The Troublesome Adventures of Robert the Robot
Author : Mike Simpson
Publisher : Recognition Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780953737321
Robert The Robot Stories
Author : Sid Cooper
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 15,75 MB
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1483661040
Book Description
Professor Smart doesn’t like doing housework so he invents and builds a robot to do it for him. It’s only a structure made out of pieces of electronic equipment but gradually the professor adds more and more refinements. He teaches it to play chess but not too well because he doesn’t want a robot to beat him all the time. As the robot becomes more familiar to him, the professor gives it a name, Robert, and Robot develops a personality. Robert and Professor Smart find themselves involved in all sorts of strange situations and adventures. Of course, Robert doesn’t get paid for his work. All he needs is a drop of oil and a little electricity.
Gotcha Again for Guys!
Author : Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 159884377X
Book Description
Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.
Magnus, Robot Fighter Archives Volume 3
Author : Russ Manning
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Good and evil
ISBN : 1616553227
Book Description
"In the year 4000, the human race is threatened by robots bent on enslaving mankind, and only one man has the power to fight back--Magnus, Robot Fighter!"--Volume 1 cover.
Practicing English through Movies
Author : Juliane Garcia
Publisher : Simplíssimo
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 6558902443
Book Description
Uma coleção de perguntas e respostas para quem ama cinema. Útil e prático como material de suporte ao ensino da língua inglesa.
Blackie, Cheech, & Robert Robot visit Kenya, Africa with Their partners, Lou & DIRK
Author : Anne Shirley
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2024-04-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Blackie, Cheech Le Beak, Lou, and Dirk of the Holistic Detective Agency are taking a trip to Kenya to see the people and the animals and possibly help them. They are joined by Grandma Abby, Shoniqua, and Jared, one of whose distant ancestors may have come from East Africa. Dr. Robert Robot, a medical robot, comes to bring vaccine and provide medical help to whoever needs it. Dr. Robert is captured by Chinese thugs and seriously needs a rescue. Can Blackie and Cheech call in animal friends and rescue their friend Robert? And now grandpa Hercules is missing! Lots of work for our Dog and Parrot detectives.
Runaway Robot
Author : Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Publisher : Macmillan Children's Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 36,25 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1760786403
Book Description
Alfie likes hanging out at the airport - everyone has someone waiting for them and they all seems so happy when they arrive back from their holidays. He wishes he had someone as excited to see him. So when he finds Eric, a one-legged robot in need of a friend, at the airport Lost Property counter, he decides to take him home with him. A hilarious and heartwarming tale of friendship from Carnegie medal-winning author, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and illustrated by Steven Lenton.
Macmillan Dictionary for Children
Author : Christopher G. Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1416939598
Book Description
Inlcudes 35,000 up-t0-date entries and more than 3,000 detailed images.
Robots in American Popular Culture
Author : Steve Carper
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 33,39 MB
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1476635056
Book Description
They are invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable goofball sidekicks. Legions of robots and androids star in the dream factories of Hollywood and leer on pulp magazine covers, instantly recognizable icons of American popular culture. For two centuries, we have been told tales of encounters with creatures stronger, faster and smarter than ourselves, making us wonder who would win in a battle between machine and human. This book examines society's introduction to robots and androids such as Robby and Rosie, Elektro and Sparko, Data, WALL-E, C-3PO and the Terminator, particularly before and after World War II when the power of technology exploded. Learn how robots evolved with the times and then eventually caught up with and surpassed them.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,88 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
