Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race

The eagerly awaited new book from the Emmy-winning, Oscar-hosting, Daily Show-anchoring Jon Stewart--the man behind the megaseller America (The Book). Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a mas…

Help Your Kids with Science

Following the success of Help Your Kids with Math, Help Your Kids with Science is a comprehensive and stress-free approach to science. With clear graphics, instantly understandable diagrams, and welcoming, jargon-free text — covering all the important areas of biology, chemistry and physics — Help Your Kids with Science is a great resource for children and adults to learn even the most comp…

Jolly Roger and the Turtles

PM Stars Level 11

Fergus Crane

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9780385607193

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823.914 STE f

Jolly Roger and the Clever Green Parrot

PM Stars Level 14

Jolly Roger and the Clever Green Parrot

PM Level 14

Deadliest Animals

Did you know that a tiny golf ball-sized creature called the blue-ringed octopus contains enough venom to kill 26 adult humans? Or why the Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most dangerous creatures in the world?

Dolphins

Everyone loves the smile on a dolphin’s face. Though smart enough to become theme park tricksters, dolphins are first and foremost wild mammals

Why Beauty Is Truth : A History of Symmetry

At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth, world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study. Stewart introduces us to such characters as the Renaissance Italian genius, rogue, scholar, and gambler Girolamo Cardano, who stole the …

The Story of Scotland Paperback

This title gives the story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie, and many more famous Scots up to the present day. Each page is packed with colorful pictures and witty captions and speech bubbles, and a pithy text gives the facts and tell…