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Secret of Skeleton Island 8 reviews
Robert Arthur
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1978
Ghosts, Pirates, and Treasure--Oh Boy!
In this adventure, the Three Investigators venture far away from Rocky Beach, California--3000 miles away to a haunted island on the east coast where Pete's father is working to restore an old thrill park for a movie he is working on. Having met with stolen equipment and the appearance of a ghost, the boys are sent for to figure out who is trying to keep the movie company away from Skeleton ...
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Belle Harbor Skeletons5 reviews
Susan M. Hooper
1st Books Library, 2004
A Different Sort of Whodunit
I'll start off admitting that I got this out of curiosity. I had no previous experience reading novels where any of the characters are gay, let alone the main ones, and I wondered what it would be like. I was pretty surprised; the author treats the characters' feelings for each other with respect. This isn't a porno book...it's a decent story that makes an actual point, and makes it without ...
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March of the Skeleton Men8 reviews
Harry Hardwick
Elderberry Press (OR), 2002
This book is wonderful!!!
I first got this book a couple of months ago and honestly was not interested in reading it. Once I finally did, I could not put it down. This book is fiction, but it makes you wonder how much of it is true. You become connected to these five men in such away that you feel like you were there through everything. I cannot wait to read the sequal. I recommend this book to EVERYONE!!! I'm so proud of ...
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Sammy Keyes & the Skeleton Man (Book and CD Set Bag)11 reviews
Wendelin Van Draanen
Live Oak Media, 2003
She wasn't tring to get in trouble!
7th grader Sammy Keys has got a lot of troubles on her hands. It all started on Halloween at the bush house with her friends. At the bush house no one answered and Sammy saw a fire. After Sammy put it out with a sweater they found Chancey Lebard (the owner of the house, who they call the bush man)tied to a chair. It turns out he was robbed, and sammy was interested an started investigating. ...
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Essentials of Skeletal Radiology (2 Vol. Set)7 reviews
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004
Best radiology book on the market, great for nat'l boards
I graduated chiropractic school this year. I used this book in school and found this it to be filled with lots of info on soft and hard tissue pathology. The radiographs are excellent in this book. Every condition from spinal bifida occulta to fibrous dysplasia is described with the utmost detail. Every chapter has a helpful summary that summarizes all the important points of each condition. ...
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Skeleton Crew: A Lindsay Chamberlain Novel9 reviews
Beverly Connor
Cumberland House Publishing, 2002
Connor's Best
Skeleton Crew, Connor's fourth volume, is the best Lindsay Chamberlain forensics story yet. It benefits in focus by occurring on a small island 5 miles off the Georgia coast, where University of Georgia Athens has a luxurious archaeological project underway to raise a sunken Spanish supply galleon--in dangerous competition with lurking privateers who think it was a homeward bound treasure ship ...
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The Human Bone Manual7 reviews
Tim D. White, Pieter Arend Folkens
Academic Press, 2005
Handy book
As a physical anthropology grad student, I am finding this book to be very useful. The hardcover text is great, but this is transportable and packed with information. Would highly recommend it to anyone in forensics, anthropology.
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The Stone Skeleton: Structural Engineering of Masonry Architecture8 reviews
Jacques Heyman
Cambridge University Press, 1995
a wonderfully technical work
this work covers quite thouroughly the mathematics and mechanics of arches. It spends particular time on construction in the Gothic cathedrals including the barrel vault, cross vault, dome, and flying butress. It is beautifully illustrated and it presents the basic concepts as well as giving a quite extenisive theoretical analysis. A good book for anyone familiar with masonry and an essential ...
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Dem Bones5 reviews
Bob Barner
Chronicle Books, 1996
Great Homeschool Resource
I homeschool my elementary age children and we used this book when studying our body. It is a fun book to read and the information provided about each of the bones is suitable for elementary age level.
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Skeleton Hiccups10 reviews
Margery Cuyler
Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2002
Non Scary Skeleton Book!
Skeleton Hiccups is truly an original, and the artwork is the shining star. The images are creative, and hilarious! S.D. Schindler's work, the same illustrator of the famed Big Pumpkin, is fresh and creative. For instance, Skeleton's bed has a headstone headboard with R.I.P. craved into the back. In another scene where Skeleton is shining his bones, the can of polish says, "Ghost-White Bone ...
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Evolution4 reviews
Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
Seven Stories Press, 2007
An excellent resource on evolution
There are plenty of glossy, coffee table books out there, but while many are filled with beautiful photography very few offer anything of value in the text. Evolution by Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu (text) and Patrick Gries (photography) is a striking exception, however, the informative prose wonderfully framing some of the best black and white photography that I've seen.
There is something ...
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Corpse of Freedom4 reviews
Lloyd Garner, Dax Garner
Books On Fire, 2008
"Corpse of Freedom"; A Thought-Provoking Young Adult Novel.
Every once in a while, a great novel for young adults comes along. These are the true standouts among the genre; "A Catcher in the Rye" by Salinger, "The Outsiders" by Hinton, and most currently "Corpse of Freedom" by brothers Dax and Lloyd Garner.
This fast-moving read is the story of Ryan, a typical suburban teenager living in Everdale, a typical American suburb. One night Ryan and his ...
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Fundamentals of Skeletal Radiology5 reviews
Clyde A. Helms
W B Saunders Co, 1989
excellent basics for radiology residents and for boards
I found this a great primer of skeletal radiology as a 1st yr resident and an unbeatable review for the radiology boards. It's easy to read, and easy to memorize.
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Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton4 reviews
M. Anne Katzenberg
Wiley-Liss, 2000
Expert Reviews
"an excellent volume which should be of interest to any skeletal biologist or archaeologist.... It contains a balanced and scholarly treatment of the latest methods in skeletal biological analysis and should quickly become THE fundamental reference work for this field." --Jane Buikstra, University of New Mexico "This outstanding volume is a must read for students and professionals alike, ...
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Skeletons in the Closet: True Ghost Stories of the Shoals Area5 reviews
Debra Johnston
Debra Glass, 2002
Something for folklorists and thrillseekers alike!
Debra Johnston's books of true ghost stories are fine collections taken from the folklore of the Southeastern United States. The tales range in mood from humorous to very frightening and are related through easy flowing narratives.
Gregory Freeze
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Skeleton Man5 reviews
Joseph Bruchac
HarperCollins, 2001
A great read-aloud.
Skeleton Man is a suspenseful, excellent story. The characters become alive, and the story, based stories told to the author when he was young, was excellent. I read it aloud to my library students (3rd-6th graders) and they loved it. I'm all on one campus for elementary and high school, and they still come in and borrow it. I have multiple copies and it's rarely available, someone will have ...
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The Bones Book And Skeleton4 reviews
Stephen Cumbaa
Workman Publishing Company, 2006
Great educational project and visual aide
I bought this to use for studying anatomy and getting a really good visual concept of the bones and their relationship to each other. It has been fabulous for that. My 6-year old really enjoyed helping me put it together and seeing "what a person looks like inside", so it gave her a great introduction to anatomy as well. A few of the bones were stubborn to connect to each other and the clavicle ...
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Origami Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex4 reviews
Issei Yoshino
Marty Gross Film Productions Inc., 1993
Simply Amazing
This is not the first dinosaur skeleton made from several sheets of paper and it is not the last. What makes this one stand head and shoulders above the rest is that the artist set out to create one where all of the pieces were made from the same size piece of paper. It is much easier to get a bunch of paper the same size than to cut and trim for multiple sizes. The directions are clear and ...
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Don't Run for President With Skeletons in Your Closet4 reviews
Pearl Watley Mitchell
PublishAmerica, 2003
Don't run for President
Everyone who reads this book will be glad you did. It's not about Presidents. It is about everyday life. This book will make you laugh and cry at the same time. It is so true to life. You feel that the author is telling this story right to you.
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Frank Gehry, Architect (Guggenheim Museum Publications)5 reviews
Frank O. Gehry, Beatriz Colomina, ...
Harry N. Abrams, 2001
A wonderful book
I just want to begin this review by saying that this book is a need for any architect's library. The book Frank Gehry, Architect, provides a wealth of knowledge about the architect as well as the structures that he has created over time. Most pages in this book (and there are many) contain full color pictures, sketches, or descriptions about the structure and the architect. This book spans from ...
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