Bill Martin's playful story combining animals colours & sounds beautifully illustrated by Eric Carle now appears in a chunky board-book format. A simple rhythmic text introduces the reader to a menagerie of wild animals from a roaring lion to a fluting flamingo & a trumpeting elephant. ...

A fresh & innovative route to business & personal success
- Polar Bear Pirates" contains a whole new universe of characters & terminology
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Huge powerful & fearless is Nanook the polar bear. Standing 10 feet tall on its hind legs & weighing more than 1 600 pounds the polar bear is renowned for its singular ferociousness. It survives on the starkly beautiful & unforgiving arctic tundra moving with the floating ice to raise its young & hunt for seals. With its tufted ears snowy white coat & coal-black eyes & nose the polar bear is arrestingly photogenic. In this collection of remarkable photographs we discover the polar bear as not only a formidable predator but also a loving parent & natural jester. World-renowned photographer Norbert Rosing has been a leader in raising awareness of this majestic creature & the increasing threats to its survival. In POLAR BEARS 2013 his engaging photographs & informative captions invite us into a world that few are privileged to see. ...

Ages 9 to 12 years. Heroism & horror abound in these true stories of 16 great explorers who journeyed to the Arctic & Antarctic regions two exquisite & unique ice wildernesses. Recounted are the exciting North Pole adventures of Erik the Red in 982 & the elusive searches for the Northwest Passage & Farthest North of Henry Hudson Fridtjof Nansen Fredrick Cook & Robert Peary. Coverage of the South Pole begins with Captain Cook in 1772; continues through the era of land grabbing & the race to reach the Pole with James Clark Ross Roald Amundsen Robert Scott & Ernest Shackleton; & ends with an examination of the scientists at work there today. Astounding photographs & journal entries sidebars on the Inuit & polar animals & engaging activities bring the harrowing expeditions to life. Activities include making a Viking compass building a model igloo making a cross staff to measure latitude creating a barometer making pemmican & writing a newspaper like William Parrys Winter Chronicle. The North & South Poles become exciting routes to learning about science geography & history. ...

Late on Christmas Eve after the town has gone to sleep a boy boards a mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives there Santa offers him any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the reindeers harness. It turns out to be a very special gift for only believers in Santa can hear it ring. ...

In a twisting fast-moving adventure ex-Navy Seal Nolan Kilkenny finds himself on a dangerous mission where he must recover a priceless artifact of human existence. The key to all life has suddenly become worth killing for! Deep in the frozen wasteland of Antarctica a remote NASA research lab rests atop a two-mile thick glacier covering a vast underground water resevoir. But the true discovery isnt the lake buried in ice
- its what has been found within its boundaries. Something amazing. Something alive. & it may hold the answers to existence itself. When the lab is attacked & its scientists murdered Nolan Kilkenny realises that there is more than science at stake
- theres power money & what may be another step in evolution. Racing around the globe Kilkenny must stop the machinations of a diabolical adversary & recover a priceless artifact of human existence
- or die trying!


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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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Polar Shift" is the sixth "NUMA Files" novel by the inimitable Clive Cussler. Giant freak waves send an unsinkable cargo ship to the bottom of the Atlantic & a herd of killer whales attack a party of kayakers in the Pacific
- random events or evidence of polar shift? For Kurt Austin of NUMA these two seemingly unconnected incidents are harbingers of a global phenomenon that will mark the end of civilization! A secret organization aiming to bring down the worlds elite powers have discovered the means to bring about polar shift
- a catastrophic event that will cause earthquakes lava eruptions tsunami electrical disruption & giant whirlpools. Austin knows that he & NUMA cannot fail this time. The end of the world is coming unless he & the team can track down the conspirators or reverse the effects of the Earths most destructive power: polar shift! Clive Cussler author of the best-selling " Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " Valhalla Rising" & co-author Paul Kemprecos pit their hero Kurt Austin against a destructive environmental force in " Polar Shift" the sixth novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA" files series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " Fire Ice" " White Death" " Lost City" " The Navigator" " Medusa" " Devils Gate" & " The Storm"."

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This stunning book captures the spirit of the Polar World as never seen before
- through the eyes of a man who was the bridge
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In existence for over 50 years the Polaroid Corporation's photography collection is the greatest collection of Polaroid images in the world. Begun by Polaroid founder Edwin Land & photographer Ansel Adams the collection now

Includes:: images by hundreds of photographers throughout the world & contains important pieces by artists such as David Hockney Helmut Newton Jeanloup Sieff & Robert Rauschenberg. The Polaroid Book" a survey of this remarkable collection pays tribute to a medium that defies the digital age & remains a favorite among artists for its quirky look & instantly gratifying one-of-kind images. This title

Features: over 400 works from the Polaroid Collections; an essay by Polaroid's Barbara Hitchcock illuminating the beginnings & history of the collection; & a technical reference section featuring the various types of Polaroid cameras."



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