Science & Technology
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-10-18 | Author:Jack Batten

From mid-December 1914 to mid-January 1915, the clinic hid ten French soldiers, survivors of the battle at Charleroi, and twenty British soldiers that fought at Mons. The escaping men were ...
( Category: Historical April 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-23 | Author:Megan Stine [Stine, Megan]

* * * She had to hurry! Now that the world knew about polonium, other scientists might want to study it. Even Becquerel was interested in Marie’s work. In those ...
( Category: Women January 21,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-02-27 | Author:Margaret Frith

Here was an alphabet that was simple to read and worked for different languages, not just French. A person could write in German, English, Italian, and many more! Louis was ...
( Category: 1800s September 5,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-10-30 | Author:Bonnie Bader [Bader, Bonnie]

Chapter 7 Race to the Finish Naturally, Aleck was excited about this discovery. He started making sketches of what the telephone might look like. But he also felt guilty because ...
( Category: Inventions & Inventors September 2,2014 )
epub |eng | 2005-09-07 | Author:True Kelley [Edwards, Roberta]

Even so, Leonardo was very fond of Salai. He enjoyed spoiling him with presents. No matter how badly Salai behaved, Leonardo never asked him to leave. Salai stayed with him ...
( Category: Renaissance September 2,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jane Goodall [Goodall, Jane]

Grub taking a bath in the forest. Photograph © Hugo van Lawick. Hyenas are actually very interesting creatures. Like chimps, they wander around in little groups of friendly individuals. Like ...
( Category: Environment July 6,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-09-03 | Author:Jeff Corwin [Corwin, Jeff]

CHAPTER FOUR Creatures Great and small By 2000, Jeff’s television career was thriving again. That year, the Discovery Network executives heard that TV personality Jeff Corwin was a free agent, ...
( Category: Television & Radio May 27,2014 )
epub, mobi, azw3, pdf | | 2003-11-03 | Author:Robert A. Heinlein [Heinlein, Robert A.]

9 “A Joyful Omen” Mayor Cowper got off to a good start. He approved, took over, and embellished a suggestion that Carmen and Bob should have their own quarters. He ...
( Category: Science & Technology March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2005-01-02 | Author:Kathleen Krull [Krull, Kathleen]

CHAPTER EIGHT The Fabulous Notebooks AT THE TIME Leonardo’s mules were schlepping the notebooks around Italy, the pages were valuable only to their author. Today they are among the most ...
( Category: Renaissance March 26,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-03 | Author:Jeff Corwin

CHAPTER FOUR Creatures Great and small By 2000, Jeff’s television career was thriving again. That year, the Discovery Network executives heard that TV personality Jeff Corwin was a free agent, ...
( Category: Television & Radio March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-21 | Author:Kathleen Krull

CHAPTER SIX Suddenly Famous THE YEAR 1903 also brought the Curies the ultimate in gold medals: a Nobel Prize for Physics, shared with Henri Becquerel, for the discovery of radioactivity. ...
( Category: Chemistry March 25,2014 )