Lists and defines more than 1500 space research and technological terms, with extensive cross references, list of acronyms, and spectacular NASA photographs

A collection of poems about an African-American girl growing up in New York.

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The narrator of a collection of bittersweet verses lives with her father and aunt, but will soon visit the mother she has not seen in years and rediscover how it feels to be her mother's daughter. By the author of When I Am Old With You. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: The state of education in America is a subject of hot debate across the country. As we stand on the brink of an ever more demanding technological future, everyone agrees that our schools must become more dynamic centers for learning...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)