Stephanie Bearce
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Series
Raven Gallows volume 1
Language
English
Description
Wednesday Addams + Sherlock Holmes = Raven Gallows—a curious girl who uses her budding skills as a mortician and a scientist to investigate a mysterious death at her small town's haunted hotel.
Raven Gallows lives in a funeral home and is determined to become a famous detective. Her first case is one close to home—find the truth surrounding her mother's puzzling death six years ago.
When a mummified man is discovered
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Publisher
Prufrock Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Pirates of the Golden Age had to deal with scurvy, fight ferocious battles, and eat everything from monkeys to snakes to sea turtles, but you won't learn that in your history books! Discover the truth about Anne Bonny, the Irish woman who was a true Pirate of the Caribbean, and the secrets of Blackbeard and the daring pirate Cheng I Sao. Then learn how to talk like a pirate and make a buried treasure map for your friends. It's all part of the true...
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Ground up mummy bones, dried toads tied around the neck, and a morning breakfast of lice and pee. It sounds like a horror movie but those are actual medicines prescribed by early doctors. Medical students studied anatomy on bodies stolen from graves, and had to operate on people while they were awake. Learn about the medicines that came from poison and doctors who experimented on themselves and their families. It's a twisted tale of medical mayhem,...
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Nikola Tesla was crazy smart. He invented the idea for cell phones in 1893, discovered alternating current, and invented a death ray gun. Of course, he also talked to pigeons, ate only boiled food, and was scared of women who wore jewelry. He was an insane inventor. So was Henry Cavendish, who discovered hydrogen, calculated the density of the Earth, and was so scared of people that he had to write notes to communicate. Sir Isaac Newton discovered...
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"London was once covered in a fog so polluted that it killed 12,000 people. The Aleppo earthquake killed 230,000 people, and a wall of water mysteriously wiped out the whole town of Burnam-on-the-Sea. All of these were catastrophic disasters, but they led to important discoveries in science. Learn about how the earth turned to liquid in New Zealand, and what happens when a tsunami meets a nuclear reactor. These stories may sound twisted and strange,...
Author
Publisher
Prufrock Press Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Two thousand years ago Chinese scientists were looking for a medicine that would make them live forever. Instead, they blew up their lab and discovered gunpowder. Alfred Nobel blew up his laboratory twice before he discovered the formula for dynamite. Learn about the Apollo 13 and Challenger explosions, and the strange space explosions caused by top secret Starfish Prime. These stories may sound twisted, but they're all true tales from science!"--...
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English
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Space is full of mystery. Scientists think that the planets, stars, and other space objects we see make up just 4 percent of the universe! Scientists studying space have a lot of choices to make. Future space explorers will have many choices to consider too. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather eat pre-packaged space food or grow your own food in space? Would you rather catch a cold in space or have space sickness? Would you rather travel to...
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English
Description
Deer pee collector. Zookeeper. These animal care jobs are gross, but someone has to do them! Let readers explore these and other awesome, disgusting jobs that keep their world running smoothly through witty, conversational text, a stunning design, fun facts that add additional context, and critical thinking questions that encourage readers to take key concepts one step more. A table of contents, glossary with pronunciations, further resources, and...
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English
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Mary Anning was only 12 years old when she excavated the skeleton of an unknown animal.
The discovery of the ichthyosaur was the dawn of a new age of science called paleontology, and Anning became one of the leading experts in the study of dinosaurs. Her discoveries helped lay the groundwork for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and changed the way scientists understood the past.
Unfortunately, as a woman of the 1800s, Anning received almost...
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English
Description
Technology is advancing rapidly. Transportation experts think self-driving cars could fill the streets someday soon. Designers are experimenting with different artificial intelligence devices. The choices designers make now will affect our future. What choices would you make in a world of new technology? Would you rather take nanobot vitamins or use a wearable health monitor? Would you rather take to the skies with a jetpack or on a flying motorcycle?...
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English
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Deer pee collector. Zookeeper. These animal care jobs are gross, but someone has to do them! Let readers explore these and other awesome, disgusting jobs that keep their world running smoothly through witty, conversational North American Spanish text, a stunning design, fun facts that add additional context, and critical thinking questions that encourage readers to take key concepts one step more. A table of contents, glossary with pronunciations,...
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English
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Food recycler. Fish monger. These food jobs are gross, but someone has to do them! Let readers explore these and other awesome, disgusting jobs that keep their world running smoothly through witty, conversational text, a stunning design, fun facts that add additional context, and critical thinking questions that encourage readers to take key concepts one step more. A table of contents, glossary with pronunciations, further resources, and an index...
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English
Description
Food recycler. Fish monger. These food jobs are gross, but someone has to do them! Let readers explore these and other awesome, disgusting jobs that keep their world running smoothly through witty, conversational North American Spanish text, a stunning design, fun facts that add additional context, and critical thinking questions that encourage readers to take key concepts one step more. A table of contents, glossary with pronunciations, further resources,...