Following the success of the first edition this new edition has been expanded to include more information on small mammals birds & fish. Intended as a foundation text for those on animal care nurse auxiliary & veterinary care assistant courses it introduces essential theoretical background information & clearly outlines the practical skills necessary when embarking on the care of any animal. * Designed specifically to meet the requirements of animal care pre-veterinary nursing auxiliary & care students; * Provides basic training in animal biology & care with particular attention given to those subjects that students find difficult to understand such as anatomy & physiology; * New chapter additions on fish & birds. Clearly & simply laid out with over 150 illustrations Animal Biology & Care 2e will be invaluable to all those training or working in animal care. ...

The animal bop just wont stop so move your body from bottom to top! Join jolly jellyfish mischievous meerkats a gentle giraffe parading peacocks & many more in this high energy invitation to take part in the animal bop. The rhythmic rhyming text encourages all sorts of actions & noises that are lots of fun to do
- prowling & growling wiggling & sashaying trotting & strutting. & every move is gloriously illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner with a kaleidoscope of pattern & collage. Sound effects for the energetic antics of the animals along with sparkling jazzy rhythms provide a perfect backing-track to the narration of The Animal Bop Wont Stop on the accompanying audio CD.
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There's an animal for everyone in this beautiful colouring book
- from fabulous feathers on a peacock's tail & incredibly colourful
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This book explodes the myths about what does & what does not work in martial arts on todays dangerous streets. Geoff educates a reader in all aspects of pressure testing the martial arts ensuring that technique & character fit when it really matters. ...

From aardvark through to zebra bring your child face-to-face with their favourite animals with this first reference for young animal lovers now in paperback. Discover all about over 2 000 animals from the largest & the loudest through to the tallest & smallest. Find out why koalas sleep for nineteen hours; whether all bears can climb trees; & how much a camel can drink in one go. Packed with curiosity quizzes turn & learn boxes & bite-sized animal facts kids love getting their teeth into theres lots to see & explore. Go ahead let your children take a walk into the natural world! ...

Animal Farm" by George Orwell
- author of 1984 one of Britain's most popular novels
- is a brilliant political satire & a powerful

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When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones & take over the farm themselves they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom & equality. But gradually a cunning ruthless elite among them masterminded by the pigs Napoleon & Snowball starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought & find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling 'fairy story' is a timeless & devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power & corruption. ...

It is the history of a revolution that went wrong
- & of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion
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The Letts Explore series help students focus to fully understand each text in detail. The series supports coursework & helps students prepare for exams. These handy literature guides ensure that the student understands the literature as well as how they are to be tested on their knowledge. * Gives in-depth exploration of characters & themes *
Includes: tips guidance & quizzes to reinforce knowledge * Are suitable for use throughout courses or in the run-up to examinations * Key"ations from the texts
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George Orwell's chilling fable of Soviet Russia's brutal dictatorship Animal Farm" brings to life in lucid uncomplicated language the disastrous project of Russian Communism. This " Penguin Modern Classics" edition

Includes:: an introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. ' All animals are equal
- but some are more equal than others'. When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones & take over the farm themselves they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom & equality. But gradually a cunning ruthless elite among them masterminded by the pigs Napoleon & Snowball starts to take control. Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought & find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. ' It is the history of a revolution that went wrong
- & of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine ' wrote Orwell for the first edition of " Animal Farm" in 1945. Orwell wrote the novel at the end of 1943 but it almost remained unpublished; its savage attack on Stalin at that time Britain's ally led to the book being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell's simple tragic fable has since become a world-famous classic. Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) better known by his pen-name George Orwell was born in India where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author & journalist Orwell was one of the most prominent & influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory " Animal Farm" was published in 1945 & it was this novel together with the dystopia of " Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949) which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels & non-fiction including " Burmese Days" (1934) " Down & Out in Paris & London" (1933) " The Road to Wigan Pier" (1937) & " Homage to Catalonia" (1938) are published in " Penguin Modern Classics". If you enjoyed " Animal Farm" you might like Orwell's " Nineteen Eighty-Four" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " It is the book for everyone & Everyman its brightness undimmed after fifty years". (Ruth Rendell " Daily Telegraph" Books of the Century)."



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