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Language
English
Description
"Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"We've all had great teachers who opened new worlds, maybe even changed our lives. What made them so great? Everyone agrees that a great teacher can have an enormous impact. Yet we still don't know what, precisely, makes a teacher great. Is it a matter of natural-born charisma? Or does exceptional teaching require something more? Building a Better Teacher introduces a new generation of educators exploring the intricate science underlying their art....
Author
Series
Spy school volume 9
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Thanks to the evidence Ben uncovered in his investigation of the Croatoan, the CIA has tracked his nemesis, Murray Hill, to Central America, where they believe he is boarding the world's biggest cruise ship, The Emperor of the Seas, on its maiden voyage around the world. His mission: Pose as part of a family, with Alexander and Catherine Hale as his parents, Erica as his sister, and his best friend Mike as his brother, to find out what Murray is plotting....
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
334 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers?...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
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Description
What skills do you need to become an astronaut? Why do astronaut trainees spend time underwater and in dark caves? And how does it feel to experience zero gravity? In this new Science Slam! title, kids will discover what it takes to become an astronaut.
8) Pet dad
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Denied a pet, Plum decides her father will do and sets out to train him to sit, fetch, and more but he only responds by barking "No!" until she finds the right reward.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
264 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of his best-selling book, The Heart and the Fist, Eric speaks directly to teen readers, interweaving memoir and intimate second-person narratives that ask the reader to put themselves in the shoes of himself and others. Readers will share in Erics evolution from average kid to globe-traveling humanitarian to warrior, training and serving with the most elite military outfit in the world: the Navy SEALs. Along the way, theyll...
10) Flying witch
Author
Series
Flying witch volume 12
Pub. Date
2017-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Makoto Kowata, a novice witch, packs up her belongings (including her black cat familiar) and moves in with her distant cousins in rural Aomori Prefecture, in the far north reaches of Japan, to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Earth embroiled in a vast interplanetary war with the Bugs, a young recruit in the Federal Reserves relates his experiences training in boot camp and as a junior officer in the Terran Mobile Infantry.
Author
Series
Spy school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
With SPYDER apparently defeated, thirteen-year-old Benjamin Ripley is hoping for some peace at spy school, but when the CIA conference room next to where Ben and Alexander are trying to explain everything to Ben's parents (no easy task) is blown up, suspicion falls on fellow trainee (and secret crush) Erica.
13) The creative training idea book: inspired tips and techniques for engaging and effective learning
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
x, 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Trainers have to be creative if they want their participants to feel excited, challenged, and involved. The Creative Training Idea Book is packed with instructions for using activities, games, puzzles, toys, and props to increase energy and active participation in the classroom, and reveals how to think creatively about training in any situation. Based on the author's nearly three decades of training experience, this invaluable resource gives trainers...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
359, 11 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Jessie Lovelace, a talented female pilot in 1941 Texas, discovers that her small-town civilian flight school is secretly training British pilots for the RAF and fights to become an instructor.
"Inspired by true events, a breathtaking WWII historical novel about the brave American women who trained the British Royal Air Force, by New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath." --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies is the playbook to help supervisors change their role from doer/manager to coach/mentor. Leadership and coaching expert Leo MacLeod shares the secrets of motivating employees to find purpose in their work and grow as independent problem solvers-without micromanaging them. Written for today's changing workplace, the book provides guidance on leading diverse teams, working with younger generations, and working remotely....
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
ix, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Description
Go the distance-a triathlon training guide for athletes
Maybe you love to run, swam competitively in high school, or enjoy riding your bike. Perhaps you're looking for a fun, new athletic challenge? Whatever the case is, you're in the right place. Athlete to Triathlete delivers the ultimate triathlon training plan for Sprint and Olympic races to help you gain the fitness and confidence to complete your first race-and enjoy doing it.
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20) The still point
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiii, 414 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, arrives. documenting his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie, three mothers, amidst backstabbing, jealousy, disappointment and triumph, reveal the sacrifices they've made for their children, for friendship and for art"--
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