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Send your readers flying down the runway with a simple fold, fold, fold, and a side of science. Step-by-step instructions…
show budding flight-school students how to build the Spinning Blimp and other beginning-level paper airplanes, while hearty, fact-filled sidebars and an "Inside the Hangar" feature explain basic flight concepts. Engaging video tutorials and bonus content through the Capstone 4D augmented reality app really give this title wings!Challenge your readers to fly faster and higher with these wild, expert-level paper airplane projects. Step-by-step instructions show aspiring pilots…
how to build the Space Bomber, the Sparrowhawk, and more. Special video support through the Capstone 4D augmented reality app ensures success. Sidebars and a special "Inside the Hangar" feature dive into the basic science and engineering concepts related to flightThe secret, mystifying, unusual history of magic
Par Capstone. 2020
The world of magic is filled with impossible feats, extraordinary fame, and closely guarded secrets. This Unusual History traces the…
magical art from its roots. Learn about the ancient Egyptians who mystified pharaohs, the heart-stopping escapes of Harry Houdini, and modern-day marvels who defy the laws of science. From the secret behind breathing fire to sawing bodies in half, the Unusual History of Magic will captivate you!Color camouflage: A spot-it challenge
Par Capstone. 2020
Do you have a favorite color? Search for tricky, hidden items in color-themed photos, and you'll look at color in…
a whole new way! Put your seeking skills to the test with Color CamouflageCool card tricks (Easy Magic Tricks)
Par Capstone. 2020
Shuffle, cut, and fan the deck. Get ready to learn the real secrets behind magic card tricks. Then amaze friends…
and family with tricks like The Four Pirates and Aces on TopSeason search: A spot-it challenge
Par Capstone. 2020
Which season do you like best? Search for hidden items in season-themed photos, and you'll find a year full of…
fun! Put your seeking skills to the test with Season SearchIncredible tricks at the dinner table (Easy Magic Tricks)
Par Capstone. 2020
Who knew a napkin and a straw could be so entertaining? Get ready to learn the real secrets behind dinner…
table magic tricks. Then turn mealtime into a magic show with tricks like New-Again Napkin and The Last StrawBusting boredom with art projects
Par Capstone. 2020
Feeling imaginative? Get ready to bust boredom with art projects! Learn how to make a survival bracelet, create a garden…
stepping stone, put together a tin can clock, and much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom with art projects has never been more funBusting boredom in the great outdoors
Par Capstone. 2020
Feeling outdoorsy? Get ready to bust boredom with nature and the world outside! Learn how to whip up sidewalk chalk…
spray paint, go on a photo safari, build giant lawn games, and much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom in the great outdoors has never been more funBusting boredom with experiments
Par Capstone. 2020
Feeling inventive? Get ready to bust boredom with wacky experiments! Learn how to create lightning bolts, build a catapult, and…
much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom with experiments has never been more funBirthday party games (Happy Birthday!)
Par Sarah L. Schuette. 2020
What kind of games will you play at your birthday party? From musical chairs to sack racing, games make birthdays…
fun. Learn about indoor and outdoor games to play on your special dayWhose gadgets are these? (Community Helper Mystery)
Par Capstone. 2020
Who is this book about? Its a mystery! A worker gives you clues about his work and the gadgets he…
uses to help people in his community. Can you use the clues to guess who it is?Whose equipment is this? (Community Helper Mystery)
Par Capstone. 2020
Who is this book about? It's a mystery! A worker gives you clues about his job and the equipment he…
uses to help people in his community. Can you use the clues to guess who it is?Awesome coin tricks (Easy Magic Tricks)
Par Capstone. 2020
Don't just throw your spare change in a piggy bank. Use it to perform cool coin tricks. Get ready to…
learn the real secrets behind magic coin tricks. Then amaze friends and family with tricks like Flipped Out and The Coin DropAnimals everywhere: A spot-it challenge
Par Capstone. 2020
Oodles and oodles of lizards and poodles! Mounds of chickens, kittens, and cows! From tiny green tree frogs to jumbo…
dinos, this book features creatures of all kinds. How many can you find in these dazzling scenes? Put your seeking skills to the test with Animals EverywhereThe road less traveled: The secret battle to end the great war, 1916-1917
Par Philip Zelikow. 2021
During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war…
could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. "Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up!" pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much. spanDead wake: The last crossing of the lusitania
Par Erik Larson. 2015
#1 New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the…
sinking of the Lusitania On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds"—the fastest liner then in service—and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot -20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger's U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. — ALA 2016 Notable Books List (Year's best in Fiction, Non-fiction, and Poetry named by RUSA readers' advisory experts) — Amazon, celebrity picks for their top reads of the year, chosen by Ina Garten and Carl HiaasenVictory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917
Par Ted Barris. 2007
National BestsellerAt the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen…
battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenches in northern France against the occupying Germans. All four Canadian divisions advanced in a line behind a well-rehearsed creeping barrage of artillery fire. By nightfall, the Germans had suffered a major setback. The Ridge, which other Allied troops had assaulted previously and failed to take, was firmly in Canadian hands. The Canadian Corps had achieved perhaps the greatest lightning strike in Canadian military history. One Paris newspaper called it "Canada’s Easter gift to France." Of the 40,000 Canadians who fought at Vimy, nearly 10,000 became casualties. Many of their names are engraved on the famous monument that now stands on the ridge to commemorate the battle. It was the first time Canadians had fought as a distinct national army, and in many ways, it was a coming of age for the nation. The achievement of the Canadians on those April days in 1917 has become one of our lasting myths. Based on first-hand accounts, including archival photographs and maps, it is the voices of the soldiers who experienced the battle that comprise the thrust of the book. Like JUNO: Canadians at D-Day, Ted Barris paints a compelling and surprising human picture of what it was like to have stormed and taken Vimy Ridge.The guns of august
Par Barbara W. Tuchman. 2008
In this Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World…
War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of kings and kaisers and czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed—and how horrible it became. Tuchman masterfully portrays this transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, focusing on the turning point in the year 1914, the month leading up to the war, and the first month of the war. With fine attention to detail, she reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped but wasn't, managing to make the story utterly suspenseful even when we already know the outcome. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgottenA lab of one's own: science and suffrage in the first World War
Par Patricia Fara. 2018
Science historian presents a profile of the work of women scientists during World War I and the ways their work…
impacted the suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. Topics examined include the traditional roles of women, routes to power through science, wartime work, post-war readjustment, and more. 2018