In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterio…
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As the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers during the 1920s, Uncle Jed traveled for miles to tend to his customers. Saving his money to build his very own barbershop was a dream that had to be postponed because of his generous heart and the Depression. Then one glorious day, his 79th birthday, Uncle Jed finally opened the doors of his new shop. Full color.
How did untidy doctor change the world? who really invented the radio? And what on earth inspired engineers to try to build a space rocket? Lift the flaps to discover the amazing stories behind some of the world's most ground-breaking inventions.
This book answers all the questions children always ask and adults never know how to answer, from what does your brain do? to how do you breathe? Fascinating facts, lively text, a simple, colourful design and amusing cartoons will help children understan
This book looks at the simple idea of forces, focusing on pushes and pulls with examples from within children's own experience.
New Zealand is an archipelago with a total area of 269,057 sq km. It is made of of three principal islands.