This book introduces children to the six groups of life forms ("Kingdoms") that scientists have defined as anything that grows, reproduces, and eats: Archaea, Bacteria, Protists, Animals, Plants, and Fungi. Illustrated in Allen-Fletcher's inimitable, bright, style, it is a journey through all life forms as we know them, from bacteria that are ......
ISBN-13: 9781493065745
(Hardback)
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
Whispering Pines explores the rich historical contributions of the college as they pertain to the world and national events occurring at the time. Taken as a whole, it supplies a surprising and fascinating context to the overall course of American history.
In the global War on Terror, among the greatest threats to the United States military are insurgent uprisings. Enter The Official U.S. Army Guerrilla Warfare and Special Forces Operations Field Manual, the counterinsurgency playbook used by the greatest army in the world. This manual establishes fundamental principles for tactical ......
Film Fiends shares known and lesser-known stories of Hollywood films and the stories behind them, including Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Monster, My Friend Dahmer, Zodiac, Helter Skelter, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Night Stalker, The Amityville Horror, and many others. It features the unforgettable ......
How History's Hidden Heroines Brought the Wicked to Justice
Women make up more than 75 percent of true crime consumers, yet the historical contributions of women at the forefront of crime solving have often been overlooked. In Warrior Sleuths, homicide investigator and criminal behavioralist Sarah Cailean guides readers through both century-old and modern-day crimes and infamous cases that captured the ......
A Congressional Medal of Honor Account Extraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy's Medal of Honor gallantry at Firebase Charlie, and the heroism of South Vietnamese paratrooper, Major Le Van M?, who fought by his side. It is the true story of their battle to defend Charlie Hill, a key to holding Vietnam's Central ......
James Buchanan was one of the most qualified and accomplished men elected to the presidency, and yet he turned out to be one of the worst. As sectional conflict veered toward civil war, Buchanan and all his preparation proved unequal to the challenges of his times. In this new cradle-to-grave, life-and-times biography, Paul Kahan reconstructs (but ......
Between four and seven miles deep, the ocean--where pressure is one ton per square centimeter--evokes both mystery and misunderstanding; accessing these depths is challenging to human exploration. Our fear of this dark unknown often conjures images of monsters of the deep, especially in the minds of children. Based on current scientific ......
The imperative to defend against cyber threats is a fact of life in the digital age. World governments, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street all agree that their sensitive and proprietary data needs to be protected from bad-faith actors. We have all seen headlines decrying Russian hackers, North Korea infiltrating Sony Pictures, and controversial names ......
