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The Remarkable Inventions of Walter Mortinson

Quinn Sosna-Spear

Author : Quinn Sosna-Spear
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534420816

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The Remarkable Inventions of Walter Mortinson by Quinn Sosna-Spear Pdf

“Contains elements of Oz and Harry Potter with a healthy dollop of Willy Wonka thrown into the mix.” —Kirkus Reviews In this sweeping and inventive debut novel that’s perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, and Tim Burton, a prodigal inventor flees his home to find his destiny. In the humdrum town of Moormouth, Walter Mortinson’s unusual inventions cause nothing but trouble. After one of his contraptions throws the town into chaos, Walter’s mother demands he cut the nonsense and join the family mortuary business. Far off on Flaster Isle, famed inventor Horace Flasterborn plans to take Walter under his wing, just as he did Walter’s genius father decades ago. When a letter arrives by unusual means offering Walter an apprenticeship, it isn’t long before Walter decides to flee Moormouth to meet his destiny. Walter runs away in the family hearse along with Cordelia, the moody girl next door with one eye and plenty of secrets. Together they journey through a strange landscape of fish-people, giantess miners, and hypnotized honeybees in an adventure that will not only reveal the truth about Walter’s past, but direct his future.

The Thirteenth Hour

Quinn Sosna-Spear

Author : Quinn Sosna-Spear
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534451896

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The Thirteenth Hour by Quinn Sosna-Spear Pdf

When her dying aunt gives her a magical pocket watch, twelve-year-old Rosemary, as she begins to dream, enters a fantastical place where each hour of the watch takes her to a different world--until the class bully steals the watch, and Rosemary must gather the magic from all twelve worlds to rescue a boy she does not even like.

The Girl and the Witch's Garden

Erin Bowman

Author : Erin Bowman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534461598

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The Girl and the Witch's Garden by Erin Bowman Pdf

While living with her estranged mother at mysterious Mallory Estate, twelve-year-old Piper Peavey must undergo three trials to obtain from the enchanted garden an elixir that might save her dying father.

Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Author : Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062838391

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Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix takes readers on a thrilling adventure filled with mysteries and plot twists aplenty in this absorbing series about family and friendships. Perfect for fans of A Wrinkle in Time and The City of Ember! What makes you you? The Greystone kids thought they knew. Chess has always been the protector over his younger siblings, Emma loves math, and Finn does what Finn does best—acting silly and being adored. They’ve been a happy family, just the three of them and their mom. But everything changes when reports of three kidnapped children reach the Greystone kids, and they’re shocked by the startling similarities between themselves and these complete strangers. The other kids share their same first and middle names. They’re the same ages. They even have identical birthdays. Who, exactly, are these strangers? Before Chess, Emma, and Finn can question their mom about it, she takes off on a sudden work trip and leaves them in the care of Ms. Morales and her daughter, Natalie. But puzzling clues left behind lead to complex codes, hidden rooms, and a dangerous secret that will turn their world upside down. Praise for The Strangers: "A secret-stacked, thrilling series opener about perception, personal memories, and the idiosyncrasies that form individual identities." (Publishers Weekly, starred review) * Winter 2018–2019 Kids' Indie Next List Pick * Indie Bestseller * Time for Kids Book Club: Top 10 Summer Reads * PW Best Books 2019 * Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2020-2021 * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *

On a Scale of One to Ten

Ceylan Scott

Author : Ceylan Scott
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338323788

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On a Scale of One to Ten by Ceylan Scott Pdf

For fans of John Green and Ned Vizzini, a heart-wrenching and witty novel about a girl with Borderline Personality Disorder who finds a way to live with the guilt of her past. Tamar is admitted to Lime Grove, a psychiatric hospital for teenagers. Lime Grove is home to a number of teenagers with a variety of problems: anorexia, bipolar disorder, behavior issues. Tamar will come to know them all very well. But there's one question she can't... won't answer: What happened to her friend Iris? As Tamar's emotional angst becomes more and more clear to her, she'll have to figure out a path to forgiveness. A shocking, moving, and darkly funny depiction of life in a psychiatric world. A stunning journey of one girl's mental illness and the redemptive power of truth and healing.

The Code Breaker

Walter Isaacson

Author : Walter Isaacson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982115876

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The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson Pdf

A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington Post The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama behind the competition to discover the code of life. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would. Driven by a passion to understand how nature works and to turn discoveries into inventions, she would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, told her was the most important biological advance since his codiscovery of the structure of DNA. She and her collaborators turned a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. The development of CRISPR and the race to create vaccines for coronavirus will hasten our transition to the next great innovation revolution. The past half-century has been a digital age, based on the microchip, computer, and internet. Now we are entering a life-science revolution. Children who study digital coding will be joined by those who study genetic code. Should we use our new evolution-hacking powers to make us less susceptible to viruses? What a wonderful boon that would be! And what about preventing depression? Hmmm…Should we allow parents, if they can afford it, to enhance the height or muscles or IQ of their kids? After helping to discover CRISPR, Doudna became a leader in wrestling with these moral issues and, with her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in 2020. Her story is an “enthralling detective story” (Oprah Daily) that involves the most profound wonders of nature, from the origins of life to the future of our species.

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : 0785764038

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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

A brilliant physicist attempts to salvage his planet of anarchy.

The Second Life of Ava Rivers

Faith Gardner

Author : Faith Gardner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780451478320

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The Second Life of Ava Rivers by Faith Gardner Pdf

THREE STARRED REVIEWS "Remarkable."--VOYA "Genre-defying."--Booklist "Deeply compelling."--BCCB "A beautiful, moving, and thoughtful story about how far we're willing to go for family." -Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces Vera Rivers' life is split in two: before her twin sister Ava disappeared twelve years ago and after. Before was hot Junes and ice cream trucks, dancing in sprinklers, loud Christmas mornings and pancakes on Saturdays. The after is everything else: police officers, investigators, tips, theories, leads, but never any answers. The case made headlines, shocked Vera's Northern California community, and turned her family into tragic celebrities. Now, at eighteen, Vera is counting down the days until she starts her new life at college in Portland, Oregon, far away from the dark cloud she and her family have lived under for twelve years. But all that changes when a girl shows up at the local hospital. Her name is Ava Rivers and she wants to go home. Ava's return begins to mend the fractures in the Rivers family. Vera and Ava's estranged older brother returns. Vera reconnects with Max, the sweet, artistic boy from her childhood. Their parents smile again. But the questions remain: Where was Ava all these years? And who is she now? Powerful and gripping, The Second Life of Ava Rivers is equal parts thriller, mystery, and haunting meditation on grief, family, and forgiveness.

Introducing Intercultural Communication

Shuang Liu,Zala Volcic,Cindy Gallois

Author : Shuang Liu,Zala Volcic,Cindy Gallois
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446259542

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Introducing Intercultural Communication by Shuang Liu,Zala Volcic,Cindy Gallois Pdf

Books on intercultural communication are rarely written with an intercultural readership in mind. In contrast, this multinational team of authors has put together an introduction to communicating across cultures that uses examples and case studies from around the world. The book further covers essential new topics, including international conflict, social networking, migration, and the effects technology and mass media play in the globalization of communication. Written to be accessible for international students too, this text situates communication theory in a truly global perspective. Each chapter brings to life the links between theory and practice and between the global and the local, introducing key theories and their practical applications. Along the way, you will be supported with first-rate learning resources, including: • theory corners with concise, boxed-out digests of key theoretical concepts • case illustrations putting the main points of each chapter into context • learning objectives, discussion questions, key terms and further reading framing each chapter and stimulating further discussion • a companion website containing resources for instructors, including multiple choice questions, presentation slides, exercises and activities, and teaching notes. This book will not merely guide you to success in your studies, but will teach you to become a more critical consumer of information and understand the influence of your own culture on how you view yourself and others.

Great Inventions and Discoveries

Willis Duff Piercy

Author : Willis Duff Piercy
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020734299

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Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy Pdf

This book explores the most important inventions and discoveries throughout human history, from the wheel to the internet. Each chapter presents a different invention or discovery, explaining its impact on society and how it came to be. This is a must-read for anyone interested in science, technology, and the history of human development. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Lizzie Flying Solo

Nanci Turner Steveson

Author : Nanci Turner Steveson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062673206

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Lizzie Flying Solo by Nanci Turner Steveson Pdf

A lyrical, poignant middle grade novel about embracing change, accepting help from others, and finding a place to call home. Perfect for fans of Raymie Nightingale. A Kirkus Best Book of 2019! Lizzie St. Claire wants to be invisible. Forced to move out of her home, she and her mom now live in a transitional housing shelter, Good Hope, until they can get back on their feet. Lizzie just wants to keep her head down at Good Hope and her new school, so she doesn’t have to admit the real reason she and her mom lost everything. But when Lizzie finds herself at the nearby Birchwood Stables, some new friends—along with the arrival of a frightened pony named Fire—help Lizzie to open up and accept help from those around her, even if it means she’ll have more to lose if things change again.

My Lobotomy

Howard Dully,Charles Fleming

Author : Howard Dully,Charles Fleming
Publisher : Crown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307407672

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My Lobotomy by Howard Dully,Charles Fleming Pdf

In this heartfelt memoir from one of the youngest recipients of the transorbital lobotamy, Howard Dully shares the story of a painfully dysfunctional childhood, a misspent youth, his struggle to claim the life that was taken from him, and his redemption. At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy, rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbital—or ice pick—lobotomy. Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasn’t until he was in his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But even as he began to live the “normal” life he had been denied, Howard struggled with one question: Why? There were only three people who would know the truth: Freeman, the man who performed the procedure; Lou, his cold and demanding stepmother who brought Howard to the doctor’s attention; and his father, Rodney. Of the three, only Rodney, the man who hadn’t intervened on his son’s behalf, was still living. Time was running out. Stable and happy for the first time in decades, Howard began to search for answers. Through his research, Howard met other lobotomy patients and their families, talked with one of Freeman’s sons about his father’s controversial life’s work, and confronted Rodney about his complicity. And, in the archive where the doctor’s files are stored, he finally came face to face with the truth. Revealing what happened to a child no one—not his father, not the medical community, not the state—was willing to protect, My Lobotomy exposes a shameful chapter in the history of the treatment of mental illness. Yet, ultimately, this is a powerful and moving chronicle of the life of one man.

Invention and Technology

Milton Lomask

Author : Milton Lomask
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1442483245

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Invention and Technology by Milton Lomask Pdf

Invention and Technology's Great Lives includes a list of important dates in the history of invention and technology. Author Milton Lomask offers brief life stories of twenty-seven persons whose inventions or discoveries have altered the environment to a marked degree. It's all in his work, Invention and Technology's Great Lives.

Photonic Crystals

John D. Joannopoulos,Steven G. Johnson,Joshua N. Winn,Robert D. Meade

Author : John D. Joannopoulos,Steven G. Johnson,Joshua N. Winn,Robert D. Meade
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400828241

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Photonic Crystals by John D. Joannopoulos,Steven G. Johnson,Joshua N. Winn,Robert D. Meade Pdf

Since it was first published in 1995, Photonic Crystals has remained the definitive text for both undergraduates and researchers on photonic band-gap materials and their use in controlling the propagation of light. This newly expanded and revised edition covers the latest developments in the field, providing the most up-to-date, concise, and comprehensive book available on these novel materials and their applications. Starting from Maxwell's equations and Fourier analysis, the authors develop the theoretical tools of photonics using principles of linear algebra and symmetry, emphasizing analogies with traditional solid-state physics and quantum theory. They then investigate the unique phenomena that take place within photonic crystals at defect sites and surfaces, from one to three dimensions. This new edition includes entirely new chapters describing important hybrid structures that use band gaps or periodicity only in some directions: periodic waveguides, photonic-crystal slabs, and photonic-crystal fibers. The authors demonstrate how the capabilities of photonic crystals to localize light can be put to work in devices such as filters and splitters. A new appendix provides an overview of computational methods for electromagnetism. Existing chapters have been considerably updated and expanded to include many new three-dimensional photonic crystals, an extensive tutorial on device design using temporal coupled-mode theory, discussions of diffraction and refraction at crystal interfaces, and more. Richly illustrated and accessibly written, Photonic Crystals is an indispensable resource for students and researchers. Extensively revised and expanded Features improved graphics throughout Includes new chapters on photonic-crystal fibers and combined index-and band-gap-guiding Provides an introduction to coupled-mode theory as a powerful tool for device design Covers many new topics, including omnidirectional reflection, anomalous refraction and diffraction, computational photonics, and much more.

The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel

Dan Sinker

Author : Dan Sinker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781451655148

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The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel by Dan Sinker Pdf

Presents the full content of the popular fake twitter account that followed Rahm Emanuel's 2011 Chicago mayoral campaign.

The Remarkable Inventions Of Walter Mortinson

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The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson Pdf

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

The Second Life of Ava Rivers by Faith Gardner Pdf

Introducing Intercultural Communication by Shuang Liu,Zala Volcic,Cindy Gallois Pdf

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My Lobotomy by Howard Dully,Charles Fleming Pdf

Invention and Technology by Milton Lomask Pdf

Photonic Crystals by John D. Joannopoulos,Steven G. Johnson,Joshua N. Winn,Robert D. Meade Pdf

The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel by Dan Sinker Pdf

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