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M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45 by Steven J. Zaloga; Hugh Johnson
Category: Military | Series: New Vanguard Ser.
The highly successful 'stop-gap' M3 medium tank was designed in 1941, and as adequate turret casting facilities were not yet ready, the M3 used an unusual armament configuration patterned after a French tank. British lend-lease demands led to the design of a second turret type with the US version called ...Show more
The Eightfold Path by Charles Johnson; Steven Barnes; Bryan Christopher Moss (Illustrator)
Category: Graphic Novels
From award-winning authors Charles Johnson and Steven Barnes comes a graphic novel anthology of interconnected Afrofuturistic parables inspired by the teachings of Buddha--now in paperback Eight strangers--looking for enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher--are trapped in a cave high in the mo ...Show more
Where Good Ideas Come from: The Seven Patterns of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Category: Self-Help
Where do good ideas come from? And what do we need to know and do to have more of them? This title explores the secrets of inspiration. It identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of great ideas, from the cultivation of hunches to the importance of connectivity and how best to make use of new ...Show more
Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Category: Science
'The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times 'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author of Steve Jobs What connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the Murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How does the bag of crisps y ...Show more
Wow! Dinosaurs by Kingfisher; Steven Johnson Jr. (Illustrator); Jacqueline McCann
Category: Education | Series: Wow! Ser.
Shout "WOW!" when your read about some surprising facts in this lively and fascinating picture book all about dinosaurs. Did you know that the word dinosaur means "terrible lizard", the heaviest dinosaur weighed as much as 17 African elephants and that Stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut? Lear ...Show more
Wow! Forests by Camilla De La Bedoyere; Steven Johnson (Illustrator)
Category: Education | Series: Wow! Ser.
Which tree is as tall as a skyscraper? Is there really a kangaroo that lives in a tree? Who lives up high and who lives on the ground? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Wow! Forests. Fascinating text from zoological expert Camilla de a Bedoyere takes you to forests all over the world, ...Show more
Wow! Vehicles by Kingfisher; Steven Johnson (Illustrator); Jacqueline McCann
Category: Education | Series: Wow! Ser.
Shout WOW! when your read about some surprising facts in this lively and fascinating picture book all about vehicles. Did you know that the first train reached a top speed of only 5 miles per hour, that helicopters are also called whirlybirds, and that some submarines can stay underwater for months at ...Show more