TO Z OF ALMOST EVERYTHING
Author : TREVOR. MONTAGUE
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN : 9780993481314
Author : TREVOR. MONTAGUE
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN : 9780993481314
Author : Lois Ehlert
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780152056889
While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world.
Author : Ltd Publications International
Publisher : Publications International, Limited
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 41,8 MB
Release : 2012-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781450845809
The Book of Unusual Knowledge is a mammoth 704-page hardcover book crammed with a cornucopia of information--some useful, others not so much--but all of it completely captivating. It's perfect for anyone with a curious mind and a passion for learning. With quirky illustrations and a vast array of articles, anecdotes, lists, and games, this book will provide hours of fascinating reading. It will also expand your knowledge on a range of topics, including the animal kingdom, art, sports, technology, history, politics, the universe, and much, much more. Sample topics include: * Are plastic bags killing sacred cows in India? * Does NASCAR have roots in bootlegging moonshine? * Did Ronald Reagan see not one--but two--UFOs during his lifetime? Gorgeous leatherette binding with gilded accents makes The Book of Unusual Knowledge a handsome addition to your library.
Author : Dr. Alyssa Dweck
Publisher : Fair Winds Press (MA)
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 23,92 MB
Release : 2017-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1592337678
Breaking the mold on women's health guides, 'The Complete A to Z for your V' tells women of all ages what they need o know about their own unique health.
Author : Gilbert Alter-Gilbert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1620877465
The Desktop Digest of Dictators and Despots is a compendium and quick reference guide to history’s most notorious absolutist rulers and authoritarian regimes. In a handsome hardcover format, this handy encyclopedia of totalitarians is as informative as it is titillating, a lurid panorama of history’s most malignant autarchs with original full-color portraits and accompanying psychobiographical profiles. From pharaohs to ayatollahs, from Caesar to Hitler, here are fifty-three profiles of history’s most warped personalities and their shocking crimes. Roman Emperor Nero, who lit the roads to the Coliseum’s night games by lining them with human torches made of the burning bodies of crucified Christians Alfredo Stroessner, under whose administration Paraguay offered comfortable refuge to former Nazis while rifle-toting “sportsmen” flocked to the countryside on weekends to legally hunt Indians Idi Amin, the dictator of Uganda, where power outages at the capitol were a routine occurrence because the sluiceways at the nearby hydroelectric dam were clogged with the bodies of so many citizens executed in his torture cells that the pampered local disposal team—the crocodiles—couldn’t eat them fast enough The horrifying pageant of tyranny has trailed in its wake a vicious train of exploitation, intolerance and oppression—war, conquest, subjugation, slavery, imprisonment, torture and execution—which continues unabated to the present day. Dictators never disappoint when it comes to proving that absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is the perfect handbook for educators, armchair historians, and pop-culture pundits.
Author : Maira Kalman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2001-10-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1524741205
Is there anything Pete won't eat? Poppy Wise's sweet but unruly dog starts with Nico's accordion and works his way through the alphabet, making a nuisance of himself by leaving nothing untouched, not even glue sticks or Uncle Norman's underpants. Despite Pete's ravenous ways, a frazzled Poppy Wise can't help loving him. Kids will laugh at Pete's impossible cuisine, adults will appreciate the offbeat sense of humor, and both will love the artwork that perfectly captures the fun of the text in this unique alphabet book only Maira Kalman could create.
Author : Isabel Quintero
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,41 MB
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1935955942
Gabi’s a girl in pieces. She wants a lot of things. Will she find the thing she needs most?
Author : Marieke Nijkamp
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1492673161
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends comes another heartbreaking, emotional and timely page-turner that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The Hope Juvenile Treatment Center is ironically named. No one has hope for the delinquent teenagers who have been exiled there; the world barely acknowledges that they exist. Then the guards at Hope start acting strange. And one day...they don't show up. But when the teens band together to make a break from the facility, they encounter soldiers outside the gates. There's a rapidly spreading infectious disease outside, and no one can leave their houses or travel without a permit. Which means that they're stuck at Hope. And this time, no one is watching out for them at all. As supplies quickly dwindle and a deadly plague tears through their ranks, the group has to decide whom among them they can trust and figure out how they can survive in a world that has never wanted them in the first place. Also by Marieke Nijkamp: This Is Where It Ends Even If We Break Before I Let Go Praise for Marieke Nijkamp: "Immersive and captivating. Thrilling in every sense of the word."—Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us is Lying on Even If We Break "With exceptional handling of everything from mental illness to guilt and a riveting, magic realist narrative, this well wrought, haunting novel will stick with readers long after the final page."—Booklist on Before I Let Go *STARRED REVIEW* "A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss."—BookRiot on This Is Where It Ends
Author : Martha Stewart
Publisher : Harvest
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1328927326
The time-tested, Martha-approved strategies in this book will help you organize, celebrate, clean, decorate... and any number of other life skills. -- adapted from back cover
Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 18,17 MB
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0385546149
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.