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Kristin Petrie

26 Series Coordinator: Megan M. Gunderson Editors: Megan M. Gunderson, BreAnn Rumsch Art Direction & Cover Design: Neil Klinepier Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Petrie, Kristin, 1970Cameras / Kristin Petrie. p. cm .

Telephones

Kristin Petrie

Explains and explores the history, invention, and inner workings of the telephone.

Airplanes

Kristin Petrie

Introduces airplanes and tells something about their history as well as what they're like today.

Till Doomsday in the Afternoon: The Folklore of a Family of ...

Ewan MacColl

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James Cook

Kristin Petrie

An introduction to the life of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the ...

Henry Hudson

Kristin Petrie

The book explains that HudsonÍs discoveries led to Dutch and English colonization of North America and that today a strait, a bay, and a river are named after Hudson.

Daniel Boone

Kristin Petrie

Describes the life and times of Daniel Boone, a man associated with the exploration of Kentucky and the westward expansion of the American frontier.

Kinkajous

Kristin Petrie

Every book in the Nocturnal Animals series includes sidebars on scientific classification, the special features of the nocturnal eye, and the difference between nocturnal, diurnal, and crepuscular animals.

Fennec Foxes

Sir Walter Raleigh

Kristin Petrie

Examines the life and accomplishments of English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.

Televisions

Kristin Petrie

This book introduces the history of the invention of televisions, including inventor John Logie BairdÍs mechanical television, Philo Taylor FarnsworthÍs electronic television, Vladimir ZworykinÍs iconoscope and kinescope, Allen Balcom du ...

La Salle

Kristin Petrie

Describes the seventeenth-century French adventurer's exploration of the length of the Mississippi River and and his claim of the entire Mississippi River Basin as French territory, which the United States later obtained in the Louisiana ...

Circulatory System

Kristin Petrie

A detailed diagram allows readers to follow a drop of blood through the circulatory system. Ways to maintain a healthy circulatory system are also highlighted. Full-color photos, phonetics, glossary, and index enhance the text.

Burning Bright

Nick Petrie

“LOTS OF CHARACTERS GET COMPARED TO MY OWN JACK REACHER, BUT PETRIE'S PETER ASH IS THE REAL DEAL.”—Lee Child *An Entertainment Weekly Must List Pick In the new novel featuring war veteran Peter Ash, “an action hero of the likes of ...

The Kristin Book: Update 2013

Robert Nichols

(And Kristin needs the work—I have hired her as my mail order department.) I said that Kristin would never drive. Wrong. Last June, on her sixteenth birthday, Carol and I took her up near the Wyoming border where roads are forever and traffic ...

Balancing in Heels: My Journey to Health, Happiness, and ...

Kristin Cavallari

Kristin shares the family's favorite recipes and even reveals how her food philosophy has drastically improved Jay's type 1 diabetes. Balancing in Heels is a behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at who the real Kristin Cavallari is--unscripted.

Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal Wreath

Sigrid Undset

Volume one of the trilogy; Kristin's girlhood.

Leading When There’s Too Much Change:

Kristin Cullen-Lester

... Kristin Cullen-Lester Kristin Cullen-Lester, PhD, is a senior research scientist at theCenterforCreativeLeadership. Herresearchexamineshowleadersusenetworkstofostercollectiveleadership, complex collaboration, and change across ...

Kristin's Wilderness: A Braided Trail

Garrett Conover

And we really needed him because he was the one with the most English, so he could let us know what was going on and fix our mix-ups and mistakes. After a winter with my special trip name of Amber, I would have to learn to be Kristin again.

The Paper Cowboy

Kristin Levine

Poignantly written, Kristin Levine proves herself a master of gripping and affecting historical fiction.

Kristin Lavransdatter - The Cross

Sigrid Undset,

Then came the time, Kristin—I had the fortune to show the folk yonder, north of the fells, that wholly unworthy of my forefathers I was not——No, I tell you! Here, on this little croft, I am a free man—none gape after my doings or talk behind my ...

Night Road

Kristin Hannah

This is Kristin Hannah at her very best, telling an unforgettable story about the longing for family, the resilience of the human heart, and the courage it takes to forgive the people we love.

The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology

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Sweet Dreams, Kristin

Michelle Brown

Before Kristin knew it, she was having another night terror. She woke up screaming and thrashing, not remembering that she was back at home. She hadn 't realized that she was asleep in her mother's arms. Ella awoke, immediately alarmed.