This fully illustrated reference guide covers everything the budding fossil enthusiast needs to know in order to get started: professional tips range from locating, digging and cleaning, to identifying, and storing and displaying a collection. Over 60 specimens are named, described, dated, and accompanied by annotated photographs. The visual directory is divided into three groups: plants, invertebrate animals and vertebrate animals. Each profile contains a fact-box featuring name, size, habitat, time span and main discovery sites.

Text and illustrations present information on the parts of the body and how they work.

Describes all different types of animals, from invertebrate sponges to lizards, fish, birds, and mammals, and explains what makes each category of animals different from the others.

Presents one hundred details about energy conservation and environmental protection around the world, including air pollution, recycling, wildlife conservation, and deforestation.

The definitive guide to the great apes and how they compare with us, their closest living relatives.

Gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans are only a hair's breadth away from us in evolutionary terms; our DNA differs by just a few percent. These fascinating creatures hold up a mirror to humanity, giving us insights into our past, our present and perhaps even our future.

Planet Ape reveals the great apes in unprecedented detail: where they live, how they live and the challenges they face. Using innovative artworks, photographs and text, the book makes key comparisons between apes and human beings, including:

• Anatomy
• Diet
• Social life
• Courtship and breeding
• Physical and mental development
• Communication.

From peace-loving bonobos to warring chimpanzee communities and from highly sociable gorillas to solitary orangutans, Planet Ape is the first book to do justice to the diversity and complexity of the ape world and what it tells us about our own.

Unimaginable habitat loss, war, hunting and disease all threaten to wipe the great apes from the wild. Planet Ape seizes the moment, examining attempts to safeguard these species, including reserves, captive breeding and reintroduction.

A proportion of the royalties will be donated to charities working to conserve apes, so buying this book makes an immediate, practical contribution.

A spectacular and authoritative survey of our nearest non-human relatives, full of insight about them - and about ourselves. -- David Attenborough

Featuring irresistible bold, bright artwork, this amazing medical journey follows all the systems of a healthy human body and adds interactive elements that connect the function of internal organs to everyday activities. Divided into sections that cover bones, hearts, lungs, muscles, nerves, reproduction, senses, and skin, this reference teaches young readers how the body responds to stimulus from the external world, how digestion and breathing are regulated, and the remarkable ways the body moves through space and exerts strength. Elaborate diagrams that demonstrate the inner workings of the body's systems round out this engaging educational handbook.

Covers a wide selection of machines used on the race track, from rally cars to monster trucks, outlining how they work and and the races they are used for.

Covers a wide selection of machines used on the road, from motorcycles to snow plows, outlining how they work and what they are used for.

Covers a wide selection of machines that fly, from airliners to hot air balloons, outlining how they work and their uses.

Tells the story of the life and work of the Danish physicist in comic book format.

Il corpo umano: niente di più meraviglioso, 'tecnologico' e avveniristico! Vuoi conoscere questa incredibile macchina, che a tutt'oggi tiene in scacco la scienza? Un viaggio interessantissimo dalla pancia della mamma al funzionamento degli organi e alla robustezza delle ossa, dalla potenza dei muscoli agli enigmi del cervello... Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

'Gatti & gattini' ti invita a conoscere tante curiosità affascinanti sull'enigmatico mondo dei gatti e su tutto ciò che dovrai sapere per fare del tuo piccolo batuffolo di casa un compagno di giochi allegro e straordinario! Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

Explains the basics of sound creation and projection, including how ears function, and describes the science behind loud sounds including volcanic eruptions, sonic booms, and drag races.

Discusses the Earth's depleting water supply, the problems associated with pollution and global warming, and what can be done to protect this vital resource for the future.

Il corpo umano: niente di più meraviglioso, 'tecnologico' e avveniristico. Vuoi conoscere questa incredibile macchina, che a tutt'oggi tiene in scacco la scienza? Un viaggio interessantissimo dalla pancia della mamma al funzionamento degli organi e alla robustezza delle ossa, dalla potenza dei muscoli agli enigmi del cervello... Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

'Gatti & gattini' ti invita a conoscere tante curiosità affascinanti sull'enigmatico mondo dei gatti e su tutto ciò che dovrai sapere per fare del tuo piccolo batuffolo di casa un compagno di giochi allegro e straordinario. Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

Steiner is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician at Tufts Medical Center, Boston; born in England, she grew up multilingual in Switzerland, and is currently raising her own two children to be multilingual. Drawing on her own experiences and the information she has gathered from professionals and research studies, she offers interested parents a practical, seven-step guide to raising a bilingual child. Coverage includes building the foundation for your child's bilingualism, defining your bilingual goals for your child, becoming a bilingual planner and coach, creating an action plan, dealing with likely obstacles, the benefits of including reading and writing skills as part of your child's bilingual goals, bilingual opportunities in the public school system, and handling special situations that can affect bilingual academic progress. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Looks at the different parts of the human body and how they work.

You have just got to love a colorful, large-format encyclopedia on sharks, and this is one of the best.
--American Reference Books Annual

An up-to-date encyclopedia of the world's most ancient predators.

The Encyclopedia of Sharks is a richly illustrated and fact-filled reference on all the world's species of sharks. The author debunks the fearful myths and fierce legends, providing straightforward facts and the latest research on sharks. More than 200 striking photographs show sharks in their natural habitats. Detailed drawings illustrate the anatomical features unique to sharks, such as their fearsome but short-lived teeth.

The book includes authoritative and updated information on:

• Evolution and design of the shark
• Classifications and orders
• Understanding the shark
• The life of the shark -- how it feeds, breeds and migrates
• Shark 'supersense' -- how it survives in the aquatic environment
• The need for protection and conservation -- how sharks are now endangered by over fishing and 'finning.'

Also included is a 50-page comprehensive, all-color section featuring and explaining the world's most important breeds.

Through its lively text, spectacular photography, and charts, maps and illustrations, The Encyclopedia of Sharks will encourage an understanding of these complex creatures.

La Scienza è uno straordinario spaccato del mondo della scoperta scientifica: imparerai tutto quello che c'è da sapere su macchine avveniristiche, sulla chimica ma anche sulla scienza del futuro! Cento fatti e notizie accuratamente disegnate e spiegate ai giovani lettori. Con giochi, quiz e attività utilissime per le ricerche a scuola... per imparare divertendosi. Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

'I Dinosauri' è uno spaccato del mondo incredibile di questi giganti del passato: scoprirai tutto quello che c'è da sapere su di loro, dalla loro comparsa sulla Terra fino alla loro misteriosa estinzione... 100 fatti e notizie accuratamente disegnate e spiegate ai giovani lettori. Con giochi, quiz e attività utilissime per le ricerche a scuola... per imparare divertendosi! Età di lettura: da 7 anni.

'La Scienza' è uno spaccato del mondo della scoperta scientifica: imparerai tutto quello che c'è da sapere su macchine avveniristiche, sulla chimica ma anche sulla scienza del futuro! Cento fatti e notizie accuratamente disegnate e spiegate ai giovani lettori. Con giochi, quiz e attività utili per le ricerche a scuola. Per imparare divertendosi. Età di lettura: da 6 anni.

Describes the characteristics, capabilities, and uses of the HMMWV Humvee, including scouting around the battlefield and carrying troops, arms, ammunition, and supplies.