The Slowest Book Ever
The Slowest Book Ever

Author: April Pulley Sayre

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1620917831

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"This is a S-L-O-W book. Do not read it while surfing, water skiing, or running to escape giant weasels..." April Pulley Sayre's wry, quirky storytelling tone shines from the warning on the first page right through to the glossary at the end. In between, readers will explore an astounding variety of information about all things slow—in nature, geology, art, outer space, etc. Throughout, The SLOWEST Book EVER playfully encourages readers to slow down and savor everything. As Sayre shows: "If you think slowly enough, the entire world is amazing." This innovative nonfiction work is a treasure trove of information that begs for multiple readings.

Fastest and Slowest
Fastest and Slowest

Author: Camilla De la Bédoyère

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781848354203

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Find out about the tallest, smallest, weakest, slowest and smartest and most interesting animals on the planet. Ideal for young animal lovers, this series is packed with fun facts and close-up photographs.

The Clock Of The Long Now
The Clock Of The Long Now

Author: Stewart Brand

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0786722924

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Using the designing and building of the Clock of the Long Now as a framework, this is a book about the practical use of long time perspective: how to get it, how to use it, how to keep it in and out of sight. Here are the central questions it inspires: How do we make long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare? Discipline in thought allows freedom. One needs the space and reliability to predict continuity to have the confidence not to be afraid of revolutions Taking the time to think of the future is more essential now than ever, as culture accelerates beyond its ability to be measured Probable things are vastly outnumbered by countless near-impossible eventualities. Reality is statistically forced to be extraordinary; fiction is not allowed this freedom This is a potent book that combines the chronicling of fantastic technology with equally visionary philosophical inquiry.

Reptiles (Wild World: Big and Small Animals)
Reptiles (Wild World: Big and Small Animals)

Author: Brenna Maloney

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2023-03-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1338853619

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Did you ever wonder which animals are the biggest... and the smallest? Reptiles can be found in all shapes and sizes. Did you know a nano-chameleon is small enough to fit on a fingernail? Or, that the saltwater crocodile can grow to be 20 feet long? What do these animals look like and where do they live? Look inside to discover which of the ten reptiles in this book are very small and which ones are really big! ABOUT THE SERIES: Kids can’t get enough animal facts! Starting with the smallest animal in each group — amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles — readers will want to read to the end as the ten animals listed get bigger and bigger. All the books in this brand-new series brim with colorful photographs and fascinating facts about the featured animals ́ body, diet, and habitat. Short blocks of text entertain and explain why some animals are very small while others are really big!

Nona the Ninth
Nona the Ninth

Author: Tamsyn Muir

Publisher: Tordotcom

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 1250854121

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Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards! An Indie Next Pick! The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Finalist for Best Series! “You will love Nona, and Nona loves you.” —Alix E. Harrow “Unlike anything I've ever read.” —V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth “Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original.” —The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses. Nona would prefer to live an ordinary life with the people she loves, with Pyrrha and Camilla and Palamedes, but she also knows that nothing lasts forever. And each night, Nona dreams of a woman with a skull-painted face... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Finished Business
Finished Business

Author: Ray Didinger

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 2021-05-26

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1439920605

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"The memoirs of Philadelphia sportswriter Ray Didinger, including his time covering the Eagles, Flyers, 76ers, and Phillies"--

Seagulls Soar
Seagulls Soar

Author: April Pulley Sayre

Publisher: Thinkingdom

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1635923689

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Award-winning author April Pulley Sayre explores everyone's favorite impertinent birds--seagulls--examining their intelligence, behavior, and surprisingly widespread habitat in this STEAM nonfiction picture book. Did you know that seagulls sometimes live far from the sea--near a lake or farm, or even in a desert? Or that they are omnivores, eating everything from fish and clams, to grasshoppers and mice, and even to blueberries? Or that they dance? These birds are full of surprises! Join April Pulley Sayre as she poetically describes the curious behaviors and wide-ranging habitats of one of the most graceful birds to soar in the sky.

Slowest Eater in the World
Slowest Eater in the World

Author: Alan Trussell-Cullen

Publisher:

Published: 1992-09

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781869430825

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William eats so slowly that he has difficulty finishing breakfast in time to get to school. Tired of his family's nagging, he comes up with a brilliant idea to deal with the problem. Suggested level: juniors.

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest

Author: Steve Jenkins

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1997-08-25

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0547349297

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An informative introduction to the "world records" held by fourteen members of the animal kingdom. Each spread portrays an animal that is the largest, slowest, longest lived. Readers can see the animal's size in relation to something familiar.

The RecordSetter Book of World Records
The RecordSetter Book of World Records

Author: Corey Henderson

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Published: 2011-12-05

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0761168672

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A celebration of the nuttiness and obsessives in all of us, RecordSetter is the new world record– setting phenomenon, a website that believes everyone can be the world’s best at something—and where 80,000 people a month come to prove it, or just enjoy watching. Corey Henderson and Dan Rollman, the creators of RecordSetter, are two entrepreneurs obsessed by world records who appear regularly on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and host events in cities around the country. The RecordSetter Book of World Records captures all the exuberance, energy, and quirky good humor of the records and record-setters. Here are more than 300 of the longest, loudest, slowest, weirdest, coolest, and most-difficult-to-break world records. There are Food & Drink Records. Sports & Games Records. Records set by (not-so) average Joes, and records set by celebrities (Most Bunnies Snuggled in a Hammock by Cameron Diaz).