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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Inaccurate interpretations and outright misrepresentations of the past-cultivated within and promoted by the conservative movement and right-wing media over the last several decades-hold sway among large numbers of Americans, damaging our public discourse. In Myth America, historians Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer have assembled an all-star team of historians to provide textured analysis...
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Series
Questioneers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this book, Bill Hammack, better known as The Engineer Guy, takes us on a whirlwind tour of how humans built the world we know today. From the grand stone arches of medieval cathedrals to the mundane modern soda can, Hammack explains the golden rule of thumb that underlies every new building technique, every technological advancement, and every creative solution that leads us one step closer to a better, more functional world. Perfect for readers...
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Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences. Filled with surprising stories of accidental genius and brilliant mistakes -- from the French publisher who invented the phonograph before Edison but forgot to...
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Series
Mr. and Mrs. Green volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, practice magic tricks, bake cookies, and dream up new inventions.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Winchester illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings and ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy -- and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The essays soon turned into a newsletter and, spread by word...
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Language
English
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Description
Readers will discover the science behind the telephone invention and learn about Alexander Graham Bell in Super Simple Telephone Projects. Then do the science-based telephone projects like making a faraday box or creating sound waves. This book has a timeline, easy-to-follow steps, how-to pictures, and, best of all, it's written for kids!
Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Applied to STEM & STEAM Concepts of Learning...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The inventions and inspiration of Benjamin Franklin and how they've stood the test of time
What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin Franklin, you'd set up these organizations yourself. Franklin also designed the lightning rod, suggested the idea of daylight savings time, and invented bifocals-all inspired by his common sense and intelligence. In this informative...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Hooligans sneak along when Roxie Warbler goes on a beach vacation with her beloved Uncle Dangerfoot, and soon they uncover the secret invention he has been hiding from his nemesis, Alfred Applejack.--
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Series
Captain Underpants volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
George and Harold and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have been taking turns going to school, but when the doubles fall prey to their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, and his method of mind control that turns students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, it is up to original George and Harold to strike back.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Well before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Aleck (as his family called him) was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him. His father was a speech therapist who invented the Visible Alphabet and his mother was hearing impaired, which only made Aleck even more fascinated by sound vibration and modes of communication. Naturally inquisitive and inclined to test his knowledge, young Aleck was...
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