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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD National Inventors Month (MAY) - YOUTH
Thinking Like A Scientist
OBD National Inventors Month (MAY) - YOUTH
Thinking Like A Scientist
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"When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard...
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Last hours (Shadowhunters) volume 1
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Cordelia Carstairs, a Shadowhunter trained to battle demons, travels with her brother to London where they reconnect with childhood friends but soon must face devastating demon attacks in the quarantined city.
Edwardian London, a time of electric lights and long shadows-- with demons waiting in the dark. For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world. James and Lucie Herondale have listened to stories of good defeating evil and love conquering...
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"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico's public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn't ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so...
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Digital Minds: Fictional Tales of AI
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"A stunning new clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature,...
7) Electricity
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Discusses the properties of electricity and describes how it is made and used.
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A young reader's introduction to where cars came from and how they work. Presented in comic book format.
"In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline - or electric batteries, or even steam - make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives."--Provided...
11) Trains
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"This new title introduces young readers to trains. Starting with the original steam powered locomotive, this title teaches young readers all about different trains that have developed. Large-scale pictures accompany a description of each train and are complemented by sidebars containing interesting facts"--Provided by publisher.
12) Electricity
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"Explains the basic principles of electricity through looking at everyday experiences or direct observation." -- Title page verso.
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This kit provides for over 125 electronics projects to learn about energy sources, environmentally friendly energy and how the electricity in the home works. The educational manual explains all the forms of environmentally friendly energy including geothermal, hydrogen fuel cells, wind, solar, tidal, hydro and others.
Renewable Energy: Discusses solar, wind, biofuel, hydro, and geothermal energy sources. Everyone is looking for ways to expand our...
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