Robert A. Burton Book order (chronological)

Exploring the color blue as a deeply personal motif, Robert Burton delves into various aspects of its significance through a collection of poems. His introspective approach reveals a profound self-awareness, skillfully articulated to engage readers. This thoughtful and well-crafted compilation offers insights that make it both an excellent and enjoyable read, inviting reflection on the emotional and symbolic meanings of blue in life.

An introduction to extreme sports including extreme cycling (BMX and mountain biking), air extremes such as skydiving and BASE jumping (including the highest ever skydive from space), urban sports skateboarding and parkour, high-risk free and solo rock climbing, and watery extremes such as surfing and whitewater kayaking. Small chunks of text combined with lots of detailed pictures and thrilling subject matter make this an inspiring and informative book - suitable for all ages, including reluctant readers. Internet links allow readers to access more information online via carefully selected and monitored websites. Part of the Beginners Plus series which is designed to inspire boys to read by introducing a wide range of non-fiction topics.

This collection of essays offers a panoramic celebration of human behavior from ancient times to the Renaissance, exploring themes such as God, devils, old age, diet, drunkenness, love, and beauty in the context of the human condition.

Neurologist Robert Burton challenges common notions about how people think about what they know, demonstrating how the feeling of certainty comes from a place beyond knowledge and control and is a mental sensation, not evidence of fact.

Whether you own several acres of garden in the remote countryside or a window-box in an urban area, observing the behaviour of garden birds, from acrobatic tits to blackbirds in full song, can be an intensely rewarding pastime.Garden Bird Behaviour explores a wide range of bird behaviour including territorial activity, courtship, singing, nesting, feeding, flying fighting and migration; it's an invaluable guide that will help you get the most out of your birdwatching hobby. Written in a personal and encouraging style, with wonderful photographs and inspiring colour artwork, Garden Bird Behaviour is as enjoyable to read as it is informative. The emphasis is on observing the birds that frequent your garden and taking time to spot the different characteristics of each species as they feed, interact or raise their young, in order to gradually build up a comprehensive understanding of their behaviour. You will soon find that the more you understand bird behaviour the more gratifying your garden birdwatching experience becomes.

Aus den Gartenvogel und Vogelgartenbüchern des englischen Autors entstand nach gründlicher Kur und Gefiederpflege ein gemauserter Neuling (vgl. "Unsere gefiederten Nachbarn", BA 11/94; "Vögel in unserem Garten", ID 50/00; "Gartenparadiese für Vögel", BA 8/01). Wir finden praktische Tipps zur Gestaltung von Futterspendern und Nistmöglichkeiten, der vogelfreundliche Garten wird in seinen verschiedenen Formen vorgestellt, Verständnis für das Verhalten der Gefiederten geweckt, ausführliche Vogelporträts mit Verbreitungskärtchen erleichtern das Kennenlernen der Untermieter dies alles unterstützt durch eine Fülle recht guter, farbiger Fotos. Glossar, Register und Adressenhinweise schließen das sehr brauchbare und praxisnahe Buch ab. Nicht nur um Vögel geht es im "Treffpunkt Tiere im Garten" (in dieser Nr.). (1 J,S)

'The New Birdfeeder Handbook' contains information on how to attract birds to your garden. The basic elements of a good bird garden are examined systematically, from garden layout and plant selection to the best place to put a nest box. The book also provides answers to common questions about bird behaviour - explaining, for example, why some birds feed in groups and why certain birds have simple songs while others have repertoires of hundreds of phrases. In addition to illustrated features on the very 'bird-friendly' equipment and foodstuffs, this classic guide now provides detailed visual profiles of over 60 of our most common garden visitors - making it the ideal companion for all bird lovers.

You've just found out you have nine brothers. Identical to you in every way. Except for the gene that made one of them a killer--Artie Singleton's mother was dead. But among her possessions lay a letter. And inside was a secret that would shatter her son's In 1963, a shocking experiment at a famous fertility clinic had cloned ten identical male children from a single donor embryo. Artie Singleton was one of them.Artie, a successful San Francisco entrepreneur, is now searching for his nine brothers. He assumes they will look just like him. But Artie finds some things he didn't a sociopath among the clones determined to kill off the others--and a terrifying truth about their gene pool that could spell Artie's doom, or give him the cunning to stay alive.

Informatie in woord en beeld over het observeren en voederen van vogels in de tuin.

Kniha z edice Velká geografická encyklopedie světa popisuje život, ohrožení a ochranu živočichů v různých částech světa.

Kniha vybavená více než 200 barevnými fotografiemi je naléhavou připomínkou významu, křehkosti a majestátnosti přirozené krajiny na Zemi.

Interessantes über das Ei im Tierreich (Einzeller bis Wirbeltier) und alles, was damit zusammenhängt (Befruchtung bis Aufzucht der Jungen). Bild-Text-Band.

Text and photographs depict mice feeding, breeding, and interacting with other animals in their natural habitat.

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

A comprehensive survey explaining and illustrating the range of animal life, from the single-celled amoeba to the primates, and detailing the behavior, life cycles, anatomies, protective devices, and other features of representative species

Encyclopaedia of Mammals. Includes pages and pages of beautiful pictures and facts about the different mammals.