Download or read book Did President Grant Really Get a Ticket for Speeding in a Horse Drawn Carriage written by Sandy Donovan and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington chopped down his father’s cherry tree. Millard Fillmore installed the first bathtub in the White House. Harry Truman was the first president to “pardon” a Thanksgiving Day turkey. You may have heard these common beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about U.S. presidents and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether William Henry Harrison really talked himself to death. Discover whether Calvin Coolidge kept a pet raccoon in the White House. See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Download or read book Did President Grant Really Get a Ticket for Speeding in a Horse Drawn Carriage And Other Questions about U S Presidents written by Sandra Donovan and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses facts and myths about American presidents, including if Washington cut down a cherry tree, if Lincoln walked twenty miles to school, and if Taft weighed more than an elephant.
Download or read book Does It Really Take Seven Years to Digest Swallowed Gum written by Sandy Donovan and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes seven years to digest swallowed gum. A penny placed on a train track can cause a train to derail. The average human consumes four spiders per year while sleeping. You may have heard some of these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about familiar items and everyday events and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out whether eggs will really stand on their ends during the vernal equinox! Discover whether it’s true that you can swing 360 degrees on a swing set! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Download or read book Were Early Computers Really the Size of a School Bus written by Deborah Kops and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Ford invented the automobile. The first video game was created in a science research lab. A melted candy bar inspired the invention of microwave ovens. You may have heard these beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about inventions and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump the experts! Find out whether Alexander Graham Bell was really the inventor of the telephone! Learn if the U.S. government really created the Internet! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Download or read book Was There Really a Gunfight at the O K Corral written by Ann Kerns and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Villains in the Wild West tied their victims to railroad tracks. Native Americans had a use for every part of the buffalo they hunted. The West had haunted ghost towns. You may have heard these common beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about the Wild West and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out if cowboys really wore big hats, chaps, and boots! Learn whether Calamity Jane was a real person! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Download or read book Is the Bermuda Triangle Really a Dangerous Place written by Melissa Stewart and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses facts and myths about the ocean and ocean life, including whether the world's oceans contain ten million tons of gold, whether blue whales are the loudest animals on Earth, and whether it is easier to float in the ocean than in a lake.
Download or read book Were Potato Chips Really Invented by an Angry Chef written by Deborah Kops and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses facts and myths about foods, including whether adding salt to water makes it boil faster, whether fortune cookies are a Chinese food, and what the Pilgrims ate at their Thanksgiving feast.
Download or read book Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away written by Sandy Donovan and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Humans use only ten percent of their brains. If you cross your eyes, they’ll stay that way. You may have heard these common sayings and beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let’s investigate seventeen health-related statements and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out if the five second rule for dropping food on the floor is true! Discover if eating chocolate can give you pimples! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Download or read book Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a variety of common sayings about animals and explains which are fact and which are fable.
Download or read book The President Vice President and Cabinet written by Elaine Landau and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the executive branch? It's the part of government that's led by our president. But who else is part of the executive branch? And just what does this branch do? Read this book to find out.
Download or read book The Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Download or read book The Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Indianapolis Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.
Download or read book Crimes Committed by Terrorist Groups written by Mark S. Hamm and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Examines terrorists¿ involvement in a variety of crimes ranging from motor vehicle violations, immigration fraud, and mfg. illegal firearms to counterfeiting, armed bank robbery, and smuggling weapons of mass destruction. There are 3 parts: (1) Compares the criminality of internat. jihad groups with domestic right-wing groups. (2) Six case studies of crimes includes trial transcripts, official reports, previous scholarship, and interviews with law enforce. officials and former terrorists are used to explore skills that made crimes possible; or events and lack of skill that the prevented crimes. Includes brief bio. of the terrorists along with descriptions of their org., strategies, and plots. (3) Analysis of the themes in closing arguments of the transcripts in Part 2. Illus.
Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Download or read book The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society written by United States. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice -- established by President Lyndon Johnson on July 23, 1965 -- addresses the causes of crime and delinquency and recommends how to prevent crime and delinquency and improve law enforcement and the administration of criminal justice. In developing its findings and recommendations, the Commission held three national conferences, conducted five national surveys, held hundreds of meetings, and interviewed tens of thousands of individuals. Separate chapters of this report discuss crime in America, juvenile delinquency, the police, the courts, corrections, organized crime, narcotics and drug abuse, drunkenness offenses, gun control, science and technology, and research as an instrument for reform. Significant data were generated by the Commission's National Survey of Criminal Victims, the first of its kind conducted on such a scope. The survey found that not only do Americans experience far more crime than they report to the police, but they talk about crime and the reports of crime engender such fear among citizens that the basic quality of life of many Americans has eroded. The core conclusion of the Commission, however, is that a significant reduction in crime can be achieved if the Commission's recommendations (some 200) are implemented. The recommendations call for a cooperative attack on crime by the Federal Government, the States, the counties, the cities, civic organizations, religious institutions, business groups, and individual citizens. They propose basic changes in the operations of police, schools, prosecutors, employment agencies, defenders, social workers, prisons, housing authorities, and probation and parole officers.
