Everyone looks forward to their holidays. In this book you can learn how holidays began, and what they are like today. Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. Text type: An information text. Curriculum links: History: \"how people\"s lives have shaped this nation\"....

This multimedia resource offers a complete introduction to neuroanatomy with superb, clear and thoroughly labeled images and illustrations within an elegant navigation structure. It emphasizes the practical aspects of how to identify neuroanatomical structures, with quizzes and chapter self-assessments....

A companion to the study of the gangster film’s international appeal spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia A Companion to the Gangster Film presents a comprehensive overview of the newest scholarship on the contemporary gangster film genre as a global phenomenon....

Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena....

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. Opening Space Research: Dreams, Technology, and Scientific Discovery is George Ludwig\"s account of the early development of space-based electromagnetic physics, with a focus on the first U.S. space launches and the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts....

What\"s it really like to be an astronaut? Find out in this delightful picture book and discover the everyday and extraordinary events of life on a space station. A fun and fascinating first guide to a most exciting and unusual profession. It\"s a busy day for astronauts Jenny, Chen and Kim....

It\"s a busy day at the festival for PC Seth and PC Thea. A car is stuck in the mud and a little boy needs their help. Can the officers solve every problem that comes their way? Discover what its really like to be a police officer and what the responsibilities of being in the police force are in this delightful picture book....

This vintage book contains a brief biography of Edward Howard. Edward Howard was a pioneering maker of watches and clocks in America. Along with Charles Rice, Edward founded the E. Howard & Co. company that became famous for manufacturing high-quality and often eccentric watches and clocks in the latter half of the nineteenth century....

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...

When George Lynn Cross arrived to teach botany at the University of Oklahoma in the summer of 1934, racial segregation was so strong in Norman that no African American dared remain within the city limits after sundown....

George Lawrence Stone's Stick Control is the bible of drumming. In 1993, Modern Drummer magazine named the book one of the top 25 books of all-time....

Книга "Por Que Lloras? (Why You Crying?). Una Mirada En Serio a la Vida, El Amor, y La Risa (My Long, Hard Look at Life, Love, and Laughter)". ...

Книга "Reports & letters on light narrow gauge railways by Sir Charles Fox and son, M.I.C.E.; John Edward Boyd, M.I.C.E.; C. Phil, M.I.C.E.; Major Adelskold, Swedish Royal Engineer, and Mr. Fitzgibbon, C.E. microform : with remarks on the advantages to be deri".Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания (издательство "[Toronto? : s....

Книга "Official report of the proceedings of the sixteenth Republican National Convention, held in Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1916, resulting in the nomination of Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, for president and the nomination of Charles Warren"....