"This collection of Thomas Marent"s images, 16 years in the making, brings alive the sheer and awe-inspiring beauty of the rainforest." Sting - founding patron, The Rainforest Foundation Photographs by Thomas Marent Rainforest is the stunning result of half a lifetime’s work by Swiss photographer Thomas Marent. Inspired by a visit to the rainforest in Australia when he was 24, Marent has spent the ensuing 16 years exploring and photographing the world’s rainforests. With all the immediacy of the best documentaries, Rainforest celebrates the fascinating behaviour and incredible variety of rainforest animals ... |
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Book Twelve of "The Wheel of Time" ... The final volume of "The Wheel of Time", A Memory of Light, was partially written by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson , New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan's editor his wife, Harriet McDougal, to complete the final book. The scope and size of the volume was such that it could not be contained in a single book, and so The Gathering Storm is the first of three novels that will cover the outline left by Robert Jordan, chronicling Tarmon Gai'don and Rand al'Thor's ... |
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The Academy Award winning actor, father of three, and bestselling author of "Greenlights" distills more than three decades of journaling experience to help you reflect, seek clarity, and forge your own path with this life-changing practice. "Greenlights: Your journal, your journey" is a guided companion to the New York Times bestselling memoir "Greenlights", filled with prompts, pithy quotes, adages, outlaw wisdom, and advice on how to live with greater satisfaction from Matthew McConaughey. Matthew has been writing in journals since he was fifteen years old. His adventures have taken him ... |
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This book is in British English. ... Four men are trapped in the forest. Heavy rain has turned the tracks into mud. The bridge across the river is broken. The men looked at the broken bridge and at the rushing water. Pedro spoke first: "How can we get back to base now?". Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book and here you can find a story, extra grammar and vocabulary exercises. Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at www.macmillanreaders.com . ... |
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This will be your third descent into the world of the Unexpected. The surprises awaiting you here, are penned again by classical and modern authors. Again, you will try to guess the ending and again will fail, and to those of you who do succeed in this, we offer an apology on behalf of the Masters of the Genre. What happens when: Two spouses hate each other and go to the mountain? A princess is attacked by a mountain lion? A high life girl meets a low-class boy? Three messengers make haste with contradictory orders for the execution of a death sentence? What do two archeologists search for in an ancient catacomb? ... |
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Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018. ... Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults we become. Drawing upon her cutting-edge research Professor Blakemore explores: What makes the adolescent brain different? Why does an easy child become a challenging teenager? What drives the excessive risk-taking and the need for intense friendships common to teenagers? Why it is that many mental illnesses - depression, addiction, schizophrenia - begin during these formative years. ... |
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What if being lucky wasn't just chance, but a skill you could master? Learn to identify and act on serendipity to lead a more joyful, purposeful, and successful life. Modern life is full of chance encounters, changing plans, delayed journeys, human errors and other mishaps. This is the hidden force that rules our universe: serendipity. But what if we could use such unpredictability to our advantage? Dr. Christian Busch has spent a decade exploring how, if acted upon, unexpected encounters can enhance our worldview, expand our social circles and create new professional opportunities. From couples who met during chance ... |
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В една от онези особени вечери, когато усещането, че нещо ново ще се роди всеки момент, един все още непознат на читателите университетски преподавател по английска литература получава просветление и на гърба на студентска писмена работа написва първото изречение от един роман, с който се ражда фентъзито. Годината е 1937 г., а преподавателят е самият Дж. Р. Р. Толкин : "В една дупка в земята живееше хобит". След раждането на романа "Хобит" читателите искат продължение - и Толкин прави поредицата "Властелинът на пръстените". За "Хобит" един от най-добрите приятели на Толкин - ... |
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Four siblings. A country in ruin. One quest to save them all. Vira is desperate to get out of her mother's shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the country's only quarry running out of magic - a precious resource that has kept Ashoka safe from conflict - she can barely protect her citizens from the looming threat of war. And if her enemies discover this, they'll stop at nothing to seize the last of the magic. Vira's only hope is to find a mysterious object of legend: the Ivory Key, rumoured to unlock a new source of magic. But in order to infiltrate enemy territory and ... |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of "Six Crimson Cranes" comes a fantasy filled with courtly intrigue, deceitful demons, and breathtaking gowns ... the stakes are higher than ever in this thrilling sequel to "Spin the Dawn"! Maia Tamarin's journey to sew the dresses of the sun, the moon, and the stars has taken a grievous toll. She returns to a kingdom on the brink of war. Edan, the boy she loves, is gone, perhaps forever and no sooner does she set foot in the Autumn Palace than she is forced to don the dress of the sun and assume the place of the emperor's bride-to-be to keep the ... |
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This beautifully illustrated book comprises 297 photos of living insects and spiders, demonstrating a little known aspect of entomology for there exists no popular literature treating the nocturnal activities of these fascinating creatures. Few have had the time - or courage - to carry a camera quietly through the jungle at night. The text and photos introduce the reader to the various types of tropical forest and their smaller inhabitants. A chapter illustrates the many ways in which one may observe noctural life in the jungle, and the special techniques necessary to photograph bugs and vegetation in these dripping ... |
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Билбо Бегинс или дотам и обратно, с илюстрации от Алън Лий. ... Великолепна съвременна класика и прелюдия към „ Властелинът на пръстените". Написана от Дж. Р. Р. Толкин за децата му, книгата "Хобит" постига незабавен успех след публикуването си през 1937 г. Днес това специално ново издание, илюстрирано от Алън Лий, е поклон пред чудесната класика, която се утвърди като „една от най-влиятелните книги на нашето поколение". Едно посещение на вълшебника Гандалф и отряд джуджета изтръгва Билбо Бегинс от уютния и спокоен живот в хобитовата му дупка в Торбодън, внезапно той се оказва замесен в план за ... |
