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  • (Super) Natural Science

    The Real Science of Superheroes, Mythic Creatures, and the (Sci-Fi) Universe

    by Charles Liu, Ph.D. ...
    Starships! Death Rays! Superheroes! Mutants! Monsters! The Multiverse! An astrophysicist (and science fiction fan) explores the scientific possibilities behind superhero superpowers, time travel, the supernatural, Bigfoot, ghosts, vampires, alien worlds, and much more!Have you ever wondered whether we might someday teleport from place to place with transporters like those shown in Star Trek? Or ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Handy Astronomy Answer Book

    by Charles Liu, Ph.D. ...
    Series series The Handy Answer Book Series
    Unraveling the Mysteries of the Night Sky. Fact-filled and image-rich guide to the principles of astronomy, its history, a host of fun facts, and helpful tips for the backyard or budding astronomers!We look to the heavens and wonder in awe. Shooting stars, constellations, planets, galaxies, and the unknown. What is out there? Who is out there? How did the stars and planets come to be? What does it ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Handy Physics Answer Book

    by Charles Liu, Ph.D. ...
    Series series The Handy Answer Book Series
    An informative, accessible, easy-to-use guide to physics, covering the fundamental concepts and amazing discoveries that govern our universe!We don’t need a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to know that everyone is governed by the laws of physics, but what are they? How do they affect us? Why do they matter? What did Newton mean when he said, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction?" ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Intro to Physics for Babies

    by Charles Liu PhD ...
    Series series STEAM Baby for Infants and Toddlers
    Fuel curiosity and early learning with a fun physics book for ages 0 to 3Set your little physicist up for S.T.E.A.M. success with Intro to Physics for Babies, a colorful and adorable storybook that explores the fundamentals of physics in a way that even babies can understand. Follow along with Isaac the puppy, Erwin the kitty, and Emmy the mouse as they spend a day of adventurous play, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • By the River

    Seven Contemporary Chinese Novellas

    Edited by Charles A. Laughlin, Ph.D., Liu Hongtao, Jonathan Stalling ...
    Series series Chinese Literature Today Book Series
    The novella, as the editors of this volume explain, is in many ways the “native habitat” of modern Chinese literary production—the ideal fictional form for revealing the various facets of contemporary Chinese culture. The seven novellas collected here resoundingly support their claim. Featuring works by award winners and rising stars, women and men, By the River presents a confluence of some of ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book

    by Charles Liu ...
    Series series The Handy Answer Book Series
    Quantum physics helps explain many mysteries of the universe. It underpins everything, but it need not be quantum difficult with this informative, accessible, easy-to-follow guide to the fundamentals and concepts of quantum physics and our quantum universe!Quantum physics is all around us. It’s in electrical lights, lasers, and the color of the sky. Without it, the sun wouldn’t shine. It even ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Human Universe

    by Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen ...
    Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ GuardianWhere are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future?Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the Universe in which we live.Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary ... ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Water Margin

    Outlaws of the Marsh

    by Shi Naian ...
    Translated by J.H. Jackson ...
    Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, The Water Margin is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny that will remind Western readers of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men.This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation brings a story that has been inspiring readers for hundreds of years to life for modern audiences. It features a new preface and ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Five Billion Years of Solitude

    The Search for Life Among the Stars

    by Lee Billings ...
    “A definitive guide to astronomy’s hottest field.” —The EconomistSince its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. But over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of “exoplanets,” including some that could be similar to our own world, and the pace of discovery is accelerating.In a fascinating account of ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Glass Universe

    How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

    by Dava Sobel ...
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomyA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR'sScience Friday**Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Litera... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The Sacred Oath

    The Epic Chinese Tale of Loyalty and War in a Dynamic New Translation

    by Luo Guanzhong ...
    Translated by Yu Sumei ...
    This exciting new translation of the Chinese classic is designed to delight modern readers.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty when China broke into three competing kingdoms and over half the population was killed or driven from their homes. readers will experience the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

    The classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural

    by Pu Songling ...
    Translated by Herbert A. Giles ...
    Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled from ancient Chinese folk stories by Songling Pu in the eighteenth century.These tales of ghosts, magic, vampirism, and other things bizarre and fantastic are an excellent Chinese companion to Lafcadio Hearn's well-known collections of Japanese ghost ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD