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Hurricanes
ISBN: 9780061170713 / Angielski / Miękka / 31 str. Hurricanes. Typhoons. Cyclones. No matter what you call them, these formidable, swirling storms are the most devastating events in nature. hurricanes takes young readers on an in-depth exploration of one of the most awe-inspiring phenomena on Earth This dramatic account of hurricanes and the disasters they leave behind, including Andrew and Katrina, are intensified through arresting full-color photographs and satellite images. Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to bring you a new, updated edition of his acclaimed look at this... Hurricanes. Typhoons. Cyclones. No matter what you call them, these formidable, swirling storms are the most devastating events in nature. hurrican... |
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32,89 zł |
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Twisters and Other Terrible Storms: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #23: Twister on Tuesday
ISBN: 9780375813580 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. 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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Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii
ISBN: 9780375832215 / Angielski / Miękka / 121 str. 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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26,36 zł |
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Floods
ISBN: 9780816047949 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. 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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215,61 zł |
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Disaster Response
ISBN: 9780816070237 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. 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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242,22 zł |
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Tsunamis
ISBN: 9781404209787 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 64 str. |
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183,84 zł |
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Standing for the Red, White and Blue
ISBN: 9781425923792 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. |
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97,91 zł |
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Fire!: The Renewal of a Forest
ISBN: 9781554550821 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. 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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53,30 zł |
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Flood!
ISBN: 9781416925538 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Heavy rains can cause rivers to spill over their banks and cause floods. People build dams and levees to prevent floods.
Heavy rains can cause rivers to spill over their banks and cause floods. People build dams and levees to prevent floods.
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20,54 zł |
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
ISBN: 9780791096383 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 128 str. 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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188,99 zł |
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Hurricane Katrina
ISBN: 9780791096390 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 128 str. 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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188,99 zł |
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The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
ISBN: 9780791096406 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 120 str. 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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188,99 zł |
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
ISBN: 9780791096413 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 112 str. 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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188,99 zł |
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The Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004
ISBN: 9780791096420 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 127 str. 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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188,99 zł |
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The Sinking of the Titanic
ISBN: 9780791096437 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 112 str. She was supposed to be "unsinkable." But on April 14, 1912, the unthinkable happened: the world's largest and most luxurious oceans liner - the Titanic - struck an iceberg in the frigid waters in the dark of night. What happened next seemed unbelievable to people at the time. In approximately two and a half hours, the celebrated ship flooded with water, cracked in half, and sank miles to the ocean floor below. Of the 2,200 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. The rest suffered a terrifying and cold death in the Atlantic. Observers around the world were horrified and saddened by the...
She was supposed to be "unsinkable." But on April 14, 1912, the unthinkable happened: the world's largest and most luxurious oceans liner - the Titani...
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188,99 zł |
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Volcanoes in Action
ISBN: 9781404218642 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 48 str. |
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169,85 zł |
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Floods in Action
ISBN: 9781404218673 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 48 str. |
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169,85 zł |
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The Dust Bowl
ISBN: 9780791097373 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 128 str. Housewives hung wet sheets and blankets over windows, struggling to seal every crack with gummed paper strips. A man avoided shaking hands, lest the static electricity gathered from a dust storm knock his greeter flat. Children's tears turned to mud. Horses chewed feed filled with dust particles that sandpapered their gums raw. Dead cattle, when pried open, were filled with pounds of gut-clogging dirt. The simplest thing in life, taking a breath, became life-threatening. The Dust Bowl conditions during the 'Dirty Thirties' were no blind stroke of nature, but had their origins in human error...
Housewives hung wet sheets and blankets over windows, struggling to seal every crack with gummed paper strips. A man avoided shaking hands, lest the s...
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188,99 zł |
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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
ISBN: 9780791097380 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 128 str. Desperate to bring an end to the Pacific Theater in World War II, the United States unleashed the most powerful and deadly bomb known to humankind at the time. The atomic bomb was a marvel of modern science, but it left a devastating imprint on the world - particularly in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese cities that were chosen as sites for the attacks. The loss of life in these cities was catastrophic. Hundreds of thousands were killed or sickened from exposure to the radiation. More than 60 years after the bombs were dropped, the use of atomic weapons is still debated among nations....
Desperate to bring an end to the Pacific Theater in World War II, the United States unleashed the most powerful and deadly bomb known to humankind at ...
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188,99 zł |
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Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
ISBN: 9780802797544 / Angielski / Twarda / 28 str. 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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