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Dear Subscriber,
World Book will be launching three exciting new digital products in the coming months -
• WHAT'S NEW IN WORLD BOOK
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New pictures:
96 new pictures added recently
Abel Janszoon Tasman
Emmeline Pankhurst
Mark Zuckerberg
Prince William
Basking shark
Immune system cells attack a cancer cell
Sutherland Falls, Milford Track, New Zealand
New dictionary entries:
3 new dictionary entries added recently
greenie
reuptake
SSRI
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New articles:
16 new articles added recently
Basking shark (shark)
Beluga whale (sea mammal)
Clouded leopard (Asian wild cat)
Leopard seal (sea mammal)
Zuckerberg, Mark (American computer programmer)
Revised articles:
more than 250 articles recently
Overland telegraph
Somare, Sir Michael
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More What's New in World Book ...
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Compare Places comes to
World Book Student
NEW feature added to World Book Student - COMPARE PLACES - a tool for
researching and comparing continents, countries and states.
Read more ...
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Downloadable e-books currently on World Book Advanced and
Public Libraries Edition
263 additional e-books now have the downloadable feature. Our
downloadable e-book collection has now reached more than 500 titles. Read more ...
Coming soon - feature which will enable users to browse downloadable e-books.
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September 1, 1939 - German troops invaded Poland, starting World War II in Europe. See Feature of the Month - WWII.
September 2, 1666 - Great Fire of London began. See primary source document under Research Tools.
September 2, 1945 - Japan signed the terms of surrender in World War II. See primary source document under Research Tools.
September 2 - Australia Flag Day. Play Kids "Whose flag is it?" game.
September 7, 1815 - John McDouall Stuart, explorer of Australia, born in Scotland. See exploration map under Research Tools.
September 7, 1940 - Blitz of London in World War II began.
September 9, 1754 - William Bligh, British sea captain of the Bounty, born.
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September 11, 2001 - Terrorists crashed jetliners into the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon Building near Washington. See more under Research Tools and World Book Explains.
September 13, 1916 - Roald Dahl, famous British writer known as an author of children's books, born.
September 15, 1916 - British Army became the first to use military tanks.
September 23, 1846 - Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet neptune. See more under Research Tools and World Book Classroom.
September 26, 1580 - Sir Francis Drake, English sear captain, returned home after circumnavigating the world. See exploration map under Research Tools.
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More This Month in History ...
Who are these people born in September?
 
Find out by clicking on each image. World Book Student's Biography Centre has more than 10,000 biographies on influential people.
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FEATURE OF THE MONTH —
WORLD WAR II
World War II (1939-1945) was the most destructive war in history. Read more ...
World War II Timelines available with World Book Student, World Book Advanced & Public Libraries Edition.
Insert your own events using the World War II Timeline Classroom Tip Sheet for World Book Student.
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Primary Source Documents
World Book Advanced provides primary sources in the form of documents,
letters, books, speeches, articles, records, interviews, and images.
Great Fire of London - September 2, 1666
Read the English writer Samuel Pepys described the Great Fire vividly in his Diary.
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Japan Surrenders - September 2, 1945
View the document of surrender and details on the actual event.
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Research Guides and Pathfinders
Provides links to related World Book articles, study questions, and additional resources.
Exploration Maps
Award-winning maps.
John McDouall Stuart born September 7, 1815, made several expeditions into the Australian interior and crossed the continent from south to north in 1862. View exploration map.
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Sir Francis Drake - September 26, 1580 returns to Plymouth after crossing the Indian Ocean, sailing around Africa's Cape of Good Hope. View exploration map.
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Offers innovative teaching tools and learning activities to support classroom, library programs and home schoolers. Science Power is featured in this issue.
Science Power
Science Power uses engaging and visually rich multimedia lessons to teach on-level and differentiated lesson content to upper primary and high school age children.
Each lesson has its own home page, which contains easy access to all the components of a lesson: the lesson text itself, extension activity, experiment, quiz, critical thinking questions, and links to further information on the World Book Web and external sites.
View Science Power Lesson > The Solar System
Not a subscriber to Science Power? Request a free preview.
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World Book Discover has hundreds of World Book Explains videos.
Webinars
Webinars are open to World Book Web subscribers and educators interested in learning more about World Book's online products. View Current Webinar Schedule.
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World Book's Quiz for Kids
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