The Power of habit: why we do what we do in life and business

In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporterCharles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents …

Science Superstars: 30 Brilliant Women Who Changed the World

Brilliant women scientists are not new, but they haven’t always gotten credit for being so stellar. In Jennifer Calvert and Octavia Jackson's Science Superstars, you’ll be introduced to 30 remarkable women whose passion and dedication to all things science led to groundbreaking discoveries, vital medicine, essential technology, and cutting-edge inventions that changed the world. If you use …

Book of flight: 10 records breaking animal with wings

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780714878683

Collation

48 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

591 BAL b

Let's Explore! How Things Work: See Inside Vehicles, Instruments, Gadgets, an…

Have you ever wondered how a pilot streers a helicopter, what makes a clock tick, or how a piano plays a tune?

My Light

Key Features Description Often taken for granted, the sun gives us more than its light. Here, acclaimed author and illustrator Molly Bang presents a celebration of the wonder and power of the sun and its radiance. With dazzling paintings and a simple poetic text, My Light follows the paths of the sun's rays, showing the many ways in which we obtain energy from its light. The sun explains the di…

Winnie the Pooh's Thinking Spot 6 : Is My Shirt Getting Smaller?

Each story incorporates simple scientific facts while examining how young children learn through listening, questioning, observing, comparing, and experimenting. And every story ends with a hands-on activity for parents and children to do together.

Earth and the living world

Find out why a chameleon changes color and how lava is. Discover fun facts about the earth, and much more! DK Findout! Earth and the living world is a stunning book filled with big ideas.

What I wish people knew about Dementia

What can a diseased brain tell us about being human, living our own lives better and helping those with dementia get the best from theirs? When Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset dementia at the age of fifty-eight, her brain was overwhelmed with images of the last stages of the disease -- those familiar tropes, shortcuts and clichés that we are fed by the media, or even our own h…

Natural Wonders

Journey to nature's own masterpieces! Earth highest peak, an immense canyon, and colorful lights that fill the sky - travel around the world with eye-opening scenes that leap off the pages of this pop-up guide. Find out more about these and other marvels in this fantastic 3-d look at our planet's natural wonders.

Women in science: Ada Lovelace

Ada lovelace's briliant talent for mathematics and huge imagination helped to pave the way for the invention of the computer software software that powers the world around us. Every time you use a smartphone, you can only do so because of the pioneering work by ada Lovelace. This book tells ada;s story.