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21) Skateboarding
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Language
English
Description
You want intense? How about rocketing into the air off a vert ramp and sticking the landing in front of a cheering crowd? Skateboarding has evolved from a fun hobby for kids to an international sporting spectacle. Find out how it made that journey, meet the world's top skaters, and learn the key tricks and moves. This title will allow students to explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For crooked politicians, military brass from third-world nations, and white-collar criminals looking to avoid either prison or a deadlier form of payback, there's Exit Strategy. With just one call, Exit Strategy helps these wealthy-but-wanted types disappear completely. They can fake your death, give you a new name and face, and launder whatever ill-gotten funds you need to establish a new life on the other side of the world. When Jordan Parrish,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 576 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In this fascinating foray into the centuries-old relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. "The overlap is strong, and the knowledge flows in both directions," say the authors, because astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection,...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
With every new feat, there is at least one big failure. Learn about some of the biggest technological feats and failures in human history in this fascinating nonfiction title that allows readers to discover some of the technological innovations that have made life easier. Featuring detailed images, charts, and graphs, informational text, and intriguing facts, children will be engaged and captivated from cover to cover!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement--precision--in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future." --Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Marvel
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When T'Challa gets special permission to have his friends from America, Sheila and Zeke, come to Wakanda, he can't wait to show them his home for a change. But their tour is brought to a halt when one of T'Challa's peers, Tafari, summons dark forces in order to return Wakanda to the 'old ways' before Vibranium was discovered. Tafari manages to banish the King and Queen along with all the tribal elders to an alternate dimension in exchange for the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Friedman discusses how the key to understanding the 21st century is understanding that the planet's three largest forces -- Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loss) -- are accelerating all at once. And these accelerations are transforming the five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Friedman posits that we should purposely "be late" -- we should...
30) Snowboarding
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Language
English
Description
In the complex world of the 21st century, the ability to use innovation to solve problems or make products better is a critical skill for kids to possess. This book uses a sport kid's love, snowboarding, to highlight how innovation has been used to make the sport and the people who play it, better.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Details modern forms of technology, discussing how they are developed and examining how they shape the modern world. Considers how technologies will continue to evolve and features color photographs throughout.
32) The broken spine
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Trudell Becket, known to her friends as Tru, finds herself in a bind when her library in lovely Cypress, South Carolina, is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless 'technological center.' A library with no books breaks Tru's book-loving heart, so she decides to rescue hundreds of beloved tomes slated for the town dump. Under the cover of darkness, Tru, along with her best friends--coffee shop owner Tori Green and mysterious bestselling author Flossie...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
With simple text, graphics, and hands-on activities, this book teaches readers about the ways coding is used in the complex inner workings of common items such as traffic lights and smoke detectors.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
27 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores how houses are powered by energy, discussing the electricity, water, and natural gas that fuel appliances and other home technologies, and provides tips on how people can conserve these resources in their homes.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
Español
Description
Profiles successful and unsuccessful inventions from throughout history in the areas of health, productivity, communication, and transportation. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, and further resources.
36) Lash-up
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In a bid to dominate Asia and the western Pacific, China provokes a military crisis with the United States and then starts shooting down GPS satellites. America has only a short amount of time to devise some way of protecting its remaining satellites or China will gain an enormous advantage in the coming conflict. The only way the satellites can be protected is from orbit, so an armed spacecraft must be quickly designed, built, and launched to fight...
37) Invasive
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On the isolated Kolohe Atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a charismatic billionaire employs a team of scientists to conduct cutting-edge research that he hopes will change the world. In a cabin on a remote lake in the Adirondacks, FBI futurist Hannah Stander finds a barely recognizable human body, which appears to have been skinned alive by thousands of genetically engineered ants. Hannah's investigation leads to Kolohe, where the scientists...
39) Departure
Author
Language
English
Description
"The world's past and future rests in the hands of five unwitting strangers in this definitive edition of A. G. Riddle's time-traveling, mind-bending speculative thriller. En route to London from New York, Flight 305 suddenly loses power and crash-lands in the English countryside, plunging a group of strangers into a mysterious adventure that will have repercussions for all of humankind.Struggling to stay alive, the survivors soon realize that the...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Examines the history and development of transportation from ancient times to today, discussing cars, trains, and planes. Features color photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, a timeline, an activity, and further resources.