Author: Laurie Lindop
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761327028
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Discusses the science of speleology and what scientists have learned about caves, how they are formed, and what lives in them.
Cave Sleuths
Author: Laurie Lindop
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761327028
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Discusses the science of speleology and what scientists have learned about caves, how they are formed, and what lives in them.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761327028
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Discusses the science of speleology and what scientists have learned about caves, how they are formed, and what lives in them.
Into the Earth
Author: Meredith Costain
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792259503
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An introduction to the world of caves.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792259503
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
An introduction to the world of caves.
Cave Detectives
Author: David L. Harrison
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452138826
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
What was life like millions of years ago? The answer lies deep underground, in a place once home to a ferocious predator much larger than most animals walking around today. Through photographs and detailed illustrations, readers will learn how the secrets buried in a midwestern hillside helped scientists understand early life on Earth. This book's simple but informative format allows readers to follow along as paleontologist Matt Forir and his team of experts unravel a prehistoric mystery. Plus, this is the fixed-format version, which looks nearly identical to the print edition.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452138826
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
What was life like millions of years ago? The answer lies deep underground, in a place once home to a ferocious predator much larger than most animals walking around today. Through photographs and detailed illustrations, readers will learn how the secrets buried in a midwestern hillside helped scientists understand early life on Earth. This book's simple but informative format allows readers to follow along as paleontologist Matt Forir and his team of experts unravel a prehistoric mystery. Plus, this is the fixed-format version, which looks nearly identical to the print edition.
The Serpentine Cave
Author: Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446423018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When Marion's mother is silenced, first by a stroke, and then by death, she is left confronting the chaotic detritus of a life obsessively devoted to art. she has left it too late to ask the crucial questions about scenes confusedly remembered from her childhood, and above all about the identity of her own father, 'lost in the war'. Out of the hundreds of paintings in her mother's studio, one, a portrait of a young man, is inscribed 'For Marion'. Is this her father? And who was he? Marion's search takes her to the Cornish town of St Ives. In the remote and closeknit town where communities of fisherfolk and artists have coexisted for many years, she learns of a tragedy which is intrinsically tied up with her father's life. Over fifty years before, the St Ives lifeboat went down with all hands bar one. Marion must delve deep into the past to discover the identity of a man she never knew,a nd in so doing confront the demons which have tortured her own adult life. The Serpentine Cave is an imagined story containing a true one - a powerful novel about memory and loss, birth and rebirth, and past regrets which still have the power to plague the present.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446423018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
When Marion's mother is silenced, first by a stroke, and then by death, she is left confronting the chaotic detritus of a life obsessively devoted to art. she has left it too late to ask the crucial questions about scenes confusedly remembered from her childhood, and above all about the identity of her own father, 'lost in the war'. Out of the hundreds of paintings in her mother's studio, one, a portrait of a young man, is inscribed 'For Marion'. Is this her father? And who was he? Marion's search takes her to the Cornish town of St Ives. In the remote and closeknit town where communities of fisherfolk and artists have coexisted for many years, she learns of a tragedy which is intrinsically tied up with her father's life. Over fifty years before, the St Ives lifeboat went down with all hands bar one. Marion must delve deep into the past to discover the identity of a man she never knew,a nd in so doing confront the demons which have tortured her own adult life. The Serpentine Cave is an imagined story containing a true one - a powerful novel about memory and loss, birth and rebirth, and past regrets which still have the power to plague the present.
In Cave Danger
Author: Kate Dyer-Seeley
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
ISBN: 1496705122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
On an expedition into Oregon’s Lava River Cave, outdoor journalist Meg Reed stumbles across a body buried way more than six feet under . . . A debate is raging over the use of public lands, and to cover the story for Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg joins a congressman and several others on a subterranean adventure—despite her intense claustrophobia. The thoughts of cave-ins and cougars are unnerving, but at least it’s a distraction from her other anxieties, like her best friend’s departure for Italy, her boss’s plan to sell the company, and the ongoing questions about her father’s suspicious death. But in the chilly darkness of the volcanic rock, she discovers a Forest Service employee, stabbed with a trowel. Now Meg will need to do some in-depth investigating or the truth may never come to the surface . . . PRAISE FOR SCENE OF THE CLIMB “A splendid overview of the greater Portland and Columbia River Gorge region, perfect for travel buffs. Her protagonist shows promise with her determined attitude and moxie.” —Library Journal “A fun, terrific adventure.”—Suspense Magazine INCLUDES ADVENTURE GUIDES!
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
ISBN: 1496705122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
On an expedition into Oregon’s Lava River Cave, outdoor journalist Meg Reed stumbles across a body buried way more than six feet under . . . A debate is raging over the use of public lands, and to cover the story for Northwest Extreme magazine, Meg joins a congressman and several others on a subterranean adventure—despite her intense claustrophobia. The thoughts of cave-ins and cougars are unnerving, but at least it’s a distraction from her other anxieties, like her best friend’s departure for Italy, her boss’s plan to sell the company, and the ongoing questions about her father’s suspicious death. But in the chilly darkness of the volcanic rock, she discovers a Forest Service employee, stabbed with a trowel. Now Meg will need to do some in-depth investigating or the truth may never come to the surface . . . PRAISE FOR SCENE OF THE CLIMB “A splendid overview of the greater Portland and Columbia River Gorge region, perfect for travel buffs. Her protagonist shows promise with her determined attitude and moxie.” —Library Journal “A fun, terrific adventure.”—Suspense Magazine INCLUDES ADVENTURE GUIDES!
The Underground Adventure of Arly Dunbar, Cave Explorer
Author: Candice Ransom
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0761371796
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Cave City, Kentucky, 1925. Young Arly Dunbar loves exploring caves with his grown-up friend Floyd Collins. When Floyd, exploring by himself, becomes trapped in Sand Cave, The entire town comes To The rescue. Can Arly find a way to help his friend?
Publisher: Graphic Universe ™
ISBN: 0761371796
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Cave City, Kentucky, 1925. Young Arly Dunbar loves exploring caves with his grown-up friend Floyd Collins. When Floyd, exploring by himself, becomes trapped in Sand Cave, The entire town comes To The rescue. Can Arly find a way to help his friend?
The Mystery of The Bermuda Triangle
Author: Madhukar Yadav
Publisher: Shree Book Centre
ISBN: 8179635112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Getting trapped amidst the swirling waters of the Atlantic Ocean, where thousands perished without a trace and where massive battleships and aircraft vanished in a jiffy, was the last thing that the sleuths ever expected. Nonetheless, their fate was sealed and they were trapped for good. The only hope of survival was Uncle Richardson’s ingenious invention. Would it save their lives? Would Jack and Shivani be able to unravel the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle?
Publisher: Shree Book Centre
ISBN: 8179635112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Getting trapped amidst the swirling waters of the Atlantic Ocean, where thousands perished without a trace and where massive battleships and aircraft vanished in a jiffy, was the last thing that the sleuths ever expected. Nonetheless, their fate was sealed and they were trapped for good. The only hope of survival was Uncle Richardson’s ingenious invention. Would it save their lives? Would Jack and Shivani be able to unravel the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle?
Lone Star Sleuths
Author: Bill Cunningham
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292717377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A collection of thirty short crime stories set in Texas by a variety of writers, including Kinky Friedman, Mary Willis Walker, and Carolyn Hart.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292717377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
A collection of thirty short crime stories set in Texas by a variety of writers, including Kinky Friedman, Mary Willis Walker, and Carolyn Hart.
Venturing the Deep Sea
Author: Laurie Lindop
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761327011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Meet several scientists who study the animals and environment at the bottom of the ocean floor.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761327011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Meet several scientists who study the animals and environment at the bottom of the ocean floor.
The Science Teacher
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description