Author: Shamlu Dudeja
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198061922
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
New Countdown 1
Author: Shamlu Dudeja
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198061922
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198061922
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Countdown
Author: Deborah Wiles
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545455499
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war. Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems that the whole country is living in fear. When President Kennedy goes on television to say that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba, it only gets worse. Franny doesn't know how to deal with what's going on in the world -- no more than she knows how to deal with what's going on with her family and friends. But somehow she's got to make it through. Featuring a captivating story interspersed with footage from 1962, award-winning author Deborah Wiles has created a documentary novel that will put you right alongside Franny as she navigates a dangerous time in both her history and our history.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545455499
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The story of a formative year in 12-year-old Franny Chapman's life, and the life of a nation facing the threat of nuclear war. Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems that the whole country is living in fear. When President Kennedy goes on television to say that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba, it only gets worse. Franny doesn't know how to deal with what's going on in the world -- no more than she knows how to deal with what's going on with her family and friends. But somehow she's got to make it through. Featuring a captivating story interspersed with footage from 1962, award-winning author Deborah Wiles has created a documentary novel that will put you right alongside Franny as she navigates a dangerous time in both her history and our history.
One Big Thing
Author: Phil Cooke
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 159555484X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
One Big Thing is about finding out what you were born to do with your life and how to use it to revolutionize your business or ministry---and change the world.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 159555484X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
One Big Thing is about finding out what you were born to do with your life and how to use it to revolutionize your business or ministry---and change the world.
Countdown Puzzle Book 3
Author: Michael Wylie
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
ISBN: 9780233050799
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first face to appear on Channel Four was Richard Whiteley's and, over 3,250 episodes later, "Countdown" is still addictive. This book contains 1,000 more Countdown puzzles, created by the show's producers Michael Wylie and Damian Eadie. There are three letters games, a numbers game and a conundrum on every page--all fun, but not for the fainthearted! It's all packed into a handy pocket-sized format that means you can have your Countdown fix at any time of day, wherever you are.
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
ISBN: 9780233050799
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first face to appear on Channel Four was Richard Whiteley's and, over 3,250 episodes later, "Countdown" is still addictive. This book contains 1,000 more Countdown puzzles, created by the show's producers Michael Wylie and Damian Eadie. There are three letters games, a numbers game and a conundrum on every page--all fun, but not for the fainthearted! It's all packed into a handy pocket-sized format that means you can have your Countdown fix at any time of day, wherever you are.
Start Your Engines
Author: Mark Todd
Publisher: Callaway Editions
ISBN: 9780935112481
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A kooky countdown of animals starting a remote control car race presents the numbers from ten to one.
Publisher: Callaway Editions
ISBN: 9780935112481
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A kooky countdown of animals starting a remote control car race presents the numbers from ten to one.
Countdown
Author: Lester Bauman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950791507
Category : Inspirational fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
It was A.D. 284. Christians were enjoying a time of peace in the Roman Empire. But would it last?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781950791507
Category : Inspirational fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
It was A.D. 284. Christians were enjoying a time of peace in the Roman Empire. But would it last?
Count Down
Author: Steve Olson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618562121
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Each summer six math whizzes selected from nearly a half-million American teens compete against the world's best problem solvers at the International Mathematical Olympiad.Steve Olson followed the six 2001 contestants from the intense tryouts to the Olympiad's nail-biting final rounds to discover not only what drives these extraordinary kids but what makes them both unique and typical.In the process he provides fascinating insights into the science of intelligence and learning and, finally, the nature of genius.Brilliant, but defying all the math-nerd stereotypes, these teens want to excel in whatever piques their curiosity, and they are curious about almost everything - music, games, politics, sports, literature.One team member is ardent about both water polo and creative writing. Another plays four musical instruments.For fun and entertainment during breaks, the Olympians invent games of mind-boggling difficulty.Though driven by the glory of winning this ultimate math contest, they are in many ways not so different from other teenagers, finding pure joy in indulging their personal passions. Beyond the the Olympiad, Olson sheds light on many questions, from why Americans feel so queasy about math, to why so few girls compete in the subject, to whether or not talent is innate.Inside the cavernous gym where the competition takes place, Count Down uncovers a fascinating subculture and its engaging, driven inhabitants.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618562121
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Each summer six math whizzes selected from nearly a half-million American teens compete against the world's best problem solvers at the International Mathematical Olympiad.Steve Olson followed the six 2001 contestants from the intense tryouts to the Olympiad's nail-biting final rounds to discover not only what drives these extraordinary kids but what makes them both unique and typical.In the process he provides fascinating insights into the science of intelligence and learning and, finally, the nature of genius.Brilliant, but defying all the math-nerd stereotypes, these teens want to excel in whatever piques their curiosity, and they are curious about almost everything - music, games, politics, sports, literature.One team member is ardent about both water polo and creative writing. Another plays four musical instruments.For fun and entertainment during breaks, the Olympians invent games of mind-boggling difficulty.Though driven by the glory of winning this ultimate math contest, they are in many ways not so different from other teenagers, finding pure joy in indulging their personal passions. Beyond the the Olympiad, Olson sheds light on many questions, from why Americans feel so queasy about math, to why so few girls compete in the subject, to whether or not talent is innate.Inside the cavernous gym where the competition takes place, Count Down uncovers a fascinating subculture and its engaging, driven inhabitants.
Construction Countdown
Author: K. C. Olson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805069204
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Introduces numbers and subtraction as the reader counts construction equipment from ten to one.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805069204
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Introduces numbers and subtraction as the reader counts construction equipment from ten to one.
Countdown
Author: Michelle Rowen
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373210906
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"This is the revised text of a work first published as Countdown under the pseudonym Michelle Maddox by Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., in 2008"--Title page verso.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373210906
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"This is the revised text of a work first published as Countdown under the pseudonym Michelle Maddox by Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc., in 2008"--Title page verso.
Countdown
Author: Alan Weisman
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316236500
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us. In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add humans back to this vision of a restored, healthy planet-only in harmony, not mortal combat, with the rest of nature. But with a million more of us every 4 1/2 days on a planet that's not getting any bigger, and with our exhaust overheating the atmosphere and altering the chemistry of the oceans, prospects for a sustainable human future seem ever more in doubt. For this long awaited follow-up book, Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth -- and also the hardest: How many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Can we know which other species are essential to our survival? And, how might we actually arrive at a stable, optimum population, and design an economy to allow genuine prosperity without endless growth? Weisman visits an extraordinary range of the world's cultures, religions, nationalities, tribes, and political systems to learn what in their beliefs, histories, liturgies, or current circumstances might suggest that sometimes it's in their own best interest to limit their growth. The result is a landmark work of reporting: devastating, urgent, and, ultimately, deeply hopeful. By vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance. Weisman again shows that he is one of the most provocative journalists at work today, with a book whose message is so compelling that it will change how we see our lives and our destiny.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316236500
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us. In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add humans back to this vision of a restored, healthy planet-only in harmony, not mortal combat, with the rest of nature. But with a million more of us every 4 1/2 days on a planet that's not getting any bigger, and with our exhaust overheating the atmosphere and altering the chemistry of the oceans, prospects for a sustainable human future seem ever more in doubt. For this long awaited follow-up book, Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth -- and also the hardest: How many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Can we know which other species are essential to our survival? And, how might we actually arrive at a stable, optimum population, and design an economy to allow genuine prosperity without endless growth? Weisman visits an extraordinary range of the world's cultures, religions, nationalities, tribes, and political systems to learn what in their beliefs, histories, liturgies, or current circumstances might suggest that sometimes it's in their own best interest to limit their growth. The result is a landmark work of reporting: devastating, urgent, and, ultimately, deeply hopeful. By vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance. Weisman again shows that he is one of the most provocative journalists at work today, with a book whose message is so compelling that it will change how we see our lives and our destiny.