Every child loves a snow day
- no school & snowball fights galore! But Sam has to wait for his Grandad. Trying to hurry him up,
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Snow is Robert Bolognesi’s special Cicerone practical mini-guide aimed at walkers, climbers & snow-sport enthusiasts who want to acquire or improve their knowledge of snow & avalanche release. It is equally suitable for snow professionals, guides, mountaineering & snow-sport instructors & ski patrollers. The guide describes the formation & evolution of snow & shows practical methods for examining & analysing snow cover. It illustrates how to identify the many forms which snow may take & how to assess avalanche risk more precisely &

Includes:: a handy snow crystal card for identifying crystals in the snow layer.

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Of all weathers, snow is the one that has always affected Marcus Sedgwick the most. While many people`s idea of the perfect holiday involves sun, sea & s&, he instead makes trips to cold, snowy parts of the world: Russia, Scandinavia or the Arctic Circle. A few years ago he bought a mountain home, an old chalet d`alpage high in the Haute Savoie, & for the first time he began to understand what it is to live in an environment where extreme snowfall is frequent. Like the six sides of a snowflake, the book has six chapters, each exploring the art, literature & science of snow, as well as his own experiences & memories, asking whether it really did snow more during his boyhood in Kent & whether changing climate patterns might mean, that for some areas of the world, snow may become a thing of the past. He also wonders why snow is so powerful for our imagination, so transformative & as fundamental as our response to darkness, to sunlight. ...

The ground is covered in snow & one little boy can`t WAIT to get outside & play. But his grandad is taking SO LONG to get ready... When they finally leave the house, they have a very surprising adventure! A beautiful mini hardback gift edition of Sam Usher`s bestselling SNOW. ...

Snow & Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler`s last great throw of the dice: ` The Battle of the Bulge`, the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. This is an utterly fascinating five weeks when for a time it looked like Hitler had outflanked the allied armies pushing toward the Rhine & might just throw them back to the Normandy beaches. It is also the context for the catastrophic events at Bastogne depicted so graphically in Band of Brothers. For military history fans this is one of those touchstone battles of the second world war, written by an author with a fast growing, world-wide reputation. Peter will use primary archival material & personal interviews to write a controversial, commercial, landmark book. ...

In the icy-cold heart of winter, a little snow bear wanders through the snow. As the wind whips past him, ruffling his fur, he searches for a home. But where can he go? Each warm place has been claimed, & there is no room for a bear, no matter how little. Suddenly he sees a flickering of light, orange & bright against the snowy ground. A house! As Snow Bear pushes open the creaking door, he feels warmth spread over him. There`s a girl by the window, &, somehow, deep down, Snow Bear knows that he is home. A heartwarming, wintry read, perfect for fans of Guess How Much I Love You? ...

From the creator of the highly acclaimed Snow Bunny`s Christmas Wish comes this br&-new tale about a little bunny with a big heart & the true gift of friendship. Little Snow Bunny loves nothing better than playing with her friends in the wintry forest. Every day holds the promise of adventure for Snow Bunny, Fox, Bear & Mouse. But one particularly cold day, no one wants to play & Snow Bunny is left all alone. Whatever will she do? With a little luck & a lot of imagination, she makes cosy winter gifts for all her friends, just in time for Christmas Eve. ...

A useful guide for aspiring ski reps, providing insight into a typical winter season Explores Swedish culture & traditions- portrays Sweden in an honest, different light Andrew Reed spent a winter as a ski rep for a well known UK travel company in the resort of Are, Sweden. The book is a humorous account of his experiences from the daunting first week of the selection process in Austria, the convoluted journey by road, ship & rail to the resort itself & through the hectic first month of setting up in resort. The chapters that follow reveal a very different type of ski resort to the normal alpine resort with activities that included snowmobile safaris, husky dog sledging, chaotic reindeer rides & visits to the spectacular frozen waterfall. Even the Northern Lights & the real Santa Claus make brief appearances. The book offers a realistic, honest perspective & explains the strains & pressures of the job, including working in close proximity to others over such a long, hard season which finished well beyond the alpine resorts. It will help aspiring reps to prepare by offering useful advice & encouragement, but it is also of interest to the wider ski & travel community. Snow Business is based on Andrew`s Nordic adventures & it provides a fascinating insight into the country, its people & its traditions, along with the quirks of the language. It will appeal to those who love all things skiing, or those with an interest in Swedish culture. ...

Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes he loves. Beautiful & innocent, Komako is tightly bound by the rules of a rural geisha, & lives a life of servitude & seclusion that is alien to Shimamura, & their love offers no freedom to either of them. ” Snow Country” is both delicate & subtle, reflecting in Kawabata`s exact, lyrical writing the unspoken love & the understated passion of the young Japanese couple. ...

A snowy day, a deserted school & the teacher you least want to see. Welcome to Snow Day, the most magical day of the year... When Danny goes to school one quiet, snowy morning, the last thing he expects to find is a deserted school & his least favourite teacher. But that`s exactly what he does find. & what starts as the worst day imaginable, ends as the most life-affirming & magical day of the year. It is an incredibly moving story about finding friendship in the most unexpected of places. ...