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Win a FREE trip to Antarctica with author and environmentalist, Robert Swan
This November, join Robert Swan on his International Antarctic Treaty Expedition (IATE). On the trip, 80 teachers, students, corporate leaders and experts will gain first-hand knowledge and observe Antarctica's fragile ecosystems. Robert Swan is the author of the forthcoming book, Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness, available October 2009.
ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will win passage for one on IATE November 16-30, 2009 with Robert Swan, roundtrip airfare to Ushuaia, Argentina, a signed copy of Antarctica 2041, and Carbon Offsets to cover the winner's trip related emissions provided by NativeEnergy, plus a personal carbon footprint consolation. Approximate Retail Value is $28,000.
Click here for complete trip details and to enter today! Entries valid through September 4, 2009. Winners alerted by October 1, 2009. Expedition begins on November 16, 2009.
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Free Author Event for NYC Educators
Are you a teacher in the New York City area or are you going to be in NYC this summer? If so, we would like to invite you to our Free Author Event for NYC Educators. Held at the Random House, Inc. building in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, August 18th from 3-5pm, the event will feature three fascinating authors: Hannah Tinti (The Good Thief), John Elder Robison (Look Me in the Eye), and Warren St. John (Outcasts United). Each author will speak about their books, and experiences touring schools. Refreshments, prizes, and free signed books will be available.
RSVP necessary. Click here for the official invitation.
Click here to RSVP: (note: under "Book Selection" field, enter "Luncheon")
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John Francis's Earth Day Planetwalk
Coinciding with Earth Day and the trade paperback release of Planetwalker, author Dr. John Francis, with his nonprofit educational organization Planetwalk, is conducting a 5-day expedition in East Central Ohio, April 22-27, 2009, during which time about 12 participants will continue to develop the environmental curriculum, Planetlines.
The goal of the walk that began from Cape May in 2005 is to raise awareness of the human environment and how each person can make the difference in preserving Planet Earth. On April 23, Dr. Francis will make a live satellite presentation from the road to the Missouri State University Public Affairs Conference on Sustainability in Springfield.
Read more about the Earth Day Planetwalk here.
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Free Book Download
Random House is offering, for a limited-time-only, a completely free download of the book Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas.
Funny in Farsi is fast becoming a favorite among teachers, librarians and readers everywhere, and continues to be selected for freshman year reading programs, One Book, One Community Programs and reading groups throughout the country. So, we are offering this special download to readers who are looking for a good story for their classroom, community or book group.
In addition to the full text of the book, the free download also includes: a letter and two essays from the author, a Teacher's/Discussion Guide for Funny in Farsi and an excerpt from Firoozeh's latest book Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad.
Click here now to download your free copy!
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Atlas
of Unknowns
by Tania James
A poignant, funny, blazingly original debut novel about
sisterhood, the tantalizing dream of America, and the
secret histories and hilarious eccentricities of families
everywhere.
“Delightful. . . . James writes with poise, sly
humor, and acuity both cultural and sensuous. . . . The
characters’ love for one other radiates off the
page.” —The New York Times Book Review
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Dangerous
Games
by Margaret MacMillan
“In this important work, we learn that history is
more than presenting facts, it is about framing the past.
This is a must read for anyone who wants to understand
the importance of correctly understanding the past.”
—Publishers Weekly
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Sweeping Up Glass
by Carolyn Wall
“This extraordinary debut novel. . . is
filled with arresting images, bitter humor, and characters
with palpable physical presence. The fresh voice of that
clear-eyed narrator reminded me of Scout in Harper Lee’s
To Kill a Mockingbird. I literally could not
put it down.” —Boston Globe
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Microcosm
by Carl Zimmer
In
the tradition of classics like Lewis Thomas’s Lives
of a Cell, Carl Zimmer has written a fascinating
and utterly accessible investigation of E. coli’s
remarkable history, showing how scientists used it to
discover how genes work and then to launch the entire
biotechnology industry.
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Swimming
by Nicola Keegan

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