The ideal portable companion the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look & updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for keen birdwatchers & nature enthusiasts to identify the most commonly seen species in Britain & Europe. Authoritative text & beautiful photographs show the distinguishing features of each bird including notes on appearance colour & distinctive features & information on juveniles range & habitat nests call & breeding sites. In addition an extensive introduction covers general information on plumage habitats & migration & gives first-time birdwatchers advice on what equipment to buy & where to go to spot the most desirable species. This new edition builds on the strengths of the unrivalled original covering over 200 species of bird found in Britain & Europe. ...

One of Usbornes most enduring & well-known series has been given an exciting new look. Each guide has been completely updated & has a striking new cover. It makes perfect companions for enthusiasts keen to discover the many fascinating aspects of the natural world with full-colour illustrations of around 100-200 different species per title that have been reproduced from the original artwork using the latest technology. It provides ideal field guides for both children & adults & incredible value for your money. ...

Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians Aristophanes The Birds & Other Plays" is a timeless set of comedies combining witty satire & raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. This " Penguin Classics" edition is translated from the Greek by David Barrett & Alan H. Sommerstein. The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes trademark bawdy comedy & dazzling verbal agility. In " The Birds" two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of Much Cuckoo in the Clouds in the sky blockading the Olympian gods & installing themselves as new deities. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon a prominent Athenian demagogue who vies with a humble sausage-seller for the approval of the people; while " The Assembly-Women" deals with the battle of the sexes as the women of Athens infiltrate the all-male Assembly in disguise. The lengthy conflict with Sparta is the subject of Peace inspired by the hope of a settlement in 421 BC & Wealth reflects on the economic catastrophe that hit Athens after the war. These lively translations by David Barrett & Alan H. Sommerstein capture the full humour of the plays. The introduction examines Aristophanes life & times & the comedy & poetry of his works. This volume also

Includes:: an introductory note for each play. Aristophanes (c.445-386 BC) was probably born in Athens. Little is known about his life but there is a portrait of him in " Platos Symposium". He was twice threatened with prosecution in the 420s for his outspoken attacks on the prominent politician Cleon but in 405 he was publicly honoured & crowned for promoting Athenian civic unity in " The Frogs". Aristophanes had his first comedy produced when he was about twenty-one & wrote forty plays in all. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are published in the " Penguin Classics" series as " The Birds & Other Plays" " Lysistrata & Other Plays" " The Wasps & Other Plays" & " The Frogs & Other Plays". If you enjoyed " The Birds & Other Plays" you might like Aristophanes " The Frogs & Other Plays" also available in " Penguin Classics"."

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How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened & then withdrew.. . A classic of alienation & horror The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five other chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation & mock mans sense of dominance over the natural world. The mountain paradise of Monte Verita promises immortality but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer steps out from behind the camera & into his subjects life; a date with a cinema usherette leads to a walk in the cemetery; & a jealous father finds a remedy when threes a crowd.. . ...

Romance writer & single mum Stevie Honeywell has only weeks to go to her wedding when her fiance Matthew runs off with her glamorous new friend Jo Mac Lean. It feels like history repeating itself for Stevie but this time she is determined to win back her man. She isn't going to act as he might expect. She isn't going to wail & dig her heels in she is simply going to pretend to let him go whilst she pursues a mad course of dieting exercising & self-improvement. & it feels like history is repeating itself for Adam Mac Lean too who is also determined to win his lady Jo back with the same basic psychological tactics. Then he is going to initiate his master plan: Getting together with Stevie to drive Jo wild with jealousy. So like the Scottish country jig ' The Birds & the Bees' the couples all change partners & learn some revealing truths about each other along the way. But what happens when Adam's master plan actually starts to work? & just who will Stevie be dancing with when the music stops? ...

Youve just seen a small black & white bird but which species is it? Which bird has a red head & a yellow wing? Birds by Colour helps you to identify almost 200 bird species common to western Europe simply by their shape & colour. Conceived & designed specifically for beginners this is the first guide to approach identification from birds most visible characteristics: their colours. No prior knowledge of ornithology is required to use the guide. 184 species have been classified according to the most typical bird shapes. Then groups of species that share physical characteristics & have similar colours are treated together on a spread illustrated side by side to allow direct comparison. In the second half of the book each featured bird has its own short field guide entry including information on their biology behaviour habitat & distribution. Each field guide entry is illustrated by a colour photograph & the artworks from the first half of the guide & details the best times & locations for observing the species. ...

In the summer of 1940 lying in the sun I saw a family of redstarts unconcerned in the affairs of our skeletal multitude going about their ways in cherry & chestnut trees." Soon after his arrival at Warburg Po W camp British army officer John Buxton found an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment. Passing his days covertly watching birds he was unaware that he too was being watched. Peter Conder also a passionate ornithologist hat noticed Buxton gazing skywards. He approached him & with two other prisoners they founded a secret birdwatching society. This is the untold story of an obsessive quest behind barbed wire. Through their shared love of birds the four Po Ws overcame hunger hardship fear & stultifying boredom. Their quest would draw in not only their fellow prisoners but also some of the German guards at great risk to them all. Derek Niemann draws on original diaries letters & drawings to tell of how Conder Barrett Waterston & Buxton were forged by their wartime experience into the giants of postwar wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on." ...

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This is a book for domestic birdwatchers. It is full of stories of birds & their ways helpful hints on how to attract more & rarer birds to your garden advice on preserving their habitat & our environment & information on the identification of birds -- from Silvereyes to Fairy-wrens & cockatoos. It shows you: how to provide water for birds; what plants attract birds to your garden; what to do when a bird flies into your window; how to build nesting boxes & much much more. This is a book for enjoyment for increasing the pleasure of the converted & for converting those who do not yet indulge in the most relaxing of pastimes -- birdwatching. ...

London 1929. Joseph Waite is a man who knows what he wants. With his Havana cigars & Savile Row suits he is one of Britains wealthiest men. & the last thing he needs is a scandal. When his eighteen-year-old daughter runs away from home he is determined to keep the case away from the police & the newspapers. So he turns to a woman renowned for her discretion & investigative powers
- the extraordinary Maisie Dobbs. Maisie soon discovers that there are many reasons why Charlotte might have left home. Instinctively Maisie feels that Charlotte is safe. Yet suddenly she finds herself confronting a murder scene... With wonderful characters & a page-turning plot Birds of a Feather is a brilliant mystery. Fans of Maisie Dobbs will be delighted to see Maisies sleuthing abilities back in action while the emotional heart of her second mystery will appeal to yet more fans.
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