¡Acompáñanos a viajar por el mundo de los libros!

Suscríbete para leer el libro completo o lee las primeras páginas gratis.

¡Quiero leer el libro!

All characters reduced

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe - cover

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe

Institute Bathroom Readers'

Editorial: Portable Press

0
0
0

Sinopsis

An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science.Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as—you can’t “sweat like a pig” because pigs don’t sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, “Billions and Billions!” So put on your thinking cap and check out:  ·      Pluto denied  ·      Kitchen chemistry  ·      Football gets physics-al  ·      Planet Earth’s sudden hot flashes  ·      Food’s incredible journey . . .through you  ·      The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding  ·      How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer  ·      How “defenseless” animals stay alive  ·      Sci-fi that’s more fi than sci  ·      Ancient astronomers  ·      Know your clouds  And much, much more

Disponible desde: 15/08/2012.

Longitud de impresión: 494 páginas.

Otros libros que te pueden interesar

Curly Tales - from Here & There - cover

Curly Tales - from Here & There

Dr Geetha Kariappa

0
0
0

Glimpse an interesting period in my life where everyday moments revealed extraordinary stories. This eclectic offering is a treasure trove of experiences and delightful tales to explore the complexities of human nature. Savour these ten urban short stories that are true life snapshots of our commonplace lives, quiet humour, outright laughter, pathos, and nostalgia-narratives that display our frailties and hidden fears, resilience, and hope, from the bustling village markets of Coorg to comic oddity of dwelling in apartment blocks in cities of South India. Step onto these pages and let your quixotic journey begin.

Stealing Baby Jesus - A Treasury of Ludicrous Attempts to Rescue Christmas - cover

Stealing Baby Jesus - A Treasury...

Bernadette Nason

0
0
0

Inspired by her mother's attempts to create joyful traditions in tough times, and by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Bernadette Nason has been forever striving to find the perfect Christmas, even though childhood memories haunt her. When she reads that her hometown of Winchester, UK, is vying for the coveted title of "the Most Christmassy Town in Britain," she's gobsmacked. Most Christmassy town? Snort! Not on your nelly! And, suddenly, the ghosts of Christmases past are back, and Nason is reflecting on the consequences of deep-rooted family rituals. 
Balancing humor and humanity, nostalgia and glee, with a bit of slapstick thrown in for good measure, Nason embarks on a compelling voyage—from 1960s Britain to strife-torn Libya, indulgent Dubai to present-day "everything's bigger in" Texas—in search of an elusive Christmas she's not sure exists. In this stirring memoir, rich with offbeat adventures, she examines her pessimism, restores a cheerful attitude to the Holidays, and discovers there's more to 25th December than holly, mistletoe, and sherry. 
BERNADETTE NASON was born in Winchester, UK, and is an award-winning actor, voice-over artist, and professional storyteller. She worked for many years in London, fifteen months in Libya, and five years in Dubai. She currently resides in Austin, Texas, with her beloved ex-husband and some spoiled cats. www.bernadettenason.com.

Don't Worry It Get's Worse - One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood - cover

Don't Worry It Get's Worse - One...

Alida Nugent

0
0
0

With a drink in one hand and her newly-earned degree in the other, Alida Nugent thought she was ready to trade in all-night studying and parties for the real world. She found, though, that the post-graduate life didn’t offer much of the glamor she had imagined. In a pile of bills, laundry, and three-dollar bottles of wine, it was suddenly obvious that she had no idea what she was doing. Maybe no twenty-something does. Nugent shares her experience making the awkward journey from undergrad to “mature and responsible adult that definitely never eats peanut butter straight from the jar and considers it a meal” in this snarky, heart-felt memoir.

Numbers in the Dark - cover

Numbers in the Dark

Italo Calvino

0
0
0

From the acclaimed, genre-bending Italian fabulist author, a posthumous collection of career-spanning stories previously unavailable in English. “Everybody telephones everybody at every possible moment, and nobody can speak to anybody . . . Distance has been the warp that supports the weft of every love story.” —from Numbers in the Dark Written between 1943 and 1984, the stories in Numbers in the Dark span the career of one of fiction’s modern masters: from Italo Calvino’s earliest fables, to tales informed by life in World War II–era Italy, to the delightful experimentation that would define his later work. Here are speculative stories on life in the digital age, genre-bending wonders, and “impossible interviews” with the likes of Montezuma and a Neanderthal. Deftly translated by Tim Parks, Numbers in the Dark shows off Calvino’s lifelong gift for subtle humor and shimmering philosophical insight.Praise for Numbers in the Dark“Numbers in the Dark is a glorious grab-bag . . . [with] enough gems from every phase in Calvino’s career to make it feel indispensable.” —Seattle Times“These stories reward the patient reader with wisdom, humor, and insight.” —Library Journal“Calvino . . . is well-represented in this continually surprising collection . . . . Novelist Parks's superb translations capture Calvino’s quirky, iconoclastic voice, helping to make this a worthy addition to the Calvino shelf.” —Publishers Weekly

Art My Eye - cover

Art My Eye

Gill Oliver

0
0
0

How does an Art Gallery attendant pass the time? A former employee of the Walker, in Liverpool, reminisces, and recalls what happened when they gave their imagination free rein. Honestly, hilarious.

Apology for Idlers and Other Essays An - cover

Apology for Idlers and Other...

Robert Louis Stevenson

0
0
0

An Apology for Idlers and Other Essays 
Justifying his rejection of an established profession, in 1877 Stevenson offered An Apology for Idlers. 
"A happy man or woman", he reasoned, "is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill" and a practical demonstration of "the great Theorem of the Liveableness of Life". So that if they cannot be happy in the "handicap race for sixpenny pieces", let them take their own "by-road". 
A beautiful, charming and lyrical collection of good humored essays by the beloved writer of the classics Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verse.  
Relax and Enjoy! 
(c)2023 Bull Mouse Publishing House