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The skin you live in
By Michael Tyler, David Lee Csicsko. 2005
Work rules!: insights from inside Google that will transform how you live and lead
By Laszlo Bock. 2015
Laszlo Bock, head of the People Operations at Google, says "We spend more time working than doing anything else in…
life. It's not right that the experience of work should be so demotivating and dehumanizing." Bock believes in striking a balance between creativity and structure that can lead to success in quality of life as well as market share. He wants people to reawaken the joy in what they doAnd so they build
By Bert Kitchen. 1995
Happy in our skin
By Fran Manushkin, Lauren Tobia. 2015
Dinosaurs in your backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA!
By Alan Barnard, Hugh Brewster. 2009
Presents facts learned from fossilized evidence of dinosaur species that roamed the North American continent millions of years ago, like…
the Stegosaurus of Colorado. Discusses size, eating habits, head crests, skull shapes, tail clubs, raptor claws, and dinosaur descendants. For grades 3-6. 2009Five skies: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming
By Paul Hawken, Ron Carlson. 2007
Three men share their life stories while working on a construction project in Idaho. Carpenter Arthur Key, who left California…
after a betrayal, and Ronnie Panelli, charming but shiftless, are led by ranch foreman Darwin Gallegos--angry at man, God, and life. Strong language. 2007The waters of Kronos: Internet Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community
By Conrad Richter, Nathan Newman. 2002
Semiautobiographical novel in which John Donner journeys to the town of his youth, Unionville, a Pennsylvania Dutch mining town now…
submerged by the waters of the dammed Kronos River. John's compulsion to reconnect with his past evokes reflections on the power of memory and familial bonds. National Book Award. 1960Sea glass: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1970 (Golden Mountain Chronicles)
By Laurence Yep. 2002
California, 1970. After leaving San Francisco for a small town, Craig, a Chinese American eighth-grader, finds it hard to fit…
in. He also has difficulty pleasing his father, who wants him to excel in sports. For grades 6-9. 1979Mummies: the newest, coolest, and creepiest from around the world
By Shelley Tanaka. 2005
Discusses the ways cultures in various climates and time periods have preserved the dead. Describes the process of mummification in…
the Andes mountains and dry deserts of South America, the Egyptian desert, glaciers of Canada and Italy, European peat bogs, Siberian ice, and Chinese sand dunes. For grades 3-6. 2005Bill Nye the Science Guy's great big book of tiny germs
By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Bill Nye, Bryn Barnard. 2005
Scientist from television show explains bacteria, viruses, germs, immune systems, vaccinations, and epidemics. Provides twelve step-by-step experiments that use common…
household materials to demonstrate the scientific facts discussed in each chapter. For grades 3-6. 2005Wild science: amazing encounters between animals and the people who study them
By Martin Kratt, Victoria Miles. 2004
Ten wildlife biologists describe their adventures studying and rescuing a blue whale, marmot, polar bear, sea otter, manatee, silver-haired bat,…
northern gannet, leatherback sea turtle, grizzly bear, and grey wolf. They discuss their career interests, research projects, and facts about the animals. For grades 5-8. 2004It's spring! (Celebrate the Seasons)
By Linda Glaser, Susan Swan. 2002
It's fall! (Celebrate the Seasons! Ser.)
By Linda Glaser, Susan Swan. 2001
It's winter! (Celebrate the Seasons! Ser.Celebrate the Seasons)
By Linda Glaser, Susan Swan. 2002
Wings of madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the invention of flight
By Paul Hoffman. 2003
Author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (RC 48056) examines the life and work of Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), the…
Brazilian-born aeronautical pioneer whose dirigibles captivated Paris. Hoffman highlights Santos-Dumont's aerial accomplishments, role in the race for manned flight, and despair at the destructive power of militarized aircraft during World War I. 2003What makes an ocean wave?: questions and answers about oceans and ocean life (Scholastic Question and Answer)
By Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger, John Rice. 2001
Destination gold!
By Julie Lawson. 2001
Canada, 1897. Sixteen-year-old Ned Turner leaves his widowed mother and younger sister, Sarah, to seek his fortune in the Klondike…
gold fields. The next year Sarah undertakes the treacherous journey to find him. Along with Catherine, a runaway, she joins Ned and shares his adventures. For grades 6-9. 2000Stone girl, bone girl: the story of Mary Anning (Orchard HC Picture Books)
By Laurence Anholt, Sheila Moxley. 1999
A brief biography of a young English fossil hunter in the early 1800s. Describes how Mary Anning learns about treasures…
in the rocks and how at age twelve she makes an important scientific discovery--bones of a sea monster that are 165 million years old. For grades K-3. 1998Forever flying: fifty years of high-flying adventures, from barnstorming in prop planes to dogfighting Germans to testing supersonic jets : an autobiography
By R. A Hoover, R. A. Bob Hoover, Mark Shaw. 1996
Autobiography by a pilot who has been described by Jimmy Doolittle as "the greatest stick-and-rudder man who ever lived." Hoover…
reminisces about flying as a teenager, fighting in World War II, and working as a test pilot and air show star. Foreword by Chuck YeagerGold, one of the heaviest metals, is so soft that it can be shaped into a variety of beautiful forms.…
The world has known about gold for at least 5,000 years. And, as the author explains, throughout history gold has been a sign of wealth and power and a driving force for adventure and discovery. For grades 3-6 and older readers