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Publisher
UXL, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The third edition of the UXL Encyclopedia of Science comprises 10 volumes that contain 798 entries spanning life, earth, and physical sciences. The entries are written for a middle school audience and explain foundational concepts in chemistry, cellular and molecular biology, engineering, technology, health, ecology, and environmental science"--
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Language
English
Description
It had been nearly a century since elephants had lived in Southern Zululand, South Africa, where Lawrence Anthony founded his Thula Thula wildlife reserve. Yet one day a phone call changed all that. A troubled, unpredictable herd needed a new home. In order to save their lives, Lawrence took them in, and in the years that followed found that they had a lot to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom. He tells of hair-raising fights with poachers,...
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Series
Explorer Academy volume 6
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The dense, steamy rainforests of northern Borneo are some of the oldest and most magical in the world. Under the shade of the towering tree canopies, majestic elephants and orangutans roam. However, Cruz Coronado is more focused on a tiny leech with a surprisingly painful, slow-healing bite. As he inches closer and closer, he wonders if what he discovered at the top secret Archive is true ... In this sixth installment in the Explorer Academy series,...
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Language
English
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"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death,...
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