Inspired by horror films of the past such as George Romeros 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead zombies have come lurching back into the forefront of the public imagination with books such as the Jane Austen parody Pride Prejudice & Zombies video games such as Left 4 Dead & blockbuster movies like Zombiel&. The living dead have never been so popular! We all know that zombies are by no means a modern phenomenon but where did this zombie fascination come from & where did people like Romero get thier inspiration? Zombies takes a look at all aspects of this gruesome entity & delves into the less well-known mythological & historical side of this fascinating subject. ...

Zombies for Zombies" is the first motivational guide for a person who has just been infected. This guide leads its readers by their cootie-covered hands & encourages each one to take the steps necessary to preserve his or her quality of life (and thereby be eligible for any number of government stamp programs). Best of all the book contains bonus brain recipes as well as dance steps that are designed to accommodate the zombies total lack of flexibility. This hilarious & illustrated guide sends up both zombie lore & self-help books &

Includes:: illustrations as funny as the advice."

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For thirty-six years James Patterson has written unputdownable pulse-racing novels. Now he has written a book that surpasses all of them. Zoo" is the thriller he was born to write. All over the world brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz a young biologist watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa the enormity of the impending violence becomes terrifyingly clear. With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant Oz races to warn world leaders before its too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity cunning & planning & soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. With wildly inventive imagination & white-knuckle suspense that rivals Stephen King at his very best James Pattersons " Zoo" is an epic non-stop thrill-ride." ...

This is a new title in the delightful extension of the best-selling That's not my..." series that gives children the opportunity to complete their own pictures using stickers. It offers specially-designed stickers suitable for little hands & fingers. You can add wheels to a tractor the ears mane & nose to a horse decorate a cow with spots & a beak & hat & nose to a scarecrow plus lots more. Children can complete the simple sentence " That's my
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All over the world brutal animal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz a young biologist watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa the enormity of the impending violence becomes terrifyingly clear. With the help of ecologist Chloe Tousignant Oz races to warn world leaders before its too late. The attacks are growing in ferocity cunning & planning & soon there will be no place left for humans to hide. ...

The keeping of zoo animals has become a central tool in the conservation of some of the worlds most fascinating yet threatened species. But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key problems zoos face in trying to feed breed & keep healthy the animals in their care? How do they play their part in conserving biodiversity? Zoo Animals: Behaviour Management & Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of zoo animals & reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible. Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research practice & teaching the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian & non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field. Zoo Animals: Behaviour Management & Welfare is the ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject whether as a student or as a zoo professional. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre

Features: For lecturers:
- Figures from the book in electronic format for use in lecture slides For students:
- Tasks & associated datasets for use with Zootrition and/or related software
- Annotated web link library
- Legislation information: summary information & related web links regarding zoo-related legislation in countries other than the UK
- Latest news: summaries of latest developments in the field with links to relevant literature






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Designed to appeal to infants this board book contains high-contrast images which babies of all ages find stimulating. Developed in consultation with mothers this series has been specifically designed to engage babies & hold their interest as they start to make connections with the world around them. ...

Second collection from the poet of powerful emotions & vivid imagery The Zoo Father underlines the authors reputation as a questing poet capable of outstanding imagistic flourishes & surprising associations. This extraordinary & powerful volume is comprised of two sections the first about with the poets relationship with her father the second with her mother. Section One is heavily imbued with imagery of the poets travels in South America & her researches in the cultures & ecology of the Venezuelan. Pain anger bewilderment are refracted through a rich often sensual imagery of fauna hallucinatory drugs & tribal beliefs. This gives the poems their originality & prevents subject matter of childhood abandonment & abuse becoming too harrowing. The imagery adapted from shamanistic beliefs is especially memorable. Section Two is set in southern France in an almost equally exotic location of vineyards & dinosaur plateaux. It concerns the poets family holidays in the vineyard" & her rediscovery & subsequent repossession of that place. Once again the poems delineate a primary relationship (with the poets mother) with the lushness of the imagery putting into surprising context the development of that relationship." ...

Introduce preschool children to the animals & day-to-day life in a big zoo with Ladybird's Zoo Hullaballoo!" This informative big noisy book has eight different realistic sounds that really bring the noises of a zoo to life. Follow Zookeeper Annabel as she goes about her rounds of all the different animal enclosures & zoo areas over the course of a day. From checking on the big cats & hosing down the elephant to feeding the penguins looking after the reptiles & cleaning out the monkeys there's a different part of the zoo to explore with additional labels that pick out interesting features or animals to talk about together & a ladybird to spot on every page. Children will love pressing the colourful sound buttons to join in with the story & making the noises of the zoo buggy roaring lion cheeky monkey trumpeting elephant splashing penguin & more! " Ladybird's Zoo Hullaballoo!" is a fun & educational sound book for all young children interested in wild animals." ...

' For many years I had wanted to start a zoo.. .any reasonable person smitten with an ambition of this sort would have secured the zoo first & obtained the animals afterwards. but throughout my life I have rarely if ever achieved what I wanted by tackling it in a logical fashion'. A Zoo in My Luggage" is Gerald Durrell's account of his attempt to set up his own zoo after years spent gathering animals for other zoos. Journeying to Cameroon he & his wife collected numerous mammals birds & reptiles including Cholmondely the chimpanzee & Bug-eye the bush-baby. But their problems really began when they attempted to return with their exotic menagerie. Not only had they to get them safely home to Britain but they also had to find somewhere able &
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- willing to house them. Told with wit & a zest for all things furry & feathered Gerald Durrell's "A Zoo in My Luggage" is a brilliant account of how a pioneer of wildlife preservation came to found a new type of zoo."

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