A bilingual Japanese/ English edition of the classic Usborne word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. One hundred everyday words are illustrated in busy scenes & with labelled pictures, to help readers learn key Japanese words. Don`t forget to look out for the Usborne Little Yellow Duck on every page! ...

A bilingual Russian/ English edition of the classic Usborne word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. One hundred everyday words are illustrated in busy scenes & with labelled pictures, to help readers learn key Russian words. Don`t forget to look out for the Usborne Little Yellow Duck on every page! ...

A bilingual Polish/ English edition of the classic Usborne word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. One hundred everyday words are illustrated in busy scenes & with labelled pictures, to help readers learn key Polish words. Don`t forget to look out for the Usborne Little Yellow Duck on every page! ...

A bilingual Portuguese/ English edition of the classic Usborne word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. One hundred everyday words are illustrated in busy scenes & with labelled pictures, to help readers learn key Portuguese words. Don`t forget to look out for the Usborne Little Yellow Duck on every page! ...

A bilingual Spanish/ English edition of the classic Usborne word book, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. One hundred everyday words are illustrated in busy scenes & with labelled pictures, to help readers learn key Spanish words. Don`t forget to look out for the Usborne Little Yellow Duck on every page! ...

Whether your child is learning English or Italian, Oxford First Italian Words gives your child a head start in learning another language by taking a picture-book journey through a day, with familiar settings, everyday things, & cute little dinosaurs. There is a bird`s eye view of getting ready for school in the morning, the journey to school, inside the classroom, a birthday party, & even a trip to the seaside. As a first picture word book, this is perfect for children & their language teacher, or native speaker, to share together picking out the familiar items, playing the matching game, recognizing numbers, shapes & time words. It is ideal for supporting the language skills children are learning in school, language clubs, & for those learning English as a 2nd language. Over 400 Italian words & their English translations are given next to their illustrations, on every page. There is also an expertly-levelled supplementary section at the back
- a picture/word matching game, counting the ladybirds up to twenty, shapes, opposites, weather, time, & a comprehensive index. The David Melling (The Kiss that Missed, Fidget & Quilly) illustrations make this an adorable first bilingual word book.
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First Life is Sir David Attenborough’s account of the grandest story of all – the story of the beginning of life on earth. Travelling on a ground breaking investigation, Attenborough provides a deeper understanding of the first living creatures to inhabit the planet. Using the latest technology, the BBC bring us face to face with how these early creatures would have looked & lived, showing that some of the evolutionary features of these most primitive creatures are still very much alive today in modern animals, including us humans. Attenborough shows us how the evolution of the first eyes, the first solid body parts & the first feet & backbones came to be. Looking at global ice ages & volcanic eruptions he also shows how evolution is heavily connected with the history of the planet. The book is expertly illustrated with stills from the television series & detailed colour photographs. ...

Drawing on decades of experience, Joe Cornish, one of Britain`s most distinguished landscape photographers, has distilled the key elements of his craft into a collection of thought-provoking essays accompanied by a stunning selection of his photographs. From his beloved North Yorkshire, to the rocky canyons of the Colorado Plateau, the photos in First Light have been chosen to reflect the breadth of Joe`s work & to illustrate how he puts his working philosophy into practice. Each picture is accompanied by text describing the conditions that must be taken into consideration before taking a photo; the composition of the image, including viewpoint, selection of film & filters; & post production treatments. First Light is replete with supporting technical data & Joe`s own explanations of the thought processes that lay behind the creation of each of these wonderful photographs. These fluent & very personal accounts are full of practical advice on subjects ranging from anticipating changes in the weather or lighting conditions, to the relative advantages of using colour filters. For all photographers, whether amateur or professional, First Light is a source of on-going inspiration & advice. With a foreword from renowned landscape photographer Charlie Waite, it will also appeal to anyone who appreciates natural beauty & loves landscape for its own sake. ...

This vivid, sensitive tale of adolescent love follows a 16-year-old boy who falls in love with a beautiful, older woman & experiences a whirlwind of changing emotions, from exaltation & jealousy to despair & devotion. This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas

Includes:: the works of masterful writers. Inexpensive & collectible, they are the first single-volume publications of these classic tales, offering a closer look at this under-appreciated literary form & providing a fresh take on the world`s most celebrated authors.

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Neve is a writer in her mid-30s married to an older man, Edwyn. For now they are in a place of relative peace, but their past battles have left scars. As Neve recalls the decisions that led her to this marriage, she tells of other loves & other debts, from her bullying father & her self-involved mother to a musician who played her & a series of lonely flights from place to place. Drawing the reader into the battleground of her relationship, Neve spins a story of helplessness & hostility, an ongoing conflict in which both husband & wife have played a part. But is this, nonetheless, also a story of love? ...