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Mercury
Par Larry Brimner. 1998
Provides basic facts about the planet closest to the sun. Discusses the Mariner 10 space probe, which sent back much…
more information than was previously known about Mercury. For grades 3-6Life skills 101: a practical guide to leaving home and living on your own
Par Tina Pestalozzi. 2001
Advice for the transition to living single. Covers entering the work world, handling business and financial matters, setting up living…
space, organizing the basics, choosing between eating at home or dining out, being a "savvy consumer," and staying connected to people and the community. For senior high and older readers. 2001Close encounters: exploring the universe with the Hubble Space Telescope
Par Elaine Scott. 1998
Explains how information transmitted by the repaired Hubble telescope enables scientists to study stars, planets, black holes, and galaxies. Describes…
the impact of this new technology on astronomers' ideas about how the universe was formed. For grades 4-7The origin of species (Oxford World's classics)
Par Charles Darwin. 1996
The nineteenth-century English scientist's theory of evolution, in which he uses the findings of anatomy, geology, embryology, and paleontology to…
support his explanation of natural selection and survival of the fittestDemandez et vous recevrez
Par Pierre Morency. 2002
Un ouvrage où l'auteur, conférencier en motivation, livre les recettes qui ont fonctionné pour lui. Si tout va mal dans…
votre vie, finances, couple, travail, santé, vie sociale, remontez à la cause. Quand vous aurez trouvé votre chemin, le succès personnel viendra, et ce faisant, l'argent aussiDinosaurs to dodos: an encyclopedia of extinct animals
Par Don Lessem. 1999
A chronological overview of extinct life forms, progressing from one-celled sea creatures and prehistoric dinosaurs to twentieth-century mammals and birds.…
Provides scientific and popular names, physical characteristics, and places of origin. Discusses the eras, periods, and epochs of mass extinctions. For grades 4-7. 1999The advent of the algorithm: the idea that rules the world
Par David Berlinski. 2000
A history of the discovery and emergence of algorithms--codes controlling computers--and vivid portraits of contributors such as Leibniz, Gd̐el, Hilbert,…
and Turing. Discusses the algorithm's power as a calculating tool while exposing its limitations as a metaphor for human thought. 2000Reading between the bones: the pioneers of dinosaur paleontology
Par Susan Clinton. 1997
Profiles eight pioneers in the study of dinosaurs and explains how scientific knowledge is cumulative. Clinton notes that dinosaurs were…
unknown until 1824 when Georges Cuvier identified the first dinosaur bone, describing it as belonging to a whale-sized lizard. Now three hundred kinds of dinosaurs are known to vertebrate paleontologists. For junior and senior high readersBuried treasure: roots & tubers
Par Meredith Hughes. 1998
Presents the history, growing methods, and use of potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, carrots, turnips, beets, and radishes. Describes ways of…
preparing and eating these vegetables in different countries. Includes five recipes. For grades 4-7. 1998How to walk (Mindfulness Essentials)
Par Thich Hanh. 2023
An introduction to mindful walking, which can be done anywhere, at any time—even on a commute to work or school…
The fourth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series, a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice. Slow, concentrated walking while focusing on in- and out-breaths allows for a unique opportunity to be in the present. There is no need to arrive somewhere—each step is the arrival to concentration, joy, insight, and the momentary enlightenment of aliveness. When your foot touches the Earth with awareness, you make yourself alive and the Earth real, and you forget for one minute the searching, rushing, and longing that rob our daily lives of awareness and cause us to "sleepwalk" through life. Thich Nhat Hanh shares amusing stories of the impact mindful walking has on both the walker and those who notice him, and shows how mindful walking can be a technique for diminishing depression, recapturing wonder, and expressing gratitude. How to Walk is a unique gift for all ages, sharing a simple practice that can have a profound effect on practitioners"La médecine traditionnelle chinoise, encore peu connue en Occident, est pratiquée depuis des millénaires et s'attache davantage à prévenir la…
maladie qu'à la traiter. Elle a une approche holistique visant à harmoniser tous les aspects de l'être : physique, émotionnel, mental et spirituel. Elle nous amène à nous percevoir comme un tout, nous permettant ainsi de renouer avec notre force de guérison. Ce livre exceptionnel, empreint de sensibilité et de bon sens, aborde toutes les étapes de la vie des femmes. L'auteure propose un ensemble de moyens pour stimuler la vitalité et rester en bonne santé, entre autres, des exercices de Qi Gong, des massages de points d'acupression, des recettes et des exercices de méditation. Les femmes y apprendront à développer de l'amour et du respect pour leur corps et à mener une vie plus équilibrée et plus consciente." -- 4e de couvEarth
Par Larry Brimner. 1998
Basic facts about the planet. Contrasts ancient people's ideas about Earth with what modern scientists think. Describes the Earth's physical…
characteristics, its place in the solar system, and its satellite, the Moon. For grades 3-6When a friend dies: a book for teens about grieving & healing
Par Marilyn Gootman. 1994
Advice for handling grief, anger, guilt, and depression after a friend's death. Topics are covered in a question-and-answer format. Includes…
quotations from teens whose friends have died, as well as from writers, philosophers, and public figures whose words can serve as guideposts. For junior and senior high readersThe riddle of the compass: the invention that changed the world
Par Amir Aczel. 2001
Traces the development of the magnetic compass and its impact on society. Contends that the compass should be seen as…
the most important technological innovation since the wheel because of its lasting effect on navigation, commerce, and world economy. 2001Bog bodies
Par Janet Buell. 1997
Describes how in 1984 a British archaeologist discovered the two-thousand-year-old Lindow Man buried in peat. Explains that bodies preserved in…
bogs are like time travelers from past civilizations that scientists study to learn about the circumstances of life and death before written records. For grades 5-8Life among the Ibo women of Nigeria
Par Salome Nnoromele. 1998
Describes the cultural history of the Ibo women of western Africa including their traditional social, economic, religious, and political roles.…
Discusses the consequences of European colonialism, the modern role of women in Nigeria, and possible future trends. For junior and senior high readersDragon bones and dinosaur eggs: a photobiography of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews
Par Ann Bausum. 2000
A biography of the great explorer-adventurer who discovered huge fields of dinosaur bones and a complete nest of dinosaur eggs…
in Mongolia during the 1920s. Explains how Andrews pioneered modern paleontology field research using a team of specialists on his five expeditions to Asia. For grades 5-8. 2000Puzzling questions about the solar system
Par Martin Gardner. 1971
Presents basic information on the Sun, the Moon, and each of the planets in Earth's solar system followed by thought-provoking…
questions on each topic. Answers are provided at the end. For grades 6-9Venus
Par Larry Brimner. 1998
Annals of the former world
Par John McPhee. 1998
The author combines four of his previous works, Basin and Range (RC 17090), In Suspect Terrain (RC 19430), Rising from…
the Plains (RC 25157), and Assembling California (RC 36170), with a fifth, Crossing the Craton, to create an epic of the earth's formation. Pulitzer Prize