New Releases by Tom Robinson

Meet the basketball superstar who is also a great role model.

Major General J.E.B. Stuart performed in a militarily effective manner at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Many pine-covered islands rise above the vast marshlands of Chesapeake Bay''s Eastern Shore. This is the story of one of them and its people who struggle to make a living from the surrounding waters. Tommy Elliott''s father owns a shucking house fifty miles up the Nanticoke River and buys oysters from the Tilghman Seafood Company, who has a near monopoly on the middle bay''s seafood industry that made fortunes for many in the early 1940''s. Events cause Tommy''s father to have a buy-boat built, the Sarah Ann, in partnership with Captain Ira West, a lifelong employee of the Tilghman Company. With it they buy oysters from independendent waterman to the company''s increasing displeasure. Tommy works for Captain West on the Sarah Ann during his vacations from high school and becomes involved in life on the island and the dispute between the company and the independent watermen. Greed and evil fill a winter night of violent storms on the bay when strong men lose their lives and others survive through the heroic deeds of a determined few.

Science has never been so easy--or so much fun! With The Everything Kids'' Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teacher Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons--from biology to chemistry to physics to outer space. You''ll discover answers to questions like: Is it possible to blow up a balloon without actually blowing into it? What is inside coins? Can a magnet ever be "turned off"? Do toilets always flush in the same direction? Can a swimming pool be cleaned with just the breath of one person? You won''t want to wait for a rainy day or your school''s science fair to test these cool experiments for yourself!

Now available again, but in a completely revised edition with new illustrations and a substantially rewritten text. This is the classic work of reference on the subject.