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Madam C. J. Walker invented a line of African American hair products and cosmetics that led her to become the first self-made female millionaire.

This audiobook explores a variety of animal mouths, noting how they look different and function in different ways. Animals shown include a howler monkey, a butterfly, a sea lamprey, a blue whale, a leopard, a puffin, and a pit viper.

This audiobook follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the importance of science safety.

Team up with Max Axiom to learn all about global warming and its effects on the Earth. From melting glaciers to wacky weather patterns, heating up our planet wreaks havoc on its resources and inhabitants.

A tree’s rings can tell us many things about its long life–whether it was healthy, or unhealthy, if it needed rain or if its wide rings show it grew healthy and strong. Through poetry, this story shares the life of a tree and how special these giant plants really are! Find a stump and count the rings to listen to a tree’s story. Will the tree you pick be healthy? How will you know?

Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind global warming.

Do you think science is fun and exciting? Bill Nye does. In fact, he wanted to become an astronaut, but NASA rejected his applications. Instead, Nye has spent his career helping other people understand science and showing them how cool science can be. Nye went to college to become a mechanical engineer, and he got a job working for an aircraft company. But soon, he began focusing more and more on a career in comedy. Eventually, he got his own popular TV show called Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Nach "Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem" die neue Sensation von Erfolgsautor Bill Bryson. Wir stecken alle mittendrin und erleben ihn vom ersten bis zum letzten Atemzug: unseren Körper. Doch woraus besteht er eigentlich? Warum brauchen wir Knochen? Wie schnell erneuern sich unsere Hautzellen? Und wie viele Mikroorganismen leben eigentlich auf menschlicher Haut?

Wissensvermittlung mit Witz und Charme von Erfolgsautor Bill Bryson. Wie war das eigentlich mit dem Urknall? Warum starben die Dinosaurier aus? Was wiegt die Erde? Und wie ist das überhaupt möglich - die Erde zu wiegen? Erfolgsautor Bill Bryson nimmt mit auf eine atemberaubende Reise durch Zeit und Raum, berichtet über die Wunder des Universums, über die Erde und die Entstehungsgeschichte des Menschen. Dieser faszinierende Streifzug durch die Naturwissenschaften ist wie gemacht für alle, die endlich mehr über die Welt wissen wollen.