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Build It!: An Activity Book on Architecture by Brian Elling
21.00 NZD
Category: Design & Architecture | Series: Smithsonian
Build up, down, and even sideways! From the first huts built of mud or animal skins to the world's tallest skyscrapers, this fun, fact-filled Smithsonian activity book looks at how people have constructed homes, temples, castles, public arenas, and all kinds of other buildings. Includes a colorful stick ...Show more
Cats (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
18.00 NZD
Category: Animals | Series: Smithsonian
Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to produce this delightful book about cats. A wonderful photographic introduction. Updated edition.
Coral Reefs (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
13.00 NZD
Category: Sealife | Series: Smithsonian
Seymour Simon knows how to explain science to kids and make it fun. He was a teacher for more than twenty years, has written more than 250 books, and has won multiple awards. In Coral Reefs, Simon introduces elementary-school readers to the oceans' reefs through wonderful descriptions and stunning full- ...Show more
Cosmic Catastrophes: Seven Ways to Destroy a Planet Like Earth by David Aguilar
35.00 NZD
Category: Astronomy | Series: Smithsonian
In the vast realm of outer space, accidents happen all the time. Things bump into each other. Stars blow up. Space rocks smash into planets. Black holes gobble up everything in their path. The sun is burning out. A comet swarm is bearing down. Any of this could change or even "eliminate" life on a plane ...Show more
Global Warming (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
13.00 NZD
Category: Earth Science | Series: Smithsonian
Earth's climate has always varied, but it is now changing more rapidly than at any other time in recent centuries. The climate is very complex, and many factors play important roles in determining how it changes. Why is the climate changing? Could Earth be getting warmer by itself? Are people doing thin ...Show more
Our Future in Space - Imagining Moon Bases, Missions to Mars, and More by Ben Hubbard; Emily A. Margolis (As told to); Matthew Shindell (As told to)
19.99 NZD
Category: Science | Series: Smithsonian Editions Ser.
3 … 2 … 1 … blast off! Explore the surface of Mars with a robotic helper. Drive a rover around a moon base. Experience microgravity as a space tourist. These activities aren't just the stuff of science fiction. They're being planned! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, the fascina ...Show more
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