From boiling heat to bone-chilling cold, from the driest deserts to the darkest caves, from the tallest mountains to the deepest seas: these animals survive in the most extreme environments imaginable. Meet these incredible creatures, including polar bears and penguins that endure freezing temperatu[...]
"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Vancouver and Victoria" will lead you straight to the very best this region has to offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the best nightspots, this fully updated guide with pull-out map is the perfect pocket-s[...]
"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Las Vegas" is your pocket guide to the very best of the city of Las Vegas. From top restaurants, bars, and clubs to the best casinos and insider tips, our "Top 10 Travel Guide" will be your secret weapon to experiencing the best of Las Vegas. Check out the greates[...]
Featuring easy-to-follow instructions on all the main basic and intermediate skills required to sew garments from a pattern, Fashion Sewing: Introductory Techniques is an excellent resource for fashion design students who want to improve their sewing skills. The book includes advice on setting up th[...]
Fashion Sewing: Advanced Techniques guides the reader through a range of intermediate and advanced skills, such as tailoring, sewing with knits, inserting linings and facings and how to sew a wide range of design variations for collars, pockets and sleeves. The detailed step-by-step instructions are[...]
Beautiful, bold and brilliant Avery dreams of becoming a member of the Royal Astronomical Society ? and the only way she can join the all-male society is to disguise herself as a boy. After helping Giles, Lord Strand, escape a disastrous engagement she is certain he will assist in her daring masquer[...]
Effervescent bon vivant Lucy Eastlake is a young operetta singer whose star is on the rise in Edwardian London. Though struggling to maintain her beloved great-aunts household, she holds fast to the belief that things will work out. Now, with the fiftieth anniversary of a siege her great-aunt Lavini[...]
A woman compelled. A man obsessed. A love that defies king and country. In the glittering world of Regency England, Anne Wilder plays a dangerous game. A widowed lady by day, by night she becomes a masked thief preying on society's elite. She roves high above London's black rooftops, compelled by ph[...]
This is the new and fully revised third edition of the well-received text that is the benchmark book in the field of nutrition and aging. The editors (specialists in geriatric nutrition, medical sociology, and clinical nutrition, respectively) and contributors (a panel of recognized academic nutriti[...]
From the beloved nanny to stars like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Cash Warren and Jessica Alba comes a loving yet no-nonsense guide to the first four months of parenthood so you can raise a happy baby--and be happy parents. There is nothing like the overwhe[...]
An inspiring guide to creating unique, embellished but affordable clothing. Embellish Chic features smart ideas and clear instructions as readers learn to transform so-so ready-to-wear into something special, using beads, buttons, trims, fabrics, threads and more.[...]
Aromatherapy A-Z is a fresh and easy step-by-step reference guide. The authors have compiled a vast amount of information on essential oils, humankind's first medicine. Use this well-organised book to find the combinations of oils that are most beneficial for treating a variety of illnesses and phys[...]
Addy Walker's family is planning a dangerous escape
from slavery in the summer of 1864. But before they can make the escape, the worst happens--Master Stevens decides to sell some of his slaves, including Poppa and Addy's brother, Sam. Addy and Momma take the terrible risk of escaping by themselv[...]
Addy and her mother arrive in Philadelphia to begin life as free people. Everything is new to them in the big city. Addy is happy--she has a friend for the first time, Sarah, and she is learning to read and write. In school, Addy sits next to Harriet. Harriet is smart, wealthy, and popular. She has [...]