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  • Destination Moon
    Destination Moon

    In this exciting account of the famous 1969 Moon landing, Seymour Simon tells the story of the Space Race between the US and the Soviet Union.

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    GUTS: Revised Edition
    GUTS: Revised Edition

    Do you have the guts to read about your own insides?

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    How to Talk to Your Computer
    How to Talk to Your Computer

    Have you ever wondered how to get a computer to do something? First you need to speak in a way it can understand!

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    Elephants
    Elephants

    From their ancient relatives, woolly mammoths and mastodons, to their amazingly versatile trunks and strong ivory tusks, elephants are some of the most fascinating animals on Earth. 

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  • Sea Creatures
    Sea Creatures

    Ranging from tiny single-celled creatures to the larger-than-life whales, the ocean is filled with life. Dive into the wonderful world under the sea!

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    Exoplanets
    Exoplanets

    There are thousands of exoplanets scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy, and scientists are on a constant quest to find one just like Earth.

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    Horses: Revised Edition
    Horses: Revised Edition

    A horse runs so fast that its feet don’t always touch the ground.

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    Icebergs & Glaciers
    Icebergs & Glaciers

    An in-depth look at how icebergs and glaciers have shaped our rivers, mountains, and earth, as well as the effect climate change is having on them and our planet.

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  • Rocks & Minerals
    Rocks & Minerals

    No matter where you walk, you can find rocks and minerals. They give us clues to what happened millions and millions of years ago in Earth’s history.

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    Water
    Water

    Learn all about the water cycle, the effect on our planet of rising ocean temperatures, how essential clean water is around the world, and more!

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    Insects
    Insects

    Insects have been around for a very long time; they even existed at the same time as the dinosaurs! Did you know that all bugs are insects, but not all insects are bugs?

     

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    Coral Reefs
    Coral Reefs

    Hiding on the floor of Earth’s tropical oceans are magnificent and colorful coral reefs. (Hardcover, paperback and eBook now available!)

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  • The Sun
    The Sun

    The sun, the center of the solar system, is so large that 1,300,000 Earths could fit inside.

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    BUTTERFLIES
    BUTTERFLIES

    The monarch butterfly you see fluttering across the grass may be on a thousand-mile journey to another part of the world. 

     

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    Snakes
    Snakes

    Are all snakes dangerous to humans?

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    BIG CATS
    BIG CATS

    What’s the biggest and most dangerous big cat?

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  • THE UNIVERSE
    THE UNIVERSE

    Exploding stars, black holes, space pods and strange space sights are only some of the mysteries of the universe.

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    STARS
    STARS

    Every star you see in the night sky is a gigantic sun, and some are a lot bigger and hotter than our own sun.

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    WEATHER
    WEATHER

    Ever wonder what makes the wind blow or where clouds come from or why it rains?

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    VOLCANOES
    VOLCANOES

    Volcanoes can erupt and send red-hot rocks and ash flying through the air for hundreds of miles around.

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  • OCEANS
    OCEANS

    Earth is the only planet in our Solar System with water on its surface—more than 1.5 quintillion tons of water—and it’s constantly in motion.

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    LIGHTNING
    LIGHTNING

    Lightning strikes the earth more than a hundred times every second of every day of the year.

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    HURRICANES
    HURRICANES

    The gigantic swirling storms called hurricanes bring heavy rains, flooding, and destructive winds.

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    GLOBAL WARMING
    GLOBAL WARMING

    If there’s global warming, why is it snowing?

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  • EARTHQUAKES
    EARTHQUAKES

    Earthquakes can be the most destructive disasters in nature, destroying whole cities and killing hundreds of thousands of people.

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    LUNGS
    LUNGS

    You breathe more than twenty thousand times each and every day of your life.

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    THE HUMAN BODY
    THE HUMAN BODY

    The human body is like a huge city, with millions of inhabitants called cells.

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    WOLVES
    WOLVES

    Does the eerie howling of a wolf mean that wolves are the treacherous and sly animals of legend?

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  • WHALES
    WHALES

    The biggest animal that ever lived is the blue whale and its tongue weighs as much as an elephant. 

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    SPIDERS
    SPIDERS

    Are all spiders poisonous? 

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    SNAKES
    SNAKES

    Are all snakes dangerous to humans?

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    SHARKS
    SHARKS

    Some sharks can bite 300 times harder than a human, enough to cut through a thick piece of steel.

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  • PENGUINS
    PENGUINS

    How does a Penguin identify its own chick from among the thousands that want to be fed? 

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    The Heart
    The Heart

    By the time you finish reading this sentence, your heart will have beaten up to 50 times.

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    Gorillas
    Gorillas

    Gorillas are big and fearsome-looking but are they really gentle animals that live in social groups—just like people.

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    Dolphins
    Dolphins

    Dolphins are perhaps the most intelligent, curious and mischievous animal in nature. Now available in paperback!

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  • Dogs
    Dogs

    Can your dog identify you by how you smell? Now available for the iPad (in the iBook store) and the NookColor (Barnes & Noble.com)!

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    Destination Space
    Destination Space

    Take a trip to the outer edges of known space and beyond.

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    Cats
    Cats

    Can cats see in the dark? Now available for the iPad (in the iTunes/iBook store) and the NookColor (Barnes & Noble.com)!

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    The Brain
    The Brain

    How does your brain know what’s happening to your feet?

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