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5th Grade Us History: Famous US Inventors
Fifth Grade Books Inventors for Kids
by Baby Professor
Show your gratitude to the people who made life today much more comfortable. This book accumulates information on some of the world's most famous US inventors. Complete with images and an easy-to-read format, this book is the perfect complement ...
ISBN: 9781682809365
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eBookA Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
A radical nature-travelogue from the founder of national parks
by John Muir
<p><em>‘Many a beautiful plant cultivated to deformity, and arranged in strict geometrical beds, the whole pretty affair a laborious failure side by side with divine beauty.’</em></p> <p><em><strong>A Thousand-Mile Walk to the ...
ISBN: 9781911342137
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eBookAdequately Explained by Stupidity?
Lockerbie, Luggage and Lies
by Morag G. Kerr
<p>Tunnel vision or organised cover-up? How the Lockerbie investigation got the wrong man. Twenty-five years after Maid of the Seas crashed on the town of Lockerbie, this groundbreaking book introduces an entirely new perspective on the ...
ISBN: 9781783067800
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eBookAdventures in the Pacific
by Tim Flannery
<p><strong>Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular environments on Earth.</strong></p> <p>Twenty-five years ago, as a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney, he set
ISBN: 9781921961601
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eBookAmong The Islands: Adventures In The Pacific
by Tim Flannery
Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia - Woodlark, in
ISBN: 9781921922923
Binding: Paperback
A German traveller in the age of gold
by Friedrich Gerstäcker
<p>Friedrich Gerstäcker, the most illustrious and prolific of German travel writers, set foot in Australia in March 1851, having walked across the Andes, traipsed the goldfields of California, and sailed over the Pacific in search of new ...
ISBN: 9781743054635
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eBookBelle: The True Story of Dido Belle [Film tie-in edition]
by Paula Byrne
The extraordinary true story behind the film Belle. The life of Dido Elizabeth Belle – the first mixed race aristocrat who was brought up as the adopted daughter of Lord Mansfield – the Lord Chief Justice of England. Now a Major ...
ISBN: 9780007542727
Binding: Paperback
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
by Ron Stallworth
<p><strong>·</strong> <strong>ADAPTED AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE BY SPIKE LEE</strong><br /> <strong>·</strong> <strong>NOMINATED FOR SIX 2019 ACADEMY AWARDS & WINNER OF 'BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY' BAFTA</strong><br /> <strong>·</strong> ...
ISBN: 9781473562684
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eBookTales of Valour 1965
by Lt Col Rohit Agarwal
<p>The ancient Greek poet Pindar once wrote, 'Unsung, the noblest deed will die.' <em>Brave Men of War</em>- from the heights of Kargil to the plains of Punjab-sets out to record acts of valour and tell the stories of the brave men, some of whom
ISBN: 9789386141392
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eBookRebel Ladies Who Rocked The World
by Pénélope Bagieu
<p>Immerse yourself in the captivating adventures of some of history’s unsung heroines, whose stories are told through engaging voices, dazzling drawings and with startling wit.</p> <p>Discover the life of an apache warrior dubbed “strong as a ...
ISBN: 9781473558939
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eBookhow one teen innovator is changing the world
by Jack Andraka
<p>**An inspiring teenage memoir from globally renowned young scientist Jack Andraka. **</p> <p>Have you ever had a problem you would give everything to solve — a problem so difficult you would spend years searching for a solution?</p> <p>When
ISBN: 9781925307207
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eBookOf Blood and Belonging
by Linda Wilkinson
<p><strong>'Where I am going has little beauty. No landscape to take the breath away, no cultural highlights of note, just a street of Victorian shops and houses to which I now know I undoubtedly belong.'</strong></p> <p>A compelling memoir of ...
ISBN: 9781910463437
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eBookby Rob Mundle
The extraordinary story of how Dutch sailors found Australia and an English pirate almost beat Captain Cook Rob Mundle is back on the water with another sweeping and powerful account of Australian maritime history. It is the story of ...
ISBN: 9780733338663
Binding: Paperback
Foul Deeds Among the South Wales Valleys 1845 - 2016
by Gary Dobbs
<p>Dark Valleys collects together more than a century of murders that took place in and around the valleys of South Wales. These horrific crimes shocked not only Wales, but also made national headlines. Although treated with compassion and ...
ISBN: 9781473861800
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eBookThe Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter
by Hugh Edwards
<p>The story of more than sixty years of diving adventures, through starkly contrasting locations and extraordinary advances in technology. From boyhood dreamer to master treasure hunter, Hugh Edwards documents his life through tales of ...
ISBN: 9780730499084
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eBookDirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders
by Christopher Goffard
A collection of newspaper stories by award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard-including “Dirty John,” the basis for the hit podcast and the upcoming Bravo scripted series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana. ...
ISBN: 9781982113254
Binding: Paperback
Don't Die in Autumn: The Heartwarming Memoir of Eric Dempsey, Ireland’s Most Loved Birdwatcher
by Eric Dempsey
<p><p><b>Eric Dempsey is mad about birds. In fact, they have changed his whole life.</b><br><br>Having once been gainfully employed by a semi-state company in a secure, pensionable job, he gave it all up to dedicate his life to ...
ISBN: 9780717165780
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eBookExplorers and Their Quest for North America
by Philip J Potter
<p>On 11 October 1492 the sun set on a clear Atlantic Ocean horizon and the night was cloudless with a late rising moon. As the lookouts high in the riggings of Christopher Columbus’ three ships strained their eyes into the golden light of the ...
ISBN: 9781526720559
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eBookin search of Douglas Mawson
by David Day
<p>In <em>Flaws in the Ice</em>, prize-winning historian David Day searches for the real Douglas Mawson. After travelling south on his own six-week odyssey to the Antarctic, the author answers the difficult questions about Mawson that have ...
ISBN: 9781922072771
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eBookby A B Facey
Albert Facey's story is the story of Australia. <BR><BR>Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of nine, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a labourer and farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then rescued by Indigenous trackers, ...
ISBN: 9781925591408
Binding: Paperback