Delve deep into the mysteries of Earths geography to reveal the hidden secrets of life on our planet. This title

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This stunning 16-month calendar highlights 13 of the finest golf courses from around the world. Perfect for active & armchair ...

This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble as you might pick up on holiday
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Greg Wise reads Pierre Boulle's chilling iconic novel about a nightmare world where apes rule over men. In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light Ulysse a journalist sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own except that on Soror humans behave like animals & are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Captured & sent to a research facility Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations have always been greeted by prejudice & fear... The inspiration for several acclaimed cult films Planet of the Apes" is both a gripping disturbing fable & a classic of science fiction." ...

The world economy is now approaching the final death rattle of the greatest Ponzi scheme in history: a scheme in which politicians stood by as the financial industry & sovereign governments created a vast overhang of debt a mountain of low-quality assets
- & laid the foundations for an economic disaster which will dwarf any other in history. There are four possible outcomes for our future: * economic growth (unlikely) * stagnation (probable) * inflation (bad) * default (disastrous) Which of the four it will be depends on choices that are being made right now not always wisely by politicians technocrats & bankers. Planet Ponzi is a provocative assessment of the state of todays global economy. Mitch Feierstein reveals the true debts of Britain the US government & the eurozone
- the full picture not the figures the politicians would have us believe. In Planet Ponzi Feierstein explains clearly the background to the worlds worst financial crisis for seventy years predicts the next steps in this infinitely dangerous game & offers practical advice on measures which you personally can take to protect yourself & your family.

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In the span of a single lifetime a momentous transformation in human consciousness has quietly taken hold: We are beginning to think of our home not as the Earth but as the Solar System. Thanks to the photographic output of a small squadron of interplanetary spacecraft a picture of the visual splendor & variety of the Solar System is emerging. Each of these spacecraft is following the traditions blazed by the great Earthbound explorers but when its destination comes into view we can no longer call that dramatic moment landfall." Hence " Planetfall" (the moment of visual contact with the planets). Michael Bensons masterful book Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes gave us a magnificent view of the Solar System culled from millions of photographs taken by unmanned spacecraft up to the end of the twentieth century. Since then probes built with more powerful cameras & greater maneuverability have looked deeper into the turbulent clouds & wheeling satellites of Jupiter; roamed the boulder-strewn red deserts of Mars; studied Saturns immaculate rings; & chronicled vast upheavals erupting from the Sun itself. & of course theyve shown us the surface of the ravishing Earth from space as well a blue-white orb with a disturbingly thin atmosphere as it plunges deeper into ecological crisis. These new images are the subject of Bensons Planetfall a truly revelatory photographic book that uses its large page size to reproduce the greatest achievements in contemporary planetary photography as they have never been seen before." ...

In the last 40 years the planets have been revealed in their full glory unmasked by a fleet of satellites & interplanetary probes. & the closer we look the more astonishing they are: Mars deserts were once home to rivers & oceans; on Jupiter wind speeds reach 10 000 kph (6 000 mph) & storms rage for centuries; Saturn is surrounded by a swarm of 34 moons; & diamonds are believed to rain from Neptunes blue skies. Moving out from the Sun every planet & moon is visited in a journey that takes us a full light year into space out to the fringes of the solar system where the Sun is no longer the brightest star in the sky. With 200 spectacular images The Planets follows the tracks of robotic rovers over Mars plunges through Titans atmosphere on the back of the Hugyens probe smashes into a comet with Deep Impact & voyages to the edge of our solar system to discover the frozen planets that lurk beyond the orbit of Pluto. ...

Kids can discover how our planet fits into the solar system & be blown away by the big facts & stats of space. Welcome to a tour of the major planets moons dwarf planets asteroids comets & other rocks & gas that orbit the sun. The latest NASA & European Space Station images many unique to this book are combined with up-to-the-minute information from space experts. & theres lots to do! You can track Venus at night create alien life & interact with the brave men & women of the International Space Station. ...

If you want to build a model railway but feel constricted & frustrated because you only have a very limited amount of space available then this is the book for you. The author demonstrates that a railway modeller need never be 'stuck for space' & shows the reader how to design & construct a rewarding layout in even the smallest of spaces. He emphasizes that once you have found a home for your layout be it in a garden shed a spare room a bookcase or even the top of an ironing board the same guiding principles apply. These are all fully explained in a very practical way & include the basic layout shapes the importance of scale standard & narrow gauges fiddle yards train length curves & turnouts as well as track design elements such as head shunts kickback sidings & run-round loops. ...

Planning a Baby? is all about giving your baby the best possible start in life. By taking maximum care of your health in the six important months before your new child is even conceived you can optimise the chances of having a healthy baby. The first few weeks of gestation are critical. Research has shown that undernourishment during this time
- often before the mother is even aware she is pregnant
- can affect the baby a long way into the future. It is linked with the subsequent development of heart disease high blood pressure & diabetes in middle age. In this completely updated & revised edition Dr Sarah Brewer provides the latest groundbreaking research & gives advice on: -Contraceptive advances -Lifestyle & factors that affect early pregnancy -Conception itself
- the myths & the facts -Which vitamins & minerals are needed including the use of folic acid -Advice for vegetarians -Sperm health -An overview of the causes of miscarriage This book aims to give potential parents all the tools they require before embarking on one of lifes greatest adventures
- conception pregnancy & the birth of a healthy baby.



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