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2023 ALA Youth Media Awards
Nevada Reading Week 2024: 8th - 12th grade
Rainbow Reads 2023: Young Adult
Nevada Reading Week 2024: 8th - 12th grade
Rainbow Reads 2023: Young Adult
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"A quiet revolution has been underway in recent years, with study after study revealing substantial same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Join celebrated author Eliot Schrefer on an exploration of queer behavior in the animal world—from albatrosses to bonobos to clownfish to doodlebugs. In sharp and witty prose—aided by humorous comics from artist Jules Zuckerberg—Schrefer uses science, history, anthropology, and sociology to illustrate the...
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Are you above average? Every day we are measured against the yardstick of averages, judged according to how closely we resemble it or how far we deviate from it. In The End of Average, Todd Rose shows that no one is average. Not you. Not your kids. Not your employees or students. This isn't hollow sloganeering- it's a mathematical fact with enormous practical consequences. Weaving science, history, and his experiences as a high school dropout, Rose...
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"An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons—and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world A squirrel in the garden. A rat in the wall. A pigeon on the street. Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don’t...
7) Terrors and marvels: how science and technology changed the character and outcome of World War II
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
c2014.
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English
Description
With eye-catching artwork, step-by-step diagrams, and illustrations that break down complicated ideas into manageable concepts, The Science Book will have readers conversant in genetic engineering, black holes, and global warming in no time. Includes mini-biographies of the most well-known scientists and a glossary of helpful scientific terms.
11) Louis Pasteur
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Nest Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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Join the adventure as Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) sets out to solve some of the greatest medical mysteries of all time.
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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"Historian and philosopher of science George Dyson vividly re-creates the scenes of focused experimentation, incredible mathematical insight, and pure creative genius that gave us computers, digital television, modern genetics, models of stellar evolution--in other words, computer code"--
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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A rare 15th-century manuscript in Denmark's Royal Library describes in detail the fighting techniques taught by master of arms Hans Talhoffer, including not only weapons techniques, but hand-fighting, defence and strategy. Also included are numerous illustrations of medieval inventions resembling armored tanks, explosives, and underwater breathing apparatus.
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Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"What if someone told you that your liver pumped blood through your body? You'd think that person was crazy! Discover how thought about the human body has changed over the centuries."--
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Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Profiles many of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
19) Warriors
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Track the facts about warriors, weapons, and battles throughout history in this nonfiction companion to the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #31: Warriors in Winter, they had lots of questions. What kinds of weapons did the ancient Greeks use? How did Roman soldiers fight? Why did knights have tournaments? Who was famous for his war elephants? Find out the answers to these...
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