New Releases by Jan Adkins

Bound set of Getting Started in Boats, from WoodenBoat magazine, issues 1-20. Each issue is 8 pages, with topics like Building the Lumberyard Skiff, to Building the Peace Canoe, Flat bottomed skiffs, strip planking, small boat shapes, annual painting, wood selection, home boatshops, reading boat plans, and more.

Nathan Chan finds a penny on the street. He goes on a journey to find the true owner of the coin.

Forget jousts and quests and dragons—a real knight had real work to do, lots of mouths to feed, and trouble could ride over the hill at any moment. Castles were dark, armor was uncomfortable, and jousts and tournaments (not to mention real battles) were dangerous—and expensive. As in the popular and successful What If You Met a Pirate? an informative, entertaining text and energetic illustrations, diagrams, and cross sections combine to explore a subject with loads of kid appeal.

You know all about cowboys, right? They''re the good guys in the white hats, carrying six-shooters and wearing fancy boots. Well, no. Cowboys weren''t like that at all. Come inside and meet Jake Peavy. He''s the real deal. Jake''s a crackerjack cattle herder but he wears a grubby hat and he limps from when that horse fell on him. He''s small, wiry, has bad teeth, and it''s been a while since he washed. Come spend some time with Jake, his saddlemates, and his fleas. You''ll learn all about riding the range, roping dogies, and surviving in the down-and-dirty world that was the REAL wild West.

Student textbook and online resources written for the 2011 Literature A syllabus A comprehensive textbook and eText, written and developed by practising IB teachers. Suitable for both Standard and Higher Level, it provides all the support you''d expect from a Pearson Baccalaureate title. Key features: Extensive modelling exercises for students, covering each of the four parts of the curriculum. Clearly differentiated content for both Standard and Higher Level students. Includes further reading lists and glossary of terms. Written in clear, accessible English for students whose first language is not English.

Dear Reader: The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person¹s development. History is fleshed out with fictionalized details, and conversations have been added to make the stories come alive to today¹s reader, but every reasonable effort has been made to make the stories consistent with the events, ethics, and character of their subjects. These books reaffirm the importance of our American heritage. We hope you learn to love the heroes and heroines who helped shape this great country. And by doing so, we hope you also develop a lasting love for the nation that gave them the opportunity to make their dreams come true. It will do the same for you. Happy Reading! The Editors

An amusing and informative book that describes in detail what pirates wore, how they lived on board ships, how they became pirates, plus all the things that were on a ship, how the ships were sailed and where they went, and weapons and battles, Seadogs, and buccaneers. Includes a glossary. Full-color illustrations. ¿The kind of richly detailed work that an aspiring pirate might consult to separate myth from fact before deciding to go into the swordly seafaring trades.¿

Highlights the life and accomplishments of the inventor of the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and many other devices.

"Zorro created by Johnston McCulley"--p. [4]

The story of the man who changed architecture from "dark, Victorian clutter" to space open to air and movement.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the American architect, detailing the evolution of his innovative design and the structures which won him fame around the world.

The boobk covers the world of Pirates: ships and seafaring, maps, weapons, larger than life characters and larger than life stories are vividly presented.

The last thing 15-year-old Jack Carter wants to do is give a speech at his grandfather''s 93rd birthday celebration. So off he sails to an island on Buzzard''s Bay near Cape Cod. But he is caught there in a storm, a storm without rain that transports him back in time. And the only person who can help him is another 15-year-old boy--his grandfather.

An introduction to simple machines and how they help to lift and move heavy objects.

Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978.

Originally published under title: String. New York: Charles Scribner''s Sons, c1992.

Originally published: New York: Scribner''s Sons, c1985.

Originally published: Haoughton Mifflin, 1978.

Discusses the many uses of string, rope, line, and knots, from rigging sails and clotheslines to tying packages and sewing buttons.

While researching a story on Star Wars, "National Geographic" photographer Charlie Salt stumbles upon a secret that the Pentagon will kill to conceal, and soon he is racing against the clock to get the story published