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Briefly relates the origins and history of Google, beginning with the idea that school friends Larry Page and Sergey Brin had and how they decided on the name "Google," to how Google today is the world's largest internet search engine and has changed the way internet searches are conducted. Includes quizzes to test readers to see if they are good with numbers and could work with Google.
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In this adaptation of the fairy tale, Goldilocks is an explorer who searches the world for artifacts and treasures--but when she stumbles on the home of three vampires she has to use all of her skills to navigate the tomb's traps and get out into the sunlight alive. Written in graphic-novel format.
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The Incredible Rockhead and the Spectacular Scissorlegz team up to tackle a task far greater than either has ever known! Their mission: to seek out and defeat the man behind countless evil experiments, the mutant-making General himself. Upon arriving at his secret headquarters, the duo finds dozens of teenage mutants locked up like twisted science experiments -- and some of them aren't happy to have visitors. Unable to tell friend from foe, the two...
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Chip Stone, a.k.a. the Incredible Rockhead, has yet to meet his match -- until now. Rockhead is up against an enemy designed to defeat him -- Papercut! With the entire school watching, this paper tiger is looking to cover Rockhead in the most action-packed game of paper, rock, scissors the world has ever seen. Is this the end of our boulder-headed hero, or will Rock find a way to hammer Paper into pulp?
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The Incredible Rockhead experiment isn't going according to plan. To capture Chip Stone and bring him to the secret testing facility, the evil General creates a new mutant the Dozer! This super high-tech and somewhat sleek kid creature will stop at nothing to complete his mission. Look out, Rockhead, the bully Dozer is about to strike!
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"Today, Nike is the biggest athletic shoe company in the world, but a long time ago runner and businessman Phil Knight started out with just an idea. Find out more about Nike's history, how the business grew, and the role that marketing playing in this illustrated nonfiction book!" -- Back cover.
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Describes how Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen first came up with the idea for LEGOS and how the company was formed. Describes the history, rise, and brand of LEGO Company, highlighting the company's brand extensions, notable successes and leaders, business side, and future. Includes illustrations, fact boxes, quotes, a timeline, and definitions of business terms.
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When sixth-grade classroom terror Jacob Wonderbar and his friends Sarah and Dexter find a spaceship crashed in the woods near their suburban neighborhood, their discovery leads them to a series of adventures including space travel, substitute teachers, kidnapping, and more.
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When seventh-grader Jacob Wonderbar is nominated for President of the Universe, he and his best friends Sarah Daisy and Dexter take off for outer space to campaign, and in the process suffer kidnappings, space monkeys, dirty politics, and threats to blow up the Earth.