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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Life is never a bed of roses for the Toveys & their beloved Siamese cats Solomon & Sheba. For one thing theyve got Annabel the donkey to contend with & the thorny matter of her troublesome stomach after she overindulges on the apple harvest. More calamities ensue when Doreen & her husband Charles return from a riding course in the Scottish wilderness & Solomon thinks they have brought the Loch Ness Monster home with them. Then Sheba baffles her owners with a series of mysterious disappearances. What with Annabel adopting a cat of her own Charles taking up the piano Father Adams flying hat & Solomons determined efforts to catch a hare there are endless adventures in store in this loveable witty classic. ...

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. ...

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. ...

A tidal wave of pounding excitement from the first page to the last.. . Two & a half miles beneath the icy North Atlantic the mighty Titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world. The Americans want it. So do the Russians. Ace maritime troubleshooter Dirk Pitt faces one of the most stupendous tests of courage & ingenuity ever. Raise the Titanic is a spellbinding blockbuster of action & suspense. ...

Written in 1980 Raised From the Ground" was the novel with which Jose Saramago first found his distinctive voice & style. It is set in the Alentejo the rural area of Portugal where Saramagos family came from & follows the fortunes of the Mau-Tempo family (literally the Badweathers) from the beginning of the twentieth century through to its middle. While the First & Second World Wars rumble on in the background Joao Mau-Tempo suffers the suicide of his father a drunken cobbler followed by hardship as his mother tries to make ends meet in a society where the landowners are all-powerful & the life of a hired hand is unremittingly harsh. As communist ideas start to spread among the labourers Joao becomes politicised but ends up being imprisoned. Nevertheless the novel ends with optimism as in a May Day revolution the workers take over the land & form cooperatives. Highly political yet full of Saramagos characteristic humour & humanity this is a novel as full of love as it is of pain. It is a vivid moving tribute to the men & women among whom Saramago lived as a child & a fascinating insight into the early work of this literary giant." ...