Scott Forbes
Author
Language
English
Description
"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" Scott Forbes, Professor of Biology at the University of Winnipeg, is a behavioral ecologist whose chief research interest is the evolutionary ecology of families. He has published articles in a wide variety of journals, including Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Ecology, Nature, American Naturalist, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.
Why do baby sharks, hyenas, and pelicans kill their siblings?...
2) Finding Truths: Hidden Secrets of the Human Condition That Will Transform Your Life and The World
Author
Language
English
Description
To take a closer look at the state of the human condition, one must realize that we have been trained to perceive a reality that is not only false, but primarily benefits the elite over everyone else. In Finding Truths, author Scott Forbes not only exposes this false reality but illustrates how we can access a reality based on our own truths, and that serves our real life purpose. Finding Truths explores secrets that, once unveiled, will transform...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Edition
Kids Can Press edition
Language
English
Description
"As you read these pages, you'll speed through the 13.7 billion years that went into making the incredible, life-sustaining, one-in-a-billion planet we call home. You'll also learn about some of the amazing stuff that came about along the way: exploding supergiant stars, gassy planet burps, massive millipedes, ferocious dinosaurs and even a meteoric extinction. Are your ready? Let's get cooking!"--From the publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Edition
1st edition, [North American edition].
Language
English
Description
Journey through space and time with this guide to the remote corners of the world. Learn where and how to find dinosaur remains, ranging from bones and teeth, to eggs and footprints. Journey into Earth's prehistoric past to find out when, where, and how dinosaurs lived -- and come face to face with some of the biggest, scariest, and weirdest creatures that ever roamed the planet.
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet Kids
Language
English
Description
Tired of following other people's rules? Think you can do better? This title explains how to design a completely new nation from scratch: decide on the laws, choose your borders, make your flag, attract loyal citizens, and lots more. You'll get to create, organise, govern, and judge. Includes projects to complete and facts about the world's micronations.
Publisher
big & SMALL
Edition
English edition.
Language
English
Description
Its colossal body, tall front legs, and long neck allowed Brachiosaurus to feast on food no other land-dwelling plant-eater could reach. Stretch up alongside Brachiosaurus and find out about other dinosaurs, including Tuojiangosaurus, a slender dinosaur with it's spiked tail, Chasmosaurus, whose giant neck frill helped it look bigger and scarier, Afrovenator, the fiercest predator of the African Jurassic, Majungasaurus, a small headed meat-eater with...
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
In 1865, Robert E. Lee, in a last-ditch bid to turn the tide of the Civil War, wants the West. Lafe Barstow's task is to get it. He leads a band of Confederates to California to enlist insurrectionists. But another war comes to a head in the West. Marauding Shoshones may prove to be an even fiercer foe than the Union Army.