Wonder Science

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. Real or not, Bigfoot and the other phenomena in these books will make a big impression on young listeners! This volume includes Ghost Ships, Ghosts, Haunted Houses, and Stonehenge.

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. Real or not, Bigfoot and the other phenomena in these books will make a big impression on young listeners! This volume includes Alien Abductions, Area 51, Atlantis, and Bigfoot.

This exciting series follows a group of teens to a planet on the other side of the Sun and takes you along for the ride! Book four begins with the conclusion of their encounter with the red slime-shrooms in the alien city of Cappamotia and brings the listener to the skyscraper-tall jungle where the 10 inch, photosynthetic primates known as the Greeple live.

An American teenager meets Adonis on a sailing cruise off the coast of Turkey. A merchant of the Silk Road encounters a dog - and a brother - from another world. An old lady on a distant planet attempts to help her great-grandson grow up in a world that will soon forget women ever existed. A Massachusetts boy refuses to visit fairyland. Another American teenager on vacation encounters three fallen angels and is transformed. Alex Jeffers’s first collection of fantastical stories is a treacherous box of delights.

In Nerdy Babies: Ocean, follow our intrepid infants into the watery depths. Check out animals, plants, and fish that live in the ocean. Plus, learn about the unique ecosystem in this simple text written in question-and-answer format.

In Nerdy Babies: Dinosaurs, follow our intrepid babies into the Mesozoic Era. Experience the different shapes, sizes, and colors of the reptiles that roamed the Earth before us. Plus, learn about how dinosaurs evolved over millions of years until becoming extinct.

How does a butterfly grow? It starts with a mother butterfly laying eggs. Next the eggs hatch. A caterpillar eats and grows. Then it sheds its skin. See what happens step by step in a butterfly's life cycle.

Never in her wildest dreams did nine-year-old Molly believe she could be loved again. Molly’s fed up with the cruel Mr. and Mrs. Furrows, who run the orphanage. She wants out. When a mysterious palace appears outside her bedroom, she thinks, "Now’s my chance." Molly is invited to join the royal family, but there’s a catch. It involves a secret mission and magic tokens.

Four curiously gifted children from different parts of the world come together in a kingdom ruled by a peanut brittle-addicted monarch who wishes to destroy their uniqueness in his quest for absolute power.

The author of the Mutts comic strip and several best-selling children’s books, Patrick McDonnell has been hailed as the next Charles Schulz. In his characteristic heartwarming style, McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee, Jubilee. With anecdotes from Goodall’s autobiography, McDonnell makes this true story accessible for the very young - and young at heart.

Starting off on a simple mission from N.A.S.A., the shuttle they are travelling in passes through a wormhole and lands on a planet quite similar to Earth. However, the team quickly discovers that life on Wonder World is far different from everything they knew on planet Earth. Follow their adventures as they befriend the alien walking sticks and explore this newly discovered planet!

In Nerdy Babies: Space, follow our intrepid infants into the great unknown. Check out the moon and the sun and all the planets in our solar system. Plus, learn about gravity and orbits in this simple text written in question-and-answer format.

Dr Jonathan Reisman - physician, adventure traveller and naturalist - allows listeners to navigate their insides like an explorer discovering a new world. Through his offbeat adventures in healthcare and travel, Reisman discovers new perspectives on the body: a trip to the Alaskan Arctic reveals that fat is not the enemy, but the hero; a stint in the Himalayas uncovers the boundary where the brain ends and the mind begins; and eating a sheep's head in Iceland offers a lesson in empathy.

When 13-year-old orphan Emma sneaks into an abandoned library after hours, she stumbles into an adventure beyond her wildest imagination. The library holds a secret: each book is a portal to a different world, from pirate ships, lost islands, a haunted mansion, dragons, and even enchanted forests.

The most often asked question must be whether there is some form of continuation after our life here on Earth is over. Religions teach that our soul, our spirit, never dies. However, since no one has ever been able to give a clear explanation as to what exactly happens when, or after, our physical body stops functioning, life after death remains a subject of speculation. Many simply do not believe in life after death because there has never been any reliable proof of it or because they think it is scientifically impossible. Many believe in reincarnation which is also based only on speculation.

إميليو سالغاري الكاتب الإيطالي الشهير ذو الرصيد الكبير من الروايات، والذي أدهشنا في روايته التي أصدرها في سنة 1907 "زهرة القيامة ـ عجائب الألفية الثالثة"، تُعَد هذه الرواية العمل الأهم في تاريخِ أدب الخيال العلمي الإيطالي وفقاً لإجماع النقاد. لم يضع سالغاري حدوداً لمخيّلته في هذه الرِواية التي يصبُّ فيها نبوءاته المستقبلية ويطرح تساؤلاته الوجودية، على طريقته، في قالب مشوِّق من الأحداث.

The world is shaped by complexity. In this enlightening book, Nobel Prize winner Giorgio Parisi guides us through his unorthodox yet exhilarating work to show us how. It all starts with investigating the principles of physics by observing the sophisticated flight patterns of starlings. Studying the movements of these birds, he has realized, proves an illuminating way into understanding complex systems of all kinds - collections of everything from atoms to planets to other animals like ourselves.

How does salt go from the sea to flavoring your food? Workers pump seawater into ponds. Salt crystals form as the water dries up. See what happens step by step in the process of making salt.

Cathal Kelly grew up in the '70s and '80s, decades when dressing like Michael Jackson seemed like a good idea and The Beachcombers - "an adventure show about logging" - seemed to make sense. But apart from fashion missteps and baffling TV plot lines, Kelly's youth was a time of wonder, obsession, and discovery. Navigating an often fraught family life, Kelly sought refuge in books, music, movies, games, and at least one backyard hole.

From the food to the rides to the entertainment, fairs are fun for so many reasons! This series will bring listeners to fairs big and small to learn about their histories and all the neat things they have to offer.