Magic Tree House meets Hardy Boys The perfect blend of history and mystery for kids - read it as a standalone or with the full series
Sam, Derek and Caitlin have encountered many mysteries together, but when they visit Maymont, Richmond's historic estate, danger is lurking at every turn. A chance meeting with a mysterious stranger leads to a frantic chase and a desperate message to save Maymont's bald eagles. When Sam receives an eerie warning in the middle of the night, Derek and Caitlin devise a plan that leads them high into the Blue Ridge Mountains. To save the eagles, the kids must find a secret abandoned palace, survive the wilds of the Appalachian Trail and avoid capture by criminals, all before midnight.
Автор: Smith Steven K. Название: Summer of the Woods (The Virginia Mysteries) ISBN: 0989341410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780989341417 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1792.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Magic Tree House meets Hardy Boys
When ten-year-old Derek and eight-year-old Sam move with their family to Virginia, they have no idea what adventures the summer will bring. As the brothers explore their creaky old house and the deep surrounding woods, they uncover a sixty-year-old mystery of a valuable coin collection stolen from the local museum. Join the boys as they spend their summer running from danger and searching the woods, secret caves, rushing waters, and hidden passageways for treasure and the rare 1877 Indian Head cent coin The Virginia Mysteries Book 1
Описание: Active Listening, Second Edition, is grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic.
Автор: Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith Название: Van Gogh ISBN: 0375758976 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375758973 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2575.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, Steven D. Smith Название: Against the Law ISBN: 0822318415 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822318415 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4803.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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A fundamental critique of American law and legal thought, Against the Law consists of a series of essays written from three different perspectives that coalesce into a deep criticism of contemporary legal culture. Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, and Steven D. Smith challenge the conventional representations of the legal system that are articulated and defended by American legal scholars. Unorthodox, irreverent, and provocative, Against the Law demonstrates that for many in the legal community, law has become a kind of substitute religion—an essentially idolatrous practice composed of systematic self-misrepresentation and self-deception. Linked by a persistent inquiry into the nature and identity of “the law,” these essays are informed by the conviction that the conventional representations of law, both in law schools and the courts, cannot be taken at face value—that the law, as commonly conceived, makes no sense. The authors argue that the relentlessly normative prescriptions of American legal thinkers are frequently futile and, indeed, often pernicious. They also argue that the failure to recognize the role that authorship must play in the production of legal thought plagues both the teaching and the practice of American law. Ranging from the institutional to the psychological and metaphysical deficiencies of the American legal system, the depth of criticism offered by Against the Law is unprecedented. In a departure from the nearly universal legitimating and reformist tendencies of American legal thought, this book will be of interest not only to the legal academics under attack in the book, but also to sociologists, historians, and social theorists. More particularly, it will engage all the American lawyers who suspect that there is something very wrong with the nature and direction of their profession, law students who anticipate becoming part of that profession, and those readers concerned with the status of the American legal system.
Автор: Smith, Steven S. Roberts, Jason M. Vander Wielen, Ryan J. Название: American congress ISBN: 1538125838 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538125830 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 13094.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The tenth edition of this core textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics. Informed by the authors` Capitol Hill experience and scholarship, the text emphasizes the importance of a strong legislature and offers discussion questions and further reading.
Автор: Steven G. Smith Название: Full History: On the Meaningfulness of Shared Action ISBN: 1474260322 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474260329 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 20592.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: How can we take history seriously as real and relevant? Despite the hazards of politically dangerous or misleading accounts of the past, we live our lives in a great network of cooperation with other actors; past, present, and future. We study and reflect on the past as a way of exercising a responsibility for shared action. In each of the chapters of Full History Smith poses a key question about history as a concern for conscious participants in the sharing of action, starting with “What Is Historical Meaningfulness?” and ending with “How Can History Have an Aim?” Constructing new models of historical meaning while engaging critically with perspectives offered by Ranke, Dilthey, Rickert, Heidegger, Eliade, Sartre, Foucault, and Arendt, Smith develops a philosophical account of thinking about history that moves beyond postmodernist skepticism. Full History seeks to expand the cast of significant actors, establishing an inclusive version of the historical that recognizes large-scale cumulative actions but also encourages critical revision and expansion of any paradigm of shared action.
Amazon UK Bestseller Number 1 in Cycling and Top 3 in Travel and in Sport
After a near fatal brain haemorrhage Steven Primrose-Smith decides that life is too short to hang around. Inspired, he jumps on his bicycle to travel a road that stretches 22,000 miles across the whole of Europe.
During his ride through 53 countries, climbing the equivalent of 20 Everests, he dodges forest fires, packs of wild dogs and stray bulls, is twice mistaken for a tramp, meets a man in Bulgaria who lives under a table, discovers if ambassadors really do dish out pyramids of Ferrero Rocher at parties, transforms into a superhero after being savaged by radioactive mosquitoes near Chernobyl and comes close to death in France, Norway, Ukraine and Russia.
Such a massive challenge requires calories and Steven gets his from the more unsavoury elements of European savouries: brains, testicles, lung and spleen stew, intestine sandwiches, sausages famous for smelling of poo, a handful of maggots and even a marmot. Nobody eats marmots.
But the distance and his culinary adventures are only a part of the mission. His real objective is much more difficult. Will he be able to confirm something he has long suspected or will he, after all his searching, eventually find somewhere in Europe worse than his home town of Blackburn?
Recent Amazon review comments:
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"Very entertaining - never a dull page What a Journey - once I started it I literally had to keep reading until the end His descriptions of people and places along the way made me feel like I was right beside him on his epic journey and he kept me laughing all the way along A definite must read...I can't wait for his next book "
"A travelogue with a difference BIG laughs, pithy observations on life, the universe and everything else and simply great stories. A great read from start to finish."
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Автор: Smith Steven K. Название: Brother Wars: Cabin Eleven ISBN: 1947881035 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781947881037 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3493.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Smith Steven K. Название: Midnight at the Mansion: The Virginia Mysteries Book 5 ISBN: 0986147338 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780986147333 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3493.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Beck Charlotte J., Smith Steven A. Название: Nothing Special (Revised) ISBN: 0062511173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062511171 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 1566.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Brilliantly funny, teenage angst author Louise Rennison`s second book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Now repackaged in a gorgeous new paperback and looking even fabber than ever. Louise is an international bestselling author and her books can`t fail to make you laugh out loud.
Автор: Smith Steven K. Название: Ghosts of Belle Isle: The Virginia Mysteries Book 3 ISBN: 0986147354 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780986147357 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3493.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Ghosts from the Civil War seemed like just a legend until they saw the lights over the water.
Brothers Sam and Derek can't wait to explore historic Belle Isle during the 150th anniversary of the Fall of Richmond and the end of the Civil War. But that's before they learn how the wooded park along the James River once held Union soldiers in a terrible prisoner-of-war camp. Legend says that the haunting lights over the rapids at night are the ghosts of long-dead soldiers still fighting the Civil War.
The discovery of a haunting mural in the island's crumbling ruins leads the boys and their friend Caitlin into danger. To find the truth, they must brave menacing bullies and an encounter with a Confederate biker gang led by the notorious Mad Dog DeWitt. But some ghosts may be more alive than they ever expected.
Join the kids as they face their fears across suspended bridges, secret hideouts, and graveyard ceremonies, while discovering names and places from the our country's tumultuous past like Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Hollywood Cemetery, and Tredegar Iron Works.
Ghosts of Belle Isle is the third book in The Virginia Mysteries series, but it can easily be read as a standalone. If you enjoy mystery and adventure like the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Magic Tree House, or National Treasure, you'll love author Steven K. Smith's exciting middle-grade series. The stories are modern-day fictional mysteries with twists of real locations and events from Virginia history. These fast-paced books are popular with both boys and girls ages 7-12, appealing to even reluctant readers
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