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Read this history of hospitals and find out how bedpans, blood, and bandages were a part of medical history. Learn why maggots are used in hospitals. Discover where people in ancient times went when they were ill. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how hospitals and medical treatment has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book....
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Most-wanted villains….most-wanted book! Felons, gangsters, outlaws, pirates: meet the bad guys! This dip-in delight has the lowdown on 100 infamous scoundrels from history, literature, mythology, film, and TV. Drawing from sources around the world, this unusual and eclectic collection makes its case against each evildoer through an imaginative range of incriminating evidence: police and psychiatric reports, diary entries, eyewitness statements, and school records. The line-up includes some of the most notorious figures in villaindom (Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Dracula and Bonnie and Clyde), as well some newer—but equally wicked—faces. ...
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What is the evidence for climate change? How are cows contributing to global warming? Why does volcanic activity cool Earth? The 'Why Science Matters' series demonstrates how the science we learn at school is important in every aspect of our everyday lives
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Biology is the science of life. It involves the study of plants, animals and people - alive or dead. This book shows how, through the ages, biologists carried out gruesome tests and gory experiments. You can read how the ancient Egyptians made their mummies, how maggots helped solve a great mystery, and why a famous biologist gave a young boy a deadly disease on purpose!...
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Read some of the funniest, scariest, and most disgusting modern legends and see if they can really be true. From failed criminals to medical mishaps, find out what makes these tales so popular.
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With all our modern day creature comforts, it is easy to forget just how treacherous it can be in the great outdoors. 'Surviving in the Wild' looks at extreme situations where survival is at the top of the agenda and maggots are on the menu! Meet a man who
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In "Using Nuclear Energy", we find out how scientists discovered nuclear power, what happens if you split an atom, and about the immense blast a nuclear weapon can create. We learn about fission, chain reactions, and how the science of the deadly Hiroshima
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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY....
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The world's most intriguing unsolved mysteries are explored in this exciting series...
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The world's most intriguing unsolved mysteries are explored in this exciting series...
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The world's most intriguing unsolved mysteries are explored in this exciting series...
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Cloud and Townsend identify six types of moms and show how they profoundly affect our lives....
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Read this history of medication and find out how pills, powders, and potions were a part of medical history. Learn why doctors are sometimes called quacks. Find out why snails and brown sugar were important for treating someone with a sore throat. Disco
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THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY....
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In this exciting new book, Dr. Townsend gives important keys for establishing healthy boundaries—the bedrock of good relationships, maturity, safety, and growth for teens and the adults in their lives. The book offers help in raising your teens to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions....
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SPANISH EDITION. No one can avoid contact with difficult people in life. Some people just seem to make life hard for everyone, causing conflict and stress wherever they are. In the book Handling Difficult People you will learn to relate with them more effectively....
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Physics deals with energy like heat and sound, forces such as gravity, what's in a lightning flash - and why planes crash. Physicists risked their lives with dangerous experiments and some blew themselves to pieces. In this book, read about the monk who tried to fly like a bird, how bath time proved a gold crown was fake, and why electric shocks were measured by how high they made people jump....
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