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Atlantic Books Didion Babitz
Book SynopsisA TOP 12 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK IN THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMESTHE BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2024''This book is magic. It''s all I ever needed'' LENA DUNHAMEve Babitz died on December 17, 2021. Found in the wrack, ruin and filth of her apartment, a stack of boxes packed by her mother decades before. The boxes were pristine, the seals of duct tape unbroken. Inside, a lost world, centred on a two-story rental in a down-at-heel section of Hollywood in the sixties and seventies. 7406 Franklin Avenue was the making of one great American writer: Joan Didion, a mystery behind her dark glasses and cool expression, an enigma inside her storied marriage to John Gregory Dunne. Franklin Avenue was also the breaking and then the remaking - and thus the true making - of another great American writer: Eve Babitz, goddaughter of Igor Stravinsky, nude of Marcel Duchamp, consort of Jim Morrison (among many, many others), a woman who burned so hot she finally almost burned herself alive. Didion and Babitz formed a complicated alliance, a friendship that went bad, amity turning to enmity. With deftness and skill, journalist Lili Anolik uses Babitz, Babitz''s brilliance of observation, Babitz''s incisive intelligence and, most of all, Babitz''s diary-like letters - letters found in those sealed boxes, letters so intimate you don''t read them so much as breathe them - as the key to unlocking Didion.
£10.44
Sacred Scribe Publishing First Aid for Broken Hearts Tarot
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£26.99
Page Street Publishing My Mexican Favorites
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£999.99
Tuttle Publishing Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat
Book SynopsisTreasured for centuries by karate's top masters, the Bubishi is a classic Chinese work on philosophy, strategy, medicine, and technique as they relate to the martial arts.Referred to as the "bible of karate" by famous master Chojun Miyagi, for hundreds of years the Bubishi was a secret text passed from master to student in China and later in Okinawa. All of karate's legendary masters have studied it, applied its teachings, or copied passages from it. No other classic work has had as dramatic an impact on the shaping and development of karate as the Bubishi. Karate historian and authority Patrick McCarthy spent over ten years researching and studying the Bubishi and the arts associated with it. This is the first English translation of this remarkable martial arts manual. A goldmine for researchers and practitioners alike, its pages are filled with notes, explanations and groundbreaking research from McCarthy on Okinawan and Chinese history and the fighting and healing traditions that developed in those countries. For the final word on the true origins and spirit of classic Okinawan martial arts, one need look no further. This karate book is one of the best karate training supplements available. This new paperback edition includes additional commentary from the translator, as well as a new foreword.Trade Review"Patrick McCarthy is the foremost Western historian of karate-do." --Fighting Arts International"Overall, this book is very well done, and the additions provide valuable insights into the origins and development of the Bubishi. This has long been a staple of karate research material, and I believe that it will continue to be so." --Karate Obsession blog"This work is a milestone of epic proportions which will help to bridge the gap between Chinese and Okinawan culture." --Traditional Karate blog
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Mortons Media Group Messerschmitt Me 309 Development Politics
Book SynopsisChosen in 1941 to replace the Bf 109 as the Luftwaffe's standard front-line fighter, Messerschmitt's innovative Me 309 embodied a wealth of hard-won experience from the Battle of Britain. Its sturdy tricycle undercarriage would make landings safer, its capacious wings could accommodate much heavier weaponry, its retractable radiator would make it aerodynamically clean, its pressure cabin would allow high-altitude operations and its ejection seat would help preserve the Luftwaffe's most precious asset its pilots.All of this was made possible by a fuselage specifically tailored to accommodate Germany's newest and most powerful fighter engines: Daimler-Benz's DB 603 and Junkers' Jumo 213. Production of up to 800 Me 309s a month had been planned by May 1942 more than all other German fighter types combined. Yet the type's advancement from prototype to full series production was reduced to a crawl, not by technical difficulties but by political in-fighting, deception and manipulation behi
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Key Publishing Ltd Hornby Magazine Yearbook 2024
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Headline Publishing Group The Official History of the FIFA World Cup
Book SynopsisFully updated - includes the full story of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.The Official History of the FIFA World Cup is the definitive inside story of the 22 FIFA World Cups to have taken place since the inaugural tournament in 1930. Packed with stunning photography, unique official documents and in-depth statistics, it is a must-read for any football fan around the world.No other event in the sporting world can rival the glamour, impact, fervent following and universal appeal of the FIFA World Cup. This unique official book tells the stories behind the scenes, as well as analyzing the most famous incidents. It features the biggest stars and many previously unknown ones too, all with a unique worldwide point of view.
£999.99
O'Brien Press Ltd Brehon Laws: The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland
Book SynopsisCeltic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors; but a sophisticated & enlightened legal system was widely accepted. The brehons were the keepers of these laws, which dealt with every aspect of life: land disputes; theft or violence; marriage & divorce; the care of trees & animals.
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Quality Chess UK LLP Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
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DC Comics Justice League: The New 52 Omnibus Vol. 1
Book SynopsisIn a world where inexperienced superheroes operate under a cloud of suspicion from the public, loner vigilante Batman has stumbled upon a dark evil that threatens to destroy the earth as we know it. Now, faced with a threat far beyond anything he can handle on his own, the Dark Knight must trust an alien, a Scarlet Speedster, an accidental teenage hero, a space cop, an Amazon Princess and an undersea monarch. Will Superman, the Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Aquaman be able to put aside their differences and come together to save the world? Or will they destroy each other first? Collects Justice League #0-22; Aquaman #14-16; Justice League Dark #22-23; DC Comics - The New 52 FCBD Special Edition #1; Justice League of America #6-7; Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Stranger #11; Constantine #5; Trinity of Sin: Pandora #1-3.
£85.50
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC World's End Harem Vol. 15 - After World
Book Synopsis“DEVOTE YOURSELF TO MAKING BABIES. THAT'S WHY YOU EXIST.”In the aftermath of the kidnapping, Riku learns of his true nature as a libider. His world’s been thrown into chaos, but all that matters is which woman he’ll impregnate next. Meanwhile, it’s trouble in paradise for Karen and Shota as their rock-solid rule of Japan is under attack!
£11.69
Barefoot Books Ltd Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World
Book SynopsisExplore harvest festivals from around the globe! Lyrical, rhyming text and lush, detailed artwork from Italian artist Martina Peluso immerse young readers in some of the most ancient traditions in the world. Nine pages of rich, educational endnotes dive deep with more information about the 12 cultures explored in the book and invite young readers to ask questions about food and the labour that produces it.Trade Review“An enticing look at harvest rituals, foods, and festivities” – Kirkus Reviews“The combination of harvest celebrations that occur in different countries at different times of the year makes this book distinctive and worth purchasing” – School Library Journal“A look at rituals practiced and food served during harvest holidays globally” – Publishers Weekly“A useful multicultural addition to classroom units on harvests and Thanksgiving” – Booklist“A series of eye-pleasing, digitally rendered double-page spreads depicts twelve different holiday traditions around the world” – The Horn Book Magazine
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Zando Shallow River
Book SynopsisInstant NYT Bestselling AuthorUSA Today Bestselling AuthorViral Booktok SensationShallow Hill is where souls suffer slow and miserable deaths. When River McAllister escaped from Shallow Hill, she left her innocence behind?and some of her sanity, too. Now she''s rebuilding her life with her dream man and life couldn''t be better. Ryan Fitzgerald is everything you''d want in a man. Attractive, rich, an aspiring lawyer, and would do anything to keep River. But that''s not the only thing that attracts her. It''s his attentiveness, his possessiveness... maybe not so much his temper. When her relationship takes a dark turn, Ryan''s estranged brother, Mako, is the only one who sees it. He knows exactly what Ryan is capable of, and it''s not the first time he had to be a knight in shining armor. River came from Shallow Hill, though. She''s never needed saving before. What Mako doesn''tsee, is that River is perfectly capable of taking care of herself. The only one who should be scared is Ryan.
£15.20
Counterpoint Black Swans: Stories
Book SynopsisBabitz’s talent for the brilliant line, honed to a point, never interferes with her feel for languid pleasures. —The New York Times Book ReviewA new reissue of Babitz’s collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s—decades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. Black Swans further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation.With an introduction by Stephanie Danler, bestselling author of Sweetbitter.On the page, Babitz is pure pleasure—a perpetual–motion machine of no–stakes elation and champagne fizz. —The New Yorker
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Skyhorse Publishing The Brick Bible The Complete Set
Book SynopsisHere in a handsome box set are both the Old Testament and New Testament with text from The Bible and full-color images of the Bible’s best-loved stories told with LEGO bricks.With over two thousand color photographs depicting the major narrative scenes of the Bible, this slipcovered two-book box set (including new material and a bonus two-sided, full-color poster) is the gift you and your family have been waiting for. Your LEGO-loving friends will marvel at the way these stories are told.Book one includes scenes from the Old Testament—the creation of the world, the temptation of Adam and Eve, the great flood, the presentation of the ten commandments to Moses on Mt. Sinai, and more. The Old Testament is a complex text, but Smith''s brick illustrations help bring out the nuances of each scene and will make you reconsider the way you look at the Bible—and LEGO.Book two offers a new spin on the story of Jesus. Smith portrays Jesus''s birth,
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The New York Review of Books, Inc The Summer Book
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£14.36
U.S. Games Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story
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£999.99
Image Comics Transformers Vol. 3
Book SynopsisThe Eisner Award-winning series from Daniel Warren Johnson and Jorge Corona fights on as the war for Cybertron leaves the fate of the universe in the balance.The war for Cybertron has forever changed the fate of two worlds.As the Autobots recover from the stunning events of the last volume, the Deceptions fracture even further without their leader, and humanity suffers the consequences...The critically acclaimed team of Daniel Warren Johnson (Do A Powerbomb) and Jorge Corona (Middlewest) continue their Eisner Award-winning series together!Collects TRANSFORMERS #13-18 and a story from ENERGON UNIVERSE 2024 SPECIAL.
£14.44
John Murray Press Complete Greek
Book SynopsisDiscover a new and effective way to learn Greek. With 12 units covering the four key skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this bestselling course comprises a book and audio support which is easy to download to your computer or MP3 player.
£29.59
Pan Macmillan Dear Santa: A Lift-the-flap Christmas Book
Book SynopsisLift the flaps to find out what Santa has sent in this fun Christmas book from the bestselling creator of the preschool classic, Dear Zoo.Toddlers will love lifting the flaps to open the presents and find out what Santa has sent. Will he send the perfect present in the end? With gold foil cover, flaps to lift on every page and a touch-and-feel surprise ending, this festive favourite is the ideal Christmas gift or stocking filler for preschoolers.With bright, bold artwork and a simple, engaging text, Dear Santa by Rod Campbell is sure to delight young children – and the chunky board book format and sturdy card flaps make it perfect for little hands.Trade ReviewA hands-on winner, we love how interactive and engaging this book is for younger readers, and think it would make a wonderful Christmas gift or stocking filler. * The Independent *Campbell uses simple, easy-to-follow sentences and bright, bold, appealing artwork to bring to life the wonder of Christmas . . . with its sturdy pages ideal for little hands, eye-catching gold foil cover, and touch-and-feel surprise ending, is the perfect gift to share and enjoy with your toddlers. A hands-on winner! -- Pam Norfolk * Lancashire Post *This treasure of a book is timeless. With opportunities for developing vocabulary and conversation this book is perfect for toddlers this festive season. * EYE Early Years Educator *A great one for young children and little hands * Birmingham Mail, Cambridge News + other regionals *
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Walker Books Ltd Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Book SynopsisNothing is sweeter, as everyone knows, than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes!All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers and ten little toes to play with, to tickle, to wave. And each child is very, very special to its parentsWith Mem Fox''s gently rhyming text illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, best loved as the illustrator of the classic nursery join-in picture book We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes will fast become the essential book for baby playtime and the perfect gift for a new arrival!Trade ReviewIllustrated by Helen Oxenbury, known for We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, this beautiful book tells the story of different babies around the world with one thing in common – ten little fingers and ten little toes. The gentle rhyming means it’s ideal for reading aloud. Warning: it will be much-requested. -- Amy Nickell * i (The Independent) *
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Thomas Nelson Publishers The Man the Moment Demands
Book SynopsisJason Wilson, bestselling author and director of the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy, teaches men how to break free from societal shackles and master the ten characteristics of the comprehensive man that will equip them to overcome life's many challenges.
£13.49
Amberley Publishing Morgan ThreeWheeler
Book SynopsisThis book is an engaging and indispensable guide to the remarkable Morgan Three-Wheeler.
£14.39
Feral House,U.S. Death Scenes
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£999.99
Rizzoli International Publications Rick Owens Temple of Love
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£35.20
Studio Fun International Blippi Music Player Storybook
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£17.99
Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. Supernova Tarot Deck
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£23.16
Llewellyn Publications Golden Wirth Tarot Grand Trumps
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£17.81
Harmony/Rodale The Ultimate Journey
Book SynopsisIn 1958, a successful businessman named Robert Mornroe began to have experiences that drastically altered his life. Unpredictably, and without his willing it, Monroe found himself leaving his physical body to travel via a second body to locales far removed from the physical and spiritual realities of his life. He was inhabiting a place unbounded by life or death.Monroe recorded these experiences in two bestselling, landmark books, Journeys Out of the Body and Far Journeys. Ultimate Journey, his final and career-defining work, takes us further than we thought possible—and reveals to us what it all means. Ultimate Journey charts that area which lies over the edge, beyond the limits of the physical world. It presents us with a map of the interstate—the route that opens to us when we leave our physical lives, with their entry and exit ramps, their singposts and their hazards. It also tells us how Monroe found the route and travelled it, and uncovered the reason and the purpose of this pioneering expedition. It is a journey that reveals basic truths about the meaning and purpose of life—and of what lies beyond.
£11.99
Digimap Jersey Official Leisure Map
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£12.63
Elektor Verlag Raspberry Pi 5 for Radio Amateurs
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£30.60
Mixed Media Resources LLC Manga Mania Coloring Book
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£16.52
Octopus Publishing Group 2026 Philips Easy to Read Road Atlas of Britain
Book SynopsisThe detail you need - at a size you can read now in paperback. No more squinting to read the index or guessing whether that really is the village you want. Philip's new range of super-clear, large-scale maps means that everyone can go places more easily. Over 100,000 copies sold through BookScan.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Triumph Razoredge
Book SynopsisThe post-war traditional coach-built Triumph cars. Published to coincide with the Golden Anniversary of the Triumph Razoredge Owners Club.
£14.39
Leaf Verlag Spark of the Everflame
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£22.10
Everyman Blandings Castle
Book SynopsisTake a pig, a fat-headed earl, a country house, several pairs of frustrated lovers, some scheming outsiders, and all sorts of people who aren’t who they say they are. Mix thoroughly and apply the Wodehouse magic. The result is the lightest of literary soufflées, another instalment in the long-running saga of the Threepwood family, including the head of the clan, Lord Emsworth, his virago sister, Lady Constance, and his debonair brother, the Honourable Galahad Threepwood, ex-boulevardier and solver of romantic problems.
£13.50
Korean Book Service Sejong Korean Work Book 3A
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£18.90
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Phonic Books Talisman 2
Book SynopsisThe Dark Master is creating a new Talisman and all of mankind is at risk. Zak must work quickly if he is to save the world. Phonic Books Talisman 2 comprises ten books introducing alternative spellings and vowel and consonant sounds and common Latin suffixes. Book 1: Reunited (''ue'': u, ue, u-e, ew)Book 2: Trouble in the Woods (''u'': u, o, ou; ''o'': o, a, ou, au)Book 3: Certain Death (''s'': s, ss, se, c, ce, sc, st)Book 4: The Fossil (''l'': l, ll, le, al, el, il, ol)Book 5: Legends of the Gorge (''j'': j, g, ge, dge, dj)Book 6: The Sphinx (''f'': f, ff, ph, gh)Book 7: Sticky Adventure (''cher'': ture)Book 8: Dangerous Direction (''shun'': tion, tian, sion, ssion, cian)Book 9: Zak Tries Martial Arts (''shul'': tial, cial; ''shus'': cious, ious, tious)Book 10: The Dark Master''s Vision (''zhun'': sion; ''zher'' sure) Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension can b
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Ebury Publishing True Hallucinations: A Psychedelic Adventure
Book Synopsis'The single most influential spokesperson for organic psychedelics' The Independent With a new foreword from Dennis McKenna.From renowned ethnobotanist and psychonaut Terence McKenna comes this surreally mind-bending adventure into the depths of the human experience.True Hallucinations is a mesmerising odyssey of McKenna's travels in the Amazon with a band of friends during the 1970s. From mushrooms and flying saucers to pirates and James Joyce, McKenna uncovers the limitless potential of organic psychedelics to open our minds, bodies and spirits to higher states of being.Trade ReviewOne of the five or six most important people on the planet * Timothy Leary *It would be hard to find a drug narrative more compellingly perched on a baroquely romantic limb than this passionate Tom-and-Huck-ride-Great-Mother-river-saga of brother bonding ... Terence is a hoot * Esquire *
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Transworld How to Listen When Markets Speak
Book SynopsisLawrence McDonald (Author) Lawrence McDonald is risk consultant to hedge funds, family offices, asset managers and investors across twenty-three countries. One of Wall Street's most respected financial experts, McDonald has made more than 1,400 media appearances. Previously, he was a vice president of distressed debt and convertible securities trading at Lehman Brothers.James Robinson (Author) James Robinson is a co-founder of The Bear Traps Report and the CEO of Robinson Speakers Bureau.
£11.69
Crecy Publishing Rail Atlas Great Britain Ireland 16th Edition
Book SynopsisFollowing the sad death of Stuart Baker, the creator of Rail Atlas Great Britain and Ireland, in 2020, we were fortunate that another fine railway cartographer, Joe Brown, agreed to complete the work that Stuart had begun, to revise what became the 15th edition. However, the railway network of Great Britain and Ireland is always changing and never static and revised editions of this atlas are required on a regular basis; the rebuilding of the line from Oxford towards Cambridge and the reinstatement of the Foynes branch in Ireland being examples of some of the additions to this new edition. Fortunately, Joe Brown has agreed to take on this work and this 16th edition will be the first one to be fully edited and revised by him. As with all the previous editions, the Atlas has been fully revised and updated whilst retaining the convenient format of mapping where each page overlaps with that on adjoining pages to make it easier to follow a long-distance route. Where appropriate, additional detailed inset maps have been drawn to show the complex railway developments in metropolitan areas such as Nottingham and Manchester. While some minor changes to the layout have been made, Rail Atlas Great Britain and Ireland remains true to the standards of clarity and accuracy which were the hallmarks of its creator that have made the Atlas an essential work of reference for both railway professionals and enthusiasts since it was first published in the 1970s.
£17.00
DC Comics Absolute Superman Vol. 1 Last Dust of Krypton
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Simon & Schuster Homegrown
Book SynopsisThe definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of Timothy McVeigh, leading to the January 6 insurrection—from acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin.Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement. Speaking to his lawyers days after the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets: killing 168 people was his patriotic duty. He cited the Declaration of Independence from memory: “Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” He had obsessively followed the siege of Waco and seethed at the imposition of President Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban. A self-proclaimed white separatist, he abhorred immigration and wanted women to return to traditional roles. As he watched the industrial decline of his native Buffalo, McVeigh longed for when America was great. New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin
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Gallery Books The Cuckoos Egg
Book SynopsisIn this white-knuckled true story that is “as exciting as any action novel” (The New York Times Book Review), an astronomer-turned-cyber-detective begins a personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatens national security and leads all the way to the KGB.When Cliff Stoll followed the trail of a 75-cent accounting error at his workplace, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, it led him to the presence of an unauthorized user on the system. Suddenly, Stoll found himself crossing paths with a hacker named “Hunter” who had managed to break into sensitive United States networks and steal vital information. Stoll made the dangerous decision to begin a one-man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a high-stakes game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases, one that eventually gained the attention of the CIA. What started as simply observing soon became a game of cat and mouse that ultimately re
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U.S. Games Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Borderless
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£19.16
Hachette Children's Group Lost Species
Book SynopsisStep into an incredible lost world and marvel at the strange and magnificent creatures that once roamed our Earth. From the awe-inspiring woolly mammoth and the ferocious Spinosaurus to the shy Chinese river dolphin and incredibly rare Pinta Island tortoise 'Lonesome George', meet 35 extinct species and discover how these creatures came under threat. Featuring additional information on 'Lazarus species' (animals declared extinct but which, amazingly, have been rediscovered in the wild), and mass extinction events, including the part we are playing in endangering our wildlife, the book shows young readers that extinction is not simply a part of ancient history - it is happening right now across the planet - but that if we all make some small changes to our lifestyles, our wonderful species can be saved. With beautiful and vibrant illustrations throughout, this stunning large format compendium is a reminder of the remarkable animals we have lost, as well as a celebration of those that have returned from the brink of extinction.Table of Contents 4: Lost But Not Forgotten 6: World Map of Extinct Species 8: Velociraptor and Protoceratops 10: Woolly mammoth 12: Chinese river dolphin 14: Formosan clouded leopard 16: Kunbarrasaurus 18: Giant moa 20: Thylacine and gastric brooding frog 22: Spinosaurus 24: Malagasy dwarf hippopotamus, koala lemur and giant aye-aye 26: Dodo 28: Atlas bear 30: Megalodon 32: Cameroceras and Giant sea scorpion 34: Steller's sea cow 36: Patagotitan 38: Glyptodon and Megatherium 40: Pinta Island tortoise 42: Quetzalcoatlus 44: Dire wolf and sabre-toothed cat 46: Passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet 48: Jamaica giant galliwasp and Jamaican racer 50: Meganeura 52: Cave hyena 54: Great auk 56: Pyrenean ibex and aurochs 58: Lazarus species 60: Mass extinction events 62: Extinction timeline
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Dark Horse Comics,U.S. The Art Of Ghost Of Tsushima
Book SynopsisDelve into the stunning samurai setting of Ghosts of Tsushima in this official art book.
£35.99
Simon & Schuster A House for Hermit CrabReadyToRead Level 2
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