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  Wordless Diagrams

  by Nigel Holmes

  Award-winning illustrator and graphic designer Nigel Holmes depicts the things we do every day like you’ve never seen them before. Pruning a rose or building a sandcastle might seem like common activities, but when you see them visualized on paper in wordless, step-by-step diagrams, you’ll discover them anew. From how to tie a knot in a cherry stem with your tongue to how to make a grilled cheese sandwich,... (more)
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  Signs and Symbols

  by Debajyoti Dutta

  Why is a flag at half-mast a symbol of mourning? Why do brides in the West traditionally wear white, while Asian cultures associate this color with death? Discover answers to these and other mystifying questions in Signs & Symbols , a fully-illustrated guide that helps unlock the secret language of the signs, symbols, and traditions around us. A rich source of information for readers of all ages,... (more)
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  The Magic School Bus

  Inside The Earth

  by Joanna Cole

  Where do rocks come from? When Ms. Frizzle asks her students to bring rocks to class, almost everyone forgets.
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  I Wonder Why Horses Wear Shoes (I Wonder Why)

  by Jackie Gaff

  With detailed, lively answers to a host of fascinating questions, I Wonder Why Horses Wear Shoes is a perfect introduction to the world of horses. Readers will learn the parts of a horse's body, read about the Pony Express, find out how to mount and dismount, and much more in this compact paperback edition.
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  Bobbie Jean Thompson's Scarf Tying Magic

  by Bobbie Jean Thompson

  Offers advice on selecting scarves, demonstrates basic folds and knots, and tells how to take care of scarves.
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  Mapping Work Processes

  by Dianne Galloway

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  Process Mastering: How to Establish and Document the Best Known Way to Do a Job (Productivity's Shopfloor)

  by Ray W. Wilson

  Process Mastering offers a method to create a continuous improvement document - the "Process Master." This new quality tool documents all the facets of a process as they actually occur - steps, inputs, outputs, equipment, controls - utilizing the "untapped" process knowledge of your organization's workforce. It allows you to standardize a procedure, which then can be easily reviewed and improved. The benefits... (more)
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  Throw Your Tooth on the Roof

  Tooth Traditions from Around the World

  by Selby B. Beeler, G. Brian Karas

  Travel around the world and discover the surprising things children do when they lose a tooth. Selby B. Beeler spent years collecting traditions from every corner of the globe for this whimsical book, and G. Brian Karas adds to the fun, filling every page with humorous detail. He perfectly captures the excitement and pride that children experience when a tooth falls out.
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  Hands-On Science Mysteries for Grades 3-6: Standards-Based Inquiry Investigations (Jossey-Bass Teacher)

  by James Robert Taris

  In Hands-On Science Mysteries for Grades 3-6 , the authors connect science to real-world situations by investigating actual mysteries and phenomena, such as the strange heads on Easter Island, the ghost ship Mary Celeste , and the “Dancing Stones” of Death Valley . The labs are designed to encourage the development of science inquiry, in which students will observe, take notes, make diagrams, interpret data,... (more)
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  Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems

  by Roger Fawcett-Tang, William Owen

  Focusing on information design, this guide reveals the visual language of location, direction, spatial and structural relationships which are central to this sector of graphics, exploring "maps" as varied as subway systems and websites to chemical symbols, and the mapping of time.
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  Advanced Origami: More than 60 Fascinating and Challenging Projects for the Serious Folder

  by Didier Boursin

  Original designs by origami artists from Europe and Japan. Origami is an ancient art, yet modern paper folders continue to innovate and invent new and fascinating folds. The origami projects in this book are some of the best ever created and range from practical projects for everyday use to intricate art rooted in ceremony and tradition. Advanced Origami features 60 designs using exotic folds not typically... (more)
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  Scaredy Squirrel

  Scaredy Squirrel at Night

  by Melanie Watt

  Scaredy never sleeps -- sleep might mean bad dreams about dragons, ghosts, vampire bats and polka-dot monsters. Our wide-eyed hero has a plan: stay awake all night, every night. Between counting stars, playing cymbals and making scrapbooks, he does a good job of avoiding dreamland. With exhaustion taking its toll, Scaredy comes face-to-face with an alarming horoscope prediction: All his dreams are about to come... (more)
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  Body Science

  by DK Publishing

  The exciting follow-up to reader favorite Car Science, Body Science brings this series' accessible language, insightful graphics, and fun visual metaphors to biology. Body Science uses the human body-an all-time favorite topic for kids-to explore anatomy and so much more. Readers will discover what makes humans tick, from the underlying chemistry and physics of the body to genetics, forensics, and more. ... (more)
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  From here to there : a curious collection from the hand drawn map association

  by Kris Harzinski

  It's a situation we are all acquainted with: planning to visit friends in an unfamiliar part of the city, you draw yourself a rudimentary map with detailed directions. In March 2008, graphic designer Kris Harzinski founded the Hand Drawn Map Association in order to collect just such drawings of the everyday. Fascinated by these accidental records of a moment in time, he soon amassed a wide variety of maps, ranging... (more)
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  Genius

  The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

  by James Gleick

  From the author of the national bestseller Chaos comes an outstanding biography of one of the most dazzling and flamboyant scientists of the 20th century that "not only paints a highly attractive portrait of Feynman but also . . . makes for a stimulating adventure in the annals of science" (The New York Times). 16 pages of photos.
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  Digital Diagrams: How to Design and Present Statistical Information Effectively

  by Trevor Bounford

  Diagrams need never be boring again, thanks to this manual showing how to present statistics that carry the right message in a clear, visually entertaining way. Exploring the myriad ways to design diagrams, first the author explains how to assess the information to be conveyed to determine what needs to be stressed within a chosen format. Then readers look at diagram options-pie charts, bars, flows, graphs, and... (more)
• The Best in Diagrammatic GraphicsNigel Holmes

  

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  The Best in Diagrammatic Graphics

  by Nigel Holmes

  Drawing on the collective talents of a world-wide selection of designers, the visual examples shown in this book highlight the diversity of approaches that can now be seen in magazines all over the world. Among the examples featured are Kimura and Hagiwara's "Barcelona Marathon"; Teringo's "Peruvian Tomb"; Carroll's "Making of a Meteorite"; Reuter's Annual Report 1986; Lockwood's "The Body Shop" and TV-AM's Annual... (more)
• The Interpretation of Geological Phase DiagramsErnest G. Ehlers

  

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  The Interpretation of Geological Phase Diagrams

  by Ernest G. Ehlers