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121) Weather gone wild
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Experience three weather phenomenon as scientists investigate the mysteries behind them.
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"Some of the most important and little-known activists of the 1960s were poor and working-class radicals. Inspired by the Civil Rights movement, the Black Panthers, and progressive populism, they started to organize significant political struggles against racism and inequality during the 1960s and into the 1970s. Historians of the period have traditionally emphasized the work of white college activists who courageously took to the streets to protest...
123) Truenos y relámpagos
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Los lectores aprenderán acerca de cómo truenos y relámpagos se hacen y por qué lo escuchamos y vemos. Este título es informativo y sencillo. texto grande y frases sencillas combinadas con fotografías vibrantes entretener a los lectores, les enseñan los hechos científicos, y fortalecer sus habilidades de lectura. Alineado a los estándares Common Core y se correlacionó con las normas estatales.
"Readers will learn about how thunder and lightning...
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Since ancient Greece and stories of powerful gods, humans have been fascinated with controlling the weather. This book explores the science behind electricity and the weather, and ways in which scientists are attempting to control them. Readers will discover the science behind producing electricity, taming hurricanes, and creating rain on demand. Through photographs, fun facts, and examples of the latest technology, readers learn about new ways humans...
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On July 15th, 1942, a squadron of two B-17 bombers and six P-38 fighters bound for Iceland crash-landed in Greenland after getting lost in a blizzard. The crews were rescued, but the planes remained, eventually entering aviation lore as the "Lost Squadron." In 1981, two adventurers from Atlanta, Pat Epps and Richard Taylor, set out not just to find these planes, but to restore them to their former glory.
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"Black Lightning is back and things are not the same! In his home town of Cleveland, high school teacher Jefferson Pierce is a role model for his students. As Black Lightning, he's fighting to keep them safe, even as his city's streets are invaded by local gangs with deadly super-weapons. And wait until you see who their supplier is!"--
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Against all odds, two teams have gone the distance. Their fate will be decided in the seventh game. They are about to battle it out in the ultimate showdown for the Stanley Cup, professional sports' most prestigious prize. Relive every winner-take-all 7th game of the Stanley Cup Final. From the New York Rangers ending their 54 year Stanley Cup drought against the Vancouver Canucks in 1994 to Carolina's Game 7 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in 2006....
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"The terrible Titans are giants who rule the earth, led by the biggest, baddest Titan of them all--Cronus--who has a penchant for snacks (particularly in human form!). But their rule is about to be put to the test by ten-year-old Zeus and his fellow Olympians. Join them as they discover their powers and try to claim their rightful place as leaders in various realms of the universe in the action-packed chapter book series!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Franklin, more often viewed as a statesman and founding father, was also a man of science. Among his many inventions, it was the lightning rod--Franlkin's attempt to control the electricity of the heavens--that caused the greatest controversy. In a time where everything from weather to illness was blamed on sin, his device brought questions: "Did humanity have the right to defend itself...? If so, how was such a new insight... to be assimilated [with]...
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Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black...
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After renowned San Francisco saxophonist Johnny Domino is struck by lightning, he finds himself literally tuned to the wavelength of evil and no longer able to sleep. Johnny becomes Night Man, and, in a bulletproof bodysuit that allows him to fly, see in the dark, and render himself invisible, fights to keep crime off his city's streets in this complete collection of adventures based on the comic created by Steve Englehart.
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Jefferson Pierce, respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn₂t fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa, aka Thunder, and Jennifer, aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn. Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale.
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