When Mr Hiram B. Otis decides to buy Canterville Chase, everyone tells him that he is crazy because the house is haunted by a ghost. And when the American family comes to live there, strange things begin to happen: a bloodstain that changes colour, mysterious noises in the night, a journey to the Garden of Death…
Black Beauty Penguin Readers - Level 2 (300 words)
"Always be good, so people will love you. Always work hard and do you best."
These were the words of Black Beauty's mother to her son whey they lived with Farmer Grey. But when Black Beauty grew up and his life changed, this was sometimes very difficult for him. Not everybody was as kind as Farmer Grey.
Covers major figures and events in U.S. civil rights movement from 1865 to 1970. Includes Reconstruction, the Black Codes, the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the NAACP's legal victories, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King Jr., the March on Washington, pro-civil rights political action in the 1960s, and the Black Power movement.
This extremely useful book concentrates more on Bell's work as an educator and inventor than on his personal life. Two-to-three page inserts explain the various scientific principles discussed in the main text. For example, Bell was intensely involved in teaching the deaf. As this part of his life is discussed, an insert explains sound, speech, and hearing, and how all three are intertwined. Glimpses of the man behind the scientist are given in a lively, yet informative fashion. Black-and-white photos and reproductions enhance the presentation and bring the personal details to life.
Scientific American Extreme Physics II The First Few Microseconds An Echo of Black Holes The Illusion of Gravity The Mysteries of Mass Inconstant Constants Quantum Black Holes The String Theory Landscape