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"For years Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene worked as crocketts, combing through the atmospheres of uninhabited worlds for places that might be colonized or hold valuable resources. Now, they work for the Icarus Group, a top-secret government organization hunting for portals created by a long-vanished alien race, portals that can teleport a person hundreds or thousands of light-years in the blink of an eye. Usually, those hunts are long...

"The school-wide science fair Peter Parker (a.k.a Spider-Man) has been eagerly awaiting has finally arrived! Peter has always excelled at science, and after getting the boot in a basketball game earlier that day, he could use a little pick-me-up. So imagine Peter's surprise and dismay when basketball great and all-around-bully Flash Thompson shows up with a totally awesome project! But when the science fair is put in jeopardy thanks to the antics...

She Can STEM highlights the curiosity, creativity, and perseverance of 50 leading historical and modern physicists, chemists, biologists, and ecologists, pairing each biography with a hands-on project.

Publisher Annotation: Meditative and enchanting, this beautifully illustrated picture book encourages us to explore, connect, and find wonder in nature.

In this brilliant sequel to The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.—an enthralling, history-bending adventure traversing time and space, fact and fiction, magic and science co-written with #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson—a daring young time traveler must return to Jacobean England to save the modern world.
This fast-paced sequel to the New York Times bestselling near-future adventure The Rise and Fall

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Start Small, Think Big sets readers on a journey of discovery, beginning with small miracles of life and connecting them to the big picture of our natural world. Each book features a large fold-out illustration on the final pages.

Little Brown Nut starts small, with a large fruit falling from the tallest tree in the Amazon rainforest. Inside is a little brown Brazil

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Professor Baumann explores the penetrating work of Thucydides' "The history of the Peloponnesian War", providing deep insight into both political practice and philosophy.

* EDITOR'S PICK, BookLife by Publishers Weekly
* Gold Medal, 2023 Mom's Choice Awards
* Gold Medal, 2023 Readers' Favorite Awards

I'm pretty sure I'm about to die in space. And I just turned twelve and a half.

Blast off with the four winners of the StellarKid Project on a trip to the International Space Station and then to the Gateway outpost orbiting the Moon! It's a dream come true until space junk collides with the

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One morning, Little Hedgehog notices that the woods look different. There's snow on the ground, and many of his friends are nowhere to be found. It's winter! The bugs are sound asleep in a hollow log, the mice and chipmunks are underground in their homes, and Bear is sound asleep in his cave. Children can explore the woods with Little Hedgehog and learn about what kinds of animals live in the forest, what they do during the winter months, and what...

After 17 years trapped in the prison-like Tin Can at the heart of Pop City, the human/animal hybrid Frog Boy orchestrates his own escape in hopes of securing his freedom. --