The Great American Documents: Volume II: 1831-1900, Ashby Ruth
Автор: Ashby Ruth Название: Time Machine 23: Quest for King Arthur ISBN: 1596876344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596876347 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 18520.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "IT IS THE YEAR 490. You have traveled back to Britain during the Dark Ages. You are escaping from enemy Picts when you become lost in a snowstorm. You spot red eyes glowing nearbyand suddenly a savage wolf leaps at you out of the wilderness! Should you fight the ferocious beast or try to run for your life in the blinding swirls of snow? Your decision can lead you to safety or leave you stranded in time! ARE YOU READY TO FACE THE DANGER? The Time Machine series challenges young readers to use their imagination and decision-making skills to write their own story. Options in the text allow readers to choose any path they like within the plot. Readers must draw on background information about the period to make the right choices. This makes the series a great educational device for youngsters to learn about history and all the different cultures, events, and periods that shaped it."
Автор: Ashby Ruth Название: The Amazing Mr. Franklin: Or the Boy Who Read Everything ISBN: 1682631028 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682631027 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 4870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Everyone knows Benjamin Franklin was an important statesman, inventor, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. But did you know he started the first public library in America? Ben Franklin was always a bookish boy. The first book he read was the Bible at age five, and then he read every printed word in his father's small home library. Ben wanted to read more, but books were expensive. He wanted to go to school and learn, but his family needed him to work. Despite this, Ben Franklin had lots of ideas about how to turn his love of reading and learning into something more. First, he worked as a printer's apprentice, then he set up his own printing business. Later, he became the first bookseller in Philadelphia, started a newspaper, published Poor Richard's Almanac, and in 1731, with the help of his friends, organized the first subscription lending library, the Library Company. Ruth Ashby's fast-paced biography takes young readers through Franklin's life from his spirited, rebellious youth through his successful career as an inventor and politician and finally to the last years of his life, surrounded by his personal collection of books.
Автор: Ashby Ruth Название: Rocket Man: The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn ISBN: 1682631044 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682631041 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 4870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth. Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation. Ruth Ashby's dramatic story of John Glenn's near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program. The book concludes with Glenn's successful career as a US senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.
Автор: Ruth Ashby Название: Bill & Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 1596875402 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596875401 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 34250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In 1971, when Hillary Rodham met Bill Clinton at Yale University, she had her eyes on a big-time law career and had already been named one of Life magazines new young leaders. Bill was a down-home boy who hoped to return to Arkansas after law school and run for governor. Despite their different backgrounds, they soon were inseparable. After their marriage in 1975, they worked toward and achieved Bills lifelong political dreams-becoming governor of Arkansas in 1978 and president in 1992. Bill & Hillary Rodham Clinton offers a behind-the-scenes look at this fascinating couple, from their early career successes and the controversies of the Clinton presidency to Hillarys election to the U.S. Senate and the recent publishing of Bills best-selling autobiography.
Автор: Ruth Ashby Название: Lee vs Grant, Great Battles of the Civil War ISBN: 1596875143 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596875142 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 32820.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "The Civil War divided a nation and turned brother against brother. Lasting four long years, it resulted in the deaths of more than 600,000 soldiers. IBOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS presents a six-volume series devoted to this war, a war fought for liberation as well as reunification. With historic photographs and engaging text, ""Civil War Chronicles recreates key battles and paints living portraits of the heroes who made the war of the states unforgettable."
Автор: Ruth Ashby Название: The Underground Railroad ISBN: 1596875151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596875159 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 32820.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Civil War divided a nation and turned brother against brother. Lasting four long years, it resulted in the deaths of more than 600,000 soldiers. IBOOKS for Young Readers presents a six-volume series devoted to this war, a war fought for liberation as well as reunification. With historic photographs and engaging text, "Civil War Chronicles recreates key battles and paints living portraits of the heroes who made the war of the states unforgettable.
Автор: Ashby Ruth Название: Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle ISBN: 1682631273 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682631270 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 4900.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In 1831, young adventurer and nature enthusiast Charles Darwin set sail on a remarkable five-year voyage that changed the study of biology forever. Award-winning author Ruth Ashby shares the story of Darwin's famous journey aboard the British navy ship, the Beagle, which led to the development of his theories of evolution and natural selection. This lively account follows the naturalist's exciting trip around the world--through seasickness, a life-threatening illness, and even an earthquake--as he explores South America, the Cape Verde Islands, Tahiti, and the Galapagos Islands. During his travels, Darwin meets Indigenous peoples and carefully collects and catalogs plants, fossils, birds, mammals, and insects. Darwin's observations of the distribution and diversity of plant and animal life ultimately leads to the development of his theories on evolution. Readers will be inspired by Darwin's transformation from talented but mediocre schoolboy into a remarkable scientist as they read about the revolutionary voyage that forever changed the world of biology.
Автор: , Ashby Ruth Название: My Favorite Dinosaurs ISBN: 1596875178 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596875173 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 37110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: "My Favorite Dinosaurs presents a childs world of all the classic dinosaurs from Tyrannosaurus Rex to Hadrosaurs along with dramatic new finds in John Sibbicks world-famous style. Simple text and design make the ideal first dinosaur book for readers ages 4-8. Everyone has a favorite dinosaur! Whats yours? Are you a fan of the sharp-toothed, meat-eating predators? If so, your favorite may be Tyrannosaurus rex. Or the sickle-clawed Deinonychus. Or T. rexs nasty cousin, Tarbosaurus. Or the horned killer Ceratosaurus. Perhaps you prefer the plant-eating giants. If so, your favorite dinosaur may be the massive Apatosaurus (formerly called Brontosaurus). Or the tallest dinosaur, Brachiosaurus. If your favorites are the armored dinosaurs, youll find plenty of them here, too, like Polacanthus, often called a walking tank. Or you may like Stegosaurus and its kin. Or you may prefer the duckbilled dinosaurs, like Parasaurolophus, Lambeosaurus, and Corythosaurus. Strange-looking dinosaurs, plant-eaters that walked on two legs as well as all four, dinosaurs that had snouts like crocodiles, meat-eating dinosaurs in all sizes and shapes, dinosaurs that looked like birds, dinosaurs that were birds . . . all are here for your viewing pleasure. Learn about dinosaurs you never heard of before. Discover old friends and find new favorites."
Автор: Ashby William Ross Название: Design for a Brain; The Origin of Adaptive Behavior ISBN: 0343182262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780343182267 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 42150.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Ashby Michael Ray Название: Tool-Based Integration and Code Generation of Object Models ISBN: 1288409044 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781288409044 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 71050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Sarah Ashby Название: The Lusophone World: The Evolution of Portuguese National Narratives ISBN: 1845198743 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781845198749 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 42900.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Portugals European Union honeymoon has officially ended. It was the victim of a Europe-wide political and financial crisis and an unstable EU identity increasingly splintered along regional and economic fractures. What does this mean for the former good student of European democracy? The answer may lie in renewed Portuguese efforts to deepen and strengthen ties with Lusophone countries across the globe, which since 1996 have been organized into a supranational organization called the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP). While Portugals marginality in relation to Europe might be emphasized in the corridors of Brussels, within the realm of the CPLP the former world power can once again see itself as existing at the center geographically as well as from a historic-cultural perspective of an extensive international milieu. The Lusophone World: The Evolution of Portuguese National Narratives explores the dialectic between Portugals sense of identity and belonging in the EU and the CPLP. It provides an analysis of the manner in which Portugals institutional allegiances to both of these organizations have impacted the political, economic, and social fabric of the nation. The fact that Portugal is turning to its former colonies as alternate partners in trade, commerce, emigration, and development initiatives may not be evidence of straightforward estrangement from the European continent. More likely, Portugal appears to be riding a fresh wave of what it means to be modern in the European milieu. This new concept of modernity, related to rhetoric of hybridity and a self-professed position as interlocutor, could be evidence of a deeper understanding of the new tools needed to survive and prosper in a rapidly-changing European Union.
