Author: Patricia J. Wynne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486445127
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Six fantastic portraits of prehistoric feathered reptiles offer a half-dozen ways to show that your interest in natural history goes back a long way. Dinosaur enthusiasts and tattoo lovers alike will prize these dynamic specimens of body art.
Author: Artemis Roehrig
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635863198
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
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From the towering Tyrannosaurus to the winged Microraptor, Roaring, Rumbling Tattoo Dinosaurs features 50 detailed tattoos depicting dinosaurs as scientists think they might have looked, along with fascinating facts about each one. Easy to apply with a damp cloth, these tattoos promise tons of prehistoric fun — and learning — for kids with a passion for dinosaurs!
Author: Carl Zimmer
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1402789351
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Body art meets popular science in this elegant, mind-blowing collection, written by renowned science writer Carl Zimmer. This fascinating book showcases hundreds of eye-catching tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to mathematics and astrophysics, and reveals the stories of the individuals who chose to inscribe their obsessions in their skin. Best of all, each tattoo provides a leaping-off point for bestselling essayist and lecturer Zimmer to reflect on the science in question, whether its the importance of an image of Darwins finches or the significance of the uranium atom inked into the chest of a young radiologist.
Author: S.J. Gazan
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1623650674
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
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Selected by NPR's Maureen Corrigan and The Wall Street Journal's Tom Nolan as one of the best mysteries of the year, Gazan's The Dinosaur Feather--which the Financial Times called "outrageously entertaining"--is a classic of modern Scandinavian noir. With keenly observed and deeply flawed characters, this scintillating thriller revolves around the controversial and fascinating connections between dinosaur and avian evolution. Biology postgraduate, PhD hopeful, and single mom Anna Bella Nor is just two weeks away from defending her thesis on the saurian origin of birds when her academic supervisor, the highly respected yet widely despised Dr. Lars Helland, is found dead in his office chair at the University of Copenhagen. The police discover a copy of Anna's thesis in the dead man's bloody lap. When the autopsy suggests that Helland was murdered in a fiendishly ingenious way, brilliant but tormented young Police Superintendent Soren Marhauge is called to investigate. As he begins the daunting task of unraveling the knotted skeins of interpersonal and intellectual intrigue among the scientists at the university, his own troubled past begins to complicate the case. Everyone involved with the investigation--from Anna Bella Nor to Helland's numerous academic rivals to Marhauge's own ex-wife, who is pregnant with her current husband's child--has something to hide, muddying the investigation and presenting the detective with the greatest professional and personal challenge of his life.
Author: Rubén Molina-Pérez
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691180318
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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An illustrated record book of theropod facts and figures--from the biggest to the fastest to the smartest. This compendium features more than 3,000 records, covers some 750 theropod species, and includes a wealth of illustrations ranging from diagrams and technical drawings to full-color reconstructions of specimens.
Author: James Egan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326673173
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Crazy golf was invented for women to stop them from playing real golf. Treadmills were invented to punish prisoners. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. Adidas and Puma were created by Nazi brothers. Play-doh was invented to remove soot from wallpaper. Blue-eyed people have a higher tolerance to alcohol. The bulletproof vest was invented by a pizza delivery guy after he got shot twice while on the job. There's a volcano in Indonesia that shoots blue fire. Christmas was illegal in the US until 1836. One mayor of Megion, West Siberia banned excuses.
Author: Josh Lanyon
Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1937909379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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It’s moving day at Chez Holmes. Somehow, against Kit’s better instincts, he and J.X. are setting up house together. But while J.X. is off at a mystery fiction convention, Kit unpacks a crate that should contain old china. It doesn’t. Within the mounds of Styrofoam popcorn is a dead body. A very dead body. There goes the neighborhood.
Author: Turi MacCombie
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486280660
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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16 full-color, peel-and-apply illustrations, including apatosaurus, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, triceratops and more.
Author: Xu Xiaobin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141658420X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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ONE OF THE FOREMOST WORKS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHINESE LITERATURE This beautifully portrayed epic family history spans one hundred years, from the 1890s during the later stages of the Qing Dynasty to the 1990s, traversing the experiences of five generations of women. Yu is the central character, whose life story is woven through the lives of her grandmother, mother, sisters, and niece. She loves her parents but at a tender age realizes they do not love her. After committing two unforgivable sins, she is sent away to live in the city but is soon abandoned. Yu's life becomes a quest for love; she is fragile but resilient, lonely but determined. Now, in the 1980s, Yu becomes caught up in the political storm and comes close to love but falls short. Her last chance at getting what she desires will ultimately come at a tragic cost. A political satirist in the guise of a mystical writer, Xu Xiaobin masterfully creates an atmosphere where distinctions are blurred; memories of the past and present are intertwined; realities and illusions are fused without a clear trace; and events occur in unspecified places but tinted with fairylike imaginations. Xu Xiaobin is a rare talent with a vast knowledge of history, religion, and culture, and occupies a unique place in modern Chinese literature. When Feathered Serpent won China's inaugural Creative Writing Award for women's literary fiction, it was described as "a breakthrough, a record-setting novel in China's women's literature" and "the best fiction at the end of the century in China."
Author: Artemis Roehrig
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 163586318X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 23
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Sleek, stealthy, and powerful, sharks are among the most awesome creatures in the sea. Super, Strong Tattoo Sharks features 50 temporary tattoos of astonishing sharks, from the tiny dwarf lanternshark to the giant, plankton-eating whale shark, plus cool facts about each fearsome fish. Easy to apply with a damp cloth, these tattoos promise lots of fun — and learning — for shark lovers!
