At Risk

Patricia Cornwell - At Risk

A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?

Here is an exciting new look at the fascinating natural world of the seashore. Real-life photographs of lobsters, tide pools, fish, seals, seabirds and more offer a unique eyewitness view of life on the seashore. See a starfish on the move, how a sea urchin disguises itself, a sea anemone catch a prawn, the inhabitants of a tide pool, and fish that change color. Learn how a limpet grips the rock, how a crab grows a new leg, how a prawn becomes invisible, how seabirds catch fish, and how a sea otter sleeps at sea. Discover how long seaweed can grow, why hermit crabs live in secondhand shells, which shells bore holes in solid rock, where a puffin lays its eggs, and much, much more.

Here is an exciting new guide to the world of the Olympic games from its ancient beginnings to the Sydney Games in 2000. Full-color photographs of famous athletes, colorful mascots, and flaming torches provide a unique look at the greatest sports festival in the world. See the ancient Greek site of Olympia, what an athlete wore in 1896, and the first Fosbury flop. Learn what an athlete in training needs to eat, how Smoky became the 1932 Olympic mascot, and what sports make up a modern pentathlon. Discover how athletic competitions are timed within fractions of a second, which sports were included in the ancient Olympic Games, who has won the most Olympic medals, and much, much more.

The creators of the distinguished Eyewitness series have maintained the same high standards of writing and illustration in this Eyewitness Science title. Sharp, seemingly three-dimensional photos and intricate drawings accompany skillfully distilled texts that explain complex scientific principles and issues without oversimplifying them. Focusing on contemporary and historical developments in the study of matter, this book features clear, expertly written text, color and black-and-white photos, charts, graphics, and 3-D models - all of which combine to make complex scientific concepts easy to understand.

Raps, Ditties and Melodies

Raps, Ditties and Melodies  (English through Songs)
This book may be used both in the classroom and at home - encourage the children to color the book, listen to the cassette for fun, etc.
The songs contained here are sung in elementary schools in America.
It is intended for children in the first through third grades, but can also be used with older children who are beginning to learn English.

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