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Natural Habitats - Are They under Threat? by Philip Steele
Category: Accessories | Series: Question It! Ser.
In an era when the global environment is defined by humans and their activities, humans are destroying natural habitats and resources, often the same ones on which they themselves depend. While humans understand more about the environment and population than ever before, what action are they taking to p ...Show more
Navigators: Ancient Rome by Philip Steele
Category: Education
Travel back in time to the bustling centre of a civilization that dominated the world. Find out more about the Romans -- senators and citizens, soldiers and slaves -- and the intrigues, power struggles and day-to-day dramas of life in ancient Rome. Take a tour of crowded apartment blocks, busy streets a ...Show more
Oil - Is It the Future of Energy? by Philip Steele
Category: Accessories | Series: Question It! Ser.
Petroleum has utterly changed the way we live. But has the cost to the planet been too great? Has oil overheated our climate? Is the Oil Age already being replaced by smarter technologies? Is there enough of the black stuff to go round, and will it keep flowing? This book, in the Question It! series for ...Show more
Population - Are There Too Many of Us? by Philip Steele
Category: Accessories | Series: Question It! Ser.
The world's population is growing, and with this growth comes an increased pressure on the resources, such as food, water, land for housing and energy sources, we need to live. The way in which humans are treating the planet they live on is having a significant effect on the global climate. This matters ...Show more
Pyramids Were Built (I Wonder Why) by Philip Steele
Category: Education | Series: I Wonder Wny
This highly popular and long-running series has been revamped for a new generation of readers, with a clean, crisp redesign and colourful covers. The series explores questions that young readers ask about the world around them in an unrivalled child-friendly style. The conversational format is perfect f ...Show more
Question It!: Water by Philip Steele
Category: Accessories | Series: Question It!
Water keeps us and our world alive. Without it we couldn't exist. Water and climate influence every aspect of human life. They affect where and how we live, our health, farming and food, our energy and our industry. The world's climate is changing. The amount of water we use is changing and the populati ...Show more
Record Breakers - The Most Dangerous (Kingfisher Readers: Level 5) by Philip Steele
Category: Education | Series: Kingfisher Readers Level 5
This five-level graded reading series, launched in January 2012, is sure to grip children's interest. Developed with literacy experts, the series will guide young readers as they build confidence and fluency in their literacy skills and progress towards reading alone.
The Atlas of Great Journeys by Philip Steele
Category: Education
The Atlas of Great Journeysallows readers to follow in the footsteps of the most daring adventurers as they set out to explore the unknown. Fascinating original map illustrations show the world's greatest journeys, and lavishly illustrated fact pages tell the stories of each expedition - what dangers th ...Show more
The Atlas of People and Places by Steele, Philip
Category: Travel | Series: Atlases
Beautifully presented comprehensive guides with a continent by continent approach
The Food - Is There Enough for All of Us? by Philip Steele
Category: Accessories | Series: Question It! Ser.
Food is fundamental to life on Earth. The struggle to find or grow food, and often failing, is the story of human history. Today we have more varities of food and production methods than ever before, but there has perhaps never been less connection with the land that produces food, and with farming. And ...Show more
The Holocaust: A History for Children - The Origins, Events and Remarkable Tales of Survival by Philip Steele
Category: Picture Books
An invaluable introductory guide to the Holocaust for young people.
The Holocaust: The Origins, Events and Remarkable Tales of Survival (PB) by Philip Steele
Category: Education
During WWII, some six million Jewish men, women and children lost their lives under the Nazis, in one of the darkest events of modern history. This thought-provoking book explains the complex reasons for the Holocaust, explores what life was like in the ghettos and concentration camps, and retells incre ...Show more