Presents reasons why one should conserve water, as well as hints for practical ways to cut down on water usage.[...]
A girl asks her mother copious questions in this tale that encourages readersto follow their dreams.
Eight titles in the popular "First Reading" series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making this book and CD easy to store together. "The Young Reading" series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to he[...]
Tatu jättää talonsa ja matkustaa avaruuteen saakka.Ensin tutustutaan raketin toimintaan, ja sitten eri planeettoihin ja niiden rakenteeseen. Muistelemme yhdessä Tatun kanssa astronauttien kuumatkaa ja säälimme Plutoa, joka menetti planeetan arvonsa. Aurinko vasta ihmeellinen kapistus onkin! Lu[...]
Tutustumme Tatun kanssa ihmiskehoon, joka on täynnä ihmeitä. Tiesitkö, että elimistösi valmistaa kaksi miljoonaa uutta punasolua joka sekunti? Ja jos verisuonesi voisi levittää yhdeksi pitkäksi nauhaksi, ne yltäisivät kolme kertaa maapallon ympäri. Mutta älä kokeile tätä kotona. Saat[...]
This is a fascinating and long overdue study of the troops that made up Germany's elite special forces of World War II. Such forces included the legendary Skorzeny Commandos who carried out audacious tasks such as the glider-borne rescue of Mussolini, and the kidnapping of the son of the Hungarian r[...]
'This is a timely book, given the increasing emphasis on user participation in both research and health and social service provision, that can be read in conjunction with a more general book on research...' - David Hicks, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. User participation in research is still [...]
Co-written by a former AIA national president and the chair of architecture at UC-Berkeley, this book is a collection of key case studies of evidence-based design applied to architectural design primarily for healthcare and office buildings. Research in issues such as lighting, acoustics, and color [...]
Originating in the African-American communities of the Deep South in the late nineteenth century, the blues gave birth to jazz, R&B, rock, punk, and country. From the impassioned slide guitar of the Mississippi Delta, to the electric sounds of Chicago's street corners, to the improvised jams of blue[...]