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Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Young children are naturally curious about animals. Tell Me Why Skunks Smell Bad offers answers to their most compelling questions about when skunks attack. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words."--
64) Weapons in space
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1986.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Readers are introduced to a variety of plants from around the world that use trickery to survive and thrive. From the shape-changing Boquila vine that avoids the threat of being eaten by blending in with its host plant; to the pungent (to humans) Carrion flower that uses a rotten meat smell to lure the flies that play an important role in its pollination; to the large Nepenthes rajah, a pitcher plant that fools tree shrews into using it as a toilet...
69) Amazing armor
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discusses how animals use armor to protect themselves from predators or to catch prey"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When three men announce that they are suing the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm for reverse sex discrimination - claiming that they were not hired because they were men - Mary DiNunzio and Bennie Rosato are outraged. To make matters worse, their one male employee, John Foxman, intends to resign, claiming that there is some truth to this case. The plaintiffs' lawyer is Nick Machiavelli, who has already lost to Mary once and is now back with a vengeance...
73) Relative justice
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Formats
Description
David Cobb is a lawyer in a small practice with his father in Wilmington, NC; his sister-in-law Katelyn Martin-Cobb is a rising star with a huge firm in Washington, DC--with a move to Chicago in the near future as she climbs the legal ladder. After the family patriarch suffers a debilitating health scare, Katelyn and her husband move to Wilmington where she joins the practice owned by David. Together, they are pulled into a drug patent infringement...
74) Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. government's secret plan to save itself - while the rest of us die
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 529 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil--even if the rest of us die--a roadmap that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From author Melissa Stewart comes the grossest journey through the animal world you'll ever take. From ants to zebras, get ready to discover some seriously strange animal behaviors. Slurp up soupy insides with houseflies, spit sticky saliva to build nests with birds, and fend off predators with poop-flinging caterpillars and farting snakes. And that's just the tip of the dung pile! These yucky habits may seem surprising to us, but they're totally...
Author
Series
Miss Mingo volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Stop! Drop! Roll! Learning the rules of fire safety is a lot more fun (and less scary) when demonstrated by a charming and diverse group of animals.
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