From the #1 international bestselling author of THE REVENANT – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the fascinating story of America’s first battle over the environment.In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twelve. In an era that treated the West as nothing more than a treasure chest of resou…
Three short zany stories, all featuring weird and wonderful animals with illustrations by Tony Ross.The Gargling Gorilla, The Runaway Reptiles and The Dog Magician – three hilarious stories in one volume from an award-winning author with a wicked sense of humour.The Gargling Gorilla is a perfext text for confident young readers, with its accumulative storyline, use of repetition and alliteration a…
An ornithological quiz book packed with challenging questions for birders, based on the popular ‘Bird Brain of Britain’ contest at the annual BirdFair.The British Birdwatching Fair, held every August at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, attracts over 30,000 visitors every year. One of the most popular attractions in the events marquee is the ‘Bird Brain of Britain’ contest. Each of the four contestant…
Craft delicious wild cocktails from foraged and grown ingredientsThe art of foraged, or ‘wild’, cocktails is a growing phenomenon all over the world – from the pop-up bars of London to the farmers’ markets and speakeasies of New York City. Forager’s Cocktails is one of the very first books on the market to capture this growing mixology movement – in a beautiful hardback gift format!Full of lavish …
See the smash hit family movie – relive the magic in this storybook retelling.Every page of this enchanting picture book features high-quality photography from the star-studded Paddington 2 movie, and is perfectly pitched for a younger audience so all the family can enjoy the story time and time again.
Springwatch British Wildlife is the perfect year-round countryside introduction to the much-loved wildlife of the popular BBC2 television series.The book guides you through Britain's rich and diverse natural heritage, allowing you to enjoy the nation's wildlife at its finest – learning how the animals live and where to find them, why they do what they do and how we can appreciate them.You will be …
In recent years the Somerset Levels suffered from the worst flooding in over twenty years. Inevitably the residents asked for more drainage, more dredging and more money. Flooding in the area has been an issue since it was a marshland, but is more drainage and more dredging the answer?Exploring the old arguments and new solutions raised over the last 400 years, this completely updated edition of t…
The heart-warming new story about family and friendships from Newbery Medal-winner Katherine Applegate.Life is tough for ten-year-old Jackson. The landlord is often at the door, there’s not much food in the fridge and he’s worried that any day now the family will have to move out of their home. Again.Crenshaw is a cat. He’s large, he’s outspoken and he’s imaginary. He’s come back into Jackson’s li…
The story and science of how animals find their way home.Home is the place we long for most, when we feel we have travelled too far, for too long. Since boyhood, acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year to a beloved patch of woods in his native western Maine. But while it’s the pull of nostalgia that informs our desire to go back, what is it that drives the homing inst…
To Joel Buton When he was still a child. When you could already see a little glint, if attentively looking into his eyes. A glint slowly lighting in the darkness. And from that fragile glint, guessing in him, little child, the birth of his great dream. A Lost Little Girl left Her Happy Thought by Federico Parra Drawings Anastasia S. Parra Preface This is a story of courage and changing. A fairy ta…
Lee las divertidas e impresionantes aventuras de Inca y su familia de amigos peludos grabadas a través de los ojos de Inca, una gatita siberiana… ¡Inca decide comenzar un Diario! Una saga conmovedora se desarrolla mientras mantiene al lector emocionado mientras registra sus hazañas detectivescas. Lee las divertidas e impresionantes aventuras de Inca y su familia de amigos peludos grabadas a través…
В этой книге интересно и доступно изложена история нашей планеты, основные этапы её развития и изменений. Читатель познакомится со строением литосферы, с породами и минералами, с полезными ископаемыми, узнает о возникновении гор и равнин, о воздушной оболочке Земли и об удивительных свойствах воды, положившей начало жизни на нашей планете. Энциклопедия расширит знания школьников о природе Земли и …
Книга посвящена многообразному миру млекопитающих нашей планеты. Она подарит своим читателям знания о происхождении и классификации, а также о повадках и особенностях обитателей разных экосистем, расскажет изумительные факты об известных представителях фауны и познакомит с редкими и необычайными видами животных. Благодаря этой энциклопедии школьники смогут совершить кругосветное путешествие, посет…
В Красную книгу России входят самые разные животные: птицы, млекопитающие, амфибии и рептилии, рыбы, насекомые, а также растения, которые находятся на грани вымирания. Зоологи и ботаники, которые занимаются этой проблемой, помогут школьникам поближе познакомиться с находящими в опасности интереснейшими животными и растениями. Если мы будем всё знать о них, то сможем, возможно, совместно спасти. Дл…
В Красную книгу России входят самые разные животные: птицы, млекопитающие, амфибии и рептилии, рыбы, насекомые, а также растения, которые находятся на грани вымирания. Зоологи и ботаники, которые занимаются этой проблемой, помогут школьникам поближе познакомиться с находящими в опасности интереснейшими животными и растениями. Если мы будем всё знать о них, то сможем, возможно, совместно спасти. Дл…