Amazing Secrets of Nature Author:Reader's Digest editors This fascinating book takes a wide-ranging look at nature's most incredible wonders-from the cause of earthquakes to the birth of a volcano, from explaining the existence of carnivorous plants to the death of a star. More than 150 different fascinating aspects of nature are covered in 18 thematic chapters, including topics such as Everything Cha... more »nges, Everything Comes to an End, which focuses on birth, metamorphosis and death in nature; The Unknown World and the Invisible, dealing with the outermost reaches of space and the innermost reaches of life on Earth; Water, Water, Everywhere explains the cycle of water from precipitation to rivers; and The Price of Survival is all about adapting to nature's changes in order to survive.« less