Horrible Science: Fatal Forces

Horrible Science: Fatal Forces
Author: Nick Arnold
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 140714622X

Fatal Forces is packed with the most amazing things about physics. Readers can find out how gravity can make them lose their heads, how they can get walloped by a lamppost, what can make fillings explode and how to reach terminal velocity. Eeek! Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation of HORRIBLE SCIENCE fans.

Fatal Forces and the Fight for Flight

Fatal Forces and the Fight for Flight
Author: Nick Arnold
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: 9781407109947

In Fatal Forces readers will find out about the forces that keep the moon in the sky and what happens when an apple smacks a scientist on the head, and The Fight for Flight tells the story of flight, from ancient Chinese kites to modern aircraft. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome has been revamped and is bubbling over with info! Science has never been so horrible!

Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)

Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)
Author: Chris Lynch
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2018-11-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0545861632

"All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus Reviews for the World War II series Discover the secret missions behind America's greatest conflicts.Danny Manion has been fighting his entire life. Sometimes with his fists. Sometimes with his words. But when his actions finally land him in real trouble, he can't fight the judge who offers him a choice: jail... or the army.Turns out there's a perfect place for him in the US military: the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), an elite volunteer-only task force comprised of US Air Force Commandos, Army Green Berets, Navy SEALS, and even a CIA agent or two. With the SOG's focus on covert action and psychological warfare, Danny is guaranteed an unusual tour of duty, and a hugely dangerous one. Fortunately, the very same qualities that got him in trouble at home make him a natural-born commando in a secret war. Even if almost nobody knows he's there.National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch begins a new, explosive fiction series based on the real-life, top-secret history of US black ops.

Will Your Next Mistake be Fatal?

Will Your Next Mistake be Fatal?
Author: Robert E. Mittelstaedt
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Crisis Management
ISBN: 9780131913646

What do Enron, the Space Shuttle Columbia and 9/11 have in common? How a chain of mistakes can lead to disaster if they go unrecognised. How to build internal systems that prevent failure chains from spiralling out of control. Practical techniques for avoiding business failures - whether they arise from preparation, strategy, execution, or culture.

The Fatal But Not Serious

The Fatal But Not Serious
Author: Adam Warren
Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1996
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

In the cyberpunk future, the Worlds Welfare Work Association is an important weapon against crime. 3WA's best operatives, Kei and Yuri - the Lovely Angels - also have a reputation for causing catastrophe in the execution of their duties, and have earned a new nickname: the Dirty Pair.

Creating Writers

Creating Writers
Author: James Carter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2002-02-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134605110

This unique and comprehensive text offers an original approach to teaching creative writing by exploring ideas, giving advice, and explaining workshop activities and has many contributors from some of today's most popular children's authors including: Jacqueline Wilson, Roger McGough, Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman and David Almond. Creating Writers is a practical writing manual for teachers to use with upper primary and lower secondary level pupils that covers poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

The Poisoning of the American Mind

The Poisoning of the American Mind
Author: Lawrence M. Eppard
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2024-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1942695438

What would you have to believe in order to dress up as a shaman, paint your face, and storm the U.S. Capitol? What could possibly lead somebody to claim that it upholds white supremacy to encourage hard work, self-reliance, rational thinking, punctuality, and politeness? Such behaviors would have been unimaginable only a few years ago. And yet here we are, witnessing millions of people across the political spectrum displaying these clear indications of an epistemically poisoned mind. Both red America and blue America are retreating into their own information bubbles, seceding from a common reality. Both consume far too much misinformation and disinformation, developing worldviews that can sometimes be unintelligible to others. This book explores these disturbing developments and what they mean for our society and implores us all to recover a shared sense of what is true.