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Fixing my gaze: a scientist's journey into seeing in three dimensions
By Susan R. Barry. 2010
Neuroscientist explains that even after childhood surgery for strabismus, she had no depth perception. Recalls being unaware, despite her scientific…
training, that vision therapy could train her to use both eyes simultaneously. Describes the ocular exercise regimen given her by optometrist Theresa Ruggiero and her emotions upon experiencing stereopsis. 2009Driven: a photobiography of Henry Ford (Photobiographies)
By Don Mitchell. 2010
Biography of Henry Ford (1863-1947), whose affordable automobile, the Model T Ford, transformed America. Discusses his inventive mind, pacifist idealism…
during World Wars I and II, family life, treatment of assembly-line employees, and belief in technology. For grades 5-8. 2010Secretariat: The Making of a Champion
By William Nack. 2010
Account of Secretariat, the "horse of the century," who won the 1973 Triple Crown--the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the…
Belmont Stakes races. Describes the roles of owner Penny Chenery, trainer Lucien Laurin, jockey Ron Turcotte, and groom Eddie Sweat. Includes author's 2010 preface. Basis for motion picture. Bestseller. 1975Touchdown: the power and precision of football's perfect play (Spectacular Sports Ser.)
By Mark Stewart, Mike Kennedy. 2010
Two-hundred-year history of American football includes descriptions of ten unforgettable touchdowns, profiles of outstanding players from Jim Thorpe to LaDainian…
Tomlinson, accounts of costly bloopers and amazing feats, and touchdown records. For grades 4-7. 2010Swish: the quest for basketball's perfect shot (Spectacular Sports Ser.)
By Mark Stewart, Mike Kennedy. 2009
Traces the history of basketball from the 1800s to modern days, profiles sensational scorers from Buddy Jeannette to Charlotte Smith…
and Michael Jordan, and describes amazing shots from three-pointers to slam dunks. Includes unusual facts and men's and women's professional records. For grades 4-7. 2009Every bone tells a story: Hominin discoveries, deductions, and debates
By Jill Rubalcaba, Peter Robertshaw. 2010
Discusses the scientific knowledge derived from four human ancestors: Africa's Turkana Boy, Portugal's Lapedo Child, Washington state's Kennewick Man, and…
an Italian glacier's Iceman. Covers these fossil skeleton discoveries and examines both deductions based on advanced laboratory-technology findings and ongoing archaeological debates. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2010Liberty or death: the surprising story of runaway slaves who sided with the British during the American Revolution
By Margaret Whitman Blair, Margaret Blair. 2010
Considers the incongruity of America's beginnings--a war for independence proclaimed by slave owners. Follows the slaves who, lured by a…
promise of freedom and land, joined the British against the colonists. Covers the plight of the freed black loyalists who moved to Africa and Canada. For grades 5-8. 2010Food, farming, and hunting (American Indian Contributions to the World Ser.)
By Kay Marie Porterfield, Emory Dean Keoke. 2005
Explains geographic variations on hunting and fishing techniques and weapons; on gathering fruits and nuts; and on domesticating plants such…
as corn, chilies, potatoes, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, and tomatoes--crops now raised throughout the world. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 200510 inventors who changed the world
By Clive Gifford. 2009
Discusses the accomplishments of Archimedes, Galileo, Benjamin Franklin, James Watt, Isambard K. Brunel, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Glenn…
Curtiss, and Sergei Korolev--ten pioneers in the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and electricity. Features "life links" that describe the ways one inventor's work influenced another's. For grades 4-7. 2009Benjamin Franklin, American genius: his life and ideas, with 21 activities (For Kids series #28)
By Brandon Marie Miller. 2010
Biography of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) highlights his self-reliance from age seventeen on and his roles as a printer, writer, scientist,…
inventor, and diplomat. Discusses his political views and work on the Declaration of Independence. Activities include craft, cooking, and science projects appropriate to Franklin's era. For grades 4-7. 2010Rock 'n' roll soldier: a memoir
By Dean Ellis Kohler, Susan VanHecke. 2009
Musician recalls his dreams of stardom during the 1960s, the draft notice that interrupted his plans, and his time in…
the Army's military police in Vietnam. Discusses his assignment to establish a band and travel through treacherous terrain to entertain the troops. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2009Bylines: a photobiography of Nellie Bly (Photobiographies)
By Sue Macy. 2009
Biography of Elizabeth J. Cochrane (1864-1922), a pioneering female reporter who wrote her newspaper articles under the byline Nellie Bly.…
Discusses her travel reporting that took her around the world in seventy-two days and investigative journalism that included going undercover at the Women's Lunatic Asylum. For grades 4-7. 2009Skate for your life (Pocket Change Collective)
By Leo Baker. 2021
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be…
yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. "Wow! Leo's vulnerability and authenticity allowed me to experience his pain and triumph. A great testament to the positive power of skateboarding and the dangers of gender." —Elissa Steamer (skateboarding pioneer) "In Skate for Your Life, Leo Baker invites us on the intimate journey toward self-realization. Leo's deep passion for skateboarding is beautifully communicated while bringing to light the difficult reality of breaking the mold on a public stage. This book synthesizes what so many LGBTQIA people can relate to—the lifelong journey of seeking out spaces where we fit in, and when we don't find them, making new ones." —JD Samson (musician, producer, and songwriter) In this moving, personal story, professional skateboarder Leo Baker shares their journey within the sport and the importance of authenticity and allyship as a non-binary athlete. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. "Your authenticity is your superpower." That's the motto that professional skateboarder Leo Baker lives by and champions. But like any hero's journey, learning about their power didn't come easy. In this installment of the Pocket Change Collective, Baker takes the reader on a complicated, powerful journey through the world of skate and competitive sport as a non-binary athleteAndrew McCutchen (Baseball's Greatest Stars)
By Matt Scheff. 2016
Texas crime chronicles
By Texas Monthly Press Editors. 2000
From El Paso, from Dallas, from tiny Channelview come tales of murder, mischief, and malice--complete with new epilogues on their…
dramatic final chapters--that have been torn out of the pages of the award-winning Texas Monthly magazine and still succeed in rocking an almost shockproof nation. Contains descriptions of violenceKid camping from Aaaaiii! to Zip (An Avon Camelot book)
By Patrick F. McManus. 1991
This humorous guide to hiking and camping is arranged alphabetically: C is for Checklist, M is for Mosquitoes, O is…
for Oops! etc. There is good, light hearted advice for campers of all agesPeaceful heroes
By Jonah Winter, Sean Addy. 2009
Nurse, soldier, spy: the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero
By Marissa Moss, John Hendrix. 2011
The true story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who at age nineteen disguised herself as a man in order to fight…
in the Civil War. She took the name Frank Thompson and joined a Michigan army regiment to battle the Confederacy. Sarah excelled as a soldier and nurse on the battlefield. Because of her heroism, she was asked to become a spy. For grades 4-7. 2011Musial: from Stash to Stan the Man (Missouri Biography Ser. #1)
By James N. Giglio. 2001
The author of The Presidency of John F. Kennedy offers readers the most comprehensive account of baseball legend Stan Musial,…
describing his youth in Depression-era Pennsylvania, record-breaking baseball career with the Cardinals, World War II military service, and personal life