Packed with images and diagrams, Incredible Elements guides you through the subject one step at a time, from early alchemy to modern-day chemistry. Along the way you'll read about some of the smartest scientists in human history and find out how chemical reactions affect our everyday lives.

The Periodic Table Book is the perfect visual guide to the chemical elements that make up our world. This eye-catching encyclopedia takes children on a visual tour of the 118 chemical elements of the periodic table, from argon to zinc. It explores the naturally occurring elements, as well as the man-made ones, and explains their properties and atomic structures. Using more than 1,000 full-colour photographs, The Periodic Table Book shows the many natural forms of each element, as well as a wide range of both everyday and unexpected objects in which it is found, making each element relevant for the child's world.

The exploration of the elements continues! Theodore Gray's Elements Vault builds on Gray's best-selling book with all new text, plus removable historic letters and other artifacts and collectible samples of real elements The Elements Vault picks up where The Elements left off. Organized into the nine major groups of the periodic table, including the alkali metals, the alkali earth metals, the transition metals, the nonmetals, the metalloids, the halogens, the noble gases, the actinides, and the lanthanides, Elements Vault includes all new text, new photographs, and even more information about the elements. Elements Vault also includes 20 removable historic documents related to the elements and the field of chemistry, such as Einstein's famous letter to Roosevelt explaining the potential of uranium for use in nuclear weapons, a genuine advertisement for lithium-laced 7UP soda, Mendeleev's original notes on the periodic table, and more. Each of these documents is individually packaged in an envelope attached to the book page. The document can be removed and handled and then put back into the book for safekeeping. Also here is a gorgeous 20" x 10" poster of the unique rainbow spectrum emitted by each element in the periodic table. Also included inside the book are real samples of pure elements! Filled with Theo Gray's and Nick Mann's trademark stunning photography throughout, Elements Vault is the perfect addition to Gray's growing series of all-things-elements.

You are a Speaker and you are a Salesperson. Regardless of your title: Corporate Executive, Sales and Marketing Professional, Salesperson, Teacher, Trainer, or Coach, your success in connecting with your words and selling your ideas and products will determine Your Career Success.

Professional Speaker and Certified Professional Coach, Mark A. Vickers, shares key tips and techniques for success in Speaking and Selling. Each technique that Mark covers is a lesson that your mother taught you by the time you were 16.

There is no magic to becoming an effective speaker or salesperson just two basic requirements: understand the key fundamentals AND apply them every day.

Through simple truths that your mother shared with you, Mark takes a lighthearted but direct look at the issues facing most professionals when they are making presentations and provides simple steps to improve your skills.

Speaking is Selling – 51 Tips Your Mother Taught you is full of reminders and techniques to help you maximize your professional success.

This endlessly fascinating book explores the elements of the periodic table, including the story of their discovery and the way they have revolutionized our lives. Discover the incredibly poisonous ingredients in table salt, how iron in the earth makes compasses work, and many more surprising facts! With wonderful graphic illustrations by Roy Hermelin, this full-color book provides a fun way for children to learn this essential area of chemistry. What's the best book for budding scientists aged 8+? The answer is elementary! ABOUT THE SERIES: Science Stories is a vibrant educational series, focusing on the history of science and its major breakthroughs. Each title focuses on a different discipline - from computer science to the periodic table - brought to life by Roy Hermelin's full-colour illustrations.

"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.