Uses hands-on activities to present information about dinosaurs and to show how paleontologists have learned about these prehistoric creatures.

Discover Dinosaurs: Become a Dinosaur Detective

McGowan, Chris

Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd)

Entertainment in the Cyber Zone is the first comprehensive, consumer-oriented guide to multimedia software. Written with a light touch--and packed with fascinating peeks behind-the-scenes--this book explains multimedia, CD-ROM, and virtual reality in a lively and entertaining way.

Entertainment in the Cyber Zone

Computers & Technology

Software

Random House Information Group

"The creationists are eager to inflict their particular brand of 'science' upon our children," writes Chris McGowan, "and this is where responsible scientists must draw the line. The creationists say that they want only 'equal time' to present their views, as a credible alternative to evolutionary theory, in the science classroom. The problem is, though, that what the creationists are offering is not science. They are selling good old-fashioned fundamentalist religion, all spruced up with scientific terminology and ideas to look like science. As part of their pressure sales technique, they allege that if you are not for them you must be against them, and therefore against God and Christianity. What is clear from reading their literature and attending their debates is that they do not represent mainstream Christianity, and that they are as unorthodox in their theology as they are in their science."In this lively and controversial book, Chris McGowan, a vertebrate paleontologist, meets the creationists head on and systematically demolishes their arguments with geniune scientific evidence supporting evolutionary theory. For the layperson who may be bewildered by the creationist's misinterpretation - or even misrepresentation - of the facts, McGowan provides an easy-to-follow explanation of evolution that answers many common questions. While attacking the creationist's point of view with no holds barred, In the Beginning also offers a readable and well-illustrated introduction to evolution science. As a defense against the creationist threat to intellectual freedom and scientific truth, this book will attract a wide variety of interested readers.

In the Beginning: A Scientist Shows Why the Creationists Are Wrong

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Macmillan of Canada

"Perhaps the best survey in English of Brazilian popular music. Covers from 19th-century genres such as modinhas up to 1980s Brazilian rock. Includes invaluable descriptions of styles, musical instruments, and short biographical data on composers and singers. Reviewed in Notes, Vol. 50, No. 1, 1993, p. 200-201. Useful introduction to Brazilian music"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/Explores the rich musical culture of Brazil and discusses regional sounds and the performers who popularized them

The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil

Arts & Photography

Pessanha, Ricardo

Music

Bpi Communications

The Billboard Book of Brazilian Music: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Sounds of Brazil

Gullane Children's Books Ltd

Abacus

Abacus is a middle-grade novel that whisks readers along with AP, the 12-year-old protagonist and science geek, who travels through time with Kate, his oh-so-bored 15-year-old sister. Their journeys to Arthurian England, the Wild West, and Ancient Egypt, get them into some very tight spots, but AP uses his broad knowledge of science to help them escape. And stalking them on every trip is a hooded stranger whose attacks show he'll do anything to stop them. Besides being a fast-paced and engaging novel, the story has some additional features including: • easy to follow instructions at the back of the book for repeating AP's experiments • separate supplemental reading lists for kids, parents and educators • extra notes that delve deeper into the historical times and settings.

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Euphausia Press

Dinosaurs like you've never seen them before—in a book packed with more than 25 hands-on experiments. What do dinosaurs look like from the inside out? Take a journey with renowned paleontologist Chris McGowan as he examines species from Allosaurus to T. Rex! Along with each creature are experiments that kids can do on their own to make sedimentary rock, replicate a fossil, and uncover how we know what we know about dinosaurs, even though they've been extinct for millions of years. More than twenty-five hands-on experiments include Breaking Bones, which uses chicken bones to see how fossils were preserved; creating a replica of a feathered Archaeopteryx fossil; and using a turkey neck to dissect a Brachiosaurus' bone structure. You'll be a paleontologist in no time!

Dinosaur Discovery: Everything You Need to Be a Paleontologist

Animals

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Discover Dinosaurs

Royal Ontario Museum

Kids Can Press

"Revised and updated edition of the 1991 publication (see item #bi 98010688#). Welcome additions are an expanded coverage of axâe music and other musical styles from Bahia, and information on recent Brazilian artists and musical styles"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Temple Univ Pr

Temple University Press

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