Thsi book teaches children about five key animals from the polar regions. It features fun, educational rhymes & bright illustrations throughout. Pocket in the back of the book contains 5 perforated pop-out animals to construct into 3D figures, plus 1 accessory. Teach your children about the animals of the savannah with this fun & educational books. Five animals are explored: monkey, crocodile, tree frog, parrot & toucan. With two spreads dedicated to each animal, adults will be able to read the short playful rhyme on each spread to children & look at the bright illustrations. Children are able to pop out the paper animals from the perforated pages contained in a pocket at the back of the book & create 3D figures simply by folding & adding a few dabs of glue. The inside of the dust jacket is printed full colour with a representation of the animals` environment in a style identical to the illustrations within the book. Children have the option of using this as a backdrop & there are also accessories to make & add to the scene. ...

Miscommunications in the jungle make a hilarious debut picture book. In his children`s book debut, fine artist Alex Beard brings to life an African savannah filled with humour & misunderstandings. When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumour about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right! Chaos spreads & the animals are soon in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other. Elephant is trumpeting, Croc is snapping & the Flamingoes are fleeing! Beard`s story will have every child wondering if peace can ever be restored in the animal kingdom. Alex Beard has two galleries, one in New Orleans & the other in New York City. Puzzles based on the The Jungle Grapevine will be launched in conjunction with this book in fall 2009. ...

The Junior Officers’ Reading Club is the story of how modern soldiers are made, from the testosterone-heavy breeding ground of Sandhurst to the twin nightmares of Iraq & Afghanistan. Drawing on soldier-writer Patrick Hennessey’s experiences as an officer in the Grenadier Guards while on active service in the Middle East, the author shows the realities of war in all of its terror, boredom & exhilaration. ...

Bento fever is sweeping the world fuelled by its promise of superb food that is economical & healthy in these tough economic ...

` This, O my Best Beloved, is a story...` How did the Leopard get his spots? Or the Rhinoceros his skin? How was the Alphabet made? & why does the Cat walk by himself? Rudyard Kipling`s magical, witty Just So Stories is guaranteed to delight, whether you are familiar with the tales or discovering them for the first time. ” Just So Stories was the first book I ever truly loved.” (Michael Morpurgo Egmont Classics are books to treasure). ...

Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women, all of whom have stories to tell, who come together & learn the arts of perms, friendship, & freedom. Arriving in Afghanistan in 2002 with nothing more than a beauty degree & a desire to help, Deborah Rodriguez set out on a course of action that would change her life & those of many Afghan women. The once proud tradition of beauty schools had been all but destroyed & with it Afghani womens ability to support themselves. As one of the founders of the Kabul Beauty School she set about training women & helping them rebuild their lives. ...

Upcountry’s trekking guide to the Kackar covers 32 trekking routes in Turkey`s Kackar mountains, ranging from half-day walks to multi-day treks & allowing for walkers of varying abilities. You can cross the passes between the granite spires by paved pack-horse routes or walk traditional footpaths between timeless villages & high pastures where hardy locals graze their flocks. The guide also

Includes:: GPS points for the routes themselves; comprehensive historical & cultural details of the area; & full-colour photographs. The guide

Includes:: a two-sided full colour topographical map measuring 75cm x 48cm. The book comes recommended as there simply aren’t an abundance for trekkers hoping to cover the region.



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On 12 May 1883, the German flag was raised on the coast of South-West Africa, modern Namibia
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The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad & the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of eastern Finland & north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry that was to last into the nineteenth century. This poetry provided the basis of the Kalevala. It was assembled in the 1840s by the Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot, who took `dictation` from the performance of a folk singer, in much the same way as our great collections from the past, from Homeric poems to medieval songs & epics, have probably been set down. Published in 1849, it played a central role in the march towards Finnish independence & inspired some of Sibelius`s greatest works. This new & exciting translation by poet Keith Bosley, prize-winning translator of the anthology Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic, is the first truly to combine liveliness with accuracy in a way which reflects the richness of the original.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World`s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford`s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, & much more. ...