Sting! Watch out for this venomous spider. Dont let its small size fool youthis spider is one of the most dangerous in North America. In this book readers will learn about several varieties of black widow spiders, as well as how they got their unique name. Stunning photographs show the black widows special features, such as its distinctive red markings.
Though the Emancipation Proclamation is widely believed to have ended slavery in the United States, it actually only freed slaves in the states that were not part of the Union. However, by making the war more explicitly about slavery and allowing African-Americans to serve in the Union Army, it did help end slavery. Readers come to better understand the complex origins and impact of this influential document.
The cuddly koala is a native of Australia that has long captivated readers both young and old. These charming marsupials are actually nocturnal and sleep for 17 hours of every day. Fun facts, photographs, and kid-friendly text provide enough information on these unique creatures to satisfy the most discerning young naturalists and koala enthusiasts.
Perpetual animal favorites are revisited in this series, but with a new treatment. The familial life of penguins, meerkats, dolphins, lions, gorillas, and wolves is explored, allowing readers to see that animals have fascinating family dynamics, much like we do. Beautiful photographs introduce kids to each animal's habitat, while uncomplicated, engaging text explains the family roles within each animal group. A picture glossary in each book introduces nonfiction features to emerging readers and researchers.
Be on the lookout for these deadly animals! These engaging books for young readers showcase some of the worlds most dangerous and fascinating animals. Attractive, full-color photographs will entice readers, while the simple presentation of facts about each animal will fascinate.
This book is a dark dream that Willow Love conceived or wrote at her beloved husband's request. Her beloved told her about his time as a prisoner of war and all about his unknown past. The following is Willow's own statement: "All dark dreams and nightmares have their beginnings in the cold world of truth." Willow's beloved gently told her their romance, their love was only once in a dark dream.
This book is a dark dream that Willow Love conceived or wrote at her beloved husbands request. Her beloved told her about his time as a prisoner of war and all about his unknown past. The following is Willows own statement: All dark dreams and nightmares have their beginnings in the cold world of truth. Willows beloved gently told her their romance, their love was only once in a dark dream.
Trains are some of the fastest and most useful vehicles in the world. Readers will learn all about the different types of trains, how they work, and how important they are in this exciting book.
Every day children exiled to prison are exposed to abusive and neglectful treatment, yet their plight is hidden. Based on wide-ranging research and first-person interviews, this passionately argued book presents the shocking truth about the lives and deaths of children in custody. Drawing on human rights legislation and progress in the care and treatment of vulnerable children elsewhere, it outlines the harsh realities of penal child custody including hunger, denial of fresh air, cramped and dirty cells, strip-searching, segregation, the authorised infliction of severe pain, uncivilised conditions for suicidal children and ever-present violence and intimidation. The issues are explored through the lens of protection, not punishment, and the author finds there can be only one conclusion: child prisons must close. Providing a compelling manifesto for urgent and radical change, this book should be read by everyone who cares about child protection and human rights.
In recent decades, American suburbs have undergone a so-called renaissance as multiple forces have transformed them into denser urban landscapes. Yet at the same time, suburban racial diversity, immigration, and poverty rates have surged. The Right to Suburbia investigates how marginalized communities in the suburbs of Washington, DC--one of the most intensely gentrifying metropolitan regions in the United States--have battled the uneven costs and benefits of redevelopment. Willow Lung-Amam narrates the efforts of activists, community groups, and political leaders fighting for communities' "right to suburbia"--that is, their right to stay put and benefit from new neighborhood investments. Revealing the far-reaching impacts of state-led redevelopment, The Right to Suburbia shows how patterns of unequal, racialized development and displacement are being produced and reproduced in suburbs--and how communities are fighting back.
Cars are not just boring vehicles that get us safely to school and work. Some cars are tricked out in funky designs and colors. Others race down tracks at super fast speeds. Readers will learn about these amazing cars, and return to this fun book again and again.
Known for their plaintive calls that sound like a human infant, bush babies, or lesser galagos as they are sometimes known, make their homes in the trees of Africa. They have large, bat-like ears and huge eyes that are especially suited to hearing and seeing small insects buzzing by in the night. This intriguing volume gives valuable information on the life of this nocturnal tree-dweller with the help of well-rounded text and photographs.
In Nietzsche and Friendship, Willow Verkerk provides a new and provocative account of Nietzsche's philosophy which identifies him as an agonistic thinker concerned with the topics of love and friendship. She argues that Nietzsche's challenges to the received principles of friendship from Aristotle to Kant offer resources for reinvigorating our thinking about friendship today. Through an examination of his free spirit texts, Human, All Too Human, Daybreak and The Gay Science together with Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, Verkerk unlocks key aspects of Nietzsche's thinking on friendship, love, 'woman', the self, self-overcoming, virtue, and character. She questions Nietzsche's misogyny, but also considers the emancipatory potential of his writing by brining him into dialogue with postmodern, feminist, and transgender thinkers. This book revives interest in the ethical, therapeutic, and political dimensions of Nietzsche's philosophy.
Snap! Beware of the crocodiles menacing jaws. This book introduces readers to crocs all around the world and includes information on their habitat, and diet. Photographs point out the animals unique features, such as its rows of teeth and long, heavy tail.
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