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Dear Subscriber,
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What's New?
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New pictures:
1994 APEC meeting
Andrew Fisher
Aurora borealis
Commonwealth Prime Ministers Meeting
Crowd gathers to hear Edmund Barton
John Curtin meets with General MacArthur
Daddy longlegs
Edmund Barton
Harold & Zara Holt with granddaughter
Harold Holt
Joseph Lyons
Paul Keating signing autographs
Life in the Middle Ages
Joseph Lyons meets with workers
New Zealand dollar coin
Paul Keating
Prime Minister Barton's Executive Council
Prime Minister Fisher's family
The Holts with Queen Elizabeth & Prince Charles
The Lyons family
The Whitlams with Imelda Marcos
Gough Whitlam at the United Nations
New articles:
Joseph Lyons (Australian political leader)
Constitution of Australia
Revised articles:
Australia Day
Left- and right-handedness
Milford Sound
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Coming Soon!
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World Book is pleased to announce that we have scheduled the introduction of 85 additional maps to the World Book Web that cover many topics of interest in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
The new map content will be added to the website over a five month period
starting with November 2009 upload. We have arranged the maps to five
general groups: 1) Exploration maps 2) City maps 3) Geographic and
History maps 4) New Zealand country thematic maps, and 5) Australian
State thematic maps.
November 2009 upload:
Bass and Flinders
Burke, Robert O'Hara
Cook, James - Australian coast exploration
Dampier, William
Eyre , Edward John
First Fleet
Flinders, Matthew
Forrest (Brothers)
Giles, Ernest
Hartog, Dirk
Hinkler, Bert
Hume, Hamilton
Jansz, Willem
Kingsford Smith, Sir Charles
Leichhardt, Ludwig
Mawson, Sir Douglas
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone
Phillip, Arthur
Stuart, John McDouall
Sturt, Charles
Tasman, Abel Janszoon
December 2009 upload:
Adelaide
Auckland
Brisbane
Canberra
Hobart
Melbourne
Perth
January 2010 upload, February 2010 upload, and March 2010 upload will
be detailed in future Newsletters.
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World of Animals is now on
World Book Kids - School Edition
A featured video from the World of Animals
now appears on the home page; use the controls at the bottom to start,
pause, or stop the video. Enter the World of Animals to compare animals
side by side and view a collection of animal facts, videos, images, and
Web links.
>> Click on the link below to download the World Book Kids Home Page Scavenger Hunt.
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Announcing ...
NEW READ-ALOUD and TEXT TRANSLATION FEATURES are now included in your World Book Subscription if you subscribe to either World Book Complete Edition with Discover or World Book Public Library Edition with Discover. See below for full details and exciting new languages to be added later in the year.
> Subscribers to World Book Complete Edition with Discover
> Subscribers to World Book Public Library Edition with Discover
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2010 World Book Encyclopedia
Pre
Pub Offer
More than 32% revised
The World Book Encyclopedia 2010, Portraits of Greatness, showcases
iconic figures and fascinating people, including Captain James Cook and Sir Edmund Hillary, who have affected human thought and deed throughout the ages. Preview the 2010 World Book Encyclopedia.
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Important Dates & Events
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October 1, 1949 - People's Republic of China was established. (60th Anniversary)
October 5, 1582 - Gregorian calendar introduced.
October 7, 1769 - James Cook, British navigator, sighted the coast of New Zealand.
October 10, 1975 - Treaty of Waitangi Act passed in New Zealand.
October 11, 1738 - Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW, Australia, born in London.
October 14, 1066 - William the Conqueror, won the Battle of Hastings.
October 16, 1936 - Jean Batten made the first direct flight from the UK to New Zealand.
October 18, 1893 - Sir Sidney Holland, New Zealand prime minister from 1949 to 1957, born.
October 19, 1879 - Thomas Edison first demonstrated his electric light.
October 21, 1520 - Magellan entered strait that bears his name.
October 21, 1805 - British Admiral Nelson was killed at Trafalgar.
October 23, 1942 - British began offensive at El Alamein in Egypt in World War II.
October 24, 1861 - first transcontinental telegram sent.
October 24, 1945 - United Nations formally established.
October 25, 1415 - Henry V of England defeated the French at Agincourt in the Hundred Years' War.
October 25, 1616 - Dirk Hartog landed on an island off the coast of Western Australia.
October 26 - International Red Cross Day.
October 27, 1728 - Captain James Cook, explorer, born.
October 29, 1881 - Marion Phillips, Australian economist and the first Australian woman to be elected to the British House of Commons, born.
October 29, 1929 - Collapse of U.S. stock market (Black Tuesday), beginning the Great Depression.
October 30, 1922 - Benito Mussolini, founder of fascism, became prime minister of Italy.
October 31, 1888 - Sir Hubert Wilkins, Australian explorer, born.
November 1 - All Saints' Day observed by Christians.
November 3 - Melbourne Cup Day
November 4, 1922 - Tomb of Tutankhamun, king of Egypt, discovered.
November 4, 1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, assassinated.
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Hints & Tips
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>> "Promote Your Subscription" Site
A site has been created that allows World Book Web subscribers to
download materials to help promote their subscription. The site can be
accessed via our Schools & Libraries web page or directly via the following link -
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The page includes bookmarks, letter-sized posters, editable bookmarks,
editable remote access flyers, tip sheets, a link to the scavenger
hunts as well as a link to order full size posters and bookmarks.
>> Scavenger Hunts - World Book Kids
World
Book has designed two scavenger hunts to help students and library
patrons investigate the reference resources available in World Book
Kids:
- Environmental Pollution
- Human Body
Download Scavanger Hunts for World Book Kids or to view further Scavenger Hunts for World Book Student and World Book Advanced.
>> Current Webinars - live training on the World Book Web. For a schedule of upcoming webinars and to register enquire today.
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Sneak Preview
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Print Resources:
>>Animals of the World Set 6 -
Pre-Publication Offer
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World Book's Animals of the World Set 6, picks up from where Set 5 left
off and continues to delve further into the Animal Kingdom.
> Preview today.
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Online Resources:
>> Dramatic Learning -
World Book Classroom
Scheduled to launch late October!
World
Book's Dramatic Learning expands proven approaches to building reading
fluency and content comprehension. By turning text into plays, skits
and monologues, Dramatic Learning can help students become more fluent
readers, understand core concepts, and retain topical information.
> Preview today. > Download brochure
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