Author: Erik Hanson
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438182503
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A captivating introduction to the world's most fascinating caves, Caves, Revised Edition explores every nook and cranny of these nature-made creations—including lava caves, sea caves, and glacial caves—from Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, to the amazing Paleolithic paintings of Lascaux, to Fingal's Cave of Scotland, which inspired Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. Engrossing facts about the geologic origins of these underground voids; their astonishing speleothems, or formations, such as stalactites and stalagmites; and the microscopic extremophile organisms that dwell within are enhanced by exciting photographs and a wealth of other educational resources for further exploration.
Caves, Revised Edition
Author: Erik Hanson
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438182503
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A captivating introduction to the world's most fascinating caves, Caves, Revised Edition explores every nook and cranny of these nature-made creations—including lava caves, sea caves, and glacial caves—from Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, to the amazing Paleolithic paintings of Lascaux, to Fingal's Cave of Scotland, which inspired Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. Engrossing facts about the geologic origins of these underground voids; their astonishing speleothems, or formations, such as stalactites and stalagmites; and the microscopic extremophile organisms that dwell within are enhanced by exciting photographs and a wealth of other educational resources for further exploration.
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438182503
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
A captivating introduction to the world's most fascinating caves, Caves, Revised Edition explores every nook and cranny of these nature-made creations—including lava caves, sea caves, and glacial caves—from Kentucky's Mammoth Cave, to the amazing Paleolithic paintings of Lascaux, to Fingal's Cave of Scotland, which inspired Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. Engrossing facts about the geologic origins of these underground voids; their astonishing speleothems, or formations, such as stalactites and stalagmites; and the microscopic extremophile organisms that dwell within are enhanced by exciting photographs and a wealth of other educational resources for further exploration.
Speleology
Author: George W. Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Speleology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Speleology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Texas Caves
Author: Blair Pittman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"The text along with a hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs reveal the glories of Texas caves, "wild" as well as commercial, showing different types of cave formations, the creatures that live in them, and the people who explore them."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"The text along with a hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs reveal the glories of Texas caves, "wild" as well as commercial, showing different types of cave formations, the creatures that live in them, and the people who explore them."--BOOK JACKET.
The Secret of the Caves #7
Author: Franklin W. Dixon
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0515159093
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hardy Boys series, first published in 1927, has sold more than 70 million copies! Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss! In The Secret of the Caves, the seventh book in the incredibly popular, long-running series, Frank and Joe Hardy discover the secret of the Honeycomb Caves while searching for a missing professor. A special treat for Hardy Boys fans and any reader who's new to the series!
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0515159093
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hardy Boys series, first published in 1927, has sold more than 70 million copies! Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss! In The Secret of the Caves, the seventh book in the incredibly popular, long-running series, Frank and Joe Hardy discover the secret of the Honeycomb Caves while searching for a missing professor. A special treat for Hardy Boys fans and any reader who's new to the series!
Snow Caves for Fun & Survival
Author: Ernest Wilkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555660956
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The author gives detailed instructions on how to build snow caves in both deep and shallow snow and includes instructions for other types of snow shelters including igloos and lean-tos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555660956
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The author gives detailed instructions on how to build snow caves in both deep and shallow snow and includes instructions for other types of snow shelters including igloos and lean-tos.
Depths of the Earth
Author: William R. Halliday
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Private Press Books
Caves
Author: Julie Murray
Publisher: Abdo Kids Junior
ISBN: 9781532185229
Category : Animal housing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Through simple text and cool photographs, this title gives a brief introduction to what a cave is and the animals, like lions and bats, that live in one. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Publisher: Abdo Kids Junior
ISBN: 9781532185229
Category : Animal housing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Through simple text and cool photographs, this title gives a brief introduction to what a cave is and the animals, like lions and bats, that live in one. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Humanism
Author: Peter Cave
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861543572
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Life does not become empty and meaningless in a godless universe. This is the contention at the heart of humanism, the philosophy concerned with making sense of the world through reason, experience and shared human values. In this thought-provoking introduction, Peter Cave explores the humanist approach to religious belief, ethics and politics, and addresses key criticisms. Revised and updated to confront today’s great crises – the climate emergency and global pandemics – and the future of humanism in the face of rapid technological advancement, this is for anyone wishing to better understand what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861543572
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Life does not become empty and meaningless in a godless universe. This is the contention at the heart of humanism, the philosophy concerned with making sense of the world through reason, experience and shared human values. In this thought-provoking introduction, Peter Cave explores the humanist approach to religious belief, ethics and politics, and addresses key criticisms. Revised and updated to confront today’s great crises – the climate emergency and global pandemics – and the future of humanism in the face of rapid technological advancement, this is for anyone wishing to better understand what it means to be human in the twenty-first century.
The Boy of the Painted Cave
Author: Justin Denzel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110107793X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110107793X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him the true secret of the hunt.