From North To South

Author : Michael Bright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780711254749

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North Pole / South Pole by Michael Bright Pdf

Fully-illustrated and with a fun and innovative flip-book format, the book provides the perfect way to explore and compare the extreme environments of the two Poles. Take a trip to the ends of the earth and discover the extreme environments of the North and South Poles. Find out which animals live where, what the weather and climate is like and the effect global warming is having. Beginning with the North Pole, the book introduces the geography and climate of the Arctic. Readers will discover how climate change is affecting sea ice and why multi-year ice is so important to walruses and polar bears. Find out what ice floes are and what lives under the ice. The many uses of the Arctic are explained, from the home it provides to whale hunters to the rocket and missile test sites it houses. And then flip the book over and you arrive in the South Pole... The famous race to reach the pole in 1911 is retold and readers will discover why the orca is the ultimate polar predator. The huge tabular icebergs, sub-glacial lakes, and ice chimneys of the Antarctic are brought to life in all their impressive glory, not to mention the sea spiders, 'death star' starfish and other undersea giants!

Author : Ina Cumpiano
Publisher : Children's Book Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bilingual books
ISBN : 9780892392094

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Quinito's Neighborhood by Ina Cumpiano Pdf

Quinito's neighbors all have important roles to play in the community.

Author : Pierre Winters
Publisher : Clavis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 1605372064

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The North Pole and the South Pole by Pierre Winters Pdf

Want to Know books are informative picture books that answer the questions of young children. Some subjects are familiar to them, others are less familiar. The books deal with the world and the environment around us, with our past and present. In a playful and clever way, these books tell children what they want to know. Do you want to know everything about the North and the South Poles? This book tells you what they are, and what they look like. You ll find out about the animals and people who live there, and what they do. The book also contains a fun activity, a verse, a big foldout page and a mini-quiz, so that you can become a real expert. An informative, interactive picture book for children ages 5 and up about the WOW elements of the world, the North and South Poles."

Author : Doris Wiklund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Weaving
ISBN : 0974150533

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Old Swedish Weavings from North to South by Doris Wiklund Pdf

Author : Gillian Turner
Publisher : The Experiment
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781615191321

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North Pole, South Pole by Gillian Turner Pdf

This “fantastic story” of one of physics’ great riddles takes us through centuries of scientific history (Simon Lamb, author of Devil in the Mountain). Why do compass needles point north—but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world’s oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the world’s great scientists have grappled with these questions, all rooted in the same phenomenon: Earth’s magnetism. Over two thousand years after the invention of the compass, Einstein called the source of Earth’s magnetic field one of greatest unsolved mysteries of physics. Here, for the first time, is the complete history of the quest to understand the planet’s attractive pull—from the ancient Greeks’ fascination with lodestone to the geological discovery that the North Pole has not always been in the North—and to the astonishing modern conclusions that finally revealed the true source. Richly illustrated and skillfully told, North Pole, South Pole unfolds the human story behind the science: that of the inquisitive, persevering, and often dissenting thinkers who unlocked the secrets at our planet’s core. “In recent years, many very good books for interested non-scientists have been published: Richard Dawkins’s Climbing Mount Improbable and The Ancestor’s Tale, Stephen Jay Gould’s The Lying Stones of Marrakech, and Dava Sobel’s Longitude and The Planets, to name some of them. North Pole, South Pole . . . is a worthy addition to that list . . . Turner has a great story to tell, and she tells it well.” —The Press (New Zealand)

Author : Zoë Tucker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735844841

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The Garden We Share by Zoë Tucker Pdf

To everything there is a season in this beautiful story about gardening, seasons, and treasured memories. This inspiring picture book written by Zoë Tucker and illustrated by Julianna Swaney—the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines—celebrates the friendship between a young girl and an elderly woman as they plant seeds in a community garden alongside friends and neighbors, waiting for the seeds to flower. By mid-summer, the friends welcome a rainbow of color in the garden and picnics in the sun. At harvest, the young girl’s elderly friend is bed-ridden, but jubilant as they share baskets with red tomatoes and snap peas amid the sweet smell of lavender. When the last leaves fall, everything is different. But in the spring, hope arises anew.

Author : Shiva Naipaul
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996-09-26
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780141961972

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North of South by Shiva Naipaul Pdf

In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what 'liberation', 'revolution' and 'socialism' meant to the ordinary people. His journey of discovery is brilliantly documented in this intimate, comic and controversial portrayal of a continent on the brink of change.

Author : Nat Rutter,Andrea Coronato,Karin Helmens,Jorge Rabassa,Marcelo Zárate
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400743991

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Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the Last Glacial Maximum by Nat Rutter,Andrea Coronato,Karin Helmens,Jorge Rabassa,Marcelo Zárate Pdf

Improved dating methods have increased our ability to more precisely determine the timing and durations of glaciations. Utilizing glacial and loess deposits, we have compared glaciations that occurred in North and South America in order to determine if events are synchronous or not, to explore forcing mechanisms, and to compare glaciations with cold periods of the Marine Oxygen Isotope stages and the loess/paleosol records of China. Stratigraphic sections containing a variety of glacial deposits, some with interbedded volcanics, as well as loess deposits, were used in reconstructing the glacial history. The Late Pleistocene (Brunhes Chron) Last Glacial Maximum is recognized in mountain and continental areas of North America but only in the mountains of South America. Commonly our comparisons indicate roughly synchronous glaciations on the two continents, whereas other glaciations are more elusive and difficult to compare. Although our comparisons are at low resolutions, the results suggest that Milankovitch forcing is most likely the dominant trigger for hemispheric glaciation modified by local factors.

Author : Nitsan Chorev
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780801463921

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The World Health Organization between North and South by Nitsan Chorev Pdf

Since 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched numerous programs aimed at improving health conditions around the globe, ranging from efforts to eradicate smallpox to education programs about the health risks of smoking. In setting global health priorities and carrying out initiatives, the WHO bureaucracy has faced the challenge of reconciling the preferences of a small minority of wealthy nations, who fund the organization, with the demands of poorer member countries, who hold the majority of votes. In The World Health Organization between North and South, Nitsan Chorev shows how the WHO bureaucracy has succeeded not only in avoiding having its agenda co-opted by either coalition of member states but also in reaching a consensus that fit the bureaucracy's own principles and interests. Chorev assesses the response of the WHO bureaucracy to member-state pressure in two particularly contentious moments: when during the 1970s and early 1980s developing countries forcefully called for a more equal international economic order, and when in the 1990s the United States and other wealthy countries demanded international organizations adopt neoliberal economic reforms. In analyzing these two periods, Chorev demonstrates how strategic maneuvering made it possible for a vulnerable bureaucracy to preserve a relatively autonomous agenda, promote a consistent set of values, and protect its interests in the face of challenges from developing and developed countries alike.

Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Fiction
ISBN : BCUL:1092409947

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North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Pdf

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man, John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction. In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.

Author : John Jakes
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 1588 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453255995

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Love and War by John Jakes Pdf

DIVThe Main and Hazard families clash on and off the Civil War’s battlefields as they grapple with the violent realities of a divided nation /divDIV America’s master storyteller continues his reign with Love and War, a story steeped in passion and betrayal. With the Confederate and Union armies furiously fighting, the once-steadfast bond between the Main and Hazard families continues to be tested. From opposite sides of the conflict, they face heartache and triumph on the frontlines as they fight for the future of the nation and their loved ones. With his impeccable research and unfailing devotion to the historical record, John Jakes offers his most enthralling and enduring tale yet./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of John Jakes including rare images from the author’s personal collection. /div

Author : Meg Greve
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615906963

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North, South, East, and West by Meg Greve Pdf

Young Readers Learn About North, South, East, And West Through Simple Text And Photos.

Author : Charles Bukowski
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061877452

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South of No North by Charles Bukowski Pdf

South of No North is a collection of short stories written by Charles Bukowski that explore loneliness and struggles on the fringes of society.

Author : John Jakes
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 3647 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480430471

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The North and South Trilogy by John Jakes Pdf

Two families are united—and torn apart—by the Civil War in these three dramatic novels by the #1 New York Times–bestselling master of the historical epic. In North and South, the first volume of John Jakes’s acclaimed and sweeping saga, a friendship is threatened by the divisions of the Civil War. In the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond while training at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Together they fight in the Mexican-American War, but their closeness is tested as their regional politics diverge. As the first rounds are fired at Fort Sumter, Orry and George find themselves on different sides of the coming struggle. In John Jakes’s unmatched style, North and South launches a trilogy that captures the fierce passions of a country at the precipice of disaster. In Love and War, the Main and Hazard families clash on and off the Civil War’s battlefields as they grapple with the violent realities of a divided nation. With the Confederate and Union armies furiously fighting, the once-steadfast bond between the Main and Hazard families continues to be tested. From opposite sides of the conflict, they face heartache and triumph on the frontlines as they fight for the future of the nation and their loved ones. With his impeccable research and unfailing devotion to the historical record, John Jakes offers his most enthralling and enduring tale yet. In Heaven and Hell, the battle between the Mains and Hazards—and Confederate and Union armies—comes to a brilliant end. The last days of the Civil War bring no peace for the Main and Hazard families. As the Mains’ South smolders in the ruins of defeat, the Hazards’ North pushes blindly for relentless industrial progress. Both the nation and the families’ long-standing bond hover on the brink of destruction. In the series’ epic conclusion, Jakes expertly blends personal conflict with historical events, crafting a haunting page-turner about America’s constant change and unyielding hope. This “entertaining [and] authentic dramatization” (The New York Times) is a thrilling tale of shifting loyalties, set during one of the darkest moments in American history.

Author : Sandra Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1760653853

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North and South by Sandra Morris Pdf

This beautiful non-fiction picture book contrasts, month-by-month, some of the world's most-loved Northern and Southern Hemisphere animals and the ways the climates in those regions affect the way they breed, feed, adapt, hide and survive. In the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, animals deal with changing seasons in various ways. Whichever hemisphere they live in, they need to be able to read the sign of the changing seasons to survive. This beautiful non-fiction picture book tells the tale of life for some of the planet's most-loved animals and what they're up to throughout the year. North and South marks a beautiful and engaging introduction to the natural world and conservation for young readers, with in-depth facts throughout and a full index and glossary adding interest for older readers.