A unique beginner's guide to bird song with 3 CDs of crystal-clear digital recordings & a comprehensive guide to identifying more complex songs & calls. The new Collins Bird Songs & Calls

Includes:: re-recorded versions of the original habitat CDs
- ensuring that they are even clearer but just as atmospheric
- introducing the user to the major bird habitats of Britain & the birds that live in them. This new edition also features a third CD containing a unique guide to identifying more complex songs & calls with tips on what aspects of the song or call are the distinguishing characteristics. Beginning with simple similar-sounding songs it gradually moves through more difficult distinctions & on to a comprehensive section on passerine calls. Species that often occur in the same habitat are treated together. An accompanying full-colour guide explores the historical background to how recordings of bird songs & calls have developed & been appreciated over the years along with species accounts of the behaviour of all of our common birds. Collins Bird Songs & Calls will help you to quickly appreciate the wonderful range of bird voices & discover just what bird song is all about. A walk in the park will never be the same again.



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The number one bestseller! This new edition of the much-loved Bradfords Crossword Solvers Dictionary offers even more. Available in hardback with a clear text design this edition is durable & easy to use. Users will never again be short of answers to their crossword clues! Bradfords Crossword Solvers Dictionary is a unique type of crossword dictionary in that it has been compiled & crafted by a single author based on her 50 years experience of crossword solving. Every word in this dictionary has appeared as a solution to a real crossword clue. Previous readers have found this book an invaluable reference work for both cryptic & quick crosswords & new users will be quickly converted! ...

The number one bestseller! This new edition of the much-loved Bradford s Crossword Solver s Dictionary offers even more. Available in hardback with a clear text design this edition is durable & easy to use. Users will never again be short of answers to their crossword clues! Bradford s Crossword Solver s Dictionary is a unique type of crossword dictionary in that it has been compiled & crafted by a single author based on her 45 years experience of crossword solving. Every word in this dictionary has appeared as a solution to a real crossword clue. Previous readers have found this book an invaluable reference work for both cryptic & quick crosswords & new users will be quickly converted! ...

The number one bestseller! This new edition of the much-loved Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary offers even more. Now available in paperback with a clear text design users will never again be short of answers to their crossword clues! Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary is a unique type of crossword dictionary in that it has been compiled & crafted by a single author based on her 45 years' experience of crossword solving. Every word in this dictionary has appeared as a solution to a real crossword clue. Previous readers have found this book an invaluable reference work for both cryptic & quick crosswords & new users will be quickly converted! ...

This updated edition of Bradford's Crossword Solver's Lists gives hundreds of wide-ranging wordlists to help with solving cryptic & quick crossword clues. The lists which are sorted alphabetically & by length provide an invaluable reference for all crossword-solvers. A must for all crossword-solvers this updated edition of the Bradford's Crossword Lists has been compiled from the Collins thesaurus database with help from Anne Bradford. It gives hundreds of useful wordlists covering a wide range of subjects with each list sorted by length & then alphabetically to give maximum help with solving crossword clues. Solvers can locate words by subject spotting the word they need to complete their crossword grids quickly. Bradford's Crossword Solver's Lists is the perfect companion volume to Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary. ...

Collins Bradford's Pocket Crossword Solver's Lists gives hundreds of wide-ranging wordlists
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This fully revised new double-sided map covers the whole of Britain & is perfect for route planning. More detailed maps of the busiest built-up areas are included. It is an ideal purchase for both business users & tourists who want a clear & attractive route planning map of the whole of Britain. Scale of main maps is 1:550 000 (8.7 miles to 1 inch). MAIN FEATURES * Fully updated. * Clear attractive mapping at 8.7 miles to 1 inch (1:550 000) of the whole of Britain * More detailed maps of 7 of the busiest urban areas at 3.9 miles to 1 inch (1:250 000)

Includes:: * Selection of the top tourist sites. * Distances marked on roads. * Restricted motorway junctions listed. * Car ferry routes. * Park & Ride locations shown ideal when visiting towns & cities. AREA OF COVERAGE Double-sided map covering the whole of Britain. Northern England Scotland & the Isle of Man are on one side with Southern England & Wales on the other.

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A comprehensive & clear guide for those looking to improve their English grammar for use in the workplace. If you are required to use English at work but feel you need to build up your grammar Collins new Business Grammar & Practice is the perfect solution. Well-known Business English experts Nick Brieger & Simon Sweeney guide the user through 72 units to explain the structure of the English language. Examples of real usage are followed by a simple but thorough explanation of each grammar point. Then a range of practice exercises cement your understanding. All of the sample sentences are taken from the COBUILD corpus. This ensures that you dont learn artificial language
- instead you get to grips with the vocabulary & structures that are used in the business world around the globe today. Work through the book from start to finish for a comprehensive course in intermediate grammar or pick & choose the topics of most interest to you. Topics covered: * Main tenses (presents pasts futures conditionals) * Auxiliaries & modals * Active vs. passive voice * Verb irregularities * Sentence & clause types * Nouns * Adjectives & adverbs * Determiners (articles pronouns demonstratives... ) * Prepositions CEF level: B1-B2 ALSO AVAILABLE: Collins Business Grammar & Practice: Pre-Intermediate
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This classic guide to the butterflies of Britain & northern Europe enters its third edition as part of the authoritative Collins Guide series. This comprehensive guide to the butterflies of Britain & Europe features over 400 species depicting both male & female insects. Species descriptions include details on taxonomic nomenclature distribution flight period variation habitat behaviour & life cycle. Subspecies are included where there is significant variation & distribution maps accompany each widespread species. Illustrated by Richard Lewington the world's leading butterfly illustrator this is an ideal field guide for travelling naturalists & butterfly enthusiasts alike & is an essential addition to every nature lover's bookshelves. ...

This fun introduction to the Yorkshire dialect is a perfect buy for anyone who wants to learn to talk Tyke. With full-colour illustrations throughout by Alex Collier it makes a light-hearted & colourful guide. From the literary landscapes of the Brontes moors & James Herriots dales to the contemporary soundscapes of the Arctic Monkeys Yorkshire has always been about more than stereotypical images of flat caps & whippets. The rich culture of Yorkshire is reflected in its dialect (down the pub in the market at work) & this book is essential for anyone with even a passing interest in the area or language in general. Discover the origins of many well-known phrases & learn a few more with this humorous & insightful examination of the Tyke dialect. Written with Barnsley FCs poet in residence Ian Mc Millan Collins Chelp & Chunter: How to Talk Tyke has poems in Tyke throughout & is fully illustrated by Alex Collier. ...