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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 3-6Close 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 fittestGandhi's passion: the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
Par Stanley Wolpert. 2001
Covers Mohandas Gandhi's childhood, legal training, and transformation into a Mahatma or "great soul," and the international attention that focused…
on his vision of nonviolence. Uses Gandhi's writings to explore his shift from turn-of-the-century campaigns against racial discrimination in South Africa to a leadership role in India's independence movement. 2001Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
Par Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6Dinosaurs 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 readersThe road to Kosovo: a Balkan diary
Par Greg Campbell. 1999
A reporter describes his solo sojourn into Kosovo in 1998 just when the Kosovo Liberation Army was becoming known in…
the West. Campbell had been to Bosnia in 1996 and wanted to ascertain the success or failure of the Dayton AccordsLa mère d'Édith
Par Édith Fournier. 1983
Récit-témoignage: l'auteure raconte les problèmes occasionnés par l'obligation de placer, en établissement de santé, sa mère atteinte de sénilité. Le…
récit comprend aussi les événements qui ont entouré la mort de la mère. [SDMBuried 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. 1998Les Filles du Roy pionnières des seigneuries de Varennes et de Verchères
Par Société d'histoire des Filles du Roy. 2022
Qui sont ces jeunes femmes majoritairement pauvres et orphelines qui, entre 1663 et 1673, ont quitté la France et bravé…
la mer sur de frêles navires à voile pour venir se faire une vie dans cette lointaine Nouvelle-France ? Parmi ces femmes, certaines ont osé remonter le fleuve pour venir s'établir un jour à Varennes et à Verchères. Arrivées dans le cadre du seul programme mis en place par la France pour peuple le Canada, elles font ici l'objet d'un recueil qui expose ce qu'a été leur vie en ce pays. Ce livre lève le voile sur ces "mères de la nation", femmes invisibles dans l'histoire, qui, avec d'autres pionnières, ont contribué à peuple et à développer l'Amérique françaiseUnder the black flag: the romance and the reality of life among the pirates
Par David Cordingly. 1997
Dispels the romantic fantasy about swashbuckling pirates and exposes them as brutal, violent criminals. Highlights their daily lives, the major…
ports where they thrived, the pets commonly kept, and the eventual demise of their class by government sanction. Includes notorious women and infamous buccaneersThe handbook of the former Soviet Union
Par Michael Kort. 1997
A history and description of the fifteen nations that arose out of the former Soviet Union, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,…
Moldova, and the states of the Baltic, Transcaucasus, and Central Asian regions. Includes a chronology of the post-soviet era and a brief encyclopedia describing major leaders and geographic features. For senior high and older readersThe world out there: becoming part of the lesbian and gay community
Par Michael Ford. 1996
The author presents a young adult's guide to understanding and becoming a part of the gay and lesbian community. Discusses…
dating, sex, music, information sources, and educational opportunities. Offers portraits of gay subcultures in major American cities. For senior high and older readersEarth
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 3-6The 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. 2001What's the deal?: Jefferson, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
Par Rhoda Blumberg. 1998
Provides historical background of the United States's purchase of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803. Discusses the negotiations by…
Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon, political implications for Spain and Britain, possibilities of war, and the young nation's actual acquisition of the vast area. For grades 5-8The dissident: Alexey navalny: profile of a political prisoner
Par David Herszenhorn. 2023
A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny— lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and…
presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival—so despised that the Russian leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny's name. There's an old saying that Russia without corruption isn't Russia. Alexey Navalny refuses to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype and create an entirely different country made him such a threat to Putin that the Kremlin wanted him exiled—or dead—and now seems intent on keeping him locked in a prison colony for decades. International correspondent David M. Herszenhorn, weaves together the threads of Navalny's remarkable life and work: The assassination attempt with a military- grade nerve agent by an FSB hit squad in Siberia, his recovery, and the vigilante-style investigation with news outlet Bellingcat to identify and confront his own would-be killers; Navalny's personal biography as part of the generation that straddled the end of the Soviet Union and birth of the Russian Federation, including childhood summers with his Ukrainian grandparents near Chernobyl, and his fellowship at Yale University, which spurred conspiracy theories about his ties to the U.S.; His anti-corruption investigations that exposed billions in graft at Russia's biggest state-owned companies and vast bribe-taking by top Russian officials, including his blockbuster revelations about Putin's Black Sea Palace; His political activism, including huge street protests, his bid for Moscow mayor in 2013, renegade run for president in 2017, his controversial views on nationalism, gun rights and Crimea, his transformation into a prisoner of conscience bravely denouncing Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, and more. Riveting and complex, THE DISSIDENT introduces readers to modern Russia's greatest agitator, a man willing to sacrifice his freedom—and even his own life—to build the decent, democratic country he wants to live in and hopes to pass on to his childrenBog 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 5-8