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"From the largest bubblegum bubble and the deepest caves to the oldest tennis champion and the speediest spacecraft, this fact-packed bonanza celebrates the people, animals, places, natural wonders, and historic firsts of every state in this record-breaking nation. Let's hear it for the states!"--Page 4 of cover.

"Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? What if everyone only had one soulmate? What would happen if the moon went away? In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves...

Presents advice on how to gain personal freedom by following the wisdom of the Toltecs.

"Rhymes invite the reader to find hidden objects in photographs of Christmas items."--Provided by publisher.

"A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is as close as the nearest toaster? In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects...

Presents a treasury of facts and stories from U.S. history, including that the word "independence" does not appear in the Declaration of Independence and that World War I soldiers used glowworms to help them see at night.

A thrilling nonfiction tour of the cosmos that brings the universe down to Earth, from one of the all-time masters of science fiction.
 
No one makes sense out of science like Isaac Asimov. Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than one hundred of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe—questions...

Presents the most interesting, monumental, and strange sports stories of the past year, including championship statistics in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, and tennis.

This visually stunning tour of the prehistoric world is packed with a whopping amount of numerical facts and stats--from the fastest, biggest and deadliest creatures to the size of dinosaurs' hearts, brains, tails and scales.

Cut paper collage illustrations introduce a variety of animals that surpass all others in certain physical features or abilities.