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1) Invention
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Describes the history of technology and how various inventions have changed the world. Features many color photographs of historical inventions.
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Captain Underpants volume 12
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[2015]
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George and Harold and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have been taking turns going to school, but when the doubles fall prey to their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, and his method of mind control that turns students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, it is up to original George and Harold to strike back.
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas. In this illustrated volume, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses, to name a few) from their creation by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs to their unintended historical consequences....
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Questioneers volume 2
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A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure. .
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[2015]
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"The future is now! Supercool robots, amazing flying machines, floating hotels--this book is packed with 125 amazing inventions that will make you wish for things you never knew existed! Get the scoop on inventions of the future before they hit stores, like the fish tank that turns your toilet into an aquarium (but don't worry, your fishy friends will be just fine!), or the Cargonaut, a human-size robot that flies around picking up and delivering...
9) Skybreaker
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Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
10) Fergus Crane
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Far-flung adventures volume 1
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Nine-year-old Fergus Crane's life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother's work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward adventure.
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"Lies Across America looks at more than one hundred sites where history is told on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, outdoor museums, historic houses, forts, and ships. Loewen uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to tell neglected but important stories about the American past, and, most importantly, to raise...
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The DATA set volume 11
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2023.
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When Dr. Bunsen's latest robotic invention snatches Gabe, hops into a portal, and takes him all the way to Antarctica, the DATA Set follow in pursuit.
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2015.
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Under orders, Colonel Bragg hires two companies to build the world's first robotic armies--but when the two robot leaders, Caesar and Napoleon, start thinking independently and fighting with real weapons it is up the Kid Squad to save the world from Project Battle Bot.
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Zapato Power volume 5
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When a freak spring blizzard buries Starwood Park, Freddie works with Mr. Vaslov to clear the sidewalks using a new invention—Zapato Power snowshoes! But not even the snow can stop a thief from causing trouble in the neighborhood. Can Freddie solve the case, even if it means helping Erika, the Starwood Park bully?
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[2015]
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When Athena's parents suddenly disappear, she calls on her friends on the Kid Squad to help figure out what happened--and uncovers the surprising connection between her parents, a biological weapon called the Age Bug, and their old enemy Dr. Alowishus Cobalt.