Starring a loveable piglet named Sprinkle, this is a comforting picture book to read with children aged 4-10 coming to terms with losing or being separated from someone they love. Sprinkle gets so sad that he cries a river of tears, then happy memories give him strength.

Includes:: a guide for grown ups & a therapeutic activity.

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Presents the designs that transform the conventional tea cosy into a knitted piece of art. This title

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Have you ever asked yourself how the inventions, gadgets, & devices that surround us actually work? Discover the hidden workings

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Helps you to understand how our bodies keep us alive & thriving & get to the bottom of such niggling questions as why we get dizzy, why we get butterflies in our stomachs, & why we get jetlag! This title shows how the human body & brain works. ...

How The Body Works is a fascinating exploration of the weird & wonderful processes that occur within the human body, often without us knowing. Understand how our bodies keep us alive & thriving & get to the bottom of such niggling questions as why we get dizzy, why we get butterflies in our stomachs, & why we get jetlag!

How The Body Works is a bold & accessible visual guide to every aspect of how the human body & brain works, combining the science of human anatomy books with beautiful images. Enjoy this enlightening resource that covers everything from skin to bone & even the psychology of dreams & emotions.

This paperback book has 256 pages & measures: 23.3 x 19.5 x 1.9cm



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Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to underst&.  How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons. Moving on to function, it explains how the brain works constantly & unnoticed to regulate heartbeat & breathing, & how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, & touch. The chapters that follow cover memory & learning, consciousness & personality, & emotions & communication. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241472224 •  Author: DK •  Publisher: DK •  Format: Hardback •  Pages: 224 •  Dimensions: 24 x 20.2 x 2.3cm ...

Have you ever wondered how the camel got his hump?

Meet Humphrey, the first ever camel, & learn all about how his

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When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an old convent, it quickly becomes clear that someone has been using the

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Once, in a time long forgotten, elephants had short, stubby noses. So how did they get their trunks?

This gorgeously

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Each chapter of the How the End Begins deconstructs the dangers we face. Rosenbaum begins by showing all the ways the post-Cold War order that tried to impose a set of rules of averting a nuclear mistake has fallen apart; in chapter 2, he describes the journey of one Bruce Blair, once a missile launcher, whose experience inside the nuclear establishment left him alarmed about its vulnerabilities; chapter 3 looks at nuclear war from the Russian side, using the architect of that nation's early warning system as a focus; chapter 4 looks at how the Bush Administration helped pushed the world closer to a nuclear conflict by rewriting the rules of deterrence; chapter 5 describes all the ways the international incidents we have seen
- Georgia, the Israeli raid on Syria, the Iranian moves
- are evidence that some governments have shown a willingness to move closer to the brink of a conflict involving nuclear weapons. The rest of the book looks at the broader nuclear issues facing the world in the 21st century: What is deterrence? Who can claim to have it? How many nuclear weapons can we live with? Is zero really possible? In other words: Can we undream the nightmare?

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