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1) Otis and Will discover the deep: the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere

Author

Rosenstock, Barb

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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"A biographical account of engineer Otis Barton and naturalist Will Beebe's record-setting descent into the deep ocean in their Bathysphere craft, making the men the first humans to witness deep sea creatures in their natural habitat"--

2) Neighborhood sharks: hunting with the great whites of California's Farallon Islands

Author

Roy, Katherine

Language

English

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"An up close look at the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them--just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge"--

3) How to be an elephant: growing up in the African wild

Author

Roy, Katherine

Language

English

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"This nonfiction picture book follows an elephant's growth from a newborn calf to a full-grown adult in one of the most socially and structurally complex family groups on earth."--

4) Buried beneath us: discovering the ancient cities of the Americas

Author

Aveni, Anthony F

Language

English

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Thousands of years before Europeans first colonized North America, other cities were here. They grew up, flourished and eventually disappeared in the same places that modern cities would later appear. You will find the astonishing story of how they grew from small settlements to booming city centers--and then crumbled into ruins.

5) The expeditioners and the treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon

Author

Taylor, Sarah Stewart

Series

Expeditioners volume 1

Language

English

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Can three orphaned siblings with half a map beat an oppressive government to a secret, gold-filled canyon? Set in a future where the hacking of computers and depletion of natural resources has caused a return to steam and clockwork engines, Taylor's novel crosses dystopian and steampunk genres in this fast-paced, plot-driven tale.

6) Red rover: Curiosity on Mars

Author

Ho, Richard

Language

English

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Mars has a visitor. It likes to roam, observe, measure, and collect. It explores the red landscape - crossing plains, climbing hills, and tracing the bottoms of craters - in search of water and life. It is not the first to visit Mars. It will not be the last. But it might be the most curious.--book jacket.