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Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe
by Theodore GrayThe long-awaited third installment in Theodore Gray's iconic "Elements" trilogy. The first two titles, Elements and Molecules, have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. With Reactions bestselling author Theodore Gray continues the journey through our molecular and chemical world that began with the tour de force The Elements and continued with Molecules. In The Elements, Gray gave us a never-before-seen, mesmerizing photographic view of the 118 elements in the periodic table. In Molecules, with the same phenomenal photographic acumen, plus beautifully rendered computer generated graphics, he showed us how the elements combine to form the content that makes up our universe, from table salt to oxygen to the panoply of colors and smells that surround us. At last, we've reached Reactions, in which Gray once again puts his photography and storytelling to work demonstrating how molecules interact in ways that are essential to our very existence. The book begins with a brief recap of elements and molecules and then goes on to explain important concepts the characterize a chemical reaction, including Energy, Entropy, and Time. It is then organized by type of reaction including chapters such as "Fantastic Reactions and Where to Find Them," "On the Origin of Light and Color," "The Boring Chapter," in which we learn about reactions such as paint drying, grass growing, and water boiling, and "The Need for Speed," including topics such as weather, ignition, and fire.
Read All About Cats (Read All About It)
by Jaclyn JaycoxDid you know cats sleep around 15 hours a day? Have you heard they can make about 100 different sounds? Find out all about cats' senses, life cycles, behavior, and more in this fact-filled book. It's perfectly designed to introduce young children to the wonders of nonfiction. Stunning photos give readers an up-close look at these feline friends. A Table of Contents makes the information fun and easy-to-find.
Read All About Dinosaurs (Read All About It)
by Claire ThropDid you know dinosaurs lived on Earth millions of years ago? Find out all about dinosaurs’ senses, life cycles, behavior, and more in this fact-filled book. It's perfectly designed to introduce young children to the wonders of nonfiction. Stunning art and photos of dinosaurs and artifacts give readers an up-close look at these incredible creatures.
Read All About Dogs (Read All About It)
by Jaclyn JaycoxDid you know all dogs have a different nose print? Have you wondered how many breeds of dogs there are? Young readers will learn about dog's senses, behavior, life cycle, and more in this fact-filled book. Stunning photos and a Table of Contents help introduce children to the wonderful world of nonfiction.
Read All About Rocks and Gems (Read All About It)
by Jaclyn JaycoxRocks are all around you. They are in your house, backyard, and even your food! Rocks are grouped into types, like sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Some rocks are actually minerals, and from minerals we get beautiful gemstones. This fact-filled book is perfectly designed to introduce young children to the wonders of nonfiction. A Table of Contents makes the information fun and easy-to-find.
Read All About The Ocean (Read All About It)
by Jaclyn JaycoxHave you wondered how the oceans affect the weather? Do you know what kinds of creatures you can find below the water's surface? Explore the world's oceans in this fact-filled book. Striking photos and simple text make this a perfect introduction to nonfiction for young children. A Table of Contents splits the information into sections, making it fun and easy-to-find.
Read All About Transportation (Read All About It)
by Lucy BeevorTrains, planes, buses, and more! Find out all about different modes of transportation in this fact-filled book. It's perfectly designed to introduce young children to the wonders of nonfiction. Stunning photos give readers an up-close look at different vehicles and machines for people on the go!
Read All About the Human Body (Read All About It)
by Claire ThropHow many bones are in the human body? Find out all about the body and how it works in this fact-filled book. It's perfectly designed to introduce young children to the wonders of nonfiction. Stunning art and photos give readers an up-close look at our our body parts and systems, and how they all work together to keep us going!
Read All About the Universe (Read All About It)
by Lucy BeevorJust how big is the universe? Find out all about the universe and its planets, stars, and more in this fact-filled book. It's perfectly designed to introduce young children to the power of nonfiction. Stunning art and photos give readers a fascinating look at the wonders of the universe, from the Earth, moon, sun, and beyond!
Read These Banned Books: A 52-Week Reading Challenge from the American Library Association
by American Library Association (ALA)The American Library Association presents a must-read banned book for every week of the year in this beautiful book lover's reading log.Expand your reading list and stand against literary censorship with this one-year reading challenge and book journal! Featuring 52 modern and classic books that have been challenged or banned, from The Hunger Games to Maus, this book log includes ALA's insights into each title as well as writing prompts for further reflection. A perfect holiday stocking stuffer, birthday present, or gift for bibliophiles, librarians, teachers and educators, activists, and rebel readers of all genres!Includes:52 banned, censored, or challenged book recommendations and the reasons they were bannedRoom to reflect on each book and how you can relate to it as you complete the challengePages for your personal reading log, perfect for sharing on social media or with friendsAn appendix highlighting the 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books from 2010-2019 and information about how YOU can help fight book banning.
Read Through the Bible in a Year
by John R. Kohlenberger IIITo know the God of the universe, you must know His Word. By investing only thirty minutes a day, you can achieve your goal of reading the entire Bible in one year. John Kohlenberger provides a wonderful resource to help you reach that goal.To aid in your progress, Read Through the Bible in a Year includes:Brief background information on each book Books arranged in general historical and chronological order A complete reading schedule that allows you to start at any time during the year and continue from that point Ten strategies for first-rate Bible reading A proven method for studying the Bible
Read Through the Bible in a Year
by John R. Kohlenberger IIITo know the God of the universe, you must know His Word. By investing only thirty minutes a day, you can achieve your goal of reading the entire Bible in one year. John Kohlenberger provides a wonderful resource to help you reach that goal.To aid in your progress, Read Through the Bible in a Year includes:Brief background information on each book Books arranged in general historical and chronological order A complete reading schedule that allows you to start at any time during the year and continue from that point Ten strategies for first-rate Bible reading A proven method for studying the Bible
Read Yourself Happy: How to Use Books to Ease Your Anxiety
by Daisy Buchanan‘Daisy’s words never fail to make me feel less alone.’- Dolly Alderton ‘Daisy Buchanan is already my go-to person for reading recommendations, and now she’s sharing her wisdom with the world! I can’t think of a better guide to the books that can heal, soothe, and inspire us.’ - Katherine May 'Daisy writes about anxiety with real honesty and kindness' Marian Keyes Read yourself calmer Read yourself courageous Read yourself free Forget ‘self-help’ and embrace ‘shelf-help’ by discovering the healing power of books and reading to inspire, comfort and fortify. In a hectic world that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, Daisy Buchanan offers the perfect antidote to all the noise, inviting us to discover the literary worlds that have helped her survive – and thrive. Featuring original interviews with David Nicholls, Ruby Rare, Emma Gannon, Catherine Gray and more, Daisy provides hard-won wisdom and personally curated reading lists to help you process your emotions and find more peace with every page.
Read, Write, Connect: A Guide To College Reading And Writing
by Kathleen Green Amy LawlorThe first text in a two-part series for the integrated reading and writing course, Read, Write, Connect, Book 1, offers carefully and thoroughly integrated instruction for reading and writing at the paragraph-to-essay level. With scaffolded pedagogy and a flexible structure that reflects the recursive nature of reading and writing processes, the text allows instructors to easily differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students. It offers intensive practice in the basic skills of reading comprehension and summary writing, and then helps students build on those skills to respond to texts critically and analytically in their own college-level paragraphs and short essays. <P><P> LaunchPad Solo for Readers and Writers can be packaged with Read, Write, Connect, Book 1 at no additional cost,, allowing you to more efficiently track students’ progress with reading, writing, and grammar skills in an active learning arc that complements the book.
Reader' s Digest Word Power is Brain Power
by Reader'S DigestA collection of Word Power quizzes and other fun language and grammar facts that will appeal to word nerds, knowledge hunters, and students of all ages. Want to sound smarter in business meetings? Finally beat your brainy uncle at Word Cookies? Ace that standardized test? Whatever your reasons for wanting to improve your vocabulary, you won&’t find a funner way of doing so than Word Power (and yes, &“funner&” is really a word!). For instance, do you know what these words mean: Orthoepy – A: code. B: proper pronunciation. C: sign language. Zyzzyva – A: type of weevil. B: tricky situation. C: fertilized cell Fricassee – A: cut and stew in gravy. B: deep-fry. C: sautee with mushrooms And do know when it&’s okay to use a double negative or start a sentence with &“Because&”? Word Power will answer all these questions and much more for hours of language fun for word nerds and grammar gurus.
Reader's Digest 99 Cent Solutions: 1465 Smart And Frugal Uses For Everyday Items
by Reader'S DigestWhat's in the aisles of your favorite dollar store and how can you use them in multiple ways? 99 Cent Solutions contains 1465 smart and frugal uses for everyday items that save you time and money.99 Cent Solutions helps you save money, time and aggravation with 1465 ways to use common, everyday items found at the dollar store, grocery store or hardware store! Save money on groceries, health and beauty, cleaning supplies, housewares, tools and more. Did you know you can... -Use bubble wrap to protect freshly planted trees? -Use ketchup to make copper glow? -Use a bandage to in place of a thimble? -Use a bungee cord as a yoga strap? -Use a party balloon as an ice pack? -Use baking soda between paving stones to keep weeds away? Chapters: -Groceries -Healthy & Beauty - Outdoor Spaces -Cleaning & Home Supplies -Housewares -Notions -School & Party Supplies -Tools
Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing: Step By Step Techniques For Making Clothes And Home Accessories
by Reader'S DigestAn indispensable volume for beginning and advanced sewers alike that guides readers through necessary equipment, techniques, fabrics and more.First published in 1978, Reader&’s Digest&’s popular Complete Guide to Sewing has become the standard stich-and-seam reference book for both beginner and seasoned sewers. Now, Reader&’s Digest has refreshed this tried-and-true volume for the modern era, adapting it to current trends while preserving the comprehensive, practical and inspiring content within. Reader&’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing gives sewers of every experience and comfort level everything they need to know to create the wardrobe of their dreams and beautify their homes with original decorative accents. Clear, simple instructions written by experts in the field tell you what to do and how to do it. Plus, thousands of illustrations and diagrams throughout the book&’s 384 pages illustrate each stage of the process. Key elements of the book include: A detailed list of the basic equipment you&’ll need before getting started sewing. Tips for choosing the right fabric for your project. A step-by-step photo guide that shows you how to take measurements. Instructions in a variety of essential hand-stitching techniques. 20 timeless projects— more than half of them new to this edition—to practice your skills including shirts, dresses, bags, and more. Plus, the book has received endorsements from a variety of trusted sources: &“…and I always recommend the Reader&’s Digest Guide to Sewing. It&’s very comprehensive and very user-friendly.&” —Tim Gunn &“…abundant and precise line art, enticing photographs, simple-to-follow instructions and valuable information on tools, supplies, materials and techniques.&” —The New York Times &“A woman who takes sewing seriously, or who wants to learn to sew, won&’t want to be without this book.&” —Portland Oregon Journal &“Here is everything you always wanted to know about sewing—a veritable encyclopedia of stitching facts.&” —The Austin American Statesman
Reader's Digest Easy Fixes for Everyday Things: 1,020 Ways to Repair Your Stuff
by Editors of Reader's DigestEasy Fixes for Everyday Things is fresh, surprising, and honest: if something can be fixed we show you how; if it needs expert attention we say so; and if it is simply beyond hope, we tell you that, too. Maybe your smartphone fell in water or you spilled coffee on your computer keyboard. Perhaps your iron won't produce steam or your refrigerator is making an odd noise. It could be that your watch face has been scratched or the chain on your bike keeps falling off. Whatever the problem, Easy Fixes for Everyday Things has your solution. We all rely on devices, appliances and pieces of household equipment that break, misbehave or fail completely. With Easy Fixes for Everyday Things you can help yourself when disaster strikes, saving time, money and hassle (and cutting down on needless waste) simply by following a few straightforward steps. This fun yet practical book strips the mystery from repairs, enabling you to fix the seemingly unfixable and solve more than 1,000 everyday problems with phones, cameras, laptops, locks, washing machines, lawn mowers, water pipes, cars and dozens of other common household things.
Reader's Digest Everyday Health Hacks: Quick Fixes to Prevent Disease and Improve Your Wellbeing
by Reader'S DigestMore than 500 little tweaks to your routine that are scientifically proven to help you lose weight, prevent disease, and even wipe years from your appearance. If you&’ve burned out on the paleo or keto diets and have fallen off the Peloton and HIIT wagon, try Health Hacks. These simple tips and tricks allow to sneak healthy choices into your day without overhauling your lifestyle. For example: * Start your day with a cup of hot cocoa while you tackle your most creative work. Research finds that one cup of cocoa a day for five days can increase blood flow in the brain, hands, and legs, and helps regulate blood pressure. *Move your bed away from any outside walls. This will help cut down on noise, which a Spanish study found could be a significant factor in insomnia. *When you&’re nervous, tighten and release your abdominal muscles over and over again. You&’ll strengthen your abs and take your mind off your anxiety at the same time. Like all Reader's Digest health books, the information in the book is reliable and based on authoritative information but presented in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-implement way.
Reader's Digest Everyday Survival Hacks
by Reader'S DigestMore than 500 simple tricks to avoid everyday disasters in your home, food, money, relationships, and more.From DIY fails to cooking calamities, cell phone mishaps to Twitter rages, we all court disaster on a daily basis. Now comes Everyday Survival Hacks to the rescue. This fun yet practical guide includes more than 500 quick tricks to save money, time, and hassles with your home, food, relationships, and more. You&’ll learn how to: *Make your batteries last longer *Kill a buzzing fly *Remember names *Avoid getting unfriended *Keep your carbonated drink fizzy and much more!
Reader's Digest Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things New Edition
by Reader'S DigestAn updated edition, now fully illustrated and in color, of the classic guide to using common household items to replace, restore, repair, or revive almost anything in your household—including yourself.When you have a household problem, don’t run to the store and waste good money, just open your pantry door—and EXTRAORDINARY USES FOR ORDINARY THINGS. You’ll be amazed at what you can do with baby oil, bleach, duct tape, tea, rubbing alcohol, and dozens of other handy items. This book will open your eyes to more than 2,000 creative and helpful uses you can make of familiar household products, such as: • Aspirin can revive a dead car battery and a coating of petroleum jelly will keep the battery’s terminals from corroding • A dab of shaving cream can keep your bathroom mirror from fogging and can remove juice stains on carpeting • Petroleum jelly makes a great lip balm, makeup remover, and moisturizer • A turkey baster is the perfect tool for watering Christmas trees and hard-to-reach plants • Beer can be combed through your hair as a setting lotion, used as lure to trap insects, and polish gold jewelry • Sandpaper can be used to sharpen needles and scissors, roughen slippery soles of new shoes, remove ink stains and scuff marks from suede, and remove stains on grout lines • Wax paper will prevent a cast-iron skillet from rusting, restore the nonstick surface on your iron, and use on the bottom of a microwave when cooking messy foods. If you hate to throw things away or if you delight in dreaming up new ways to use ordinary items, then you’ll love the ideas in this book. You’ll be amazed at the problems you can solve. It’s a book you’ll be sure to turn to again and again for helpful ideas, trustworthy advice, and entertaining reading.
Reader's Digest Home Hints & Timeless Tips: 2,635 Tried-and-Trusted Techniques for Everyday Troubles
by Reader'S DigestThis versatile guide brings together more than 2,000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested and more often than not you’ll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard. Did you know you can make wooden platters look like new just by rubbing them with a solution of vinegar? Or that you can get your linen as white as snow by adding a few teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda to the washing powder? That a cold wristband can bring rapid relief to headache-sufferers? Would you like to learn how easy it is to make dried apples, apricots and other fruit without the use of preservatives? This versatile guide brings together more than 2,000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested for their practical application in today’s world and offer simple, effective alternatives to expensive products and those using toxic chemicals—and more often than not you’ll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard. The book includes: Safe, time-honored remedies to treat or prevent health problems Homemade cosmetics and traditional beauty tips to help you look your best Clever, environmentally friendly cleaning techniques to keep your home in tip-top condition Traditional advice for preparing great-tasting, nutritious food economically in the modern kitchen Tried-and-trusted principles of decoration and organization to make your home a welcoming haven The proven know-how of generations of gardeners to help you create a green space that is safe and chemical-free For each of the six areas of life covered in the book, topics are presented in an A-Z format with special features on topics of interest, such as essential home medicines, natural cleaning products, and a season-by-season guide to gardening.
Reader's Digest Kitchen Cures: Homemade Remedies for Your Health
by Editor's at Reader's DigestPractice natural health and healing the modern way with more than 740 of the world&’s best home remedies—cures that work using ingredients located right in your kitchen cabinet. Did you know that chewing gum can prevent ear infections? That green tea can erase pimples? That olive oil can lower cholesterol levels? Research continues to reveal new and more effective ways to use hundreds of timeless kitchen staples for health and healing—in much the same way our grandparentsonce did. Kitchen Cures provides you with hundreds of these proven remedies of yesteryear, helping you to save money, save time, and heal faster and more safely.
Reader's Digest Quintessential Guide to Gardening
by Editors at Reader's DigestAn A-Z guide covering everything from acid soil to zucchini, the hints and tips you will find have been culled from leading horticulturists and accomplished home gardeners from all over the country.The Reader's Digest Quintessential Guides do what the Reader's Digest does better than anyone: the best advice, straight to the point. Inside you'll find: What to Grow Where Design Gardens for Beauty and Productivity Deal with Plant Diseases, Pests, and Weeds Pick the Right Tools And Much More!
Reader's Digest Quintessential Guide to Handling Emergencies
by Editors of Reader's DigestKeep your family safe. Prepare the best you can, and handle the accidents that do ariseThe Reader's Digest Quintessential Guides do what the Reader's Digest does better than anyone: the best advice, straight to the point. Handling Emergencies is the book to keep your family safe, prepared for whatever might happen, and able to react in situations that need quick, smart responses. Medical emergencies: Dealing with allergic attacks Handling all sorts of injuries from broken bones to wounds Recognizing and reacting to a possible stroke Emergency care for a possible heart attack Controlling seizures What to do while waiting for the professionals Home emergencies: Preventing fires and knowing what to do if they occur House damage from storms Burst pipes and water damage Dealing with potentially dangerous animal entries Keeping your car safe and ready And much, much more, smartly arranged for easy access when every second counts. Accidents do happen. This book will help you do your best to avert them, but when they do occur, now you'll know what to do.