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|  | Working with Wildlife by Thane Maynard
This five-chapter book invites readers to learn about animal careers in zoos and aquariums, including spider behaviorists, wildlife photographers, and zookeepers. Author Thane Maynard, director of the Cincinnati Zoo, also offers readers guidelines for steps to take to pursue a career, including educational decisions and options. This guide also includes a glossary, index, and a list of further reading and informational materials. With black-and-white photographs. AUTHOR: Thane Maynard
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Scientific American Science Desk Reference by Scientific American Magazine Editors
Description not available. Divided into 15 sections covering a specific scientific discipline, this work includes sections on key concepts, glossaries, and biographies of prominent researchers in that field, chronologies, and information unique to that particular discipline. -- Outstanding Reference Sources, American Libraries, May 2001.Provides reference information related to measurement, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, the earth sciences, biology, and computer science AUTHOR: Scientific American Magazine Editors
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Singing Chick by Randy Cecil, Stenmarc
One day, an egg rolls into the forest. It hatches, and out pops a bright yellow chick. This chick is so happy that it can't even stop singing when a fox swallows it up. Then the fox begins singing and a wolf swallows him up. Now the wolf can't stop singing and a bear swallows him up. Full of madcap humor that aims straight for a preschooler's funny bone, this is a happily-ever-after story that kids won't be able to stop singing about. Full color. AUTHOR: Randy Cecil, Stenmarc
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Telecom Crash Course by McGraw-Hill"
Get a sound fix on the expanding universe of telecom Explore the vast telecom landscape -- from standards and protocols to premise, access and transport technologies. Far more than an acronym-studded quick fix, Telecom Crash CourseGet a sound fix on the expanding universe of telecom Explore the vast telecom landscape -- from standards and protocols to premise, access and transport technologies. Far more than an acronym-studded quick fix, Telecom Crash Course is a true tutorial that offers you context, connections, and the wisdom to quickly grasp key technologies, including wireless Internet, optical networking, 3G, IP, protocol layer, PSTN, ATM, spread spectrum, GPRS, and SIP. Author Steven Shepard includes lively stories that deliver important points about the markets that drive the technologies. You get rigorous technical accuracy, with explanations of each technology's economic importance. Here?s your chance to decipher the alphabet soup of telecom acronyms -- not just what they stand for, but what they mean and how they can generate profits.Steven Shepard AUTHOR: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Spot Goes to the Farm by Eric Hill
Spot, the playful pup featured in such books as Where's Spot? and Spot Goes to the Beach, enjoys a trip to the farm in this lift-the-flap book. Readers can help Spot and his father find such hidden baby animals as piglets, kittens, and a foal. Color illustrations accompany the text. This is a Spanish language version of the book. AUTHOR: Eric Hill
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | The Very Lazy Ladybug by Jack Tickle
Description not available.A lazy ladybug who never learned how to fly decides she wants to go somewhere, but she cannot find an animal to give her a peaceful ride. AUTHOR: Jack Tickle
PUBLISHER: M E Media LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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