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Collected in Australian Legendary Tales are 30 stories shared by the Noongahburrah people and recorded by the author. A fascinating collection featuring stories that explain local landmarks, animal habits, and even the creation of animals themselves, this book represents one of the first collections of First Australian culture recorded after colonisation.This edition features the complete original text along with an introduction by Andrew Lang as well as the original illustrations by Aboriginal artist Tommy McRae.

Have you ever wondered why a prism turns ordinary sunlight into a rainbow? Isaac Newton knew why. How can a magnet be used to generate electricity? Michael Faraday could have told you. Can you explain how a toaster toasts bread? In this book, author Paul Fleisher answers these and many more questions as he looks at the laws that describe how waves behave. Through simple experiments, detailed illustrations and concepts that are easy to understand, readers are introduced to the basic principles of light, electricity and magnetism in a fun, exciting way.

Have you ever wondered why a 10-tonne boat floats but a tiny pebble sinks? Archimedes knew why. How does a basketball or tennis ball bounce? Robert Boyle could have described how! Can you explain why a hot-air balloon rises but a balloon you blow up drops to the ground? To answer these questions and many more, author Paul Fleisher explains the laws that define how and why liquids and gases behave the way they do. Through simple experiments, detailed illustrations and concepts that are easy to understand, readers are introduced to the basic principles of fluid mechanics in a fun, exciting way.

Have you ever wondered why objects drop to the ground or what keeps the Moon from crashing into the Earth? Isaac Newton wondered why. Do you know whether a bowling ball will fall faster than a cricket ball? Galileo could have told you! In this fascinating book, author Paul Fleisher answers these question and many more as he explores the scientific laws that describe how and why objects move. Fun experiments that readers can do on their own and helpful illustrations introduce the basic principle of classical mechanics.

Have you ever seen a magician make something seem to disappear Did it make you wonder if anything can really just vanish? To answer these and many other questions, author Paul Fleisher looks at the scientific laws that describe how matter and energy behave. Through simple experiments and concepts that are easy to understand, readers are introduced to the basic principles of matter and thermodynamics in a fun, exciting way.

Have you ever wondered why it seems like you are standing still - even though you are on a planet that is moving through space? Albert Einstein wondered why. Do you know what the famous equation E=mc2 means? Einstein could have explained it! Do you know why black holes exist? In this engaging book, author Paul Fleisher answers these and many more questions as he looks at the laws of relativity and quantum mechanics. With easy-to-understand concepts and experiments, readers are introduced to the basic principles of modern physics in an exciting way.

First published in 1908, Our Empire Story tells the history of five of the regions that made up the British Empire at the time.Covering four continents the histories include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India. Although written for young people it provides the same lively language that caused C.S. Lewis to call Marshall's 'Our Island Story' one of his favourite books.Be sure to look at the other books in this series, Our Island Story and This Country of Ours, also from Living Book Press.

First published in 1908, Our Empire Story tells the history of five of the regions that made up the British Empire at the time.Covering four continents the histories include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India. Although written for young people it provides the same lively language that caused C.S. Lewis to call Marshall's 'Our Island Story' one of his favourite books.Be sure to look at the other books in this series, Our Island Story and This Country of Ours, also from Living Book Press.

Each page spread in this Book of Centuries represents a period of time with space on the right to enter dates and information, and a blank page on the left where you can draw events or items of interest relating to the time period. Depending on the period a page represents from 1,000 years to 10 as follows-Prehistory - 3 spreads6,000-3,000bc - 1,000 years per spread2000bc-1600ad - 100 years per spread1601-1800ad - 50 years per spread1801-1900ad - 20 years per spread1901-onwards - 10 years per spread

This beloved history book traces the story of England from the myth of Brutus right through to the end of World War 1 in a delightful, engaging style that has made it a favorite of readers for many years.A childhood favorite of C.S. Lewis, he says in The Four Loves- "The stories are best when they are handed on and accepted as stories. I do not mean by this that they should be handed on as mere fictions (some of them are after all true). But the emphasis should be on the tale as such, on the picture which fires the imagination, the example that strengthens the will... When I was a child I had a book full of coloured pictures called Our Island Story. That title has always seemed to me to strike exactly the right note."Presented with all the original full-color images this edition of Our Island Story also includes the extra chapters not found in the first edition updating the reader on more of England's story.

Listen along as Uncle Paul converses with his three children, teaching them all about the world around us. Share the story of ants' underground city, the spider's suspension bridge, the caterpillars' metamorphasis. Unlock the mystery behind thunder, lightning, clouds, rain, the year and seasons, volcano's and earthquakes and much more.Fabre was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist, and botanist, but is probably best knows for his findings in entomology (the study of insects). His writing about the lives of insects in biographical form is part of his enduring popularity.This edition features all the original illustrations restored for modern printing along with easily readable text.

This edition features the Australia and New Zealand sections of H.E. Marshall's classic history of the English Empire, "Our Empire Story", complete with all original illustrations and tables. Within these pages you'll read of the first white people to discover Australia, the police who were worse than the convicts, brave explorers, warrior Maori's and so much more.