Richard Platt
47) Piratas
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Explores the world of pirates, from the Viking raiders to the buccaneers of the Spanish Main.
51) Galactic mission
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Sections of Information on space travel are interspersed throughout this science fiction adventure: In the year 2098, five school children have won an international competition to visit outer space and journey to the distant star system of Alpha Centauri on the spaceship Argo to find a new home. But right from the start things don't go according to plan -- conflict, malfunctions, mistrust, and running out of fuel all get in the way of trying to enter...
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Explore the crime lab with Forensics and discover how detectives use science to solve crimes. From the scene of the crime to a criminal's conviction, discover how the marks of blood, footprints, and fingerprints can lead the police to criminals. Find out how specialists can match trace evidence, such as a single hair found on a victim, to the murderer. Learn how famous crimes were solved and, like a true detective, find out whether it was arson, poison,...
56) Castle
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Working from plans of an actual 14th century European castle, Stephen Biesty has sliced the building into various cross-sections, each one teeming with life and detail.
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Featuring a preface by C. S. Lewis biographer and editor Walter Hooper, Richard Pratt's As One Devil to Another takes up where the legendary Narnia author's Screwtape Letters left off. In this gripping work, senior devil Slashreap corresponds with his protégé Scardagger. As Satan's underlings exchange dark musings, light is shed on human failings, the nature of evil, and God's divine intent.
59) Man-of-war
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Text and cutaway illustrations depict life aboard a British warship of the Napoleonic era, covering such topics as work, leisure, discipline, navigating, and fighting.
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Step inside the detailed world of Stephen Biesty and find out how a wide variety of curious things are made, from tower blocks and underground tunnels; to the milk, chocolate, and donuts on your table; to matches, diamond rings, and sports shoes--not to mention race cars, planes, and rockets. The incredible artwork will have children and adults alike poring over every detail, whether it's following the production line inside a factory making anything...