"Wheels and axles may seem basic, but with these inventions humankind has created incredible things. From skateboards to Ferris wheels, these simple machines have changed our world forever. This accessible book helps readers relate wheels and axles to the technology in their daily lives through cool real-world examples. Detailed pictures of machinery with extensive annotations help readers understand key engineering concepts. Fun 'Technology in Action'...

When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she has simply sped off on another wild adventure. Until the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny, so D'Agosta is delighted when FBI Special Agent A.X.L....

Ready, Set, Robots! Shift gears with Blaze and the Monster Machines in these four high-octane adventures. By transforming into powerfully strong robots, Blaze and his friends are ready to roll out and save Axle City from a runaway train, an overflowing glue factory, and an erupting volcano! Plus, team up with the robot riders as they race against asteroids, dinos, and a giant runaway meatball!

"Machines help make work easier, like when you need to lift something heavy or reach way up high. There are six simple machines: the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the ramp, the wedge, and the screw. Can you adjust a seesaw to lift an elephant? What happens when you combine two or more simple machines? Read and find out!"Amazon website.

"A fresh take on George Orwell as a far more nature-loving figure than is often portrayed, and a dazzlingly rich meditation on roses, gardens, and the value and use of beauty and pleasure in the face of brutality and horror. "In the spring of 1936 a man planted roses." That man was George Orwell, shortly before he went off to fight against fascism in Spain. Today, those rosebushes are still thriving. This is the starting point for Rebecca Solnit's...