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Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller
"An intricate story that entwines considerations of faith and faithlessness, inquiry, denial, fear and survival in gorgeously conceived metaphor. Kingsolver has constructed a deeply affecting microcosm of a phenomenon that is manifesting in many different tragic ways, in communities and ecosystems all around the globe." — Seattle Times
A truly
...Author
Publisher
Ripley Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A compendium of incredible and bizarre facts, stories, interviews and features. Includes a dramatic eight-page gatefold section presenting Ripley's first ever Odditorium at the Chicago World's Fair, 1933-1934; a selection of choice memorabilia; informative boxes giving the scientific explanation behind some of the most incredible tales in the book; a section on the Olympic games, past and present; black and white Ripley archive photographs; and miscellaneous...
Author
Publisher
[Scholastic]
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Bright illustrations, wacky lists, nerd words, and colorful layouts enhance this fun-filled reference guide to facts and figures on an assortment of interesting animals, people, places, and things, including what makes pink flamingos pink and the most expensive movie flops ever made.
Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited
Pub. Date
2016. ©2016
Language
English
Description
Guinness World Records 2017 is bursting with all-new records on topics as diverse as black holes, domes, owls, and killer plants. And of course all your favorite record categories are updated, such as the world's new tallest dog! Plus, want to be a record-breaker? There are exciting challenges you can try at home.
Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The extraordinary orphans Sam, Pippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from the evil Nicholas Rattigan. But the children's lives don?t stay quiet for long. A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when General Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum's immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder..."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Utah may be best known for its mesmerizingly beautiful high deserts, the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, and as the home base for one of the world's most popular religious groups, but few may know about the Lost Rhoades mine purportedly full of gold treasure, the unseen residents of Heritage Park, or an unusually large, three-toed primate that steals livestock. Each episode included in this book explores unusual phenomena, strange...
Publisher
Guinness World Records Ltd
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Special 60th anniversary ed., Diamond anniversary ed.
Language
English
Description
Presents the biggest, smallest, fastest, longest, and other record setters for 2014 in the categories of space, Earth, living planet, humans, recordmania, modern world, great journeys, arts and media, technology and engineering, and sports.
15) True or false?
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
An encyclopedic compendium of facts, images, and infographics brings familiar topics to life and helps readers discover fun-filled trivia and statistics in a range of subjects, from science and history to culture and the natural world.
20) Crop circles
Author
Publisher
KidHaven Press/Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Investigate the incredible phenomenon of crop circles.
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