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The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado's headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks,...
43) Tornadoes
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind tornadoes, including where and why tornadoes happen and how to stay safe when the sky starts to swirl. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
44) Hurricanes
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind hurricanes, including where and why hurricanes happen and how to stay safe when the wind starts to blow. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
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2021.
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"Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing twenty first-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we've been and where we're going."--
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The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give an entirely new perspective...
48) Planet earth
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An illustrated guide to the planet Earth, introducing scientific concepts with color-coded buttons that share facts about life, science, the environment, and people, and describing Earth's position in space, a volcanic eruption, Earth's different layers, mountains, rain forests, biomes, and other related topics.
49) Earthquakes
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind earthquakes, including where and why earthquakes happen and how to stay safe when the ground starts to shake. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
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-- Jaws In direct and accessible prose, Peter Benchley sets the record straight about the many types of sharks (including the ones that pose a genuine threat to us), the behavior of sharks and other sea creatures we fear, the odds against an attack, and how to improve them even further. He also teaches us how to swim safely in the ocean by reading the tides and currents and respecting all the inhabitants. Here are the lessons Peter has learned,...
51) Volcanoes
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind volcanoes, including where and why volcanoes happen and how to stay safe when the mountain spews fire. Includes activity, glossary, and index"--
53) Fall
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes how fall weather affects the actions of animals, the growth of plants, and the activities of people. Includes photo glossary and quiz"--Provided by publisher.
54) Blizzards
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"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the science behind blizzards, including where and why blizzards happen and how to stay safe when the snow starts to blow. Includes activity, glossary, and index"--Provided by publisher.
55) Mexico
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[2014]
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An introduction to Mexico, providing information about the country's cities, history, and occupations among other aspects. Includes glossary.
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Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science--the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains--with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. As climate change upends rai nfall patterns and unleashes...
57) Africa
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[2014]
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This book is an introduction to the unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, history, cultures, and today's tourism of Africa.
58) Europe
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[2014]
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This book is an introduction to the unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, history, and economic union of Europe.
59) Asia
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[2014]
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This book is an introduction to the unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, cultures, and today's tourism of Asia.
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2020.
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How does the temperature of ocean water make a difference in the strength of tropical storms? This question and many others can be answered with the principles of earth science. Supporting the Next Generation Science Standards, this book discusses everyday events to describe earth science principles in action. Each chapter contains a sidebar with information on places such as the Ring of Fire and the role Cepheid variable stars play in calculating...
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