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Provides step-by-step instructions for performing science experiments that use household materials, including a soap-powered boat, a pencil-proof bag, and a tabletop catapult.
"From Vinegar Rockets to Tabletop Catapults, and from Mummified Apples to Bouncing Eggs, this book is bursting with brilliant experiments!"--P. [4] cover.
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"Rena Matthews feels called to take the Gospel to the South Seas. She and her team of highly educated and wealthy volunteers plan to show the world how to spread the Gospel in the most scientific manner. When rough-hewn Travis Winslow volunteers, Rena wants to refuse him, but her father insists she take him along. They set out in her father's yacht, but a storm drives them hundreds of miles off course and into a reef on a deserted island. Much to...
8) Fight club
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A lonely, isolated thirty-something insomniac young professional seeks an escape from his mundane existence with the help of a devious soap salesman. They find release from their reality prison through underground fight clubs, where men can be what the world now denies them. Their boxing matches and harmless pranks soon lead to an out-of-control spiral towards oblivion.
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Entertain visitors with the charm and grace of the finest country innkeepers -- people whose business it is to provide their guests with a welcoming atmosphere and a pleasant experience. Choose from the inviting hospitality and decorating tips that have made them successful and adapt them in your home. What is the perfect guest room and how can you extend a personal touch? The room should be comfortable, clean, and fresh, with plenty of good pillows....
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"Ready to make a stink? These hands-on, not-so-ordinary science projects are for you! Mix up reeking stink bombs and sweet-smelling bubbles. Create artistic masterpieces with DIY scratch-and-sniff paint. Then, learn the science behind each outrageous odor! Simple step-by-step instructions supported by helpful photos make it easy to start experimenting and discover just how fun STEM can be"--
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Here are 24 eye-opening experiments that take readers on an interactive journey through the periodic table of elements. Use a pinhead, a bar of soap, and 166 feet of string for a mind-boggling insight into how a hydrogen atom is built. Learn all about helium, then meet its relatives, called the noble gases. Harness the power of zinc with a potato clock. And enjoy a special added feature about the "dirty dozed"-those singularly nasty elements, from...
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As author Cheryl Harness points out, no one could have thought up a more amazing character than the living, breathing Benjamin Franklin. He was everything from a "soap maker, candle dipper, and printer" to a "postmaster, political activist, community reformer, revolutionary, statesman, international diplomat, and first great citizen of a nation which he, as much or more than anyone, helped to create." Readers quickly learn that the story of this Founding...