Wonder Science

Fairies have fluttered through popular fairy tales for many years. Have you ever wondered what fairies look like, where they live, or what kinds of tricks they play? Fly through this book to find out the truth about fairies.

They're flying saucers or glowing balls of light. Some people say they have seen UFOs in the sky. Are the legends true?

How big was the world's biggest cookie? How many dominoes were used in the longest domino wall? Listen to this book to find out!

Fish that look like cartoons. Lizards that squirt blood from their eyes. These are not your ordinary creatures. Get ready to learn about some of the world’s strangest animals.

It spread like a virus, driving each nation into a war that drastically changed our world. An enchanter’s world. As sisters we were destined to be best friends, but our differences divided us and we never could agree on anything. Not us. Not even close. Our realities clashed on every level, driving our intense hatred to penetrate each arena of our lives. Even with our high-status alchemy abilities, aligning in our new magical world became an impossible task. But then those tear-filled eyes displayed the child’s terror, and it broke us wide open.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to naturally hit it off with others? Are you impressed with how they’re able to transform that positive first impression into a relationship that helps them achieve their goals in life or business? Would you like to deepen your relationships with the people who are important to you in your life? If so, Hit It Off: 21 Rules for Mastering the Art and Science of Relationships in Life and Business will be a refreshing and rewarding resource for you.

Do you embrace mystery? Or do you need to see it to believe it? This series will challenge your position as you explore the unexplained.

This entertaining book encourages young listeners to become creative thinkers. People with great ideas, some famous and some not so much, invented the things we use every day. Inventors like Ben Franklin, the Wright Brothers, Heddy Lamar, and Josephine Cochran dreamed the big dreams that led to lightning rods, airplanes, torpedoes, and dishwashers.

The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon is an exciting story of detection involving legends, expert decipherment of ancient texts, and a vivid description of a little-known civilization. Recognized in ancient times as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon and its location still remains a mystery steeped in shadow and puzzling myths. In this remarkable volume Stephanie Dalley, a world expert on ancient Babylonian language, gathers for the first time all the material on this enigmatic World Wonder.

In Wonder Women, author Sam Maggs tells the stories of the brilliant, brainy, and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors. Also features interviews with real-life women in STEM careers, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to women-centric science and technology organizations - all to show the many ways the geeky girls of today can help to build the future.

Have you ever wondered: Why a day has 24 hours? Why is there a hole in the doughnut? Why do we light candles on a birthday cake? Like many people, you’ve probably asked some of these questions when you were younger or maybe recently. Well, you will be pleasantly surprised to discover the interesting and maybe slightly bizarre origins of the strange things we do.

In this exciting true adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon - where rivers boil and legends come to life. When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, that boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, Ruzo - now a geoscientist - hears his aunt mention that she herself had visited this strange river....

Daniel Cook and his sister, Beatrice, are thrilled to be studying dragonology with Dr. Ernest Drake  - they’re even awaiting the hatching of a dragon’s egg in their care! But all is not well: there are rumors of a deadly plague affecting dragons around the world. Could dark dragonologist Alexandra Gorynytchka be behind the mysterious illness?

Discover eye-opening facts about a collection of go-getting women who have pioneered careers in a kaleidoscope of different industries. Prepare yourself for a celebration of women who opened doors and made it possible for more women to achieve amazing things today. List of women featured: Junko Tabei, Sophie Blanchard, Maria Merian, Elizabeth Magie, the London Matchgirls, Rosa May Billinghurst, Katherine Johnson, Annette Kellerman, Katia Krafft, Rosalind Franklin, James Barry, Madam C.J. Walker and Lotte Reiniger.

Cousins Middy and Nathan love magic. The on-stage, cape-swirling, bunny-out-of-a-hat kind. For Middy, it’s all about patience and practice. She uses magic skills to help her out of tricky situations. Nathan is a show-off and a total danger magnet, he is drawn to the sensation, spectacle and audience. So when the famous Blackpool Tower dramatically vanishes the night of the Grand Lights Switch-On, showman Nathan announces live on TV that they will magic it back home.

Alice Montgomery has spent her life hiding from the mercenaries hunting Wonderland royals. Still years away from claiming her birthright through a series of deadly challenges, she follows through on a risky plan to trick them into thinking she's dead. Unfortunately, it works a little too well, and now she's trapped, haunting an old clockmaker's cottage.

Written in the dark days of World War I, join Lord Dunsany as he spreads the dreams that we cannot leave to die. Dunsany was the most influential writer in the genre that came to be known as fantasy, which his stories set trends for that continue to this day.

Kiki the Kitty has been on a traveling expedition far and wide, searching for the most extravagant and eye-opening facts in the whole world. With every new discovery, her hooman side-kick has written them down (cats don't have opposable thumbs, you see). With that was born: Interesting Facts for Kids! A one-of-a-kind learning experience that doesn't feel like school or homework and is just as enjoyable for the adults as it is for the kids.

Join Christian astronomers in exploring the wonders of the cosmos. A century after the Wright brothers first flew, we're living through an exciting era of space travel and discovery. Every day, powerful new telescopes and probes help us discover wonders hidden from the time of creation. Star Struck helps listeners understand these developments and appreciate the majesty of the God who created the cosmos, and sustains it today in ways we are just beginning to comprehend.

This is a Tamil summary of the book 'Cosmos', by Carl Sagan. Based on the hugely popular television series, 'Cosmos' that has ignited the passion of millions who yearned to explore the vast expanse of our universe, and is one of Carl Sagan's most iconic works. Through poetic language, Sagan captures our imagination, helping us understand the enormous scale of the universe, alongside gaining an appreciation for the great thinkers who propelled humanity to the stars.