Young readers are invited to Dr. Frankenstein's freaky lab to help him reconstruct a human body from the skeleton out. This innovative, chunky format offers bold imagery and includes an incredible special effect on the cover. Illustrations.
A spectacular reference for school children and the family, this comprehensive guide to the human body is packed with bold, full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow text. It explains the most difficult anatomical concepts, from skeletal and muscular systems to the digestive and reproductive organs, in age-appropriate language.
Transforming the natural world, this book enables you to see details of the human body hidden from the naked eye. It is one of a series of books which makes objects instantly visible through a special built-in mirror viewer to reveal such intricacies as the scales of a butterfly wing, the "trip-wires" that trigger a fly-trap and the way in which a ...
This new series for older children contain Forewords by experts in their fields, chapter summaries, additional bibliographic information, and much more. In this title, readers learn about life inside the world's many types of fortifications. Full color.
Now in paperback! From blistering bee stings to pus-filled pimples, this eye-popping book takes readers on a virtual tour of all of the grossest, gooiest, and most fascinating events that bodies have to endure. Featuring incredible 3-D graphics that reveal the action and body's response in microscopic detail, "Ouch! "combines kid-friendly gross ...
An illustrated guide to the human body covering anatomy and physiology and including a medical encyclopedia of medical conditions and elements of human biology. The second edition is fully updated.
A full-color, fun, and informative book on the body features easy-to-read narrative text written by a specialist who combines expert knowledge with an entertaining and fresh style. Full-color illustrations.
Full-color, fun, and crammed with facts, DK's Secret Worlds take a fresh look at familiar subjects with brilliant results! Kids age 9 and up can delve into a wide range of subjects from nature to history to science for researching school projects, sating a curious appetite, or just for the love of reading. Tried-and-tested Web sites and a mega ...
More than 200 photographs lavishly presented in an oversized format make Millbrook's Children's Atlases the choice for readers who want to learn about history and the world.
"Toxic Metal Syndrome" exposes the root causes of the wastes that cause debilitating conditions and pollute the environment and explodes the myth that nothing can be done to avoid or treat them.
These new "Golden Photo Guides" are the first in a series of natural history books that introduce readers young and old to fascinating subjects through beautiful photography and simple, engaging text. In "Dinosaurs", readers will explore the bird-like dinos vs. lizard-like dinos debate and examine fossil evidence for social behavior, including the ...
Do you know that the human brain weighs 1.3kg? This guide to the inner workings of the brain contains "weird world" boxes, photographs, close-up views, lots of quirky facts and figures, and a reference section. It provides Website links which give access to the latest information.
Children will uncover fascinating facts about the human body while solving six different mysteries. This book includes six case files plus the tools necessary to help them. Each file is "closed" with an explanation of what the investigator should have discovered. Colorful illustrations and easy-to-follow art and photos make science come.
Microscopic Life explores the tiny worlds that exist around us and even within us! Examine how some organisms help us fight diseases and others help to produce food. But bacteria can also be harmful, causing tooth decay, food poisoning, and many deadly epidemics. Students will be amazed at the vast range of microscopic life and at the close ...
Readers can discover the world of dinosaurs with 3-D pictures that allow them to spy on fierce, meat-eating dinosaurs or their plant-eating cousins. Illustrations.
The "Exploring History" series is a set of thematically structured books on the history of the world. This approach to history provides an overview of the people, places, events and inventions that have shaped the last 40,000 years. The "Story of Medicine" takes an informative look at the major trends in the history of medicine, starting with the ...
Like other creatures, humans are biological machines. "The Human Machine" is a user's manual covering all aspects of the human body's activities. Every page is filled with helpful color illustrations, engaging text, and sidebar boxes that offer clear explanations of what the human body does and exactly how it does it.
The New Managerialism and Public Service Professionals is a fresh and insightful analysis of the changes that have taken place in the UK public sector over the past twenty years. Unlike many other recent accounts it is not assumed that these policy goals were always implemented or that new approaches to the management of services are necessarily ...
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