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The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer

Author : Mara Rockliff
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536225673
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The Girl Who Could Fix Anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer written by Mara Rockliff and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true story of a woman whose brilliance and mechanical expertise helped Britain win World War II is sure to inspire STEM readers and fans of amazing women in history. Beatrice Shilling wasn’t quite like other children. She could make anything. She could fix anything. And when she took a thing apart, she put it back together better than before. When Beatrice left home to study engineering, she knew that as a girl she wouldn’t be quite like the other engineers—and she wasn’t. She was better. Still, it took hard work and perseverance to persuade the Royal Aircraft Establishment to give her a chance. But when World War II broke out and British fighter pilots took to the skies in a desperate struggle for survival against Hitler’s bombers, it was clearly time for new ideas. Could Beatrice solve an engine puzzle and help Britain win the war? American author Mara Rockliff and British illustrator Daniel Duncan team up for a fresh look at a turning point in modern history—and the role of a remarkable woman whose ingenuity, persistence, and way with a wrench (or spanner) made her quite unlike anyone else. An author’s note and a list of selective sources provide additional information for curious readers.

Going Overboard

Author : Sarah Smiley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101210664
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Going Overboard written by Sarah Smiley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999, Sarah was a typical bride-to-be, flustered with wedding details. Then the groom called. “I don’t want you to panic, but I might not be able to come to our wedding....” So began Sarah Smiley’s life as a military wife. As a former Navy brat herself, Sarah knew better than anyone that weddings and funerals—even childbirth!—take a backseat to Uncle Sam. But just as the young, nationally syndicated columnist was getting comfortable with the military wife’s routine, her husband was sent away for an unexpected deployment. What followed was a true test of strength and wit. From getting locked out of the house in cowgirl pajamas to wrestling with the temptation of infidelity, Sarah exposes it all with candor, heart—and knowing humor.

The Flight Girls

Author : Noelle Salazar
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488035067
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Flight Girls written by Noelle Salazar and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER A WOMAN’S WORLD BEST NEW BOOK “I read well into the night, unable to stop. The book is unputdownable.”—Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Heart-breaking, validating, exciting.”—Hypable “Rich historical detail...this saga has it all.”—Woman’s World Shining a light on a little-known piece of history The Flight Girls is a sweeping portrayal of women’s fearlessness, love, and the power of friendship to make us soar. 1941. Audrey Coltrane has always wanted to fly. It’s why she implored her father to teach her at the little airfield back home in Texas. It’s why she signed up to train military pilots in Hawaii when the war in Europe began. And it’s why she insists she is not interested in any dream-derailing romantic involvements, even with the disarming Lieutenant James Hart, who fast becomes a friend as treasured as the women she flies with. Then one fateful day, she gets caught in the air over Pearl Harbor just as the bombs begin to fall, and suddenly, nowhere feels safe. To make everything she’s lost count for something, Audrey joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots program. The bonds she forms with her fellow pilots reignite a spark of hope in the face war, and—when James goes missing in action—give Audrey the strength to cross the front lines and fight not only for her country, but for the love she holds so dear. “Captivated me from the first page and never let go...a powerful tale of courage and sacrifice by the Women Airforce Service Pilots during WWII. A spectacular first novel.”—Sara Ackerman, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Lieutenant’s Nurse

Me and Momma and Big John

Author : Mara Rockliff
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763643599
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Me and Momma and Big John written by Mara Rockliff and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by a true story follows the experiences of Little John, who along with his sisters excitedly anticipates the completion of a latest sculpture by his mother, a stonecutter at the Big John cathedral.

How to Be a Rock Star

Author : Lisa Tolin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984814206
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book How to Be a Rock Star written by Lisa Tolin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious, tongue-in-cheek picture book debut, one little kid who really loves to rock and roll explains everything there is to know about starting a rock band. “A joyous, raucous must-have manual for little rock stars everywhere.” —Savannah Guthrie, Today show co-anchor Becoming a rock star isn't easy—especially if you're a kid. From finding the right instrument, to mastering the best dance moves, to taking your band on the road, there's a lot to consider! And that's not to mention dealing with critics, crazed fans, and a little brother with a chocolate milk problem . . . Luckily, this book has everything you need to know to make it big. This giggle-inducing guide to aspiring rock and rollers, chock-full of laugh-out-loud illustrations, is sure to leave readers both young and young at heart shouting for an encore! “Kids who rock and parents who love them will cheer this fun, and very funny, picture book how-to guide for starting a band.” —Laurie Berkner, children’s recording artist

Jefferson Measures a Moose

Author : Mara Rockliff
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 076369410X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Jefferson Measures a Moose written by Mara Rockliff and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Mesmerized shares another comical true tale of a Founding Father using science to defeat ignorance and stop the spread of false information. Thomas Jefferson was wild about numbers. He was constantly counting, measuring, and observing things that caught his interest. He loved sharing his discoveries and reading the discoveries of others. But when a famous Frenchman published a book about America, Jefferson was appalled: all the information in the book was wrong. The author insisted that America was a wretched, dismal place, where birds could not sing, dogs could not bark, and everything and everyone was puny and weak. Thomas Jefferson resolved to set the record straight — with numbers — and prove to the world that the new nation was worthy of investment. But how do you show that a country is plentiful in an age when photography hasn’t been invented yet? Mara Rockliff, master of children’s nonfiction, details another little-known moment in math and natural history, illustrated with humor by prolific artist S. D. Schindler and accompanied by extensive back matter and an informative author’s note.

South

Author : Daniel Duncan
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683350502
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book South written by Daniel Duncan and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a lonely fisherman finds an injured bird on his boat, he nurtures it back to health and—since the bird can no longer migrate with its family—charts a course to head south for the winter. Together, the two form a special friendship and enjoy life at sea until both the healing process and the journey must come to an end. In the tradition of the classic Amos & Boris, South is a story about making new friends and the bittersweet process of saying good-bye to the ones we love. It beautifully depicts the power of new beginnings and the freedom in coming home.

The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Lancaster Bomber

Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781780190358
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)

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Book Synopsis The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Lancaster Bomber by : Nigel Cawthorne

Download or read book The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Lancaster Bomber written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb illustrated history of Britain's greatest night bomber of World War II, with more than 275 photographs.

Tono-Bungay

Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tono-Bungay written by Herbert George Wells and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

533 Days

Author : Cees Nooteboom
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265395
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book 533 Days written by Cees Nooteboom and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noted Dutch poet and novelist Cees Nooteboom reflects upon the life of the mind through a reexamination of books, music, art, travel, and gardening Though a tireless explorer of distant cultures, for more than forty years Cees Nooteboom has also been returning to Menorca, “the island of the wind.” It is in his house there, with a study full of books and a garden taken over by cacti and many insects, that the 533 days of writing take place. The result is not a diary, nor a set of movements of the soul organized by dates, but “a book of days,” with observations about what is immediately around him, his love for Menorca, his thoughts on the world, on life and death, on literature and oblivion. Every impression opens windows onto vast horizons: the Divine Comedy and the books it generated, Borges’ contempt for Gombrowicz, the death of David Bowie, the endless flight of the Voyagers, the repetition of history as a tragedy, but never as farce. 533 Days is a meditative rhapsody that would like to exclude the noise of current events, yet must return to them several times, and skeptically contemplates the threat of a disintegrating Europe. Reading these pages is like having a conversation with an extraordinary mind.

Mesmerized

Author : Mara Rockliff
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536220582
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Mesmerized written by Mara Rockliff and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Together, Rockliff and Bruno make the scientific method seem exciting, and kids interested in science and history will likely be, well, mesmerized.” — Booklist (starred review) When American inventor Benjamin Franklin arrives in Paris, he is upstaged by a compelling and enigmatic figure: Dr. Mesmer. In elaborately staged shows, Mesmer has Parisians believing he can control a magic force that changes the taste of water, cures illness, and controls thoughts! Can Ben Franklin’s approach of observing, hypothesizing, and testing get to the bottom of Mesmer’s tricks? A rip-roaring, lavishly illustrated peek into a fascinating moment in history shows the development of the scientific method — and reveals the amazing power of the human mind.

The Emperor of All Maladies

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170916
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

Runaway

Author : Ray Anthony Shepard
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374389225
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Runaway written by Ray Anthony Shepard and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful poem about Ona Judge's life and her self-emancipation from George Washington’s household. Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President's wife, Martha. Ona was widely known for her excellent skills as a seamstress, and was raised alongside Washington’s grandchildren. Indeed, she was frequently mistaken for his granddaughter. This poetic biography follows her childhood and adolescence until she decides to run away. Author Ray Anthony Shepard welcomes meaningful and necessary conversation among young readers about the horrors of slavery and the experience of house servants through call-and-response style lines. Illustrator Keith Mallett’s rich paintings include fabric collage and add further feeling and majesty to Ona’s daring escape. With extensive backmatter, this poem may serve as a new introduction to American slavery and Ona Judge's legacy.

What to Do?

Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What to Do? written by graf Leo Tolstoy and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Father, Marconi

Author : Degna Marconi
Publisher : Guernica Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781550711516
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book My Father, Marconi written by Degna Marconi and published by Guernica Editions. This book was released on 2001 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of Guglielmo Marconi draws upon her father's personal journals and letters as well as from scientific and historical records to chronicle the life and profession of the internationally known inventor.

Sesame and Lilies

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Sesame and Lilies written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Well-Behaved Woman

Author : Therese Anne Fowler
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250095492
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A Well-Behaved Woman written by Therese Anne Fowler and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-Age New York, written by Therese Anne Fowler, a New York Times bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald. Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America’s great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York’s old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designed and built nine mansions, hosted grand balls, and arranged for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defied convention for women of her time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, in A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted against desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. Meet Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, living proof that history is made by those who know the rules—and how to break them.