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Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson Publisher Comments In early August 2010, the unthinkable happened when a mine collapsed in CopiapÓ, Chile, and 33 miners were trapped 2,000 feet below the surface. For sixty-nine days they lived on meager resources and increasingly poor air quality. When they were... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives by Albert Marrin Publisher Comments Oil is not pretty, but it is a resource that drives the modern world. It has made fortunes for the lucky few and provided jobs for millions of ordinary folks. Thick and slippery, crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it, life as we live it today... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Story of Oil: How It Changed the World (World Transformed) by Katherine Mclean Brevard Synopsis The world runs on oil. It powers our cars and heats and cools our homes. It is in the plastic in our ballpoint pens, our mobile phones, and our fleece jackets. Oil has created enormous wealth, but it has caused conflicts that have brought great suffering.... (read more) Your price: $33.32 New - Library Bound
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Demolition (Construction Zone) by Joann Early Macken Synopsis Simple text and photographs present building demolition, including information on the workers and equipment needed.... (read more) Your price: $22.75 New - Library Bound
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Golf (Innovation in Sports) by K. C. Kelley Synopsis In the complex world of the 21st century, the ability to use innovation to solve problems or make products better is a critical skill for kids to possess. This book uses a sport kid's love, golf, to highlight how innovation has been used to make the game... (read more) List Price $27.07 Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Space Exploration: The Impact of Science and Technology (Pros & Cons) by Joseph Harris Synopsis Humans have explored Earth, its Moon, and its atmosphere, but people have traveled hardly any distance into space. The vast distances between stars and galaxies mean that scientists on Earth study most of the universe from far away. Exploring space... (read more) Your price: $40.25 New - Library Bound
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Bat Spit, Maggots, and Other Amazing Medical Wonders (Fact Finders: Nasty (But Useful!) Science) by Kristi Lew Synopsis Doctors use medicine and surgeries to heal our bodies. But who would have thought they could use maggots to eat dead flesh or snake venom to lower blood pressure? Grab some gloves, and get ready to see some amazing medical practices put to use.... (read more) Your price: $26.65 New - Library Bound
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Hammers by Anders Hanson Publisher Comments This image-filled title defines hammers and its history. The four popular variants of the hammer explored in this title are the claw hammer, mallet, sledgehammer and jackhammer. Straightforward definitions along with labeled images will help kids... (read more) List Price $15.94 Your price: $14.15 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Belly-Busting Worm Invasions!: Parasites That Love Your Insides! (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Medical Files) by Thomasine E. Lewis Tilden Publisher Comments - Background information to build content-area knowledge including: Scientific timelines, words to know, job descriptions, and seminal cases<BR>- Chapter Summaries and questions that recap the evidence: You're The Medical Examiner<BR>... (read more) Your price: $31.25 New - Library Bound
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Fossil Fuels by Lauri S. Friedman Synopsis The Obama administration has given high priority to development of alternative energy sources.The world relies on fossil fuels to power our cars, heat our homes, grow our food, and make many of the products we use everyday. Through objective overviews... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Library Bound
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Hi Tech World: Cool Stuff (Crabtree Contact) by Ben Hubbard Synopsis Hi Tech World: Cool Stuff is packed full of the very latest technological gadgets including everything from the high performance pogo stick and gekkomat climbing aid to the watch phone with built-in camera.... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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Outbreak: Disease Detectives at Work (Discovery!) by Mark P. Friedlander, Jr. Publisher Comments Uncover the intriguing, and often mysterious, world of science in Lerner's Discovery series. From late-breaking hot topics to conundrums whose answers have been concealed for centuries, books in this series provide in-depth coverage of science topics... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Hardcover
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Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives by Albert Marrin Publisher Comments Oil is not pretty, but it is a resource that drives the modern world. It has made fortunes for the lucky few and provided jobs for millions of ordinary folks. Thick and slippery, crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it, life as we live it today would... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Cars (Innovation in Transportation) by James M. Flammang Publisher Comments -- Elementary reading-level books about transportation and communication in North America. -- Books tell about the history of a transportation or communication medium, how it works, some people who were important in its development, and potential future... (read more) List Price $27.07 Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Eco-Action #1: Buildings of the Future by Angela Royston Synopsis What is a wind-catcher? How will hydrogen heat our homes in future? What are the pros and cons of carbon-offsetting? This title takes a look at how new buildings will be designed to use less energy and how old buildings can be adapted. It explores ways... (read more) Your price: $32.00 New - Library Bound
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Digging Tunnels (Construction Zone) by Joann Early Macken Synopsis Simple text and photographs present the digging of a tunnel, including information on the workers and equipment needed.... (read more) Your price: $24.65 New - Library Bound
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Cause of Death (Edge Books, Forensic Crime Solvers) by Barbara B. Rollins Publisher Comments - Sidebar on forensics history<BR>- Job descriptions of forensics personnel<BR>- Learn about chapter introductions<BR>- Contextual definitions of unfamiliar terms<BR>- FactHound Internet... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Library Bound
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Nuclear Power (Energy for Today) by Tea Benduhn Publisher Comments Key features: - Academic vocabulary introduced with clear, age-appropriate definitions - Correlates to science curriculum standards - Leveled text reviewed by a reading consultant and a science curriculum consultant - Close photo-text match builds... (read more) Your price: $7.75 New - Trade Paper
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Ancient Medical Technology: From Herbs to Scalpels (Technology in Ancient Cultures) by Michael Woods Publisher Comments headacbes, and stomachaches. Over the centuries, ancient peoples learned more about medicine. The ancient Indians performed plastic surgery. The ancient Romans operated on people's eyes. People in many ancinet cultures wrote medical textbooks. What kinds... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Library Bound
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Water Power (Energy Today) by Michael Burgan Synopsis Hydraulic power has been used for hundreds of years for everything from sawmills to steam generators. Water Power explores the past and present uses for this source of renewable energy and uses vivid photographs and illustrations to discuss its future in... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Library Bound
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