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Stupid Electronic Tricks
Amaze your friends, occupy your students, and amuse yourself with "HAYWIRED - Pointless (Yet Awesome) Projects for the Electronically Inclined." This soft-cover, 208pp book by Mike Rigsby has plans for (7) electronic and motor projects (including making moving eyeball pictures, talking greeting cards, and a battery-less flashlight), plus tips for wire-wrapping, soldering, and using a multimeter. With heavily illustrated, step-by-step instructions.
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93682 HAYWIRED |
Endangered Critters
From Lucent Books' series "Endangered Animals and Habitats," these hard-cover books, all 112pp, are heavily illustrated with B/W photos and drawings, and geared for a high school or bright junior high audience. Originally priced at over $20, they are dense with information, and include good indexes and bibliographies. You pick from among "Frogs and Toads”, “The Wetlands," and "Penguins."
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37678 "FROGS & TOADS" | |
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37681 "PENGUINS" | |
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37680 "THE WETLANDS" |
"Stars And Planets"
From the Princeton Field Guides series, this 400-page volume is written by Ian Ridpath and illustrated by Wil Tirion. Filled with charts and maps of the night sky, along with color photos and illustrations, it's highly detailed, dense and informative -- and printed on heavy, coated stock in a portable 4-1/2" x 7-1/2" paperback size. Third edition, from Princeton University Press. Spans beginners to advanced stargazers. Very nice.
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92922 STARS & PLANETS |
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Toy Story
The real one: the inside story on the workings of (50) popular toys. Written by Ed and Woody Sobey, The Way Toys Work (178pp, soft cover) explains the history and mechanics of toys from the friction car, kaleidoscope and a pioneering video game system to the super water gun, goofy putty, remote robot, and spud gun. (Pardon our trademark-free list. The real book uses the real product names!) It's interesting and well-illustrated, and the best part is that many of the toys include instructions on how to make your own version. Perfect for the tyro tinkerer. Don't want to tinker? Check the AS&S catalog or website for many of these very toys!
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93616 THE WAY TOYS WORK |
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Pocket Professionals, Outdoor
Cheaper -- a whole lot cheaper -- than hiring a guide, plus these fit in your pocket (which is only true of the tiniest human guides). These hunting and fishing helpers are written and illustrated by professionals and are dense with information and step-by-step, full-color instructions for deer and duck hunters and fisherpersons. They're printed on heavy laminated 8-1/2" x 11" stock folded to a pocket-sized 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". The series includes how to site and work a deer stand; place your shot effectively and safely; field dress and quarter a deer; identify diving and puddle ducks; cast for and trigger bass; work with minnow rigs; identify trout, salmon and catfish -- plus how to stay alive and stop the bleeding when things go a touch wrong. Original retail price of each was $4.95.
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36934 BASS CASTING | |
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36941 CATFISH ID | |
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36930 DEER STANDS | |
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36931 DIVING DUCK ID | |
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36932 FIELD DRESS DEER | |
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36933 FISHING FIRST AID | |
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36935 MINNOW RIGS | |
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36936 PUDDLE DUCK ID | |
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36937 QUARTERING DEER | |
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36938 SHOT PLACEMENT | |
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36939 TRIGGERING BASS | |
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36940 TROUT/SALMON ID |
Web-Linked Astronomy
This 96pp, full-color, heavily illustrated book, "The Usborne Internet-Linked Book of Astronomy & Space," is written with a quick-link to the publisher's website, where there are updated links to internet sites that correspond to specific pages of the text. Sections include the solar system, stars, constellations, telescopes, photography and a plethora of astronomical facts and lists. From Usborne Publishing.
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93704 ASTRO BOOK |
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Got Budding Scientists?
Encourage their growth with "The Story of Science" (Usborne Books/UDC Publishing, 2009). It's a 96pp history of science for kids ages 7 and up, written by Anna Claybourne and packed with kid-friendly illustrations by Adam Larkum (of Puffin Books). Remarkably comprehensive, it covers geology, the solar system, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and many more discoveries and theories. Includes a full glossary and Internet links. A nice addition to your home-school library.
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93714 SCIENCE BOOK |
Microscope Gee Whiz
Wonderful little book jammed with elaborate colored drawings that tells the beginner a little about everything to do with a microscope. And all in a mere 48 pages! From data on the history and types of microscopes, to introductions and samples and how to prepare them, (from tissues and insects to crystals) to ideas for experiments and lists of simple equipment needs, and how to build them at home, this book is a veritable cornucopia of information. If you are thinking of getting a microscope, we strongly recommend "The World of the Microscope" as a great stimulus for the novice user. It won't answer heavy duty scientific questions. But it will keep the beginner busy, challenged and entertained for days and weeks! By Chris Oxlade and Corrine Stockley. Paperback, 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". One of the Usborne science and experiments series of books.
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88741 THE WORLD ... MICROSCOPE BOOK |
Capital of Belarus? Minsk!
If they saw this color map eight times a day, they'd know where every place is-and its capital. Snap this tough, 8.5" x 11" laminated sheet into a school notebook and eventually they'll have to read it. It's a very nice world map with capital cities on one side, a U.S. map with state capitals on the other. It includes other major cities plus partial Canadian and Mexican bonus areas. Current, barring a coup since we got our latest shipment.
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91766 U.S. MAP |
Top-Notch Trivia
We would have written this sooner, but we were too busy reading the Top 10 of Everything 2002. Every page of the 288-page soft-cover book compiled by Russell Ash lists intriguing…lists! Learn everything from the Most Expensive Countries in Which to Buy a Big Mac (no, neither Japan or the UK leads the list), to the Boxers with the Most Knockouts, to the Top 10 Western Movies - plus more cultural, physical, environmental, et al information than you can imagine! A great reference book and #2 on our list of fun things to do! Originally $17.95 and marked down to $10.88 by a national merchandiser. Our price is a steal!
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35471 TOP 10 BOOK |
343 Pages Of Weird
From sea to shining sea. Weird U.S. is a travel guide to local legends and secrets, including the tomb of the world's largest twins, tin foil sculptors, a full-size granite Mercedes Benz, and creeps, ghosts and ghouls galore. This is the seminal work from the acclaimed authors of "Weird New Jersey." Oddly, AS&S is not listed.
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93767 WEIRD U.S. |
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