How do snow crystals form? What shapes can they take? Why do star-shaped snow crystals usually have six arms? Are no two snow crystals alike? These questions and more are answered inside this exploration of the science of snow, featuring photos of real snow crystals in all their beautiful diversity. Perfect for reading on winter days, this book by a nature photographer and a sn...(展开全部)

Stella and her little brother, Sam, discover the wonders of winter together. Playing in the snow, they explore the white-draped forest, pelt each other with snowballs, and make snow angels. Evocative watercolors bring alive the magic of a winter day, as Sam asks a million questions and Stella patiently answers them in a big sister kind of way.

Stella and her little brother, Sam, discover the wonders of winter together. Playing in the snow, they explore the white-draped forest, pelt each other with snowballs, and make snow angels. Evocative watercolors bring alive the magic of a winter day, as Sam asks a million questions and Stella patiently answers them in a big sister kind of way.

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 mill...(展开全部)

Describes animal and human spirits central to the Arctic people from Alaska to Siberia, and retells their stories relating to the creation of the earth.

From Publishers Weekly Just in time for the new millennium comes this enormous, amply illustrated compilation of 23 essays on aspects of time from experts in various disciplines, among them history and historiography, music, geology, literary criticism, anthropology, religion and the history of engineering. The venerated art historian E.H. Gombrich contributes a compact "Histor...(展开全部)

克里斯滕•利平科特，格林威治皇家天文台台长，著有《天文学》等书。 翁贝托•艾柯，意大利小说家、哲学家、符号学家、美学家，博洛尼亚大学教授，著有《玫瑰的名字》《美的历史》等书。 贡布里希爵士，著名艺术史学者，著有《艺术的故事》等书。 其他作者有约翰•诺思教授（格罗宁根大学）、西尔克•阿克曼博士（大英博物馆）、安东尼•埃维尼教授（科尔盖特大学）、戴维•金教授（歌德大学科学史研究所）、迈克尔•洛伊教授（剑桥大学克莱尔学院）、乔伊•亨德利教授（牛津布鲁克斯大学）、约翰•麦克唐纳博士（努纳武特研究中心）、埃利•德克尔博士（乌特勒支大学）、乔纳森•贝茨（格林威治皇家天文台）、伊万•卡斯克尔博士（哈佛大学福格艺术博物馆）、洛恩•坎贝尔博士（英国国家美术馆）、约翰•豪斯教授（伦敦大学考陶尔德艺术学院）、马西娅•波因顿教授（曼彻斯特大学）、唐•埃兹教授（埃塞克斯大学）...(展开全部)

A sparkling anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, about the men and women who created turning points in history. Rebecca Fraser's dramatic portrayal of the scientists, statesmen, explorers, soldiers, traders, and artists who forged Britain's national institutions is the perfect introduction to British history.Just as much as kings and queens, battles and empire, Britain's...(展开全部)

Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Mesmer, William James, Pavlov, Freud, Piaget, Erikson, and Skinner. Each of these thinkers recognized that human beings could examine, comprehend, and eventually guide or influence their own thought processes, emotions, and resulting behavior. The lives and accomplishments of these pillars of psychology, expertly assembled by Morton Hunt, ar...(展开全部)