From the Victorian golden age of dinosaur discovery to the cutting edge of twenty-first century fossil forensics ` Dinosaurs` unravels the mysteries of the most spectacular group of animals our planet has ever seen. Despite facing drastic climatic conditions including violent volcanic activity, searing temperatures & rising & plunging sea levels, the dinosaurs formed an evolutionary dynasty that ruled the Earth for more than 150 million years. Darren Naish & Paul Barrett reveal the latest scientific findings about dinosaur anatomy, behaviour, & evolution. They also demonstrate how dinosaurs survived the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period & continued to evolve & thrive alongside us, existing today as an incredibly diverse array of birds that are the direct descendants of theropods. ` Dinosaurs` is lavishly illustrated with specimens from the Natural History Museum`s own collections, along with explanatory diagrams & charts & full-colour artistic reconstructions of dinosaur behaviour. ...

Through this book, dinosaurs & other ancient beasts & bugs come back to life in lively, informative & hilariously entertaining stories. In the same style & format as My Wonderful World of Animals, this book by Victor Escandell will entertain children & their parents by introducing an amazing variety of prehistoric creatures that will spark children`s creativity & imagination by inviting them to doodle & colour. ...

Diois
- Dévoluy
- Haute Vallée de la Drôme region in a series of GPS compatible, contoured TOP 75 maps at 1:75, 000 from the

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Organized by everyday themes for easy access, ” Dip Into French” is the ideal companion for language learners or travellers who want to build their vocabulary in French. The book features the most important 1, 000 words used in everyday language. Each word has simplified pronunciation & sample sentences to give the learner the correct context. The book is full of extra tips on language usage & a bilingual glossary at the back enables quick reference
- it`s the perfect pocket-sized complement to any self-study or tutorial language course.
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In Dip, Andrew Fusek Peters describes an extraordinary year of wild swimming. He leads us to rivers, lakes, waterfalls & hidden pools, into untamed landscapes that have the potential to surprise & move us in unexpected ways. Following in the wake of great writers such as Richard Jefferies & Edward Thomas, Dip combines meditations on place, history & myth with sharp observation & a poet`s eye. As he takes the plunge & immerses himself in the elements, Andrew also begins to surface from a deep depression, making Dip at once a personal journey & about the many ways in which wild water & nature can restore us to ourselves. ...

The Blue Ocean Diplomat is a 80cm (32) globe, & exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat's uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world's most detailed globe. A perfect blend of aesthetics & function.. ...

The 80cm (32”) Diplomat Antique globe is exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat`s uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world`s most detailed globe; a perfect blend of aesthetics & function. ...

The Diplomat Blue Globe is a 80cm (32”) globe, & exclusively Replogle. Search the world over & you will not find a better example of the globemaking art; a handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form & function. Distinctive details include touch-on illumination, rich, ten-colour cartography & a solid brass, h&-engraved meridian. The h&-crafted, solid mahogany cradle mounting rubbed to a lustrous walnut-finish further emphasizes the Diplomat`s uncommon beauty. A comprehensive globe ball featuring over 20, 000 place names, ranks the Diplomat as the world`s most detailed globe. A perfect blend of aesthetics & function.. ...

Diplomatic Baggage
- The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse is Brigid Keenan’s memoir of her life as a diplomat’s wife. When Brigid
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Cherry Denman has spent her life trailing husband Charlie round some of the world`s most remote outposts & can ask for the lavatory in eleven languages. While some aspects of living abroad will always puzzle her
- saunas, tofu & circumcision, to name just three
- she wouldn`t have missed it for anything. Lessons learnt range from the practical (possessions belong either in the suitcase or the skip: storage is for wimps), to the truly useful (how to avoid the drinks party bore) & the truly bizarre (the episode with the goat.. .). Charming & witty, these hilarious tales of global misunderstandings are illustrated with over seventy original line drawings.

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