A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Presented in comic book format.
Thunderhead is the engrossing story of Ken's hopes for the mighty Thunderhead and their mountain adventure. It aims to captivate boys and girls alike.
A Buddhist activist who worked to expose human rights abuses by the Chinese government on Tibetan citizens describes his meditation studies, courier work exchanging messages between his teacher and the Dalai Lama, and the loss of faith that is being induced by Tibet's occupiers
An introduction to sexual and asexual reproduction, with terms and definitions, human development, life cycles, aging and diseases, as well as questions and answers.
Complex facts about the human body are reinterpreted as stylish infographics, which astonish, amuse and inform by turn.
Are our personalities inherited or made? What can DNA reveal about human history? How significant was the creation of Dolly the sheep? And will we soon be designing babies to order? Mark Henderson, science editor of 'The times', distills the central concepts of this newest of sciences in a series of 50 lucid and engaging short essays. Beginning with Darwin's theory of evolution and concluding w…
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
A portrait of the dark side of humanity. Covering the worst of the worst offences in recent human history, including genocide and segregation, terrorism and war, human trafficking and child exploitation. ... Starting at World War II and moving toward the present day
Presents strategies for maintaining a healthy home while engaging in environmentally responsible practices, outlining a lifestyle program based on scientific principles that explains how to understand the connection between individual habits and planet health.
Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with these year round course companions; providing clear and concise explanations of all syllabus requirements and topics, and practice questions to support and strengthen learning.
Uncovers the structures and systems of the human body, layer by layer, as each page is turned.
Charlie Ashanti - lion-rescuer, shipwreck survivor, circus veteran, son of asthma cure-inventing scientists, and Catspeaker - is safe. Or is he? Reunited with his parents in Morocco, Charlie thinks that his old enemy, Maccomo the liontamer, is being held captive. But all is not as it seems.
A dog decides that when he dies and returns to earth as a man, he will model his behavior after his beloved owner, a race car driver.