This novelty-packed guide showcases Robot City`s biggest & best inhabitants in all their glory. Living in harmony with humanity, robots in the metal metropolis tackle all kinds of jobs. Meet Curtis the Colossal Coastguard-Robot, ro-boxers Smash Harry & Smokin` Jones, Massimo the Giant-Pizza-Delivery-Robot & the dancing Automettes, plus many other remarkable characters. Their fascinating functions, made clear with engaging text & accessible diagrams, explain simple mechanics & other concepts from Key Stage 1-3 science. ...

What is a fiesta? Would you like to eat sopa de galina? Where in Spain was Raiders of the Lost Ark filmed? If you don't know the answers to these questions, then this is the book for you! Sandi Toksvig, seasoned traveller & presenter of Radio Four's popular Excess Baggage programme, is the perfect tour guide in this Spanish travel companion with a difference! Packed full of fun, jokes & tons of information as well as games, stickers & space for you to write your own travel journal, it will keep any young globetrotter occupied for hours. ...

The 20 walks in this pocket book are centred on a broad variety of good, & in some cases award-winning, pubs. The circular walks vary in length from 3 to 5.5 miles & take you through some of the best countryside in Engl&. The routes include historic market towns such as Nayl&, which appears in the Doomsday Book, the sand dunes & sea views of Walberswick, Willy Lotts Cottage made famous by the painting The Hay Wain by John Constable & the stunning meadows, woods & farmland around Constable Country. ...

London has an unrivalled richness of architecture, from its squares & houses to its palaces & churches. This is the only guide to cover all of London`s building history, from its Roman foundation to the massive expansion of the nineteenth century which made London the largest city on earth. ...

London has an unrivalled richness of architecture, from its squares & houses to its palaces & churches. This is the only guide to cover all of London`s building history, from its Roman foundation to the massive expansion of the 19th century which made London the largest city on earth. ...

This is the tenth edition of the long-established definitive guide to the EU. From its original six members (who formed the European Economic Community in 1957) what became the European Union had grown to 27 members in 2007, with several more candidates for membership standing in the wings. This long-established definitive guide to the workings of the EU provides comprehensive coverage of how it works: the institutions, the mechanisms; every area of EU competence from agriculture to workers' rights; the effects of the single market & the single currency & the successes & stresses of the euro zone; the implications of the Lisbon treaty; &, the impact of the enlargement of the EU & the prospects for further enlargement & for closer political integration. The Guide to the European Union is well-established as the clearest & most comprehensive guide to how the EU operates. This new edition brings you up to date at a crucial stage in its development following parliamentary elections & a new Commission taking over in 2009. ...

Designed for the layman as well as the professional, this concise yet comprehensive guide provides both practical information & theoretical insights into the design of the Japanese garden. Kyoto, the capital of Japan for over one thousand years, possesses a richness of garden art without equal as a living chronicle of Japanese cultural history & environmental design. Following the introductory essays are individual entries for more than 50 temple & palace gardens. The text is augmented by an excellent selection of photographs, historical prints, maps, & color plates. ...

Manta & devil rays are some of the most charismatic creatures in the ocean. Born into a life of perpetual motion, these rays must keep swimming to survive. Driven forward by powerful beats of their wing-like pectoral fins, these filter feeding rays search the ocean currents for prey, their horn-like cephalic (head) fins giving rise to ancient mariners` tales of fearsome devilfish dragging boats into the depths. Beloved by scuba divers & marine biologists alike, these impressive animals have never had a comprehensive field guide dedicated to them
- until now. Guide to the Manta & Devil Rays of the World

Includes:: detailed information on the identification, characteristics, threats & distribution for each of the species within this family of rays. Illustrated with over 200 beautiful colour photos, drawings & plates, this guide also contains an expansive introduction packed full of useful information on the general taxonomy, biology & behaviour of these iconic animals. This book will be an invaluable field companion for any scientist, diver or marine enthusiast who has an interest in these fascinating creatures. It is an essential resource for fisheries management, international trade enforcement, & for anyone wanting to become involved in the ongoing efforts to research & conserve this threatened family of rays.


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Back in 1997, New Labour came to power amid much talk of regenerating the inner cities left to rot under successive Conservative governments. Over the next decade, British cities became the laboratories of the new enterprise economy: glowing monuments to finance, property speculation, & the service industry-until the crash. In A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, Owen Hatherley sets out to explore the wreckage-the buildings that epitomized an age of greed & aspiration. From Greenwich to Glasgow, Milton Keynes to Manchester, Hatherley maps the derelict Britain of the 2010s: from riverside apartment complexes, art galleries & amorphous interactive centers, A” to shopping malls, call centers & factories turned into expensive lofts. In doing so, he provides a mordant commentary on the urban environment in which we live, work & consume. Scathing, forensic, bleakly humorous, A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain is a coruscating autopsy of a get-rich-quick, aspirational politics, a brilliant, architectural state we`re in.A” ...

A beginners` guide to serious practical astronomy, written in a lively, engaging style. Aimed at helping you to identify the main constellations, identify & observe the planets & deep sky objects such as binary stars & nebulae. Also

Includes:: advice on choosing a telescope & information on observing the sun, moon, occultations, eclipses, asteroids, meteor showers & so on.

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