Enslow Publishers.Enslow Publishers PO Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-0398 $18.95 Each www.enslow.com Three new series biographies blend history with facts to provide full-faceted biographical sketches of major figures. New to the 'Explorers!' series for grades 3-4 is Sandra Kachurek's Francisco Pizarro: Explorerer Of South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. (0766021785) and Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn's La Salle La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. : Explorer Of The Mississippi (0766-021416): each providing 48 pages including an index, bibliography and glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. . New to the 'Famous Inventors' series is Patricia J. Murphy's Grace Hopper (person) Grace Hopper - US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Hopper (1906-12-09 to 1992-01-01), née Grace Brewster Murray. Hopper is believed to have concieved the concept of the compiler with the A-0 in 1952. : Computer Whiz (0766022730) tells of a woman concerned about making computers easier for people to use. The 'Great Minds of Science' series ($26.60 each) will appeal to older readers in grades 4-10 with 128 pages of biographical and scientific facts: here, choose Mary Gow's Robert Boyle: Pioneer Of Experimental Chemistry (0766025012) or John Blankston's Stephen Hawking Noun 1. Stephen Hawking - English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) Hawking, Stephen William Hawking : Breaking The Boundaries Of Time And Space (0766022811): each covering the scientists' lives and major discoveries. All promise lasting reference value. |
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