In 1978 in the final bloodiest phase of Rhodesias struggle to become Zimbabwe eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to a wild beautiful farm on the banks of a slow-flowing river. The house was the scene of a horrific guerrilla attack & settling there changes Laurens life irrevocably. RAINBOWS END captures the overwhelming beauty & extraordinary danger of life in the African bush. Laurens childhood reads like a girls own adventure story as at the height of the war she rides through the wilderness on her horse Morning Star encountering lions crocodiles vicious ostriches & mad cows. Yet the greatest threat is the ruthless guerrillas who prowl the land making each day more dangerous vivid & prized than the last. ...

Enter a world of discovery with DK Eyewonder. Take a walk on the wild side & experience the wonders of the rainforest. From fearsome tree snakes to giant spiders Eyewonder Rainforest will help you discover all kinds of amazing creatures you may never have seen before! ...

Hear a day in the life of the Amazonian rainforest a continuous sequence of beautiful & exotic sounds. From dawn to dusk the magic of the forest unfolds with rare birds monkeys insects frogs & toads. There is an afternoon equatorial rainstorm & the evening chorus of birds once the storm has passed. The recordings have no spoken announcements so the CD can be used for relaxation & background sounds at home but there is a leaflet included listing the sounds in order & the animals which made them. The material was selected from over 130 000 wildlife recordings in the Sound Archive & were mostly made in August 1988 in Amazonian Columbia by Richard Ranft. ...

From deserts to polar lands this series takes an in-depth look at different ecosystems around the world. Learn about how each ecosystem is formed the wildlife that lives there & how climate change & human interaction are affecting the planet. This title

Features: amazing fact panels; stunning photographs of different environments including animals & human inhabitants; & clear modern design.

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The topics covered in this series are specifically chosen to help children to develop a sense of 'awe & wonder'. They are topics that children & teachers love & now meet perfectly the need of a more creative curriculum. Each topic is closely keyed into the requirements of different subjects in the national curriculum to provide a cross-curricular project. The books can also be used to provide additional activities to topics & modules already established in a school to generate extra interest. Activities are provided for children aged from 5 to 11
- enabling teachers to find activities at a level suitable for all their children
- extending the more able & supporting the less able. This also means that the books are ideal for teachers who have to teach mixed aged classes & enables topics to be used throughout the whole key stage or school. Children of all ages are fascinated by the rainforest
- where they are in the world the plants animals & people that live there their disappearance & their protection. This book shows how this natural enthusiasm for a topic can be used as a basis for developing geography & science motivating children to explore & think independently using their knowledge & skills. Topics explored include: where are rainforests?; rainforest plants; invertebrates; rainforest people; disappearing rainforests; & saving the rainforest.


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Alex & Ethan are brothers growing up on an estate where there are just two choices: sport or crime. Ethan is a promising footballer & when he is selected to go on a training programme in the US he feels sure that he has found his chance to escape the gangs that dominate his streets. But as life spirals out of control for his brother Alex & things unexpectedly take a turn for the worse for Ethan he finds himself drawn into the midst of an explosive feud with the gun at its heart. The gun can make a weak man strong. The gun is the cowards fist. The gun is power. In this tense gripping & absorbing real life thriller Alan Gibbons explores the complex issue of gun crime & the far-reaching consequences it can have. ...

Rudy Baylor is a newly qualified lawyer: he has one case & one case alone to save himself from his mounting debts. His case is against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young man's life but instead refused to pay the claim until it was too late. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars but there is one problem: Rudy has never argued a case in court before & he's up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy. ...

Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Glass half-full or half-empty? Do you look on the bright side or turn towards the dark? These are easy questions for most of us to answer because our personality types are hard-wired into our brains. As pioneering psychologist & neuroscientist Elaine Fox has discovered our outlook on life reflects our primal inclination to seek pleasure or avoid danger--inclinations that in many people are healthily balanced. But when our fear brain or pleasure brain is too strong the results can be disastrous as those of us suffering from debilitating shyness addiction depression or anxiety know all too well. Luckily anyone suffering from these afflictions has reason to hope. stunning breakthroughs in neuroscience show that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined. In Rainy Brain Sunny Brain Fox describes a range of techniques--from traditional cognitive behavioural therapy to innovative cognitive bias retraining exercises--that can actually alter our brains circuitry strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them. The implications are enormous: lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively & find happiness while pleasure-seekers inclined toward risky or destructive behavior can take control of their lives. Drawing on her own cutting-edge research Fox shows how we can retrain our brains to brighten our lives & learn to flourish. With keen insights into how genes life experiences & cognitive processes interleave together to make us who we are Rainy Brain Sunny Brain revolutionises our basic concept of individuality. We learn that we can influence our own personalities & that our lives are only as sunny or as rainy as we allow them to be. ...

Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Glass half-full or half-empty? Do you look on the bright side or turn towards the dark? These are easy questions for most of us to answer because our personality types are hard-wired into our brains. As pioneering psychologist & neuroscientist Elaine Fox has discovered our outlook on life reflects our primal inclination to seek pleasure or avoid danger-inclinations that in many people are healthily balanced. But when our 'fear brain' or 'pleasure brain' is too strong the results can be disastrous as those of us suffering from debilitating shyness addiction depression or anxiety know all too well. Luckily anyone suffering from these afflictions has reason to hope. stunning breakthroughs in neuroscience show that our brains are more malleable than we ever imagined. In Rainy Brain Sunny Brain Fox describes a range of techniques
- from traditional cognitive behavioural therapy to innovative cognitive bias retraining exercises
- that can actually alter our brains' circuitry strengthening specific thought processes by exercising the neural systems that control them. The implications are enormous: lifelong pessimists can train themselves to think positively & find happiness while pleasure-seekers inclined toward risky or destructive behavior can take control of their lives. Drawing on her own cutting-edge research Fox shows how we can retrain our brains to brighten our lives & learn to flourish. With keen insights into how genes life experiences & cognitive processes interleave together to make us who we are Rainy Brain Sunny Brain revolutionises our basic concept of individuality. We learn that we can influence our own personalities & that our lives are only as 'sunny' or as 'rainy' as we allow them to be.

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Encourage kids to get in touch with their creative side with this fun-packed book. Full of inspiring rainy-day activities here youll find an exciting range of creative alternatives to endless hours in front of the computer or TV screen. All the classic crafting techniques are covered from printing to jewellery-making sewing decoupage modelling stencilling & much more along the way. Every project can be completed using readily available materials so just follow the step-by-step instructions. The Rainy Day Book of Things to Make & Do features more than 56 fun & inspiring projects designed especially to appeal to boys & girls aged between 3 & 10 years. Each section is crammed full of colourful ideas for cool crafting activities including Top Toys Great Gifts Dazzling Decorations Funky Fashions & other activities that are sure to keep kids entertained on rainy days. ...