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Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In her revelatory and redemptive memoir, Beverly Johnson, the first African American supermodel to grace the cover of Vogue, recounts her career in her own passionate and deeply honest voice. She chronicles her childhood as a studious, and sometimes bullied, bookworm during the sixties. She left college to pursue modeling and a successful three-decade career followed. Amid glamorous tales of the hard partying of the 1970s and Hollywood during the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigator's dream -- he's getting paid to troll the cafes and bars of Montpartnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The American agent has a healthy appreciation for la vie de boheme, despite having worked for years at the U.S. Bureau of Investigation. The missing person in question is Philippa Crosby, a twenty-two-year-old from Boston who has been living in Paris,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Arts Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO® creations is perfect for children ages 5 and up. From the familiar passenger train to an exciting bullet train, a heavy-loading freight train to an autorack, you'll find a range of creativity-sparking ideas inside these pages."-- provided by publisher.
47) Amazing vehicles
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Buckle up and explore the most incredible moving machines on the planet. Get inspired by more than 100 LEGO model ideas, from diggers to cars and airplanes to trains. Follow simple building tips to create your own LEGO vehicles."--Back cover.
Publisher
Meredith Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Highlighting the importance of everyday mentorship, a Hollywood star shares his personal story of mentoring and mentors who shaped his life, and introduces the life-changing stories of more than seventy of America's leading personalities.
Series
Publisher
Kalmbach Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The 41st edition of this hand resource is the most comprehensive price guide for the Lionel O gauge trains of the prewar, postwar, and modern eras. This edition includes more than 1,500 updated postwar prices. 800 Lionel Corp. Tinplate items. Box section with 1,400 listings. 900 special production items. More than 12,000 modern-era products, including hundreds of new products.
52) Planes, gliders and paper rockets: simple flying things anyone can make--kites and copters, too!
Author
Series
Publisher
Maker Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Written for educators, homeschoolers, parents--and kids!--this fully illustrated book provides a fun mix of projects, discussion materials, instructions, and subjects for deeper investigation around the basics of homemade flying objects. With the projects in this book, you can spend more time learning and experimenting, and less time planning and preparing. Complete with download links to PDF templates that expand your teaching, this is your one-stop...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"From enchanted forests to rampaging robots, LEGO Play Book is packed with inspiring models and ideas from LEGO fan builders. Discover tips and tricks for better building techniques. Beat the clock with simple and speedy Quick Builds. Take on your friends with fun LEGO challenges. Spark new play ideas with story-themed chapters." --Back cover.
54) Melting the ice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Everythings coming together for budding fashion designer Carolina Preston. Only months away from having her own line, she could use some publicity. That's when her brother suggests his best friend as a model, hockey player Drew Hogan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Build your very own planes and rockets with easy-to-find items. Find out how to make a glider, helicopter, a parachute, and more with objects like pencils, washers, and a plastic bag. Just put the pieces together to fly away!
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 11
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The Special Day wedding salon is running an ad in the local newspaper, and they want Emma to model in the advertisement. The ad is a huge hit and suddenly Emma is very much in demand. But after running all over New York City for auditions, Emma realizes being a model is a lot tougher than she thought. Does Emma really want to be America's next top model, or is being a part of the Cupcake Club sweet enough?
59) The flying machine book: build and launch 35 rockets, gliders, helicopters, boomerangs, and more
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more"--Provided by publisher.
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