New Releases by David Glover

Provides an introduction to science and includes activities such as building a periscope, designing a cargo boat, making a sound cannon, and launching a rocket.

"Hands-on experiments that make science fun"--Cover.

Have you ever wondered how astronauts live in space? This book will tell you. It explains how astronauts are chosen and trained, how a spacecraft takes off, and how a spacesuit works and how astronauts eat, sleep, wash and go to their toilet in space.

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Glover''s efforts reveal a writer who was more wide-ranging and politically engaged than his current reputation suggests. An Irish Protestant and nationalist, Stoker nonetheless drew his political inspiration from English liberalism at a time of impending crisis, and the tradition''s contradictions and uncertainties haunt his work. At the heart of Stoker''s writing Glover exposes a preoccupation with those sciences and pseudosciences - from physiognomy and phrenology to eugenics and sexology - that seemed to cast doubt on the liberal faith in progress. He argues that Dracula should be read as a text torn between the stances of the colonizer and colonized, unable to accept or reject the racialized images of backwardness that dogged debates about Irish nationhood.

Looking at wheels and cranks, this is one of of a series which aims to develop children''s knowledge of the basic principles of design and technology. Each book introduces a particular principle and explores how it is used in different gadgets and machines.

Uses activities and projects to introduce how electricity and magnets work at home and in the everyday world.

-- A unique blend of imaginative activities, experiments, and science facts helps develop scientific thought.-- This mix of hobby and science teaches kids to observe, collate information, and reach conclusions.-- Teaches scientific principles through the hands-on process of making science work.-- An invaluable science series for school and home. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Introduces young readers to the world of sound, from a sonic boom to the faintest of echoes.

Uses activities and experiments to introduce the properties of light and sound.

Examines the composition and strength of materials, both solid and liquid, and features experiments, including chemical reactions.