A Spark of Nature
A Spark of Nature

Author: Susannah Welch

Publisher: Silky Sky Publishing, LLC

Published: 2023-09-29

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1958568112

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A scholarly wallflower. A too-charming prince. Will she choose the protection her godmother offers or risk everything for true love? Elliya has spent her whole life as a servant in her stepmother’s home and learned to stay quiet to survive. When a mysterious godmother offers her a new life as an apprentice scholar, Elliya abandons her former home for the one thing she’s always wanted: safety. Living inside a monastery full of women scholars, she didn’t expect to meet Hawthorne, the most charming prince in the queendom. And despite her lifetime of trained silence, she can’t keep her mouth shut around him. Something about him stirs her temper … and her heart. When the prince is kidnapped, Elliya is the only one who can save him. Will she stay safely tucked inside the walls of the monastery or use her newfound magic to save the man she loves? A playful and heartfelt retelling of Cinderella, A Spark of Nature is the second book of Heart of the Queendom, a series of interconnected but stand-alone fairy tale retellings that feature strong heroines, dreamy princes, and swoon-worthy happily ever afters.

SPARK Nature Fun Facts Mazes
SPARK Nature Fun Facts Mazes

Author: Tony Tallarico

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 048681582X

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Follow these 46 mazes to discover the speed of the fastest animal, how many muscles you use when you smile, and dozens of other interesting and surprising facts. Solutions.

Volta
Volta

Author: Giuliano Pancaldi

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2005-05

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9780691122267

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Giuliano Pancaldi sets us within the cosmopolitan cultures of Enlightenment Europe to tell the story of Alessandro Volta--the brilliant man whose name is forever attached to electromotive force. Providing fascinating details, many previously unknown, Pancaldi depicts Volta as an inventor who used his international network of acquaintances to further his quest to harness the power of electricity. This is the story of a man who sought recognition as a natural philosopher and ended up with an invention that would make an everyday marvel of electric lighting. Examining the social and scientific contexts in which Volta operated--as well as Europe's reception of his most famous invention--Volta also offers a sustained inquiry into long-term features of science and technology as they developed in the early age of electricity. Pancaldi considers the voltaic cell, or battery, as a case study of Enlightenment notions and their consequences, consequences that would include the emergence of the "scientist" at the expense of the "natural philosopher." Throughout, Pancaldi highlights the complex intellectual, technological, and social ferment that ultimately led to our industrial societies. In so doing, he suggests that today's supporters and critics of Enlightenment values underestimate the diversity and contingency inherent in science and technology--and may be at odds needlessly. Both an absorbing biography and a study of scientific and technological creativity, this book offers new insights into the legacies of the Enlightenment while telling the remarkable story of the now-ubiquitous battery.

Seed + Spark
Seed + Spark

Author: 180 Studio

Publisher: 180 Press

Published: 2020-10-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781735557601

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Seed + Spark takes its readers in search of a better understanding of the future of learning - and, by extension, the future of humanity. Believing "the future is already here; it's just not evenly distributed," Seed + Spark provides a framework for remaking our schools, our workspaces, and our social structures in ways that align with the design principles of the natural world. The result is an eclectic, provocative series of interviews, ideas, and case studies in which parallel worlds collide, and our basic understanding of our place on the planet is forever altered.

Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids: 50 Creative Projects to Spark Curiosity in the Outdoors
Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids: 50 Creative Projects to Spark Curiosity in the Outdoors

Author: Kim Andrews

Publisher: Rockridge Press

Published: 2019-05-28

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781641523929

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The Activity Book That Makes Kids Wild About Nature Nature books for kids should get them excited about heading out into the great outdoors. This one encourages them to track, explore, discover and create. Unlike some nature books for kids, the Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids, is filled with hands-on educational outdoor activities--like crafting bird feeders out of fruit, pressing flowers, creating sundials and so much more. The Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids includes: 50 AMAZING OUTDOOR PROJECTS--See how nature books for kids can inspire a lifetime of curiosity by using play to encourage natural observation. ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE--Discover fun and educational outdoor activities designed for a variety of seasons, regions, and age ranges. WILD COLORS--Color illustrations bring activities to life, provide further instruction, and get kids excited about going outside. The hands-on, get-dirty approach makes this one of the best nature books for kids and shows them what makes the great outdoors great.

Bringing Nature Home
Bringing Nature Home

Author: Douglas W. Tallamy

Publisher: Timber Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1604691468

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“With the twinned calamities of climate change and mass extinction weighing heavier and heavier on my nature-besotted soul, here were concrete, affordable actions that I could take, that anyone could take, to help our wild neighbors thrive in the built human environment. And it all starts with nothing more than a seed. Bringing Nature Home is a miracle: a book that summons butterflies." —Margaret Renkl, The Washington Post As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife—native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.

The Creative Spark
The Creative Spark

Author: Agustín Fuentes

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1101983957

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A bold new synthesis of paleontology, archaeology, genetics, and anthropology that overturns misconceptions about race, war and peace, and human nature itself, answering an age-old question: What made humans so exceptional among all the species on Earth? Creativity. It is the secret of what makes humans special, hiding in plain sight. Agustín Fuentes argues that your child's finger painting comes essentially from the same place as creativity in hunting and gathering millions of years ago, and throughout history in making war and peace, in intimate relationships, in shaping the planet, in our communities, and in all of art, religion, and even science. It requires imagination and collaboration. Every poet has her muse; every engineer, an architect; every politician, a constituency. The manner of the collaborations varies widely, but successful collaboration is inseparable from imagination, and it brought us everything from knives and hot meals to iPhones and interstellar spacecraft. Weaving fascinating stories of our ancient ancestors' creativity, Fuentes finds the patterns that match modern behavior in humans and animals. This key quality has propelled the evolutionary development of our bodies, minds, and cultures, both for good and for bad. It's not the drive to reproduce; nor competition for mates, or resources, or power; nor our propensity for caring for one another that have separated us out from all other creatures. As Fuentes concludes, to make something lasting and useful today you need to understand the nature of your collaboration with others, what imagination can and can't accomplish, and, finally, just how completely our creativity is responsible for the world we live in. Agustín Fuentes's resounding multimillion-year perspective will inspire readers—and spark all kinds of creativity.