Halloween Reads

24/7: Science Behind the Scenes Series

28 primary works • 28 total works
The Cold War Pigeon Patrols and Other Animal Spies
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3.86 · 14 Ratings · published 2007 · 6 editions
Not all spies walk on two legs, some of history's …

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    Have You Seen This Face?: The Work of Forensic Artists
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    4.06     · 32 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Using three real-life cases as examples, describes…

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    Skulls And Skeletons: True-Life Stories of Bone Detectives
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    3.35     · 23 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Explains how forensic anthropologists figure out a…

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    Bullet Proof!: The Evidence That Guns Leave Behind
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    3.50     · 24 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2007 · 7 editions
    Using three case studies as examples, shows how fo…

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    Do You Read Me?: Famous Cases Solved by Handwriting Analysis!
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    3.61     · 23 Ratings · published 2007 · 6 editions
    Presents a collection of famous cases solved by ha…

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    Dusted and Busted!: The Science of Fingerprinting
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    3.84     · 19 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2007 · 7 editions
    Using three case studies as examples, explains how…

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    Killer Wallpaper: True Cases of Deadly Poisonings
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    3.55     · 47 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    Using three real-life cases as examples, shows how…

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    Shot And Framed: Photographers at the Crime Scene
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    4.11     · 19 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2006 · 6 editions
    Explains what forensic photographers do and descri…

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    Guilty by a Hair!: Real-life DNA Matches!
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    3.67     · 24 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    Using three case studies as examples, shows how fo…

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    Gut-Eating Bugs: Maggots Reveal the Time of Death!
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    3.77     · 26 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Describes how forensic entomologists can use bugs …

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    Killer at Large: Criminal Profilers And the Cases They Solve!
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    3.84     · 25 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 7 editions
    Learn how profilers do their work and some of the …

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    The Right Bite: Dentists As Detectives
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    3.65     · 17 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    Using three case studies as examples, shows how fo…

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    Toe Tagged: True Stories from the Morgue
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    3.78     · 49 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2006 · 5 editions
    - Background information to build content-area kno…

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    Belly-Busting Worm Invasions!: Parasites That Love Your Insides!
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    3.75     · 12 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2007 · 6 editions
    - Background information to build content-area kno…

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    Blood Suckers!: Deadly Mosquito Bites
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    4.00     · 9 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2006 · 6 editions
    Describes how mosquitoes carry diseases, such as m…

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    Cute, Furry, and Deadly: Diseases You Can Catch from Your Pet!
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    3.65     · 20 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2007 · 4 editions
    Hopefully, the worst thing your pet ever comes hom…

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    Help! What's Eating My Flesh?: Runaway Staph and Strep Infections!
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    3.62     · 16 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Bacteria are the most common living things on eart…

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    There’s a Fungus Among Us! (24/7: Science Behind the Scenes: Medical Files)
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    3.56     · 27 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2007 · 5 editions
    Discover Fungus!!! Science as inquiry is the core …

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    When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad!: How Safe Are We?
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    4.26     · 23 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2007 · 4 editions
    Presents two real cases in which animals were carr…

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    Bioterror: Deadly Invisible Weapons
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    4.10     · 10 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Learn about bioweapons and the people who fight th…

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    Eyes in the Sky: Satellite Spies Are Watching You!
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    2.75     · 8 Ratings · published 2007 · 3 editions
    Provides information about satellites, their histo…

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    Killer Lipstick: And Other Spy Gadgets
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    3.67     · 39 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2007 · 7 editions
    Know your enemy, and that's the best military stra…

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    Micro Spies: Spy Planes the Size of Birds!
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    3.38     · 8 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 4 editions
    Discusses Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), describ…

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    Mummies Unwrapped!
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    4.17     · 12 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2008 · 3 editions
    Discover mummies! Science as inquiry is the core o…

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    Mind Readers: Science Examines ESP
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    3.44     · 9 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2008 · 2 editions
    Science as inquiry is the core of this dynamic, in…

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    Ghosts: And Real-Life Ghost Hunters
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    3.50     · 12 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2007 · 2 editions
    Discusses ghost hunters, those who determine wheth…

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    UFOs
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    3.94     · 18 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 4 editions
    Are UFOs real? Science as inquiry is the core of t…

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    Bigfoot Caught on Film: And Other Monster Sightings!
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    3.70     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 3 editions
    Science as inquiry is the core of this dynamic, in…

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