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This close-up look at the internet and smartphones introduces young listeners to the science and technology that makes these amazing inventions possible. Each audiobook in the set explores the history of these inventions, how they are used today, and the potential for their future technological development. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this informative series is sure to educate and excite.
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• The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1942_10_02 The World Series Crime
• The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1948_05_06 One Diamond
• The Adventures of Frank Race 1949_07_31 The Adventure of the Vanishing Favorite
• The Adventures of Frank Race 1949_08_28 The Adventures of the Generals Lady
• The Adventures of Michael Shayne 1945_06_04 Judge Stanton Murdered
• The Adventures of Michael Shayne 1945_06_18 Investment in an Invention
• The...
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Cinq dramaturges de différentes générations ont relevé le défi d'inventer des contes urbains qui donnent à voir et à entendre la ville, ses fantmes, ses avatars et ses ambitions. Leurs textes, portés par des personnages plus vrais que nature, offrent une perspective contemporaine sur l'art millénaire de raconter des histoires tout en incarnant avec finesse les communautés qui les ont inspirés.
Les Nouveaux contes sudburois renouvellent...
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“Mumbet's Declaration of Independence” by Gretchen Woelfle
“Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball” by John Coy
“Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game” by John Coy
“Niko Draws a Feeling” by Bob Raczka
“A Valentine for Frankenstein” by Leslie Kimmelman
“Undercover Ostrich” by Joe Kulka
“A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story” by Caren Stelson
“Dino-Christmas”...
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“Graphic Universe” publishes fiction and nonfiction novels for beginning readers, middle-grade readers, and young adults. The artists and writers of “Graphic Universe” are explorers, chasing down the many possibilities the comics form has to offer.
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“Felix and Calcite the Land of the Trolls” by Artur Laperla
“Medical Breakthroughs Incubators” by Paige V. Polinsky
“The Discovery of Germs” by Brandon Terrell
“The...
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The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror series returns with a splendidly startling fourth volume!
From paranormal plots to stories of the supernatural, tales of the unfamiliar have always fascinated us humans. To keep the tradition alive, fantasy aficionado Paula Guran has gathered the most delightfully disturbing work from some of today's finest writers of the fantastique!
No two mysterious shadows are alike, and the same can be said for the books...
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Seventeen hard science fiction tales by today's top authors. Hard science fiction is the literature of change, rigorously examining the impact-both beneficial and dangerous-of science and technology on humanity, the future, and the cosmos. As science advances, expanding our knowledge of the universe, astounding new frontiers in storytelling open up as well. In Carbide Tipped Pens, over a dozen of today's most creative imaginations explore these frontiers,...
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This report argues that development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society more readily tackle such challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change. Drawing from a wealth of research that suggests ways of diagnosing and solving the psychological and social constraints to development, the...
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Each essay in Producing Fashion is presented in full and has been selected from the original print edition. The essays answer the following questions and more: How has Paris, the world's fashion capital, influenced Milan, New York, and Tokyo? When did the Marlboro Man become a symbol of American masculinity? Why do Americans love to dress down in high-tech Lycra fabrics, while they wax nostalgic for quaint, old-fashioned Victorian cottages?
Fashion...
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A masterful collection of horror fiction by widely acclaimed authors whose contributions to the genre have been lost in the shadow of Poe. Edgar Allan Poe did not invent the tale of terror. There were American, English, and Continental writers who preceded Poe and influenced his work. Similarly, there were many who were in turn influenced by Poe's genius and produced their own popular tales of supernatural literature. This collection features masterful...
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Experience one of television's greatest science fiction series: The Twilight Zone. This collection of episodes is fully dramatized for audio and features a full cast, music, sound effects, and narration by some of today's biggest celebrities. Steel (starring Lou Gossett, Jr.) In the near future, boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots. The manager of a robot desperately in need of repair does the unthinkable to win a bout....
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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: • Galileo who wanted to show that the earth went around the sun • René Descartes, the Frenchman who famously said 'I think, therefore I am' • Sir Isaac Newton who proved how gravity works • Carl Friedrich Gauss, 'the Prince of Mathematicians' • Charles Babbage who invented computers • Ada Lovelace who wrote the first computer program BRITISH ENGLISH • Word count: 8,351...
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The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: • Henry J Heinz, the man who invented tomato ketchup • William Lever who made millions from soap • Michael Marks, founder of the Marks and Spencer stores • Henry Ford, who mass-produced cars and made them affordable • Coco Chanel, the businesswoman who changed fashion for women • Ray Kroc, the man who created the McDonald's chain of restaurants BRITISH ENGLISH • Word count:...
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The Arabian Nights is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical,...
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Millbrook Press publishes informational titles for grades K—5 that offer fresh perspectives, unusual points of view, and a good dose of humor, while Carolrhoda Books spark children's imaginations and offer new ways of looking at the world. These fact-filled books draw listeners in with engaging writing and a wide variety of genres encompassed, from coming-of-age stories to exceptional nonfiction to mysteries.
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“A Leaf Can Be” by...
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OASIS AUDIO CLASSIC RADIO SHOWCASE SERIES
Oasis Audio has gone into the vaults and dusted off the very earliest form of audio book, old time radio shows, for our listeners. Introduced episode by episode by Jim Engel, old time radio authority and board member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this series of classic radio shows is sure to have something for everyone. Celebrity casts and top-notch writers made the 1920s through the...