes Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded. The book draws the reader into an unmappable textual space, where nothing is true and everything is permitted, to make a total assault on the colonising powers of planet earth that have turned us all into machines.Edited and introduced by renowned Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, this new edition clarifies for the first time the extraordinary history of The Soft Machine's writing and rewriting, demolishing the myths of Burroughs' chance-based writing methods and demonstrating for a new generation the significance of his greatest experiment.

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En el nostre temps és el primer recull de narracionsbreus d?Ernest Hemingway i tota una revolució en elrelat en llengua anglesa. Centrat en l?acció, preocupatper aconseguir frases sòlides i honestes, és el primergran experiment de Hemingway amb la seva teoria del?iceberg, segons la qual només cal contar allò que flotaen la superfície i ometre el que s?amaga al fons. Sovintprotagonitzats pel seu alter ego, Nick Adams, els relatss?ambienten en la seva infantesa als llacs de Michigan ien l?època que va conduir ambulàncies a Itàlia, durant laPrimera Guerra Mundial, i va conèixer Europa.

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For seventeen-year-old Maya, the equation for happiness is simple: a dream internship at MIT two new science nerd friends a perfect boyfriend = one amazing summer. Then Whit dumps her out of the blue. Maya is miserable until she discovers that her scientist mother, before she died, was conducting research on manipulating pheromones to enhance human attraction. If Maya can finish her mother’s work, maybe she can get Whit back. But when her experiment creates chaos in her love life, she realizes that maybe love and loss can’t be understood using the scientific method. Can she learn to trust the unmeasurables of love and attraction instead?

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