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Your readers will want to take a bite out of this riveting book, which showcases some of nature's most extraordinary dental adaptations. Readers will study the menacing teeth of the great white shark, observe the jaguar's formidable fangs, and learn not to underestimate the gnashing incisors of a hippopotamus. Each fascinating chapter incorporates vibrant photographs that make the information pop. Supplementary fact boxes expand on the high interest...
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Stings hurt! They can even kill. Animals such as scorpions, jellyfish, and wasps sting predators and prey to hurt or kill them. Some animals have stings so venomous they can kill a human. This book explores the adaptations and defenses used by stinging animals. Readers will learn the animals' features, habitats, and reasons for stinging. Bright full-color photographs and edge-of-your-seat text will keep developing readers engaged and excited to discover...
63) Growing Skin
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Terry was eight when he was adopted, along with his younger sister, to a childless farm couple in western Minnesota. Although he was bright, curious, and fiercely independent, he suffered from emotional neglect due to being separated from his biological family as a toddler, followed by the three years he spent in an orphanage.
Terry quickly learns that farm life is tough, but, over time, the long hours and the hard, physical labor have a rewarding...
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Everyone loves a good dare! This beguiling book dares brave readers to discover all they can about the most dangerous animals on Earth, including intimidating inland taipan snakes, petrifying poison dart frogs, and the bloodcurdling box jellyfish. They'll find out why these creatures have evolved such a deadly adaptation and just how lethal they can be. Essential science concepts such as habitats and predator versus prey relationships are seamlessly...
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Emelisa lleva toda su vida cometiendo asesinatos, aunque no supo de sus crímenes hasta que su siguiente víctima es su propio marido.
Primero, el lector debe saber por qué el asesinato está en su corazón. Sin embargo, ella se considera a sí misma no más que una pequeña figura de la maraña de mujeres que los hombres dueños del mundo luchan ferozmente por mantener bajo control.
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Brave: Young Women's Global Revolution has two volumes: 1) Global Issues and 2) Regional Activism. What makes Brave revolutionary is its global rather than regional reach and its rare inclusion of many young women's actual voices from around the world. Brave explores young women's global activism, based on hundreds of interviews-some videotaped and online, and over 4,000 surveys from 88 countries. The book includes popular cultural references and...
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When a charging animal is on the move, watch out! Charging is one of the wildest behaviors in the animal kingdom. Readers will love learning about this power-filled phenomenon in which only the strong survive. This high interest book teaches readers the basics of beastly behaviors explaining what charging is and why animals do it. Through age-appropriate science content, fact boxes, and colorful images, this book is a perfect introduction to wild...
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You hear a hissing sound. That's a warning! Hissing says that an animal is ready and willing to attack. Many animals from cats to snakes to tarantulas hiss before they attack as a defense against predators. This book explores the wild world of hissing animals. Readers will learn how animals use this amazing defense mechanism to keep them safe in the wild. This book explores essential life science concepts of adaptations and defenses using high-interest...
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Swipe! Scratch! Watch out for the animals on the attack! This elementary science book introduces readers to animals that scratch. From big cats to beastly bears, readers will delight in learning more about their favorite animals and why they scratch. Through exploring physical characteristics, habitat, environment, and life cycles readers will learn how this behavior is a survival instinct and a unique kind of defense. Fact boxes and impactful images...
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From the award-winning author of engaging historical nonfiction for children comes these fifty inspiring stories about courageous animals who accomplished amazing feats.
Animals have a special way of connecting with kids. Your whole family will love these true tales of daring dolphins, plucky parrots, cunning canines, and other intrepid animal heroes who left their mark on history in inspiring and unexpected ways.
Shirley Raye Redmond introduces...
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In this trauma filled childhood memoir, Terry takes you back in time to the years he spent in an orphanage-where conflicts between boys were solved in the basement with boxing gloves.
This is a true story that had to be told: It is the clear, unique voice of a survivor of the kind of childhood that is usually the undoing of less hardy souls. With novelist flair and impressive detail, Terry chronicles his first eight years in a rarely visited slice...
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In his first book, Journey to a Brave New World, author David Watts detailed how a small group of Satan-worshiping elites is following a multi-generational plan to manipulate humanity toward a vision outlined in Aldous Huxleys novel Brave New World. In this, the second book in his series, he provides further evidence of their intentions for the United States. He has spent six years considering history, scientific research, and declassified government...
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Prepare yourself for a shockingly brutal retelling of the first bloody clash between The Joker and the Batman! Detective Jim Gordon must call on the mysterious Dark Knight to help investigate the latest string of murder and
mayhem terrorizing Gotham City. But what will it take to find the culprit behind these darkly comedic antics, and what will the repercussions be for everyone involved? The Eisner Award-winning team of Tom King and Mitch Gerads...
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Batman takes on crime with the help of DC's greatest heroes based on the acclaimed Cartoon Network animated series. The all-ages title based on the acclaimed animated series on Cartoon Network continues as Batman battles evil with the help of some of DC's greatest heroes, including Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and more. This fun new collection includes a Valentine's Day caper story and a race to solve a mystery pitting the Dark Knight...
75) Trio of terror
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Grosset & Dunlap
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c2011
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The reader's choices determine whether Batman and other DC Comics characters save the world or destroy it.
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Based on the hit animated TV series BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, this all-ages title guest-stars DC heroes including Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Captain Marvel, Martian Manhunter and more! The Caped Crusader and his friends are back inaction, bringing you even more heroic tales based on the hit Cartoon Network series! In this book, see Batman solve microscopic mysteries with Superman, travel through a mirror world with The Flash, and take...
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Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo conclude their #1 NEW YORK TIMES best-selling, critically acclaimed saga. BATMAN RETURNS? Bruce Wayne has a nearly perfect life. He's in love with an amazing woman and works by her side every day at one of Gotham's youth centers, helping the children of the city he loves. His memory has been patchy ever since he nearly died in the last Joker attack, but even so, he's confident that this is the happiest he's ever been....
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The Dark Knight teams with the Amazon Warrior in this epic graphic novel written and illustrated by best-selling artist Liam Sharp.
When a Celtic god's murder leads to a war between the fairy folk and a possible breach between worlds, Wonder Woman must find the murderer and keep the peace while Batman investigates strange occurrences in Gotham City. As Diana must turn to the World's Greatest Detective for help, the two heroes quickly learn their cases...
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Collected in a beautiful Deluxe Edition hardcover edition for the first time, this tale recounts Barry Allen and Hal Jordan's early adventures together and answers the question of how the Fastest Man Alive and the Emerald Knight were able to put aside their differences to form an unbreakable bond! Also featuring appearances by Kid Flash, Green Arrow and more! Also includes a new introduction and a never-before-published full-issue script.
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