She persisted in science

She Persisted in Science

A STEM-focused addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling She Persisted series! Now abridged as a board book for our youngest feminists and activis

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She Persisted in Science

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Nevertheless She Persisted

A moving new novel from the masterful Jon Walter about two sisters involved with the suffragette movement in 1913.

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Big Questions In Science

Susan Greenfield, Oxford University professor of pharmacology, who describes what she thinks is a thought; Packed with fascinating insights, it shows

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She Sold Seashells ...and dragons

Mary Anning lived 200 years ago. Despite all odds, she became a successful fossil hunter and is now heralded as a leading figure in the science of pal

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She Has Her Mother's Laugh

Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping

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Science and the Mind of the Maker

Join Melissa Cain Travis as she presents her Maker Thesis, exploring the accumulated data gathered from the intricate and orderly universe in which yo

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Masters of the Universe Socha 1/4 She-Ra 73 cm

At long last, Pop Culture Shock Collectibles is proud to reveal the character most requested for their 1:4 Scale Filmation Masters of the Universe line, She-Ra: Princess of Power!Today we see collectibles based on female action heroes from multi-million dollar comic book and science fiction film franchises, but She-Ra paved the way for all of them, said Jerry Macaluso, Pr...

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The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day (anglicky) - Terry Pratchett

Anotace: The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge scie...

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Why We Dream : The Science, Creativity and Transformative Power of Dreams - Robbová Alice

Anotace: We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today`s modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean. With incredible new discoveries and stunning science, Why We Dream will give you dramatic insight into yourself and your body. You`ll never think of dreams in the same way again . . .Groundbreaking science is puttin...

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Why We Dream : The Science, Creativity and Transformative Power of Dreams - Alice Robbová

<p>We all dream, and 98 per cent of us can recall our dreams the next morning. Even in today's modern age, it is human nature to wonder what they mean. With incredible new discoveries and stunning science, Why We Dream will give you dramatic insight into yourself and your body. You'll never think of dreams in the same way again . . . Groundbreaking science is putti...

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Age Proof : The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life - Kenny Rose Anne

Anotace: Did you know that we can lead longer and healthier lives by making simple changes right now?Professor Rose Anne Kenny has 35 years of experience at the forefront of ageing medicine. In Age Proof, she draws on her own pioneering research and the latest evidence to demystify why we age and shows us that 80% of our ageing biology is within our control: we can not o...

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Crab in a lab - Russell Punter

<p>Sam the crab loves trying out experiments in her lab- but they don't always go to plan. Can she use her science skills to save her friends from some greedy gannets? Find out in this amusing addition to the ever-growing Phonics Readers series. A QR code on the back cover provides a link to an audio recording of the story.</p>

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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (1529046521)

Kniha - 496 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Novel To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds Now she's awakened a nightmare During a...

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Cookie! (Book 3): Cookie and the Most Mysterious Mystery in the World

In her third adventure, Cookie finds mysteries everywhere - but can she solve them, and save the science show?Hurray, Cookie's Nani is coming to stay

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All That Remains: A Life in Death - Black Sue

Anotace: `Utterly gripping` - The Guardian `Fascinating` - The Sunday Times `Moving` - Scotsman `Engrossing` - Financial Times Sue Black confronts death every day. As a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities ...

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All That Remains: A Life in Death - Sue Black

<p>'Utterly gripping' - The Guardian 'Fascinating' - The Sunday Times 'Moving' - Scotsman 'Engrossing' - Financial Times Sue Black confronts death every day. As a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities d...

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Not in Love: From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

<p>A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promis...

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1, 2, 3, Do the Robot

Layla the Inventor wasnÂ’t tired enough for bed. So she sat up in her science lab, inventing things instead!

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Kew Book of Botanical Illustration (paperback edition)

Kew is eminent worldwide in botanical science and preservation, and Christabel King is their foremost botanical artist. Here she explains botanical ar

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Professor Goose Debunks Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Join Professor Goose as she travels through the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, exposing the flaws and explaining the science: bears live in

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Vauban Fortifications of France

Dunkirk, Toulon, Perpignan, Verdun and Brest stand out among the many historically significant sites created by Sebastien LePrestre de Vauban (1633-1707). Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France during the period of its centralisation and wars of expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries. His influence persisted long after Waterloo, and his name has become syno...

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Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 3

A sophisticated science-fiction tale: When Doc Ido finds Alita's head in a junk heap she has lost all memory of her past life. But when he reconstruct

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Avalanche

At the age of thirty-eight, the author made her first visit to the IVF clinic, full of optimism. In this book, she navigates the science of IVF, copes

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Damsel: A timeless feminist fantasy adventure soon to be a major Netflix film starring Millie Bobby Brown and Angela Bassett - Skye Evelyn

Anotace: Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter. So when a representative from a rich, reclusive kingdom offers her family enough wealth to save Inophe in exchange for her hand in marriage, she accepts without hesitation. Swept away to the...

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Damsel: A timeless feminist fantasy adventure soon to be a major Netflix film starring Millie Bobby Brown and Angela Bassett - Evelyn Skye

<p>Elodie never dreamed of a lavish palace or a handsome prince. Growing up in the famine-stricken realm of Inophe, her deepest wish was to help her people survive each winter. So when a representative from a rich, reclusive kingdom offers her family enough wealth to save Inophe in exchange for her hand in marriage, she accepts without hesitation. Swept away to the ...

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Ashley Bell - Dean Koontz

Anotace: The girl who said no to death. Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman-whose doctor says she has one year to live. She replies, "We´ll see." Her sudden recovery astonishes medical science. An enigmatic woman convinces Bibi that she escaped death so that she can save someone else. Someone named Ashley Bell. But save her from what, from whom? And ...

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Portal 2 Akční figurka Chell 18 cm

From Valve's award-winning Portal 2 video game, protagonist Chell is depicted in her orange Aperture Laboratories jumpsuit, and stands approximately 18 cm tall. Chell features over 20 points of articulation to navigate any variety of test chamber scenarios. For science. She comes with an ASHPD accessory that lights up and glows blue just like in the game. Display base and...

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Oxford History of the Twentieth Century

Victoria still ruled over the British Empire, the imperial Manchu dynasty over China, and the Romanov Tsars over Russia. The cinema was in its infancy, with radio and television still to be developed. The earliest cars were on the road, but air travel was yet to come. Before antibiotics and effective vaccines against many common diseases, death rates were high. Over the c...

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Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor-even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans of Mackenzi Lee's extraordinary and Stonewall Honor-winning novel.A year after an ac...

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Happiness Project - neuveden

Anotace: Gretchen Rubin`s year-long experiment to discover how to create true happiness. Drawing on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world examples, Rubin delivers an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation. This special 10th Anniversary edition features a Conversation with Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project Stories, a guide to creati...

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My European Family : The First 54,000 Years - Karin Bojsová

<p>Karin Bojs grew up in a small, broken family. At her mother's funeral she felt this more keenly than ever. As a science journalist she was eager to learn more about herself, her family and the interconnectedness of society. After all, we're all related. And in a sense, we are all family. My European Family tells the story of Europe and its people through its gen...

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Shadow and Bone : Book 1 Collector´s Edition - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: Read from the beginning with this deluxe hardback collector`s edition of the first novel in the worldwide-bestselling Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo! This edition features:*Brand-new artwork**Intricate foil iconography from the world of the book**Beautiful endpapers**Sprayed edges*Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a so...

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Shadow and Bone : Book 1 Collector´s Edition - Leigh Bardugo

<p>Read from the beginning with this deluxe hardback collector's edition of the first novel in the worldwide-bestselling Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo! This edition features: *Brand-new artwork* *Intricate foil iconography from the world of the book* *Beautiful endpapers* *Sprayed edges* Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov i...

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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Worsleyová Lucy

Anotace: ** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **`A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse`- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR`A riveting portrait` - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***`Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.` - The Times`A model of how to combine biographical information, analy...

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Agatha Christie: Radio 4 Book of the Week - Lucy Worsleyová

<p>** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award **'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.' - The Times'A model of how to combine biographical information, analys...

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Loathe to Love You - Hazelwood Ali

Anotace: Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter. Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes t...

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For the First Time, Again - Neuvel Sylvain

Anotace: Against the backdrop of authentic historical events, Sylvain Neuvel concludes his acclaimed Take Them to the Stars series with a biting satire on the role of authority in all its guises, bringing us a truly breathtaking science fiction trilogy that spans the ages.When you don´t know The Rules it´s hard to stay safe.After a traumatic incident, Aster finds that he...

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Lost Days (Emily the Strange 1) - Reger Rob, Grunerová Jessica

Anotace: Do it yourself; think for yourself; be yourself. The iconic, free-spirited, rebellious and bestselling YA graphic novel series, Emily the Strange is a cult classic: perfect for fans of Wednesday and Heartstopper. Emily is not your average thirteen-year-old girl. She wears the same black dress every day. She loves maths and science. Her best f...

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Lost Days (Emily the Strange 1) - Jessica Grunerová

<p>Do it yourself; think for yourself; be yourself. The iconic, free-spirited, rebellious and bestselling YA graphic novel series, Emily the Strange is a cult classic: perfect for fans of Wednesday and Heartstopper. Emily is not your average thirteen-year-old girl. She wears the same black dress every day. She loves maths and science. Her best ...

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Meet Your Brain: Band 15/Emerald (Collins Big Cat) - Boucher Kathryn Kendall

Anotace: Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available. Your br...

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Frankenstein (anglicky) - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

<p>Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley, it is a story which she intended would 'curdle the blood and quicken the beatings of the heart.' The tale is a superb blend of science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven by the mad dream of creating his own cr...

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Dangerous Remedy - Dunn Kat

Anotace: The first in a dazzling, commercial, historical adventure series set in the extravagant and deadly world of the French Revolution. A whirlwind of action, science and magic reveals, with a diverse cast of fearless heroines, a band of rebels like no other. Camille, a revolutionary`s daughter, leads a band of outcasts - a runaway girl, a deserter, an aristocrat in ...

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Sorrowland: A Novel - Rivers Solomon

<p>A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2021 A New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2021 The Stonewall Book Award winner of 2022 Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly and more! A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction. Vern?seven months pregnant an...

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Stranger Things Omnibus Volume 1 (graphic Novel) - Houser Jody

Anotace: A massive collection of comics based on Netflix`s 80`s nostalgia-fueled Stranger Things. Sci-fi horror at its best including psychic kids, portals to parallel worlds, secret agents, and even slasher-flick style masked villains.Collects four full comics series:Stranger Things: The Other SideStranger Things: SixStranger Things: Into the FireStranger Things: Scienc...

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Stranger Things Omnibus Volume 1 (graphic Novel) - Jody Houser

<p>A massive collection of comics based on Netflix's 80's nostalgia-fueled Stranger Things. Sci-fi horror at its best including psychic kids, portals to parallel worlds, secret agents, and even slasher-flick style masked villains. Collects four full comics series: Stranger Things: The Other Side Stranger Things: Six Stranger Things: Into the Fire Stranger Things: S...

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Conversations on Love: with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, (0241448743)

Kniha - 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do...

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Hairball - Kindt Matt

Anotace: A young girl with a black cat begins to suspect the innocuous beast is behind all her troubles: her parents´ fighting, family plagues, and innumerable supernatural horrors. As she tries her best to rid herself of this creature, she discovers that maybe the cat is not evil after all and a greater terror may be behind these horrific events harming her life.Collect...

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Hairball - Matt Kindt

<p>A young girl with a black cat begins to suspect the innocuous beast is behind all her troubles: her parents’ fighting, family plagues, and innumerable supernatural horrors. As she tries her best to rid herself of this creature, she discovers that maybe the cat is not evil after all and a greater terror may be behind these horrific events harming her life. Collec...

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Our Hideous Progeny - C.E. McGill

Anotace: Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how... The 1850s is a time of discovery and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Pal...

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Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest - Suzanne Simard

<p>'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway, ObserverA dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startlin...

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Our Hideous Progeny - C. E. McGill

<p>Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how...The 1850s is a time of discovery and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Palace. Mar...

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Barbarian Alien - Ruby Dixon

<p>The second novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, the international publishing phenomenon-now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue!Liz Cramer swears she'll find a way off of this alien planet she's stuck on-then she meets Raahosh, the surliest and stubbornest alien, who won't leave her alone, and she just might be okay wit...

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The Circus Train - Amita Parikh

Anotace: An magical international bestseller about a young girl in a wheelchair whose life with a travelling circus is upended as Europe is ravaged by the Second World War. Brought together by magic. Torn apart by war. Europe, 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the World of...

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The Circus Train - Amita Parikh

<p>An magical international bestseller about a young girl in a wheelchair whose life with a travelling circus is upended as Europe is ravaged by the Second World War. </p> <p> </p> <p>Brought together by magic. Torn apart by war.Europe, 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Lena Papadopoulos has never quite f...

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Star Trek TNG Build-a-10-Forward Bobble-Head #1 Guinan 18 cm

One of the most loved recurring players in Star Trek: The Next Generation is Whoopi Goldberg´s Guinan. She´s known Captain Picard for hundreds of years and works in the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D´s lounge dispensing advice, intergalactic wisdom? and gunfire when something goes wrong. Collect her and other Build a Ten Forward Bobble Heads from Bif Bang Pow! and you can r...

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Megamonster - David Walliams

Anotace: The mega funny kid's book by multi-million bestselling author David Walliams The hilarious children's book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a timeless adventure illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. On a volcanic island, in the middle of shark-infested waters, stands The Cruel School. The lessons are appalling, the school dinners ar...

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Megamonster - David Walliams

<p>The mega funny kid’s book by multi-million bestselling author David Walliams</p> <p>The hilarious children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams – a timeless adventure illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross. On a volcanic island, in the middle of shark-infested waters, stands The Cruel School. The lessons are appalling, the school din...

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Heretics of Dune (0593098269)

Kniha - autor Frank Herbert, 688 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Book Five in the Magnificent Dune Chroniclesthe Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All TimeLeto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilizatio...

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Monstrous Design - Dunn Kat

Anotace: With swashbuckling, super-fast paced action and own voices queer romance, The Battalion of the Dead return in a dazzling new adventure, set amid the opulence and squalor of 18th-century London and Paris.1794, London: where luxury and squalor rub shoulders and men of science conspire to raise the dead and make monsters.From the glamorous excesses of the Vauxhall ...

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