Knowledge comes in all shapes and sizes, and This Book Made Me Do It celebrates it in all its vastness and variety. The reader will learn not only how to make a barometer, but why barometers matter, and how to use them to forecast weather. Readers will be provided with clear step-by-step instructions on everything from hacking their gadgets and toys, to making clouds in bottles, and creating music from the most surprising of everyday objects. There is something here for the hobbyist, the amateur, or just the fantastically curious. Because of the range of activities in this book, it will appeal not only to children but to the whole family.
The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3-up! This handy, easy-to-use guide is divided into 7 color-coded sections which include: basics, history, geography, people, places, nature, and more. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight!
The perfect reference guide for students in grades 3-up! This handy, easy-to-use guide is divided into 7 color-coded sections which include: basics, history, geography, people, places, nature, and more. Riddles, recipes, and surprising facts make this guide a delight!
Byzantium - The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism--gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium--long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium--what it was, and what special significance it holds for us today.
Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they’re off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn’t in their comfortable, cluttered valley home. As they discover their new home, the family also discover surprising, and wonderfully funny, new things about themselves.
