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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #8 Twisters And Other Terrible Storms
ISBN: 9780375813580 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday, they had lots of questions. How do tornadoes form? What kinds of tools can help predict bad storms? Where did the biggest snowfall on record happen? How fast are hurricane winds? Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter...
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system When Jack and Ann...
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28,75 zł |
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #15 Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters
ISBN: 9780375832215 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii, they had lots of questions. What causes tsunamis? Who studies earthquakes? How do volcanoes form? What should people do if an avalanche hits? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers...The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system When Jack and ... |
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28,75 zł |
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Floods
ISBN: 9780816047949 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. There are floods throughout the world, many of them devastating and deadly. This text explores their occurrence, explaining storms and cloudbursts, thunder and lightning, and the monsoons. There are also sidebars containing concepts from atmospheric science, including glacioisostasy.
There are floods throughout the world, many of them devastating and deadly. This text explores their occurrence, explaining storms and cloudbursts, th...
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210,92 zł |
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Disaster Response
ISBN: 9780816070237 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. It is impossible to ignore the relentless media reports of various human-made and natural disasters and the constant threats they pose to our society. Beyond the news headlines, recent disasters have prompted the restructuring of the U.S. government, namely the formation of the Department of Homeland Security and the reorganization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). With the ever-present threat of disasters from hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, landslides, drought, winter storms, nuclear accidents, terrorist attacks, and chemical contamination, the role...
It is impossible to ignore the relentless media reports of various human-made and natural disasters and the constant threats they pose to our society....
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235,82 zł |
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Standing for the Red, White and Blue
ISBN: 9781425923792 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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96,72 zł |
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Fire!: The Renewal of a Forest
ISBN: 9781554550821 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Honour Book, 2007 Silver Birch Express shortlist, 2008 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2007 finalist Canadian Science Writers' Association's Science in Society Journalism Award nominee, Youth Book category, 2007 It hasn't rained in the forest for many weeks. And in the sunny clearing, everything is dry and scorched. Then, late one afternoon, a hot wind begins to blow and storm clouds gather. But instead of rain, lightning fills the sky and strikes a tall tree beside the clearing. The lightning... Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction Honour Book, 2007 Silver Birch Express shortlist, 2008 Canadian Children's B... |
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53,13 zł |
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
ISBN: 9780791096383 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. What really happened in Mrs. O'Leary's barn that autumn night in Chicago? Though no one knows for sure, what is certain is someone, or something, started a load of hay on fire, and the city of Chicago would never be the same. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 raged for more than 24 hours, obliterating the downtown and sparking a mass exodus to the prairies and lake. The flames grew so hot that they melted iron and marble, and the twisting winds tore the roofs off houses. The individual stories of courage and tragedy, recounted by survivors who fought for their lives, captivated a nation and...
What really happened in Mrs. O'Leary's barn that autumn night in Chicago? Though no one knows for sure, what is certain is someone, or something, star...
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182,94 zł |
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Hurricane Katrina
ISBN: 9780791096390 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. When the first signs of sunlight emerged from the trickling rain the morning of Monday, August 29, 2005, many residents of the city of New Orleans hoped the worst was behind them. Hours earlier, the tropical hurricane known as "Katrina" made landfall at an area just 70 miles to the southeast of the city, tearing the roofs off of buildings and tossing boats like confetti. Tens of thousands of survivors in need of food, water, and medical attention sat stranded along the city's sweltering highways and in the Superdome and Convention Center. Worse, others remained trapped in their damaged...
When the first signs of sunlight emerged from the trickling rain the morning of Monday, August 29, 2005, many residents of the city of New Orleans hop...
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182,94 zł |
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The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
ISBN: 9780791096406 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. In late January 1918, Dr. Loren Miner, a country physician in rural Kansas, saw the first cases of an influenza of a violent nature. With a warning to the U.S. Public Health Service, his was the lone voice of alarm about the potential spread of this virulent new strain of a particularly deadly disease. With hundreds of thousands of American servicemen crisscrossing the nation through military training camps and then to Europe to fight in World War I, an influenza pandemic wasn't just a possibility, but a certainty. It swept through congested cities and rural communities alike, killing its...
In late January 1918, Dr. Loren Miner, a country physician in rural Kansas, saw the first cases of an influenza of a violent nature. With a warning to...
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182,94 zł |
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
ISBN: 9780791096413 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Conditions were harsh in tenement factories all over New York City, but they were especially difficult at one in particular. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located near the city's Washington Square Park, made history on March 25, 1911, when a devastating fire destroyed the top three floors of the building in which it was located. One hundred and forty-six young women and several men died in what was the worst workplace disaster to take place in the United States to that date. The lack of fire sprinklers or extinguishers, a safe fire escape, and working elevators, coupled with cluttered and...
Conditions were harsh in tenement factories all over New York City, but they were especially difficult at one in particular. The Triangle Shirtwaist F...
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182,94 zł |
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The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004
ISBN: 9780791096420 / Angielski / Twarda / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. On December 26, 2004, a gigantic earthquake ripped apart the floor of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra. The force of the quake, transmitted upward to the surface, sent a tsunami, or a series of giant waves, in all directions toward unprotected shores and unwarned populations, many in remote areas or secluded vacation spots. Within 12 hours, more than 200,000 people had been killed, and many more left injured or homeless, their livelihoods destroyed. Cities and villages lay in ruins. Even the geography of the Earth was changed. But as the affected countries, with help from around the...
On December 26, 2004, a gigantic earthquake ripped apart the floor of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra. The force of the quake, transmitted u...
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182,94 zł |
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Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
ISBN: 9780802797544 / Angielski / Twarda / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. During Hurricane Katrina, evacuating New Orleans residents were forced to leave their pets behind. Bobbi the dog was initially chained to keep her safe, but after her owners failed to return, she had to break free. For months, Bobbi wandered the city's ravaged streets-dragging her chain behind her-followed by her feline companion, Bob Cat. After months of hunger and struggle, the Two Bobbies were finally rescued by a construction worker helping to rebuild the city. When he brought them to a shelter, volunteers made an amazing discovery about the devoted friends-Bob Cat was actually blind ... During Hurricane Katrina, evacuating New Orleans residents were forced to leave their pets behind. Bobbi the dog was initially chained to keep her ... |
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73,40 zł |
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Avalanches & Landslides
ISBN: 9781404219830 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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72,24 zł |
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The Black Death
ISBN: 9780791096499 / Angielski / Twarda / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. In 1347, Europe was hit by the worst natural disaster in its recorded history: the Black Death. Now believed to be a combination of bubonic plague and two other rarer plague strains, the Black Death ravaged the continent for several terrible years before finally fading away in 1352. Most historians believe that the pandemic, which also swept across parts of Western Asia and North Africa, annihilated 33 to 60 percent of Europe's population - roughly 25 to 45 million men, women, and children. This massive depopulation had a deep impact on the course of European history, speeding up or...
In 1347, Europe was hit by the worst natural disaster in its recorded history: the Black Death. Now believed to be a combination of bubonic plague and...
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182,94 zł |
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The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
ISBN: 9780791096505 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. This informative new title tells the true story of a powerful earthquake that roared through San Francisco in 1906.
This informative new title tells the true story of a powerful earthquake that roared through San Francisco in 1906.
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182,94 zł |
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The Hindenburg Disaster of 1937
ISBN: 9780791097397 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. On May 6, 1937, the celebrated airship Hindenburg caught fire during its landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people. A German zeppelin, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built. It made numerous transatlantic journeys, offering passengers comfort and luxury during the years of the Great Depression. What was supposed to be a routine landing on the first transatlantic flight of the season ended in tragedy. Present at the site were many journalists, who were on hand to record the tragedy for the entire world to see, etching the indelible images on the minds of generations to...
On May 6, 1937, the celebrated airship Hindenburg caught fire during its landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people. A German zeppelin, the H...
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182,94 zł |
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Are Natural Disasters Increasing?
ISBN: 9780737768237 / Angielski / Miękka / 103 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue; each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e.g., eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, to illuminate the issue.; This title addresses the issue of natural disasters and the severity, frequency, and losses caused by them, including areas such as climate change, poor infrastructures, human activity, economic costs and recovery.; Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Enhancing critical thinking...
These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue; each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e.g., eyewitn...
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149,74 zł |
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Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Tsunamis: A Practical Survival Guide
ISBN: 9781435837508 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Being prepared for a disaster at all times can save people's lives. This book provides invaluable information on how to prepare for tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis; whom to call for help; ways you can reduce damage to your home; and even tactics that can save someone's life, or you own.
Being prepared for a disaster at all times can save people's lives. This book provides invaluable information on how to prepare for tornadoes, hurrica...
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171,94 zł |
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Hurricane Katrina
ISBN: 9780737748833 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial subject. Each volume includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to future research. The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial subject. Each volume includes primary and secondary sources from a v... |
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149,74 zł |
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Earthquakes
ISBN: 9781617830310 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-20 dni roboczych. |
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121,41 zł |
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