Books with author John Woodward

The desert is home to many different animal species. These animals make their habitats in this dry climate, which can sometimes be difficult to survive in because of the hot temperatures and scarce food sources. Fun facts about desert animals are presented through age-appropriate text, which covers common science curriculum topics such as animal adaptations and biomes. Vibrant, full-color photographs provide readers with examples of what desert animals look like and how they appear in their natural habitats.

Created in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution and packed with fun facts on fossils, amphibians, sea creatures, woolly mammoths, Neanderthals, insects and more, Dinosaur! will intrigue readers and provide an experience that will redefine natural history for kids. The lost world of velociraptor, stegosaurus, allosaurus, and other prehistoric monsters come to life as never seen before in Dinosaur! Packed with photorealistic computer generated images, detailed cross-sections and cutaways revealing the inner workings of dinosaurs, simple annotations, and clear concise definitions explaining each dinosaur and prehistoric beast at a glance - Dinosaur! revives the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Eras and brings young readers into the action. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Modern technology has enabled today's marine scientists to penetrate the oceans' depths as never before, where they continue to discover strange and exotic sea creatures. Creatures of the Deep, the newest title in Barron's exciting Discoverology series, takes young readers on a fascinating descent into the sea's dark and mysterious depths where, at nearly two miles below the surface, they encounter such creatures as-- Viperfish, fierce fish with hinged jaws and outsized, needlelike teeth Crustacean Phronima, the inspiration for the creature in the 1979 film Alien Amphipods, almost totally transparent sea creatures with huge eyes Sperm Whales, giants even among whales, who are able to reach the oceans' greatest depths . . . and many others Pictured and described in these pages are fish that make their own light, colossal squid measuring up to 49 feet with hooked tentacles, and many other extraor

This thrilling and adventurous journey is the latest Discovery Plus title. Sharks have a fascinating history. They were swimming in prehistoric seas for about 150 million years before dinosaurs appeared on land. They have evolved so that they are now considered some of the most efficient hunters on the planet. Other predators are also explored, from night hunters to pack hunters, from owls to piranhas, from scorpions to killer whales. Each topic's spread contains a variety of related and interesting facts, color photographs, and detailed illustrations containing tabs, folds, acetates, and wheels.

From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.S. Army deployed thousands of nuclear warheads throughout Europe as a deterrent to Soviet ambitions. The end of the Cold War saw the decommissioning of much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the phasing out of support personnel. This memoir by one of the Army's last "glow worms" chronicles his career as a nuclear weapons specialist--from 17-year-old recruit to participant in Operation Silent Echo, codename for the removal of all tactical warheads throughout Asia and Europe.

John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work—not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s—but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job, he took a vacation trekking in Nepal because a friend had told him, "If you get high enough in the mountains, you can't hear Steve Ballmer yelling at you anymore."Instead of being the antidote to the rat race, that trip convinced John Wood to divert the boundless energy he was devoting to Microsoft into a cause that desperately needed to be addressed. While visiting a remote Nepalese school, Wood learned that the students had few books in their library. When he offered to run a book drive to provide the school with books, his idea was met with polite skepticism. After all, no matter how well-intentioned, why would a successful software executive take valuable time out of his life and gather books for an impoverished school?But John Wood did return to that school and with thousands of books bundled on the back of a yak. And at that moment, Wood made the decision to walk away from Microsoft and create Room to Read—an organization that has donated more than 1.2 million books, established more than 2,600 libraries and 200 schools, and sent 1,700 girls to school on scholarship—ultimately touching the lives of 875,000 children with the lifelong gift of education.Leaving Microsoft to Change the World chronicles John Wood's struggle to find a meaningful outlet for his managerial talents and entrepreneurial zeal. For every high-achiever who has ever wondered what life might be like giving back, Wood offers a vivid, emotional, and absorbing tale of how to take the lessons learned at a hard-charging company like Microsoft and apply them to one of the world's most pressing problems: the lack of basic literacy.

Contents: The blue twilight; Your mission; Fishing the depths; Dawn descent; Getting darker; Getting colder; Coming up; Microscopic life; Marine snow; A deep-sea vampire squid; The deep scattering layer; Rise and fall; Big-eyed hunter; Top predators; Mirrors and light; Deepwater giants; Talking whales; Heading south; Deep currents; Diving with elephant seals; Mission debriefing.

A gorgeous follow-up to our innovative Mission: Space, Voyage: Ocean brings us back down to Earth and into the abyss of the deep, blue sea. Spectacular images take center stage as we explore the incredible ocean and the animals and plants that live there.Special spreads focus on man s interaction with and exploration of the ocean, explaining up-to-the minute scientific advances and developments.Informative text interacts with the imagery throughout this circular tome, making it an asset to any library, be it at home, school, aquarium, or beyond.