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Fantastic Fearsome Beasts collects 44 beasts from mythology and folklore drawn from cultures all around the world, illustrated with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks for each character. Alongside easy-to-follow accounts of each character’s story, there are factfile boxes, locator maps and size comparison guides.
If you know your ABCs, why not try the sharks alphabet? Presents 26 weird and wonderful creatures from the deep.
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Covers a wide variety of species of animals in the world, including mammals that fly, birds that laugh, fish that walk, and insects that consult over nesting options, to identify just a few of the amazing behaviors animals provide.
"Astronomy was the earliest science in which women's participation has been recorded. Enheduanna, the Mezopotanian priestess around 2350 BCE monitored the stars and Hypathia in the fourth century is especially famous. Women astronomers such as Sophia Brahe, Maria Cunitz, Elisabetha Hevelius, Maria Margaretha Kirch, and Caroline Herschel often worked alongside family members, husbands or brothers. The next generations were more independent, of them, Mary Somerville, Maria Mitchell, Williamina Fleming, and Nancy Grace Roman are mentioned. Vera C. Rubin had revolutionary ideas about the black holes whose real significance is recognized today. Jocelyn Bell Burnell helped in the discovery of pulsars for which her professor received the Nobel Prize. France A. Cordova was elevated to various top administrative positions. Finally, the astronomer Andrea M. Ghez received a share of the physics Nobel Prize for her work on black holes"--
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Preincarnation By Thomas Kodat Technology in the 21st century has surpassed the unimaginable in extraordinary proportions. Although in its early stages, facial recognition software has proven to be a valuable tool during criminal investigations. However, advancements in technology will always have consequences. In Thomas Kodat’s suspenseful thriller, Preincarnation, readers will see just what those consequences are through many unexpected twists and turns.
Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World explores the lives of 28 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, including such famous examples as Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, but also lesser known beasts. The book is illustrated throughout with full-colour annotated artworks alongside descriptions of each animal’s habitat, characteristics and diet.
Learn why species go extinct through a close-up view of endangered animals from every corner of the Earth.
This series of books introduces readers to the intricate relationship between a people's clothing and their ideas, traditions, and beliefs. Readers will learn about cultures throughout history through the costumes that they wore.