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According to the publisher, this book offers inspiring and often funny stories of 50 mistakes and misunderstandings that helped bring about life as we know it from Wheaties to telephones and microwave ovens to yo-yos. With hilarious cartoons and wacky facts, this fascinating compendium illustrates the adage "If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them."
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The text and accompanying audio tapes introduce the basics and the intricacies of formal competitive debate. This is an excellent introduction to formal debate for advanced students. Effectively implementing the program, including practicing debating skills, would be conducted most effectively in a high school level homeschooling co-op group.
http://www.hslda.org/bookstore/items/DEBATE.asp?PID=5620737795
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This book describes how to care for an Australian Shepherd. The information about caring for puppies is very interesting. Australian Shepherds are herding dogs that are now used for pets.
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No education is complete without a large slice of Greek mythology. And there's no better way of meeting that literary quota than with the D'Aulaires' book. All the great gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are depicted in this big, beautiful classic, lovingly illustrated and skillfully told. Young readers will be dazzled by mighty Zeus, lord of the universe; stirred by elegant Athena, goddess of wisdom; intimidated by powerful Hera, queen of Olympus; and chilled by moody Poseidon, ruler of the sea. These often impetuous immortals flounce and f...
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This volume includes short biographies and information about the styles and techniques of more than 75 famous artists, from the Dark Ages up to the present day (Ghiberti to Christo and Wyeth). For each artist, an accompanying studio art project suitable for K-6 children is included, designed to focus on the media, design elements, style or type of art, or subject most associated with each individual artist. Materials needed for all projects are specified, along with directions and a sample of a child's work.
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A visual chronology of world history, spanning more than 20,000 years-from the first humans to the dawn of the new millenium.
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This book is about several electronic components, their functions and how to use them. This book includes information on resistors, capacitors, gates, transistors, switches, and more. There are formulas, codes, and schematics explaining the subject.
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This book has a lot of funny stories about activities and unusual events involving wild and domestic animals.
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This second book in the Foundation saga covers the fourth Seldon crisis and the coming of the Mule. The galaxy's periphery is now under control and the Foundation feels safe. But then the last fragments of the Galactic Empire rise up and attack the Foundation. They come very close to winning the war but ultimately lose and the Foundation has one less enemy. For a long time there is relative peace in the periphery. Then comes the Mule. With great speed, he takes over planets in the Foundation’s control — and then the Foundation itself. No...
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This book is an introduction to the two kana systems. The book covers origin and function, writing practice, pronunciation, and some vocabulary.
http://www.tuttlepublishing.com/title.cgi?title_id=2625
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The authors- a rabbi and a priest collaborate to present the predominant world religions in an easy to read format. They are able to compare and contrast Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Filled with interesting stories, the book works to answer all the big questions about religion that the kids might have. This book addresses, "How should we live, What happens to us after we die, Why does bad stuff happen to good folks and How can we talk to God?" among other questions.
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This book is the story of J.K. Rowling's life. Being the first authorized biography of Rowling, this book has a lot of information that no other book has.
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This series is a simple, straightforward, traditional approach to Latin, with some adaptations for younger children, including chants and crossword puzzles. All assignments are clearly and directly presented. The series has a teacher's guide, which is purchased separately. Strong grammatical approach; almost no illustrations; some religious content.
http://www.canonpress.org/
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This nonfiction chapter book highlights a different mathematician in each chapter. It relates the humanness of the individual as well as the mathematical discovery or theory associated with the individual. The book features both men and women equally. "Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others. Stories in Volume One focus on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, Germain, and still others. 15 illustrated vignettes per book introduce students...
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This is an introductory book to philosophy, which is divided by topics (ethics, metaphysics, etc.). Each section also contains a list of suggestions for further reading.
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This book by Wolfgang Langewiesche is an excellent resource for someone who wants to become a pilot, or for people who want to improve their piloting skills. Langewiesche tells how to execute a number of maneuvers (which are not aerobatic). He also includes helpful diagrams that explain difficult concepts such as lift, glide, climb, straight and level flight and the turn.
http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/getbook.php?isbn=0070362408&template=
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This book by authors by S. Choron & H. Choron is for ages 9-12. The book is an information sandwich with everything on it, packed with the stuff you need to know and the stuff you never even knew you wanted to know. Here are tons of fun facts about your favorite movies, music, books, and sports and games, along with kid survival tips and techniques. Find out how to defend yourself against vampires, what to do if you're afraid of the dark, and how to look great in your school picture. You'll also find hundreds of addresses for kid-friendly Web s...
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This book has maps of practically everywhere and everything in Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
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The Green Frog News is a free science and environmental newsletter for kids. Each issue is hosted by Angie, Blake, Simon and Amigo the Frog. All of the material is presented in a downloadable pdf format for home or classroom use. Their mission is to inspire, excite and educate children in the fields of science and the environment through unique publications and programs.
http://www.thegreenfrognews.com
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Bursting with clever strategies, valuable resources and wise guidance on how to design an interest-driven self-education, this book is for any bright student who wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of traditional school and get a "real education".
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This is a kid friendly series that explains Einstein's three main laws. There are three different books, one for every law.
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This book has a variety of cross-sections including; cross-sections of planes, cars and trains. The cross-sections show the inner and outer workings of the machines shown. Both technical and beautiful, the double-page full-color drawings in this huge and handsome encyclopedic volume will have engineering buffs poring over the detailed cross sections of the machinery. There are separate chapters on cars, trains, building vehicles, tanks, rescue vehicles, record breakers, ships, planes, jets, and space vehicles and instruments. Within each chapte...
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This book is full of information that people either take for granted or never give a second thought about. It is a book that has answers to questions like, "How did sour cream get so sour?" and "Why are pickle jars so hard to open?"
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