books about: phineas

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Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. ...

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Aladdin, 2007

And from out of left field comes...
Children's librarians must find books to add to their collections from a wide variety of different sources. They read professional serials like Horn Book and School Library Journal. They receive Advanced Readers Copies and read clever blogs that always discuss new ...

The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses & Ringless Carousers

Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro

Ten Speed Press, 2004

From Dork to Dirk
Diggler that is. Before reading this gem, I was playing with Ewok dolls on my Mom's living room carpet. A few words of wisdom from Mollod and Tesauro, and I've dropped the drip and gained me some hip. I champagne-sabered my way to hipsville, daddy-o, and there's no ...

There's a Customer Born Every Minute: P.T. Barnum's Amazing 10 "Rings of Power" for Creating Fame, Fortune, ...

Joe Vitale

Wiley, 2006

Got 10X the Cost of Book in FREE Advertising in 48 hours!
I have to admit, while I've read reviews that made incredible claims about the results people have experienced in short periods of time, I'd never had that experience myself...until now. Less than 48 hours after having received my book, I had used just one of the ...

Phineas Redux (Penguin Classics)

Anthony Trollope

Penguin Classics, 2003

Phineas Finn the intriguing Irish MP returns to London in a fine sequel to :Phineas Finn
As the novel Phineas Finn ends the Irish member leaves Parliament for marriage with a beautiful Irish lass. As Phineas Redux begins Mr.Finn is widowed and has returned to resume his career in the British Parliament. This novel is one of Trollope's works in the ...

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Gets Slimed! (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Atheneum, 2007

Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) has three goals for fourth grade: 1. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. 2. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. 3. To be the best fourth-grade scientist ever. It's a tall order, but he's confident that he can achieve it, especiallysince his friend and rival scientist, Aretha, has asked him to ...

The Colossal P. T. Barnum Reader: NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE UNIVERSE

P T. Barnum

University of Illinois Press, 2005

Excellent Assigned Text for History Courses
Let me preface this review by saying that it will center entirely on the using the book in a college-level course. I used this as an assigned text in U.S. history survey in 2007. Frankly, I did not know how students would react to or engage with Barnum. They enjoyed ...

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off! (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Atheneum, 2008

Houston,we have a problem! Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) is less than up-to-date on planetary happenings. (Marsquakes? Who knew?) If he's going to be the best scientist in the fourth grade, Mac has to set his sights pretty high. To outer space, actually. But Space Camp is expensive. Where is he going to find enough money for a week on Mars ...

Phineas Finn: The Irish Member (Oxford World's Classics)

Anthony Trollope

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Unlucky in Love, Unlucky in Politics, but Irrepressible
Recently, a personal tragedy resulted in a rare hiatus in my reading. In attempting to return to normal, I found the only author that suited (and soothed) me was Anthony Trollope. As an English major at Dartmouth, I never encountered his works, and none were on the ...

The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice

Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro

Ten Speed Press, 2002

Didn't Expect the Section on Pot
I bought this book for my husband, and he really liked it. I was surprised when he showed me the section on when you should or shouldn't smoke pot. It wasn't a big deal for me or him, but had I been a parent buying it for a child or teen I would have been irritated.

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

John Fleischman

Sandpiper, 2004

Phineas's pipe momment
This is a very cool/or sad story. It took place in Vermont in 1848. In a mine working with explosives, Phineas was working and a pile of pipes were about 13 feet away when explosives went off and a pipe went threw Phineas's head and he survived. This story is great for ...

P. T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman

Philip B. Kunhardt III, Peter W. Kunhardt

Knopf, 1995

Beautifully done and incredibly informative
This book is one of those books that you love to look through, tons of pictures, nicely laid out. And not only is it aesthetically magnificant, but it is quite possibly the most extensive source of information on Barnum available anywhere. It also has a good index ...

Art of Money Getting

P T Barnum, Phineas (P ) Barnum, ...

Applewood Books(MA), 1999

Humorous yet practical business wisdom.
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. In Brooklyn, New York in 1871, he established ...

Twenty-One Elephants

Phil Bildner

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2004

Deft blend of fact and fiction
This review first appeared in the "Ephrata (PA) Review": The author, a middle-school teacher, has spun a captivating story around a historical event-the building of the Brooklyn Bridge in the late 1800s, and the initial hesitation of many residents to trust in it ...

Around the World With Phineas Frog: A Geographical Puzzle (Child's Play Library)

Paul Adshead

Child's Play International Ltd, 1996

A Virtual Vacation!
This is SUCH a neat book! Phineas and his daughter embark on a world tour in his hot air balloon. At each stop, Phineas does some sightseeing and his daughter does some shopping, purchasing souvenirs found in each country. The pictures are comical, the rhyming story ...