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1) Piranesi
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves thunder up staircases, rooms are flooded in an...
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
Build, invent, create, and discover 28 awesome experiments and activities with Maker Lab . Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution and supporting STEM education initiatives, Maker Lab includes 28 kid-safe projects and crafts that will get young inventors' wheels turning and make science pure fun. Each step-by-step activity is appropriate for kids ages 812 and ranked easy, medium, or hard, with an estimated time frame for completion....
Author
Publisher
GCP
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Set in the present day in the rural community of Feathertown, Tennessee, this novel tells the story of Dellarobia Turnbow, a petite, razor-sharp 29-year-old who nurtured worldly ambitions before becoming pregnant and marrying at seventeen. Now, after more than a decade of tending to small children on a failing farm, oppressed by poverty, isolation and her husband's antagonistic family, she has mitigated her boredom by surrendering to an obsessive...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth? The hardest part is sticking the landing. Hoping to cool the atmosphere by opening everyone's freezer door at the same time? Maybe it's time for a brief introduction to thermodynamics. Want to know what...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Now in paperback, the New York Times-bestselling Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid, the book praised by the New York Times Book Review: "A thrillingly imaginative expedition to 100 weird-but-true places on earth." The Washington Post: "Hey kids: Geography can be fun! At least when it involves an illustrated guide to 100 magical destinations. . . . Just don't blame us if next year the little ones ask for a round-trip...
Author
Publisher
University Press of New England
Language
English
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Description
New England is truly a Cabinet of Curiosities, and this indispensable guide directs you to its most bizarre, off the wall, and unsettling exhibits. Some evoke hilarity, some horror. Discover singing sand, glowing tombstones, ghostly squirrels, and a musical instrument said to cause madness. Marvel at the most mysterious manuscript in the world. Visit a miniature replica of the Holy Land or climb carved stone steps leading . . . nowhere. Curious New...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
61 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 34 cm +
Language
English
Description
Uses line drawings and common words to provide simple explanations for how things work, including microwaves, bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, helicopters, and other essential concepts.
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