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9781523444267 | Createspace Independent Pub, January 16, 2016, cover price $20.64

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9781477422533 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 26, 2012, cover price $9.99

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9780716775843 | Pck edition (W H Freeman & Co, February 18, 2005), cover price $108.25

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An exploration of the scientific world of robots shows how their development has come to focus on extremely specialized machines, including Mini Andros, which defuses bombs; Wanda the robopike, which studies aquatic mammals; and Andors 000, which performs surgery.
By John Kaufmann (illustrator) and Carol Sonenklar

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9780805060966 | Henry Holt & Co, December 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Simple text and illustrations describe technological advancements in the field of robotics

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Describes the voyage of the first airplane to fly around the world without refueling, and the people who built and flew it

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9780894901850 | Enslow Pub Inc, June 1, 1989, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes the voyage of the first airplane to fly around the world without refueling, and the people who built and flew it

Detailed illustrations portray the earth's largest animal fliers, now extinct, which included birds and reptiles larger than many of today's airplanes

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9780690042207 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1984, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: An introduction to prehistoric animals that flew.

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Presents simple instructions for making and flying kites, boomerangs, helicopters, hang gliders, and hand-launched gliders.

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9780385142922 | Doubleday, June 1, 1980, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Illustrates and explains how to construct hang gliders, helicopters, boomerangs, and other flying objects

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Easy-to-understand text explains the mechanics of bird flight.

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9780690039412 | Ty Crowell Co, September 1, 1979, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An illustrated, nontechnical introduction to the mechanics of bird flight fosters an increased awareness and appreciation of its timeless beauty

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Describes the migrations of caribou, barn swallows, painted lady butterflies, and gray whales.

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9780688800444 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1977, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Describes and pictures the movements of gray whales, caribou, barn swallows, monarch butterflies, and other animals that travel sometimes great distances in their search for survival

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The gradual transformation of a small cold-blooded reptile into a warm-blooded bird is based on conclusions about the evolution of birds drawn from a study of fossils

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9780690011104 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1977, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Discusses prehistoric birds and their ancestors and theories on how creatures began to fly.

Text and illustrations introduce various types of pterosaurs, a family of flying reptiles that flourished during the age of the dinosaurs.

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9780688220730 | New edition (William Morrow & Co, August 1, 1976), cover price $6.25 | About this edition: Text and illustrations introduce various types of pterosaurs, a family of flying reptiles that flourished during the age of the dinosaurs.

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Discusses the characteristics of falcons, the history and techniques of falconry, and attempts at saving these birds from extinction by breeding in captivity.

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9780688220273 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Discusses the characteristics of falcons, the history and techniques of falconry, and attempts at saving these birds from extinction by breeding in captivity.

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Discusses the travels of insects--how they time them, where they get the power for them, and how they navigate.

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9780688300364 | William Morrow & Co, November 1, 1972, cover price $11.88 | About this edition: An introduction to insect migration familiarizes readers with the patterns of travel and flight of various species

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Describes the habits and behavior of the nocturnal creature, the bat, the only mammal that can fly.

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9780690117806 | Ty Crowell Co, January 1, 1972, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Describes the habits and behavior of the nocturnal creature, the bat, the only mammal that can fly.

Introduces the migration and mating habits of the robin emphasizing the instincts that enable him to return each year to the same northern nest.

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9780690706437 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1970, cover price $11.89 | About this edition: Describes the robins' winter lives in the south, their migration north in springtime, the growth of robin families in the summer, and their return to the warm south in the fall

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