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When a bird flies by a window or a car zooms by on the highway, we often wonder how fast the two objects traveled. This book explains the concept of speed to readers while showing them accessible ways to measure it for themselves. Learning the amount of distance traveled, and how quickly that distance was covered, is a great way to implement a variety of STEM topics while practicing this essential mathematical skill.

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America. Covered in thick forests, this tropical country was a part of the Spanish Empire for around 300 years. Become introduced to Nicaraguans and their way of life in this elementary title for young students.

Readers will learn about the important relationship between producers and consumers as well as buyers and sellers and how they all work together to create a healthy economy. This instructive volume defines basic economic concepts like goods and services and explains production with examples of the different types of production. It also covers the primary and secondary industries that produce goods. Concepts such as marketing and advertising are also covered, for a well-rounded view of this fascinating aspect of the economy.

A biography of the Austrian bodybuilder who became an international action film star, an American citizen, and the governor of California.