Fantastic Feats and Failures
Author : Yes Magazine Editors
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Page : pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 2004-01
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ISBN : 9780605016668
Author : Yes Magazine Editors
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 2004-01
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ISBN : 9780605016668
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Page : pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
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ISBN : 9781606862810
Author : Editors of YES Mag
Publisher : Kids Can Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,52 MB
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781553376347
Astronauts on Apollo 13 averted disaster with the help of duct tape. The design of the Sydney Opera House was based on the segments of an orange. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge swayed so much it was nicknamed ?Galloping Gertie.? From genius designs to deadly design-flaws, the story of engineering is full of oddities and surprises. Fantastic Feats and Failures includes bridge and dome-building projects, and other activities to test your engineering know-how.
Author : Adam Phillips
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 9780764143380
Describes various feats and records, including absurd animals, objects of ridicule, outrageous risks, peculiar people, silly sports, and more; and includes photographs.
Author : Dona Rice
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Athletes
ISBN : 9781480711228
The human body can achieve amazing feats, but with every new physical feat, there are many failures. Readers will learn about some of the most amazing physical feats in history in this inspiring nonfiction title. Readers will learn about sports records, daredevils like Evel Knievel, and the incredible determination that athletes of all kinds have in order to achieve amazing things. Featuring brilliant images and photos, charts, graphs, informational text, and stunning facts, this book will have readers engaged and amazed!
Author : Dan Simmons
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 46,64 MB
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429985313
This masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins It's the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. From sunset bike rides to shaded hiding places in the woods, the boys' days are marked by all of the secrets and silences of an idyllic middle-childhood. But amid the sundrenched cornfields their loyalty will be pitilessly tested. When a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the night, the townsfolk know it marks the end of their carefree days. From the depths of the Old Central School, a hulking fortress tinged with the mahogany scent of coffins, an invisible evil is rising. Strange and horrifying events begin to overtake everyday life, spreading terror through the once idyllic town. Determined to exorcize this ancient plague, Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen, and Kevin must wage a war of blood—against an arcane abomination who owns the night...
Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,37 MB
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0241555523
What is the world's longest-living creature? Who was the first person to reach the bottom of the ocean? Where is the longest train route? This ebook includes amazing facts about people, animals, Earth, and space, and brings you the first, fastest, longest, largest, biggest, and best records in the world! Track the longest shark migration (20,000 km/12,400 miles); visit the coolest place on the planet (Vostok Station, Antarctica: a chilling -89.2oC/-128.6oF); see how plane pioneer Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, and much more. Discover the greatest human achievements, from pioneering inventors to modern feats of engineering, transport, technology, and sport. But there's far more than just people power in this ebook, there are also records about animals, plants, and our amazing natural world. Find out all about the best of everything in Record Breakers - an entertaining and educational ebook that the whole family can enjoy.
Author : Editors of YES Mag
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1554532043
Cover subtitle: From everyday to out of this world.
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Page : pages
File Size : 39,69 MB
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Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 9781598264814
Author : Anthony Neilson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,71 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1408125706
'Ladies and gentlemen, as some of you may know, my name is Edward Gant: prodigy, soldier, traveller, poet - but always and ever a showman.' In 1881, the famed and enigmatic impresario Mr Edward Gant presented his renowned travelling show for the final time. The opiate-addicted actor manager showcased his troupe creating a spectacle of grotesquery, black comedy, mystery and magic realism. Over a century later, playwright Anthony Neilson has reconstructed this intriguing and fantastic historical event in a theatrical piece that combines the melodrama and extravagance with the painful loneliness that characterised a Victorian freak show. Neilson's play offers a strange and beautiful exploration of sadness and mortality, probing even the nature of theatre itself. 'Without further ado, I present for your astonishment the Extraordinary! The Terrible! The AMAZING FEATS OF LONELINESS.' Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness was first produced at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, in 2002, and was revived by Headlong Theatre and the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in February 2009.