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001730
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Boston, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2003.
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64pPurple Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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An illustrated exploration of a wide array of castles and fortifications throughout the world, from Norman mottes to Maori forts, including how and why they were built and their history and importance.
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The First Forts
Bronze Age Fortifications
Maiden Castle
The Great Wall of China
Masada
Castel Sant'Angelo
Ait Banhaddou
The Great Age of Castles
Motte and Bailey castles
Building in Stone
Chateau Gaillard
Concentric Castles
Krak Des Chevaliers
Riverbank Castles
The Alhambra of Granada
The Great Walled Fortress Towns of Europe
Himeji Castle
Sacsahuaman
Golconda
The End of an Era
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Sunter
The Eureka Stockade
Fort Douaumont
Romantic Castles
Understanding Ruins
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0753456206 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 001434 | 728.81/ADA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
000792
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USA, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2004.
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64pBlack and Yellow Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Explores the different ways in which humans connect and share news and knowledge.
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Face-To-Face
From me to you
Spreading the word
The Global village
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0753457695 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 002576 | 302.2/PLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
011423
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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64pBlack and Green Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Explore the killer diseases of the world past and present, explaining how they spread rapidly to affect huge numbers of people at a time.
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Chapeter one: Death and disease
First epidemics
Body defences
Disease detectives
Childhood diseases
Bad eating
Famine and blight
Summary
Chapter two: Plagues and pestilence
The Black Death
Medieval sickness
The Great Pox
Vulnerable to attack
Plague in London
Summary
Chapter three: Old and new
White death
Pandemic cholera
Public health
Endemic diseases
Colds and flu
Fatal flu
Beating smallpox
Germ warfare
Hiv and AIDS
Future epidemics
Summary
Glossary
Index
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0753413760 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 011606 | 614.49/WAL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
014079
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2005.
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64pBlack and Red Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Explore the crime lab with Forensics and discover how detectives use science to solve crimes. From the scene of the crime to a criminal's conviction, discover how the marks of blood, footprints, and fingerprints can lead the police to criminals. Find out how specialists can match trace evidence, such as a single hair found on a victim, to the murderer. Learn how famous crimes were solved and,like a true detective, find out whether it was arson, poison,or murder.
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Signs of the crime
-The crime scene
-Collecting evidence
-Photography
-Telltale marks
-Finding a body
-Lifting prints
-Showing the invisible
-Summary
Who is it?
-Evidence from blood
-DNA analysis
-Teeth and bones
-Making faces
-Matching fingerprints
-Unknown culprit
-Proof of guilt
Crime lab
-The autopsy
-How did they die?
-Trace evidence
-Dirty proof
-Computers and crime
-Bombs and fires
-Drugs and poisons
-Weapons
-Fakes and forgeries
-Summary
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
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9780753411131 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 013842 | 363.25/PLA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
011422
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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64pBlack and Red Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Takes you on a technological trip through the worlds of entertainment, transport, communication and medicine to discover our most incredible inventions.
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Capter one: Communications
The telephone
Fibre optics
Communications satellite
Computers
The Internet
Radio
Television
Film and cinema
Summary
Chapter two: Technology in the home
Electricity and light
Photography
Camcorders
Computer games
Music
Summary
Chapter three: Transport
Cars
Trains
Sea vehicles
Aviation
Space travel
Summary
Chapter four: New technology
Robotics
Nanotechnology
Genetic engineering
Medical technology
Summary
Glossary
Index
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0753413221 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 011603 | 609/ROB | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
001731
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USA, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2003.
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64 P
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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753457768 Hardcover.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 002582 | 333.95/BUR | Main | Missing | General | |
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ID:
001732
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USA, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2004.
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64pBlack and Blue Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Explores the undercover world of espionage - part of the intelligence-gathering operations of nations and global organizations.
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Why Spy?
Spies and Secret services
Techniques and Equipments
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0753457776 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 001464 | 327.12/GIF | Main | On Shelf | General | |
| 006943 | 327.12/GIF | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
011419
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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64pBlack and Purple Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Gives a closer look at the people and places of this diverse and fascinating region, tracing ancient trading routes, centuries-old monuments and modern capitals. Learn about co-operation and conflict, oil and resources, today's troubles and hopes for the future.
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Chapter 1: People and places
Where in the world?
Land and climate
Peoples and languages
Holy lands
Where civilisation began
The passing of empires
Magic carpet rides
Merchants and bazaars
Resources and work
Hopes and fears
Summary
Chapter 2: Modern nations
International cooperation
Turkey and Cyprus
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Palestinian territories
Egypt
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen and Oman
Gulf states
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
Reference
Glossary
Index
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075341323X Hb.
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| 011605 | 956/STE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
011420
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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64pBlack and Yellow Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Brings you face-to-face with nature's most destructive and terrifying forces, from earthquakes to deadly diseases. Discover how our planet's restless surface can trigger surging tsunami waves and causes volcanoes to erupt explosively. Find out why floods are the world's greatest natural killer, and more.
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Chapter 1: The restless earth
Moving ground
Earthquake!
Tsunami terror
Th Indian ocean tsunami
Understanding quakes
Summary
Chapter 2: Volcanoes
Eruption!
Buried by lava
Exploding volcanoes
After the eruption
Sleeping giants
Summary
Chapter 3: Storm, flood and snow
Danger in the air
Hurrican alert
Twister
Danger at sea
Floods
Avalanche
Fighting back
Summary
Chapter 4: Drought, fire and disease
Drought and famine
Wildfires
Invisible killers
Pandemic
Defending ourselves
Summary
Glossary
Index
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0753413051 Hb.
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| 011604 | 363.34/LAN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
011421
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London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2006.
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64pBlack and Orange Spine
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Kingfisher Knowledge
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Discover the dramatic ways in which rocks form and landscapes are shaped, and find out why people depend on rocks to provide vital resources as well as building materials and precious stones. Learn how and where fossil were formed and found, sheding light on the mysteries of prehistoric life.
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Chapter 1: A world of rock
Rock foundations
The changing earth
Rocks of fie
Layered rock
Rocks that change
Rocks from space
Erosion
Weathering
Raw materials
Works of art
Summary
Chapter 2: Fossil remains
Body fossils
Remarkable remains
Trace fossils
Early palaeontology
Fossil fuels
Summary
Chapter 3: Records in the rocks
Reading rocks
Early life
The age of fishes
Life moves on land
Ruling reptiles
Prehistoric plants
Mammals
Humans
Summary
Glossary
Index
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0753412942 Hb.
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| 011602 | 552/HYN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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