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Raise the titanic by clive cussler5/21/2023 ![]() It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.Ĭussler was an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. ![]() The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. ![]() ![]() Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. ![]()
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Maphead by Ken Jennings5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() If you're an inveterate map lover yourself-or even if you're among the cartographically clueless who can get lost in a supermarket-let Ken Jennings be your guide to the strange world of mapheads. ![]() From the "Here be dragons" parchment maps of the Age of Discovery to the spinning globes of grade school to the postmodern revolution of digital maps and GPS, Maphead is filled with intriguing details, engaging anecdotes, and enlightening analysis. Jennings also considers the ways in which cartography has shaped our history, suggesting that the impulse to make and read maps is as relevant today as it has ever been. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of map culture: highpointing, geocaching, road atlas rallying, even the "unreal estate" charted on the maps of fiction and fantasy. Ken Jennings takes readers on a world tour of geogeeks from the London Map Fair to the bowels of the Library of Congress, from the prepubescent geniuses at the National Geographic Bee to the computer programmers at Google Earth. Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author of Planet Funny Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, "a literary gem" ( The Atlantic ). ![]()
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For your eyes only book5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() The spy ship is equipped with ATAC (Automatic Targeting and Attack Communicator), a valuable defensive and offensive device that the Soviet Union would like to obtain. ![]() Inside is a hidden control room for British defense. Georges, trawls off the coast of Albania. In the Adriatic Sea, a fishing ship, the St. Though Blofeld pleads for his life, Bond vengefully drops him down a nearby smokestack. He flies after Blofeld and hooks his wheelchair on the end of the chopper's landing skid. Bond sees that a set of cables have been wired to the chopper and he rips them out, regaining control of it. Blofeld, controlling the chopper with a small console, flies it into a giant foundry building, with the intention of letting it crash. Bond manages to reach the pilot's seat but cannot operate the chopper. As Bond struggles to gain control of the chopper, he notices a man in a motorized wheelchair nearby. During the flight the pilot is killed by electricity that surges through his headset and a familiar voice begins to taunt Bond over the chopper's loudspeaker it is that of Blofeld, Bond's deadliest villain. While visiting the grave of his deceased wife, Tracy (whom was killed in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service), James Bond ( Roger Moore) is called back to MI6 headquarters. ![]()
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10 ducks eric carle5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() We made this sensory water/beach container to demonstrate the ducks washing up onshore. This water activity was so much fun to create, play, and clean up with my kids. Water Activity After Reading 10 Little Rubber Ducks The book had descriptive verbs that would be fun for your child to act out from the book we tried acting out the words drift, float, bobbing, blinks, screeches, glides, and chatters. The words used include up/down, left/right, north/south, east/west, and water/sky. The book uses directionality on most of the pages. This book leads its self well to math skill practice during and after reading the book.ġ0 Little Rubber Ducks allows your child to explore counting while looking at illustrations. The inside cover shows how Eric Carle wrote this story from a real-life story of a cargo ship dropping toys, including rubber ducks, in the ocean by accident. BOOK DESCRIPTION for 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle Skills: Numerical values 1-10, directionality, counting 1-10 Ages: Baby- 5yrs We read multiple counting books related to the ocean, so we decided after reading 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle that this was the day to create our own ocean water play to practice counting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Creating hands-on learning for my children has become more fun with adding water play to the activity. ![]()
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Izzy willy nilly by cynthia voigt5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games ![]() By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books. ![]()
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Son of a witch by gregory maguire5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() his Oz is meticulously drawn." - New York Times Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape-but what of her powers? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up? ![]() In this captivating New York Times bestseller, beloved author Gregory Maguire returns to the land of Oz and introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. ![]() At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure, Son of a Witch is a true wonder. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz-a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the Emerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire's Son of a Witch-the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. About the Book In this follow-up to "Wicked"-the basis for the Tony Award-winning musical-beloved novelist Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz and introduces readers to Liir, the small boy Elphaba leaves behind at her untimely death. ![]()
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The wife drought by annabel crabb5/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() By 10am the kids would be in my study, screaming and crying, and my husband would be on the couch, shouting to me that they needed one thing or another. As the sole breadwinner - one with irregular income - it was fairly important that I be allowed to get on with it. For all intents and purposes, I was “at work”, even when I wasn’t at my office. Once the kids were up, and my morning hellos were done, it was my husband’s (“wife’s”) job to do kid stuff. In those minutes, I felt organised and legitimate. I had a study at the other end of the hallway, and I would head in there before the kids woke up and close the door behind me. I clearly remember the tightness in my chest when working from home. I had an office away from the house, but I also worked from home sometimes. My then-husband worked on Saturday nights, but otherwise his role was to undertake parental duties while I worked. I was 23 and I was tired for every waking moment, and all the times in between. Lily was a little baby, and I worked for myself full-time. ![]() Did you know that women who earn more than 66% of the total household income actually spend more time doing housework than women who earn 50% of the total household income? The Wife Drought offers this and all manner of other depressing factoids, and they are certain to resonate with women (especially mothers) everywhere. ![]()
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Conn iggulden genghis books in order5/21/2023 ![]() His own upbringing in north London in the 1970s and 80s was fairly ordinary, save for his father, a Second World War Bomber Command pilot turned maths teacher and headmaster, who inspired a love of storytelling. “The memories you have when you fell over and cut your leg really badly and your ankle went round the wrong way, that’s the kind of thing you remember.” At the same time, no one is going to remember when they’re 30, 40 or 50, that wonderful moment they got to level 18 on a season of Fortnite. I’ve got four kids of my own you don’t want them to run wild in case they don’t come back. ![]() You’ve got to find some way of getting kids to make great memories without putting themselves in danger. “But none of the people I actually meet seem to have that kind of sensibility. Maybe there is a group in the middle I missed,” he says. My kids, the oldest is 20, the youngest is 13, seem ever so tough-minded. “The ones I taught 20 years ago were pretty resilient. All of which makes you wonder quite what that original publisher thinks now.īut the former English teacher, who became a full-time writer after his first historical bestseller, The Gates Of Rome, was published in 2002 following years of rejections, doesn’t subscribe to claims of a “snowflake” generation. ![]() ![]() To date, the book has sold seven million copies around the world, inspiring dozens of imitations and a TV series, while being praised for its stance against overly-protective “cotton wool” parenting. ![]()
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1312 by james montague5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s an unforgettable look at the volatile new forces in football, at a time when people power and anti-establishment voices are redefining politics – sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. With unique insider access, the book explains how ultras have grown into a fiercely political movement that embraces extremes on both the left and right fighting against the commercialization of football and society, the resettlement of refugees, the rise of fascism, opposition to dictators and the attempts to control them by the authorities who both covet and fear their power. Ultras tells the story of how the movement began, emerging from the terraces of post-war Italy, the Balkans and Brazil, and how it has become a global phenomenon that now dominates the stadiums of Madrid, Munich, Moscow and Buenos Aires. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true face of this dissident force for the first time. ![]() Their global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world, yet they remain enigmatic: an anti-establishment force that is transforming both football and politics. Fiercely loyal, organised, political and violent, they are a hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth. Popular Crime & Action Series Expand submenu. ![]()
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Remember love balogh5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Slightly Tempted (2003) (Bedwyn Saga #4).Slightly Scandalous (2003) (Bedwyn Saga #3).Slightly Wicked (2003) (Bedwyn Saga #2).Slightly Married (2003) (Bedwyn Saga #1).A Summer to Remember (2002) (prequel novel).One Night for Love (1999) (prequel novel).That being said, it’s best to read the two prequel novels, One Night for Love and A Summer to Remember, before starting the main series. So, you can read them in any order you choose. The eight books in the Bedwyn Family series share a common theme, but each tells a different story. The Bedwyn Family Books in Reading and Publication Order And the same can be said for the bold and fiery females in the family.Īnd so, with each novel, we journey into the dazzling streets of Regency England and follow the Bedwyn siblings on a breathtaking journey of scandal, seduction, and true love. Still, deep down, each has a loyal, passionate heart. ![]() The ravishingly handsome Bedwyn men are known for their arrogance and aloofness. In their privileged, high-society world, anything is possible. These six brothers and sisters are in the prime of their lives. This eight-part regency romance series follows the lives and loves of the Bedwyn siblings. So, in this post, I’ll list every book the author has published and arrange them into their respective series so you can decide where to begin your reading journey. Mary Balogh has a huge body of work to explore, and knowing where to begin isn’t easy. ![]() |