Phillip Manning – författare

Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds goes behind the scenes of day-to-day chemistry to explore the atoms that govern chemical processes. In clear language, this exciting book shows how the interactions between simple substances such as salt and water are crucial to life on Earth and how those interactions are predestined by the atoms that make up the molecules. In addition, the stories of the scientists whose discoveries shaped the modern world, such as Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, are presented here in gripping detail. Brimming with full-color photographs and illustrations and enhanced by sidebars and a glossary, ""Atoms, Molecules, and Compounds"" enables readers to explore the incredible discoveries highlighted in this book.

These fifteen short stories will shake you to your core and make you question all that you thought you knew.

Twelve-year-old Briana Jacobs thought seeing ghosts was the weirdest part of her life. She was wrong.When a desperate spirit pleads for help, Briana is thrust into a world hidden just beneath our own—a world where magic is real, ghosts are hunted, and ancient powers have begun to stir. She learns she is niaju, a rare type of magic wielder who can walk between the realms of the living and the dead.With the help of her best friend Jana, a sarcastic sprite named Woody, and the wisdom of her great-grandmother Kaya, Briana begins to uncover a terrifying truth: something dark is returning. A crown lost to legend. A war long forgotten. And a dangerous figure named Lord Draven, who seeks to rip the boundary between worlds apart.To stop him, Briana must journey through enchanted marketplaces, face cursed beasts, and help end a war between unicorns and dragons. Along the way, she meets powerful allies and terrifying enemies, confronts painful secrets, and discovers just how heavy the weight of destiny can be—especially for someone who still has homework due Monday.But Briana isn't alone. The strength of her ancestors flows through her veins. And while she may not have asked for this fight, she refuses to let the world fall into darkness.Can a girl who's still figuring herself out become the one to save us all?

They are the last line of defense against the occult, the supernatural, and the beings on the fringe of believability.When life-like statues suddenly begin appearing all over the streets of New Orleans, the O.R.C. (Observe, Research, and Contain) Foundation sounds the alarm. Field agents Max and Javi are dispatched to investigate, expecting a routine anomaly. Instead, they discover a nightmare: the statues are real people, flesh and blood turned to cold stone, their souls violently stripped away.The investigation leads the duo far from the city streets and into a hidden world of ancient threats. To solve the mystery, Max and Javi must survive encounters with forgotten deities, enraged cryptids, and a Gorgon sister hiding in the shadows of the bayou.As if things weren't bad enough, Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, is losing his patience, and if Max and Javi cannot find the souls, the Baron will reap the entire coastline to balance his ledger.Armed with advanced tech and rudimentary magic, Max and Javi must navigate a realm where reality is a suggestion and the gods are playing a game of cosmic stakes.