Book Description
"Jackson is always making new contraptions, but his contraptions don't always work. Do you think Jackson's contraptions will work this time?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Cass Hollander
Publisher :
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 43,57 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Readers (Primary)
ISBN :
"Jackson is always making new contraptions, but his contraptions don't always work. Do you think Jackson's contraptions will work this time?"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Cass Hollander
Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Readers (Elementary)
ISBN : 9780590030892
"Jackson is always making new contraptions, but his contraptions don't always work. Do you think Jackson's contraptions will work this time?"--Page 4 of cover
Author : David Park
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691233187
The Grand Contraption tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. No other book has provided as coherent, compelling, and learned a narrative on this subject of subjects. David Park takes us on an incredible journey that illuminates the multitude of elaborate "contraptions" by which humans in the Western world have imagined the earth they inhabit--and what lies beyond. Intertwining history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the physical sciences, this eminently readable book is, ultimately, about the "grand contraption" we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. According to Park, people long ago conceived of our world as a great rock slab inhabited by gods, devils, and people and crowned by stars. Thinkers imagined ether to fill the empty space, and in the comforting certainty of celestial movement they discerned numbers, and in numbers, order. Separate sections of the book tell the fascinating stories of measuring and mapping the Earth and Heavens, and later, the scientific exploration of the universe. The journey reveals many common threads stretching from ancient Mesopotamians and Greeks to peoples of today. For example, humans have tended to imagine Earth and Sky as living creatures. Not true, say science-savvy moderns. But truth isn't always the point. The point, says Park, is that Earth is indeed the fragile bubble we surmise, and we must treat it with the reverence it deserves.
Author : Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,7 MB
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Joy in the Morning is a play by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews. Andrews was an American writer, here recounting the story of a young couple separated by World War I. The book follows their journey of love and sacrifice, as they struggle to overcome the challenges and uncertainties of wartime. The novel is a poignant tribute to the courage and resilience of those who served in the war, and a celebration of the enduring power of love.
Author : Brian Huey
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 34,26 MB
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1949379035
Pitted against the status quo, government, money, power-and pure evil, our hero, Matthew, and his enchanting and determined sidekick, Maria, fight to reclaim control over their future. On the morning of 9/11, the FBI director interrogates Matthew's enigmatic mentor, aka, Zebo. Our All-American savant is dead-set on finding the truth about people and events that have pursued him these past years, perhaps since birth. Every step proves to be more dangerous than the last. eace in the Maine North Woods is precious to Matthew and Maria as they prepare for a big move. Trouble converges on their haven in Cambridge. Can Matthew trust his highly-decorated Marine hero brother? Can he believe a fellow MIT genius with a dangerous secret of his own? Can Matthew avoid a stalker only known as Black Cap? Can he trust his friends? Can he trust anyone?
Author : Rick Riordan
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,24 MB
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1484729382
Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy, ( I've had some bad experiences in my time, but the heroes I'm going to tell you about were the original old school hard luck cases. They boldly screwed up where no one had screwed up before. . .) and enhanced with vibrant artwork by Caldecott Honoree John Rocco, this story collection will become the new must-have classic for Rick Riordan's legions of devoted fans--and for anyone who needs a hero. So get your flaming spear. Put on your lion skin cape. Polish your shield and make sure you've got arrows in your quiver. We're going back about four thousand years to decapitate monsters, save some kingdoms, shoot a few gods in the butt, raid the Underworld, and steal loot from evil people. Then, for dessert, we'll die painful tragic deaths. Ready? Sweet. Let's do this.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Readers (Elementary)
ISBN : 9780590030335
Author : Lesley Stahl
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2000-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 068485371X
In lively, down-to-earth narrative, "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl reveals how she has kept her focus--and her sense of humor--in the competitive, often sexist world of political reporting. 16-page photo insert.
Author : K.N. Casper
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 30,16 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459236424
He has all the Southern comforts any girl could want! Leanna Cargill is from up North—a damnyankee, as Southern folk say. But she's a steel magnolia if there ever was one—and she's determined to succeed at her new investigative job down South. All the more since a nasty divorce has recently left her completely responsible for her little girl. Jackson Fontaine may be a Southern gentleman, but he's also a wheeler-dealer businessman and as strong willed as they come. He's not about to let his sugar plantation and refinery go under—he has a little girl to care for, too—because of any operational irregularities Leanna Cargill may find. Despite that, they like each other a lot. And when circumstances force Leanna to live at Bellefontaine, they both see how easily the four of them—Leanna and Jackson and their two girls—could make that arrangement a permanent one….
Author : Gerald Vision
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Perception
ISBN : 0195104986
In this break-through study, Gerald Vision proposes a new causal theory, one that engages provocatively with a species of direct realism and makes no use of the now discredited subjectivism.