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Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A brand-new, traditional general reference title for kids ages 7-9 that encompasses all that DK is about: age-appropriate, jargon-free text accompanied by detailed images on a variety of topics all in one place, from science and nature to history and the arts.
3) Famous first facts: a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history
Publisher
The H.W. Wilson Company, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For more than half a century, Famous First Facts has earned the accolades of reviewers and a place on library reference shelves nationwide. This new edition of the reference classic is updated and expanded with new entries reflecting the latest developments and discoveries, and newly organized for better access to information. - Amazon
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover an all-in-one encyclopedia that takes you on an explanatory tour of the world from your own body to outer space. Have you ever wondered how an email gets to someone on the other side of the world in just a few seconds or why it's a bad idea to stand under a tree during a thunderstorm? Discover the answers to all these questions and more with this mind-boggling books of facts. Each page of this mind-blowingly detailed and ambitious encyclopedia...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of its creation is a fascinating and mysterious story - a story of two remarkable men whose strange twenty-year relationship lies at the core of this historic undertaking." "Professor James Murray, an astonishingly...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley Limited)
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Explora galerías de objetos intrigantes de una gran variedad de temas, desde las plantas hasta el espacio, pasando por los deportes o las civilizaciones antiguas. Extiende tu conocimiento sobre varios temas, como el espacio, tierra, naturaleza, ciencia, tecnología, historia, cultura, sociedad y entretenimiento.
"This comprehensive children's encyclopedia is a treasure trove of facts, showing you the world one object at a time. From animals to the...
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Estás preparado para un viaje a través de la historia del ser humano? Descubre nuestra apasionante evolución con la increíble Enciclopedia Britannica, la enciclopedia más reconocida y rigurosa del mundo. ¿Sabías que los humanos y los chimpancés venimos del mismo antepasado? ¿O que no todas las personas tenemos el mismo número de huesos? ¿Y que podemos ver hasta 10 millones de colores? Curiosidades, datos interesantísimos, imágenes...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary - violating and subverting the dictionary's authority - in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary's publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitized. As the novel progresses and their...
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