Waters of the World: The Story of the Scientists Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Our Oceans, Atmosphere, and Ice Sheets and Made the Planet (Dry Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

Waters of the World: The Story of the Scientists Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Our Oceans, Atmosphere, and Ice Sheets and Made the Planet (Dry Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

The compelling and adventurous stories of seven pioneering scientists who were at the forefront of what we now call climate science. From the glaciers of the Alps to the towering cumulonimbus clouds of the Caribbean and the unexpectedly chaotic flows of the North Atlantic, Waters of the World is a

Tunas and Billfishes of the World (Collette Bruce)(Pevná vazba)

Tunas and billfishes are peak predators of the oceans. Admired by scientists and naturalists for their speed, grace, unique physiology, and diversity, they are important both ecologically and socioeconomically. Vital sources of food and income for many maritime nations, whose fleets of vessels

Cloth That Changed the World: The Art and Fashion of Indian Chintz (Fee Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

The story of India's exuberantly colored textiles that made their mark on design, technology, and trade around the world Chintz, a type of multicolored printed or painted cotton cloth, originated in India yet exerted influence far beyond its home shores: it became a driving force of the spice

Dog Days of History: The Incredible Story of Our Best Friends (Albee Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

Kids will be swept across world history as they learn the hilarious, fascinating, and complete story of man's best friend, from the first domesticated dogs, to the massive mastiffs that came over with Christopher Columbus on his voyage to the New World, to the pampered pooches of kings and queens,

Blue Planet II: A New World of Hidden Depths (Honeyborne James)(Pevná vazba)

Take a deep breath and dive into the mysteries of the ocean. Our understanding of ocean life has changed dramatically in the last decade, with new species, new behaviours, and new habitats being discovered at a rapid rate. Blue Planet II, which accompanies an epic 7-part series on BBC1, is a

The Life Scientific: Explorers (Buckley Anna)(Paperback)

Inside the lives of the scientists who are exploring the world, our universe, the past and ourselves.Based on the interviews broadcast on BBC Radio 4's hugely popular series, The Life Scientific: Explorers takes science out of its box and introduces us to the men and women who make it happen. The

The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram (Blass Thomas)(Paperback)

Stanley Milgram was one of the most innovative scientists of our time. Creator of the famous Obedience Experiments carried out at Yale in the early 1960s, and originator of the 'six degrees of separation' theory, Milgram continues to be an intriguing figure in psychology and beyond. This is a

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days - The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler (Donner Rebecca)(Pevná vazba)

The thrilling and previously unknown story of the woman who led one of the largest anti-Nazi resistance groups in Germany, now a New York Times

12 Seconds of Silence: How a Team of Inventors, Tinkerers, and Spies Took Down a Nazi Superweapon (Holmes Jamie)(Pevná vazba)

The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II--and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war 12 Seconds of Silence is the remarkable, lost story of how a ragtag group of American scientists overcame one of the

Ocean Worlds: The Story of Seas on Earth and Other Planets (Zalasiewicz Jan)(Paperback)

Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the Earth system, in regulating

Into the Deep: An Exploration of Our Oceans (Dreyer Wolfgang)(Pevná vazba)

Immerse yourself in a strange and beautiful world as you journey from the beach to the depths of the ocean floor. Beneath the surface of the ocean lies a mysterious and astounding world that few people ever get to see. This book merges breathtaking art with the latest scientific research to take

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Holt Nathalia)(Pevná vazba)

'Richly detailed...Shines a welcome light on Disney's true heroines.'---Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden FiguresFrom the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have

Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History (Ellison Joy)(Pevná vazba)

Oceans Explored: Oceans at Work (Martin Claudia)(Pevná vazba)

Investigate the oceans of the world and how we interact with

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Holt Nathalia)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, 'richly detailed' story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures). From Snow White to Moana, from

Masterpieces of the Earth: From Fire to Ice, the Creation of Our World (Bright Michael)(Pevná vazba)

From searingly hot deserts to lands of fire and ice, this book is a vivid journey through the natural wonders of the seven continents. With page after page of spectacular photographs, this book pays homage to the powerful forces that shape our planet--fire, ice, water, and wind--revealing a world

Belonging and Betrayal: How Jews Made the Art World Modern (Dellheim Charles)(Pevná vazba)

The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become a cause c l bre. In Belonging and Betrayal, Charles Dellheim turns this story on its head by revealing how certain Jewish outsiders came to

Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel (Ross Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The Story of Palestine's Stonemasons and the Building of Israel 'They demolish our houses while we build theirs.' This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian 'stone men,' utilizing some of the best quality

Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the Cosmos (Moskvitch Katia)(Pevná vazba)

The astonishing science of neutron stars and the stories of the scientists who study them.Neutron stars are as bewildering as they are elusive. The remnants of exploded stellar giants, they are tiny, merely twenty kilometers across, and incredibly dense. One teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh

Jamestown Brides - The Bartered Wives of the New World (Potter Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

The extraordinary story of the British women who made the perilous journey to Jamestown, Virginia, to become wives for tobacco planters in the New

Violet and Daisy: The Story of Vaudeville's Famous Conjoined Twins (Miller Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets and The Borden Murders comes the absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. On February 5, 1908, Kate Skinner, a

Call of the Blue (Hamilton Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Watching and recording the gradual dismantling of life, beauty, and diversity in our oceans is a torturous experience for scientists. Our oceans function as earth's organs and our survival depends on their health. Yet in the last fifty years half of coral reefs have disappeared, only 10% of large

Architects of Death - The Family Who Engineered the Holocaust (Bartlett Karen)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the men who engineered and built the crematoria and gas chambers at the Nazi concentration camps during the second world war. Writer Karen Bartlett brilliantly assembles the evidence to explain how an ordinary German family firm enabled the Nazis to create the conditions for the horror

Usborne Book of the Moon (Cowan Laura)(Pevná vazba)

Welcome to the story of our Moon - a story of Moon dust and Moon rabbits, cheese and astronauts, deep thoughts and bold plans. Read, dream and wonder as you discover ancient legends about the Moon's creation, meet the very first astronomers and learn about the Space Race. Published to celebrate the