Author: Stephen Webster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753452714
Category : Evolution (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Examines the evolution of life on Earth, from the first primitive organisms to modern humans, and attempts to look into the future.
The Kingfisher Book of Evolution
Author: Stephen Webster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753452714
Category : Evolution (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Examines the evolution of life on Earth, from the first primitive organisms to modern humans, and attempts to look into the future.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753452714
Category : Evolution (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Examines the evolution of life on Earth, from the first primitive organisms to modern humans, and attempts to look into the future.
Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Life
Author: Graham L Banes
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0753468913
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
"Minutes, months, millennia - how long is a life on earth?"
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0753468913
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
"Minutes, months, millennia - how long is a life on earth?"
Human Body
Author: DK
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241197333
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Get set to explore your own body from the inside out! This fascinating guide covers everything from the top of your nose to the tips of your toes. Travel through the amazing human body to learn about the brain centre, muscle power, bony frame, pumping heart, and senses hard at work interpreting and understanding our world. Processes you take for granted, including breathing and eating, are shown using detailed illustrations and photography, and explained alongside incredible facts and figures. As you look through the body, you'll also learn about the history of our fascination with how the human body works. This is a fun and interactive guide with lots of infographics, statistics, facts, and timelines. A giant fold-out wall chart is crammed full of body bits and pieces to serve as a useful reference tool on your bedroom or classroom wall. Whether you're looking for a body book for homework help, school projects, or just for fun, with Human Body you'll never look at yourself in the same way again!
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 0241197333
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Get set to explore your own body from the inside out! This fascinating guide covers everything from the top of your nose to the tips of your toes. Travel through the amazing human body to learn about the brain centre, muscle power, bony frame, pumping heart, and senses hard at work interpreting and understanding our world. Processes you take for granted, including breathing and eating, are shown using detailed illustrations and photography, and explained alongside incredible facts and figures. As you look through the body, you'll also learn about the history of our fascination with how the human body works. This is a fun and interactive guide with lots of infographics, statistics, facts, and timelines. A giant fold-out wall chart is crammed full of body bits and pieces to serve as a useful reference tool on your bedroom or classroom wall. Whether you're looking for a body book for homework help, school projects, or just for fun, with Human Body you'll never look at yourself in the same way again!
The Kingfisher Book of the Ancient World
Author: Hazel Mary Martell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780753453971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Richly illustrated with maps and reconstruction of everyday life, this resource book explores the geography, culture and history of the ancient world. Full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780753453971
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Richly illustrated with maps and reconstruction of everyday life, this resource book explores the geography, culture and history of the ancient world. Full-color illustrations.
Our Family Tree
Author: Lisa Westberg Peters
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152017729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Relates the evolution of the family of mankind, from single cells in the sea to human beings with "big brains that wonder who we are."
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152017729
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Relates the evolution of the family of mankind, from single cells in the sea to human beings with "big brains that wonder who we are."
Billions of Years, Amazing Changes
Author: Laurence Pringle
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590787234
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This highly engaging exploration of the concept of evolution lays out the history of life on earth—what we know and how we know it. Ever since Charles Darwin revealed his landmark ideas about evolution in 1859, new findings have confirmed, expanded, and refined his concepts. This ALSC Notable children's book brings together the pillars of evidence that support our understanding of evolution. In addition to stunning illustrations, more than fifty photographs capture natural marvels, including awe-inspiring fossils, life forms, and geological wonders. The result is a full and clear account of the monumental evidence supporting the modern view of evolution.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590787234
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This highly engaging exploration of the concept of evolution lays out the history of life on earth—what we know and how we know it. Ever since Charles Darwin revealed his landmark ideas about evolution in 1859, new findings have confirmed, expanded, and refined his concepts. This ALSC Notable children's book brings together the pillars of evidence that support our understanding of evolution. In addition to stunning illustrations, more than fifty photographs capture natural marvels, including awe-inspiring fossils, life forms, and geological wonders. The result is a full and clear account of the monumental evidence supporting the modern view of evolution.
The Hollow Places
Author: T. Kingfisher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534451145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones. Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them, the stronger they become. With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534451145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and terror in this gripping new novel from the author of the “innovative, unexpected, and absolutely chilling” (Mira Grant, Nebula Award–winning author) The Twisted Ones. Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring this peculiar area—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more one fears them, the stronger they become. With her distinctive “delightfully fresh and subversive” (SF Bluestocking) prose and the strange, sinister wonder found in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, The Hollow Places is another compelling and white-knuckled horror novel that you won’t be able to put down.
Genes and DNA
Author: Richard Walker
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753408452
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
KFK Genes & DNA explores the ever-unfolding secrets of this exciting science. From the basics of genes and their function as the code for life, through variation in families and inheritance, to the wide-ranging applications of DNA technology, find out how genes and DNA work. Investigate forensics, gene therapy, cloning and genetic engineering, and enjoy a fascinating insight into the biology of the world around us. Stunning photographs and thought-provoking digital artwork capture the essence of the topic, while compelling text guides the reader through a wealth of information. Each chapter encourages the reader to discover more through links to websites, books and places to visit, and also suggests possible career opportunities.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753408452
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
KFK Genes & DNA explores the ever-unfolding secrets of this exciting science. From the basics of genes and their function as the code for life, through variation in families and inheritance, to the wide-ranging applications of DNA technology, find out how genes and DNA work. Investigate forensics, gene therapy, cloning and genetic engineering, and enjoy a fascinating insight into the biology of the world around us. Stunning photographs and thought-provoking digital artwork capture the essence of the topic, while compelling text guides the reader through a wealth of information. Each chapter encourages the reader to discover more through links to websites, books and places to visit, and also suggests possible career opportunities.
A Place in the Sun
Author: John Schaeffer
Publisher: Green Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Real Goods Solar Living Center, which opened in Hopland, California, in June 1996, embodies the building materials, landscaping techniques, renewable energy technologies, and human design processes that future generations will take for granted. Its massive earth-covered walls built of straw bales, whimsical "living structures," an automobile graveyard where trees "drive-through" cars (for a change), and the nation's largest solar calendar, have already surprised and delighted many thousands of visitors.
Publisher: Green Books
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Real Goods Solar Living Center, which opened in Hopland, California, in June 1996, embodies the building materials, landscaping techniques, renewable energy technologies, and human design processes that future generations will take for granted. Its massive earth-covered walls built of straw bales, whimsical "living structures," an automobile graveyard where trees "drive-through" cars (for a change), and the nation's largest solar calendar, have already surprised and delighted many thousands of visitors.
Microscopic Life
Author: Richard Walker
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753410646
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Explore a fascinating miniature world you never knew existed! This title explores the lives of the tiny creatures that live around you, in you and even on you! Ages 9+.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780753410646
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Explore a fascinating miniature world you never knew existed! This title explores the lives of the tiny creatures that live around you, in you and even on you! Ages 9+.