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The Body Odyssey (Science Adventure Stories) by Alex Woolf
$6.00 NZD
$11.99 (49% off)
Category: Puzzle Books
Anna Tomical and her friend Hugh must race against time to save world-famous scientist Professor Barrington Bone who is very sick. Join the duo on their microscopic journey as they are transported into Professor Bone's Blood stream. Put your biology skills to the test and help them navigate through the ...Show more
The Incredibly Strange Book of Horrible Facts by Alex Woolf; Anne Rooney; Helen Otway; Marc Powell
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Children aged 8 and up can amaze and disgust their parents, teachers and even each other with this fascinating collection of horrible facts. The topics covered in horrible detail include science, body, animals, and history.
The Science Of: Buildings - The Sky-Scraping Story of Structures by Alex Woolf
$21.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: The\Science Of... Ser.
We spend a lot of our lives in buildings, but how many of us really think about how they're built and what they do for us? As society developed, architects needed to create different kinds of structure - from palaces and temples to modern factories and airports. This book explores the science of archite ...Show more
The Science Of: Poo and Farts - The Smelly Truth about Digestion by Alex Woolf
$21.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: The\Science Of... Ser.
This gruesome guide uses fact-packed, easy-to-read text and humorous illustrations to explore the making of poo, the digestive process, and how this smelly waste product can also be hugely useful to civilisation. Each spread has multiple entry points, including an introductory paragraph, illustrations a ...Show more
The Science Of: The Cosmic Truth about Rockets, Satellites, and Probes by Alex Woolf
$21.99 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: The\Science Of... Ser.
Did you know that the first space station was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971, or that the Webb Space Telescope - set to launch in 2020 - will be able to see vast distances, back to the early history of the universe? Space has been a source of fascination to humans for thousands of years. From the ...Show more
The Science of Acne and Warts - The Itchy Truth about Skin by Alex Woolf
$21.00 NZD
Category: Science and Maths | Series: The\Science Of... Ser.
This gruesome guide to skin, the largest organ in the human body, uses factpacked, easy-to-read text and humorous illustrations to explore everything from how skin protects us to how it can itch and irritate us, and delves into why skin is such a integral part of our identity. Each spread has multiple e ...Show more
The Story of Religion by Alex Woolf
$24.99 NZD
Category: Religion and Religious Stories
For the faithful, religion remains a guiding force for every aspect of life. An understanding of the world's major religions is not only essential to the study of history, but also in order to comprehend today's complex global community. The Story of Religion introduces the six most dominant world fai ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees! by Alex Woolf; David Antram (Illustrator)
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without. It's hard to imagine what life would be like today without the inventions and natural phenomena we take for granted, from the bees that pollinate our crops to the numbers that allow us to calculate and build computers. Combining history with science, these titles explo ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Fire! by Alex Woolf
$20.00 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
Imagine a world without fire. There would be no cooked food, no artificial light and no way of keeping warm in a cool climate. Fire can be dangerous, but over thousands of years we have learned to tame it. We use it to make pottery, glass and metals. It enabled us to invent the steam engine, the interna ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Poo! by Alex Woolf
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Ser.
We all do it. We usually don't like to talk about it, but going to the toilet is a natural and necessary part of our lives. We couldn't live without poo because there are some parts of our food that contain no nutrients that can be used by our bodies for energy, growth or health, and those parts have to ...Show more
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Soap by Alex Woolf
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: You Wouldn't Want to Live Without
Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Bacteria breed in unhygienic environments, but soap can be used to keep our surroundings and bodies clean and healthy, keeping bacteria at bay. This book tells the story of how soap was in ...Show more