All about tornadoes: discovering earth's strongest winds

Discover the causes―and consequences―of tornadoes with this introduction to natural disasters for young readers! Is it true that tornadoes have the strongest winds on Earth? Yes! Their winds can reach 300 miles per hour (483 kph), sweeping up anything in their paths. They can toss cars and trees through the air and even level entire towns. Inside you'll find: • How tornadoes form…

All aboyt hurricanes: discovering earth's wildest storms

Is it true that hurricanes can be seen from space? Yes! Weather satellites track hurricanes. Pictures from these satellites tell where a hurricane is going and how big and fast it is

My Penguin Osbert in Love

One morning there's a knock at Joe’s door. It’s Osbert the penguin. He’s escaped from the zoo, and he and his friends (all twenty-one of them) want to travel to Antarctica for a once-in-a-century spectacle: the southern lights. Luckily Joe has a helicopter, for everyone knows that penguins can’t fly. But when they land at the South Pole and pile out to watch the skies, it seems Osbe…

The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories

With an Introduction by Richard Jenseth, St Lawrence University The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier. It evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the…

Psychology

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Suddenly supernatural: scaredy kat

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9780316087452

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Suddenly supernatural: unhappy medium

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9780316133159

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Suddenly supernatural : School spirit

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Four Classic American Novels

An omnibus edition of four of America's most influential and thought-provoking novels includes The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, and Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Reprint. An adulteress, a runaway boy, a terrified soldier, and a maltreated sailor-all the heroes of these must-read novels have beco…

Red Badge of Courage

The Red Badge of Courage is a powerful tale of the American Civil War. The book has garnered international acclaim for its realism and psychological depth in telling the story of a young soldier and his reaction to the horrors of war. Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, …