Little Giant

Little Giant PDF Author: Carl Albert
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Book Description
At age six, Carl Albert knew he wanted to serve in the United States Congress. In 1947 he realized his dream when he was elected to serve in the House of Representatives alongside John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In Little Giant, Albert relates the story of his life in Oklahoma and his road to Congress, where after eight years of service he joined its leadership and shaped the legislation known as Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society. In 1971 he began his own Speakership; six years later, when it ended, Congress had been reshaped and had weathered the constitutional crisis of Richard Nixon's "Imperial Presidency."

Little Giant

Little Giant PDF Author: Carl Albert
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Book Description
At age six, Carl Albert knew he wanted to serve in the United States Congress. In 1947 he realized his dream when he was elected to serve in the House of Representatives alongside John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In Little Giant, Albert relates the story of his life in Oklahoma and his road to Congress, where after eight years of service he joined its leadership and shaped the legislation known as Kennedy's New Frontier and Johnson's Great Society. In 1971 he began his own Speakership; six years later, when it ended, Congress had been reshaped and had weathered the constitutional crisis of Richard Nixon's "Imperial Presidency."

The Little Giant Book of Science Facts

The Little Giant Book of Science Facts PDF Author: Glen Vecchione
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402706530
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Book Description
Hundreds of fascinating, flabbergasting, and sometimes freaky facts are at your disposal in this fun-sized compendium. Uncover animal oddities, including the fact that certain species of frogs can survive being frozen solid and thawed. Find out how strange people really are: Did you know that the average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva in a lifetime—enough to fill two swimming pools? And there are botanical surprises, such as that bananas are actually herbs, plus science tidbits about the Earth, inventions, computers, and more.

The Little Giant

The Little Giant PDF Author:
Publisher: Laura Geringer Book
ISBN: 9780060529529
Category : Dwarfs
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
When a little giant meets a big dwarf, they realize they are more alike than they seem.

Tricks & Pranks

Tricks & Pranks PDF Author: E. Richard Churchill
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402749773
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Book Description
Presents a collection of over one hundred tricks, including those with cards, money, and other objects.

Whodunit Mysteries

Whodunit Mysteries PDF Author: Jim Sukach
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402749834
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Book Description
Solve crimes like a detective; find clues where nobody else would think of looking, trap suspects with their own words - 80 simple stories will show you how to find the culprit while everybody else is completely confused. As you explore these fascinating whodunits, you'll enter a bizarre, glamorous, and dangerous world of mobsters, millionaires and heiresses. Includes a section of solutions to each mystery.

The Little Giant Book of Tongue Twisters

The Little Giant Book of Tongue Twisters PDF Author: Mike Artell
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806909516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Book Description
An illustrated collection of hundreds of difficult tongue twisters, arranged alphabetically.

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County PDF Author: Tiffany Baker
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446543349
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259

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Book Description
When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated--Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers. Serena Jane's beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book--containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers--has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly's biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on. When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly's brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling--the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques--hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan's family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly's reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.

The Little Giant Book of Whodunits

The Little Giant Book of Whodunits PDF Author: Hy Conrad
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806904733
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Book Description
Better than a police academy course, all 80 of these simple stories show one how to find the culprit while everyone else is confused. As readers explore these fascinating whodunits, they enter a bizarre, glamorous, and dangerous world of mobsters, millionaires, and heiresses--and detectives. 102 illustrations.

Astronomy

Astronomy PDF Author: Melanie Melton Knocke
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402732348
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Book Description
This little book with big information will send kids flying into outer space to explore our fascinating universe. Of course, they’ll learn about the planets, moons, and stars. But this lively information-packed guide also includes fantastic astronomical phenomena that will make a child’s eyes open wide in amazement: everything from black holes to white dwarfs to red giants. The voyage begins in our own solar system, starting with the sun and proceeding from Mercury to Pluto--with the occasional asteroid, comet, and meteor thrown in. Follow a star’s life from beginning to end; do "deep sky” astronomy (the study of objects beyond our system) and have fun observing the heavens through binoculars and telescopes. There’s lots of cool trivia and quizzes throughout, too!

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Puzzles

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Puzzles PDF Author: Diagram Group
Publisher: Sterling
ISBN: 9780806942582
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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Book Description
Pit your wits against logic-teasers, matchstick quizzes, number problems, riddles, geometry puzzles, visual conundrums, word wonders, picture problems, mazes, and much more. Some puzzles will seem deceptively easy, while others will boggle even experienced puzzle masters. Perfect for traveling, the beach, study hall, the office, or any time you want to flex your mental muscles.