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Pocket Guide To Butterflies
This book is as visually impressive as it is useful in the field, with many stunning full-page and double-page photographs to support the authoritative text. The introduction explains the basics of butterflies and their identification. Each species is illustrated by the author's remarkable photographs. The text covers information such as ID features, distribution, habitat, status, confusion species and interesting facts.
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Metamorphosis
This title brings you the tale of a man’s metamorphosis into a monstrous bug and the aftermath of the change. He discovers that he has become a burden to his own family. The story delves into the bizarre, puzzling nature of the human mind by using beautiful, multifaceted metaphors. The outstanding ingenuity of the story features Gregor Samsa as the protagonist. He is a nomadic salesman enduring the transformation, who, unfortunately, becomes unfit as a professional too. His own family is sickened by the change, which makes it all the more difficult for Gregor to deal with the transformation.
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Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
In the Harry Potter series, as Harry explored the magical world during his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he found himself reading about all kinds of magical creatures that remained hidden from muggles. In Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, a book that Harry has to use for one of his classes, he comes to learn about a whole new world of wonderful creatures that inhabit the magical world. To the delight of all Harry Potter followers, the book is now available for them to read, exactly similar to the one used at Hogwarts. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them is presented as the copy originally owned by Harry himself and is full of side notes and scribbles from Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione. While some of the beasts described in the book have appeared in the Harry Potter books, many of them have not appeared anywhere in the series. From deadly Lethifold to innocuous Hippogriffs, the book reveals the secrets of many strange and beautiful mythical creatures. Though authored by J. K. Rowling, the book carries the name of Newt Scamander as the author. Scamander is a fictional character from the world of Harry Potter who specializes in the magical science of zoology. The book also contains a foreword from the school’s charismatic headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.
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Buildings Of The Future
"Eco-Action" looks at the new technologies that will help to save our way of life on the planet, with a particular focus on reducing dependency on fossil fuels and output of carbon dioxide.An upbeat approach explains the problems but with an emphasis on current and future possible solutions. Action boxes throughout suggest ways readers can make changes, encouraging them to engage with the topic and increasing their understanding of personal responsibility. This book looks at pros and cons of alternative energies and lifestyle choices so students can make up their own minds. It includes case studies from around the world enabling students to apply their understanding to real-life situations.
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Consumerisms Of The Future
"Eco-Action" looks at the new technologies that will help to save our way of life on the planet, with a particular focus on reducing dependency on fossil fuels and output of carbon dioxide.An upbeat approach explains the problems but with an emphasis on current and future possible solutions. Action boxes throughout suggest ways readers can make changes, encouraging them to engage with the topic and increasing their understanding of personal responsibility. This book looks at pros and cons of alternative energies and lifestyle choices so students can make up their own minds. It includes case studies from around the world enabling students to apply their understanding to real-life situations.
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Tales Of Remarkable Birds
Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound. For example: Why do Male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors, and furthermore they may give these gifts in full view of the official mate. Why do gangs of White-winged Choughs 'kidnap' their neighbours' fledglings and then keep them in their 'gang'. Which bird is so big, strong and fierce that stories abound of it killing humans? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries and explains just what might have happened. What happens in an albatross 'divorce'?This book divides the world by continent and takes a series of extraordinary stories from each to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour. Each continent will have around five or six stories, each described in 1500 to 2000 words and examining the truths and the mythology behind each example. An intriguiguing book from an author with an ability to engage with his audience.
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Designed For Success-Attack Fighters
This is a useful, high-interest series covering the design of super-vehicles, offering accessible information on design and technology for a wide range of readers at KS3.Each book focuses on the design of different types of high-powered vehicles, from military vehicles to superboats. This book focuses on vehicles with exceptional design with case studies looking at design, manufacture, performance and safety.
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Designed For Success-Superbikes
Ready to get revved up? This new edition of 'Superbikes' looks at how the world's most popular and successful bikes are designed, built, and ridden. Check out the beautifully streamlined Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14 and Ducati 1098 sports motorcycles, the gritty H
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Designed For Success-Military Vehicles
This is a useful, high-interest series covering the design of super-vehicles, offering accessible information on design and technology for a wide range of readers at KS3.Each book focuses on the design of different types of high-powered vehicles, from military vehicles to superboats. This book focuses on vehicles with exceptional design with case studies looking at design, manufacture, performance and safety.
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Designed For Success-Superboats
This is a useful, high-interest series covering the design of super-vehicles, offering accessible information on design and technology for a wide range of readers at KS3.Each book focuses on the design of different types of high-powered vehicles, from military vehicles to superboats. This title focuses on vehicles with exceptional design with case studies looking at design, manufacture, performance and safety.
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Designed For Success-Off-Road Vehicles
This is an useful, high-interest series covering the design of super-vehicles, offering accessible information on design and technology for a wide range of readers at KS3.Each book focuses on the design of different types of high-powered vehicles, from military vehicles to superboats. This title focuses on vehicles with exceptional design with case studies looking at design, manufacture, performance and safety.
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Great Women Of The World
“Quick Reference Biographies Omnibus – Great Women of the World” is a collection of biographies of some of the world’s great women. As the old adage goes, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”. The influence a woman can have on future generations is immense. Personalities as diverse as Lady Diana, Benazir Bhutto and Enid Blyton are firmly set in our memory for their note-worthy work. The life and times of these great women including Margaret Thatcher, Indra Nooyi, Joan of Arc, Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel have been chronicled in this enlightening series.
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Great Freedom Fighters Of The World
“Quick Reference Biographies Omnibus – Great Freedom Fighters of the World” is a collection of biographies of some of the world’s great freedom fighters. “Where the head is held high and mind is without fear….. into that heaven of freedom, let my country awake.” Tagore’s most famous words ring true to the numerous freedom fighters of the world who have fought valiantly for the freedom of their country. The life and times of Che Guevera, Gandhi, Shivaji, Lincoln, Subhash Chandra Bose, Rani Lakshmibai, Tipu Sultan and Rabindranath Tagore himself have been chronicled in this enlightening series.
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Great Thinkers Of The World
“Quick Reference Biographies Omnibus – Great Thinkers of the World” is a collection of biographies of some of the world’s eminent philosophers and thinkers. Helen Keller, whose contribution to the blind is immeasurable, Karl Marx, who is the most influential socialist thinker, great scientists like Charles Darwin, eminent playwrights like William Shakespeare, philosophers like Swami Vivekananda, J. Krishnamurti and Osho Rajneesh and novelist R. K. Narayan are amongst the great thinkers of the world whose life and times have been chronicled in this enlightening series.
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Famous Personalities Of The World
“Quick Reference Biographies Omnibus – Famous Personalities of the World” is a collection of biographies of some of the world’s most famous personalities. Fame is not necessarily synonymous with goodness or talent. Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussain were famous inspite of being ruthless dictators. Winston Churchill was well known for standing up against Adolf Hitler. The life and times of these famous personalities including Charles Chaplin, Mao Tse Tung, Jawaharlal Nehru, John F. Kennedy and A P J Abdul Kalam have been chronicled in this enlightening series.
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Nobel Laureates Of The World
“Quick Reference Biographies Omnibus – Great Nobel Laureates of the World” is a collection of biographies of some of the world’s Nobel prize winners. Not every human being strives for perfection. But for those who do, there can be nothing sweeter than recognition. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to many brilliant people in recognition of their achievement in various fields. The life and times of Nobel Laureates Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, C.V.Raman, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Aung San Sui Kyi, Marie Curie and Mikhail Gorbachev have been chronicled in this enlightening series.