From the author of the Man Booker longlisted The Underground Railroad A pandemic has devastated the planet sorting humanity into two types the uninfected & the infected the living & the living dead The worst of the plague is now past & Manhattan is slowly being resettled Armed forces have successfully reclaimed the island south of Canal Street
- aka Zone One' & teams of civilian volunteers are clearing out the remaining infected stragglers' Mark Spitz is a member of one of these taskforces & over three surreal days he undertakes the mundane mission of malfunctioning zombie removal the rigours of Post-Apocalyptic Stress Disorder & attempting to come to terms with a fallen world But then things start to go terribly wrong
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Frantically roll your dice in a head-to-head frenzy as you try to win cards & beat your foe The aim of the game is to match your dice with the dice graphics on the cards When the cards are filled with dice or when a player places their last die the round ends & the player with the most dice on a card wins Zonkers is the fast & frantic dice game For age 6 For anywhere between 1-4 players Total game time 15-30 minutes ...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESAll over the world brutal animal attacks are crippling entire cities Jackson Oz a young biologist watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa the enormity of the impending violence becomes terrifyingly clear With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant Oz races to warn world leaders before it's too late The attacks are growing in ferocity cunning & planning & soon there will be no place left for humans to hide ...

James Patterson's Book Shots Short fast-paced high-impact entertainment James Patterson's ZOO was just the beginning The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals Humans are their desperate prey Except some humans are evolving mutating into a savage species that could save civilisation
- or end it
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The keeping of zoo animals is a central tool in the conservation of some of the world's most fascinating yet threatened species But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key challenges they face in trying to feed manage & keep healthy the animals in their care? How can they play their part in conserving biodiversity? Zoo Animals Behaviour Management & Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of exotic animals in captivity & reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour & use an evidence based approach to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research practice & teaching the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian & non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field Zoo Animals Behaviour Management & Welfare is the ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject whether as a student or as a zoo professional Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Zoo Animals features For all readers Updates
- surveys of key developments in the field Multiple choice questions with instant feedback to aid self-assessment For registered adopters of the book Figures from the book in electronic format & full colour available for download
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Hello Dear Reader Are you sitting lying down standing on your head eating a jam sandwich comfortably? Then I'll begin I want to introduce you to a boy called Vince whose birthday it is today Vince is an normal boy with an unusual dislike for animals Well you'd feel the same if your father was always working at a zoo & your mother had run off with a lion tamer Then on his eighth birthday Vince discovers he has the gift He can talk to animals! You think this is amazing? Perhaps you should meet the spoiled & demanding zoo animals that Vince encounters There's a penguin who wants fish fingers a flamingo that wants pink candyfloss & an owl that wants sugared mice Now Vince is expected to meet their demands on his birthday! But everyone seems to have forgotten about that A hilarious delightful debut for 6 readers by actress Sophie Thompson with black & white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown ...

Eight year old Vince (otherwise known somewhat affectionately as Zoo Boy) can talk to animals Which is handy as his dad works at the zoo! The only problem is the animals are rather demanding But for once the animals are going to have to put their selfish ways aside as there's a jewel thief on the loose Can Vince & the animals catch the crook? Another hilarious & delightful story for 6 readers by actress Sophie Thompson with black & white illustrations by the wonderfully talented Rebecca Ashdown ...

Dad mum & two brothers spend a day at the zoo looking at the animals in the cages
- or is it the animals that are looking at them?
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