New Releases by Jean Lee Latham

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Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat, an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have been slight of build, but no one guessed that he had the persistence and determination to master sea navigation in the days when men sailed only by ‘log, lead, and lookout.’ Nat’s long hours of study and observation, collected in his famous work, The American Practical Navigator (also known as the ‘Sailors Bible’), stunned the sailing community and made him a New England hero. नॅट अर्थात बो-डिचची ही जीवनकहाणी. लहानपणापासूनच गणित विषयाच्या आवडीमुळे त्याच्यात हार्वर्ड विद्यापीठात शिकून पदवी मिळवण्याची इच्छा रूजलेली. पण घरच्या परिस्थितीमुळे त्याला शाळा सोडावी लागते. जहाजावर हिशेबनीस म्हणून काम करताना सागरी प्रवासाच्या अनुभवविश्वाशी नॅटची ओळख होते. या प्रवासात त्यानं मिळवलेलं ज्ञान आणि त्याची अपार इच्छाशक्ती त्याला त्याच्या इच्छित साध्यापर्यंत पोहोचवते. नौकानयन शास्त्रात नॅटनं केलेल्या विलक्षण कामाचा हा एक अर्थी साहित्यिक दस्ताऐवजच होय.

Discusses the conditions that allow blue-green algae to thrive in rivers and some of the measures that are being considered for its control. (SLNSW Infocus item 1429).

A biography of the marine biologist and nature writer well-known for her campaign against the careless use of chemicals.

A biography of the West Point graduate who learned civil engineering "from the ground up" and supervised the completion of the Panama Canal.

A brief biography of the first admiral of the United States Navy.

A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship''s captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

As they approach each dwelling, the animals try to guess from a rhyme who lives there.

While looking for his blue ball, Tabbit finds his yellow duck, red shoe, and other missing articles.

A biography of David Farragut who received his commission in the United States Navy before he was ten and who in 1864 broke the back of the Confederate fleet in the Battle of Mobile Bay.

A survey of the historical, social, and economic value of the Columbia River and its basin, and its influence on the development of the Northwestern United States.

A biography of the West Point graduate who learned civil engineering "from the ground up" and supervised the completion of the Panama Canal.

The story of a young boy in 17th century England who lives in Latham House and survives it''s besiegement by Roundhead forces during the English Civil War.

Describes the discovery and exploration of the river which supplies water and electric power to the Panama Canal, and tells of the problems of construction, development, and operation of the Panama Railroad and the Panama Canal.

A brief biography of the inventor of a gin to seed upland cotton and of a way to mass produce musket locks.

A biography of the Swedish-American engineer credited with over 2000 inventions as well as the design and construction of several types of boats, especially the Monitor, the ironclad warship that fought the Merrimac during the Civil War.

A brief biography of the inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code, who planned from early childhood to be a painter of great historical pictures but first won recognition as a portrait painter.

The fairy Grandmarina gives Princess Alicia a magic fishbone. To her father''s confusion she declines to use it. her reward is marriage, which does seem a fantasy as she and the groom appear to be very young.

To keep from watching his children starve, a father leads them into a dark forest and leaves them. Little Hop helps them find the way home.

To keep from watching his children starve, a father leads them into a dark forest and leaves them. Little Hop helps them find the way home.

When his family is moving, Skipper the dog misses a ride in both the truck and the car, and must find his family. A story to be read aloud with children supplying the noise of the dog''s barking.