Explore the hidden depths of the ocean with this stunning visual encyclopedia for children. Ocean: A Children's Encyclopedia reveals the secrets of the seas through stunning images and beautiful photography to engage and educate kids. From the Arctic to the Caribbean, tiny plankton to giant whales, [...]
Dive into the deadliest of oceans with this visual encyclopedia. Compare the features of the different creatures from saw-like snouts to angel "wings" and use the reference section to look at a shark's anatomy. A simple, accessible, page-per-topic guide, you can learn all about the ocean's inhabitan[...]
Bring the underwater world of oceans to life with Ocean Ultimate Sticker Book.With 250 reusable stickers, your child will discover all about marine life from whales and turtles to clownfish and tang, from jellyfish and octopus to seagulls and pelicans. Packed with fun facts for kids which support Ke[...]
Find out about sharks, whales, the giant squid and many more incredible creatures that live in the oceans of the world.Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve[...]
"Thrilling". (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall). "Authoritative and furious, urgent and persuasive". (Sunday Times). "Compelling...Roberts is that precious pearl: a practising scientist who not only knows his field inside out, but also understands how to write". (Guardian). Oceans are the most mysterious[...]
This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had[...]
A sustained meditation on a prayer attributed to St Brendan which brings together some of the main themes in Celtic spirituality. It also contains practical prayer exercises. The book is illustrated with Celtic line drawings.[...]
While most 16-year-old girls are planning their weddings, Xueyan, known as Yanyan, has no interest at all in marriage. She is fascinated by medicine. In China in 1921, women rarely attend university, let alone medical school. Still, Yanyan is determined to become a doctor. But Yanyans feelings about[...]
Perfect for boys and girls ages 3-7, this deluxe activity book based on Disney/Pixar "Finding Nemo" features 16 different watercolors, a brush, and over 60 fin-tastic images to paint[...]
The climate record for the past 100,000 years clearly indicates that the climate system has undergone periodic--and often extreme--shifts, sometimes in as little as a decade or less. The causes of abrupt climate changes have not been clearly established, but the triggering of events is likely to be [...]
For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The possibility that human-generated noise could harm marine mammals or significantly interfere with their no[...]
This cuddly cloth book from Priddy's "My First Books" series introduces babies to colorful undersea creatures. The cover has a soft, fleece background, and a shiny applique patch on a big friendly whale for little hands to touch and feel, while there's a different, bright and eye-catching animal to [...]
"A Door into Ocean is the novel upon which the author's reputation as an important SF writer principally rests. A ground-breaking work both of feminist SF and of world-building hard SF, it concerns the Sharers of Shora, a nation of women on a distant moon in the far future who are pacifists, highly [...]
Shipwrecked and separated after their father's death, siblings Connor and Grace must use the skills their father taught them and their own wits to battle their way out of their dangerous situations and reunite once more before more harm befalls them. Reprint.[...]
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USA TODAY BESTSELLER BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and 3.6 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Drawing on more than a decade of n[...]
Selected as Apple iBooks' Best Business Book of the Month
Finalist for the Thinkers50 Strategy Award
A Financial Times Business Book of the Month BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and 3.6 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professor[...]
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2004, this is the compelling account of the most recent adventure of the bestselling author of "Facing Up". It started out as a carefully calculated attempt to complete the first unassisted crossing of the frozen north Atlantic in an ope[...]
Sylvia Earle first lost her heart to the ocean as a young girl when she discovered the wonders of the Gulf of Mexico in her backyard. As an adult, she dives even deeper. Whether she's designing submersibles, swimming with the whales, or taking deep-water walks, Sylvia Earle has dedicated her life to[...]
Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award
The place is the chilly border between Russia and China. The time is the early 1970s when the two giants were poised on the brink of war. And the characters in this thrilling collection of stories are Chinese soldiers who must constantly scrutinize the enemy [...]
"Exotic...erotic... Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical."--The New York Times Book Review
With Silk, his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea, he has been acclaimed as the successor [...]
The most talked about fiction debut in years: a large, suspense-laden thriller that is also a novel of brilliantly astute social observation focusing on two fascinating worlds: that of the New York-Washington black upper middle class, and the complex world of an Ivy League law school.
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