Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Audubon Nature Encyclopedia
Author: Juvenile Subject Catalog
Author: Orange County Public Library (Calif.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Author: Journal
Author: Literature for Science and Mathematics
Author: DIANE Publishing CompanyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788141996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Representing the perspectives of educators in both the science and mathematics communities, this publication is intended to serve as a resource for teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 12 in choosing science- and mathematics-related literature for their schools and classrooms. It contains over 1,000 annotated entries on the physical sciences, earth sciences, life sciences, and mathematics. Formatted for easy use, each entry provides information on the author, publisher and publication date, type of literature, subject emphasis, suggested grade span, and illustrations.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1216
Book Description
The Tornado
Author: John Edward WeemsPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623496152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Tornado gives account of one of the world’s most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake of freakish consequences throughout the United States and the world, and The Tornado vividly describes some of the most bizarre from around the country—houseboats sailing through the air; cars flown to a landing half a cornfield away; an entire house lifted and demolished, leaving only a divan holding the uninjured family. The most detailed description of a tornado and the violence it can bring comes from the author’s focus on the tragedy of one American town in 1953. John Edward Weems was an eyewitness reporter of a funnel that hit Waco, Texas, on May 11 of that year. In gripping narrative, he portrays the events of that day: a man clinging to a guard rail while a mailbox, plate glass, bricks, and assorted debris whizzed past his head; automobiles rolling end on end down the street; buildings falling like blocks knocked down by an angry child; a movie theater crumbling on the terrified patrons. When the storm had passed, 114 people were dead and hundreds injured; property damage ran in the tens of millions of dollars. Research in news reports, government weather documents, and books flesh out this account, which Pulitzer-prize winner Annie Dillard called “wonderfully exciting. It is full of people, and the thousands of details that make up their lives—and deaths. [It is] a story of enormous power.” John Banta, writing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, described it as “a gripping story of human drama and tragedy.” Kirkus Reviews said, “. . . the events still chill face to face with a power that defies reason.” Royalties from the sale of The Tornado will benefit the book fund of the Waco-McLennan County Public Library.
Scientific and Technical Books and Serials in Print
Author: Lizards
Author: David P. BadgerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781610604406
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Looks at the behavior and physical characteristics of twenty-nine lizard species.
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2250
Book Description