Review

“By stripping away the jargon this book demystifies the technology behind modern marine electronics.” Yachting Life (March 2006)

The Adlard Coles Book of Electronic Navigation is aimed at anyone with an interest in navigating small craft, but particularly those working towards RYA Day Skipper, Yachtmaster, Motor Cruising or Advanced Powerboat certificates, or attending the RYA Radar course. The book explains the technology behind modern marine electr (more…)

From the manufacturer

Improve your child’s reading and writing skills with this interactive speaking dictionary. Over 40,000 easy-to-understand definitions are pronounced for effective vocabulary learning. The automatic phonetic spell corrector turns “nolij” into “knowledge” while an animated handwriting guide demonstrates print and cursive styles. Includes a rhyme finder, five word-building games, and a vocabulary word list that can be created by the user. Works with headphone (more…)

From the manufacturer

Improve your child’s reading and writing skills with this interactive speaking dictionary. Over 40,000 easy-to-understand definitions are pronounced for effective vocabulary learning. The automatic phonetic spell corrector turns “nolij” into “knowledge” while an animated handwriting guide demonstrates print and cursive styles. Includes a rhyme finder, five word-building games, and a vocabulary word list that can be created by the user. Works with headphone (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Mark Twain’s classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious. Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Shakespeare production (more…)

The Reader Pocket Edition features a 5″ display and an elegant, lightweight design that’s easy to slip into a purse or jacket pocket for convenient, on-the-go reading. Not sure which books to bring on your trip? With the Reader Pocket Edition, you will never have to make that choice again. 512MB of onboard memory lets you carry up to 350 of your favorite books3 at a time. Enjoy access to a wider number of books from a wider number of places. By supporting both industry standard (more…)

From the Manufacturer

Cleverly disguised as a talking storybook, this preschool-stage phonics and handwriting teacher introduces young children to the pre-writing skills that will help them successfully learn to write! Words like ant, bee, and cat come alive in the Write & Learn Letter Book as your child follows the friendly teacher and learns to identify words, sounds and letters; connect letters to words; and trace letters with a finger. Through six colorful, interactive pages (more…)

This much anticipated follow-up to the wildly popular cultclassic Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius gives basement experimenters 40 all-new projects to tinker with. Following the tried-and-true Evil Genius Series format, each project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, documentation, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The convenient two-column format makes following step-by-step instructions a breeze. Reader (more…)

-Suitable for children aged 3 and up.-Sturdy pages

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Staying away from hard-to-understand theory and mathematics, this practical handbook show you how common devices such as multimeters, frequency and logic probes, signal traces, and oscilloscopes are used. You’ll pinpoint problems in everything from TV sets and computers to automotive electrical systems. A practical, hands-on guide to troubleshooting with electronic test equipment – revised to include current testing techniques and new chapters on mechanical repairs and flowchart (more…)

A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.

About the Author

Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was a poet, a playwright, and a leader of the Irish Renaissance, but he is best known for his works for children, including The Children of Odin and The Golden Fleece (a newbery honor book).

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