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    The Cambridge Guide to Prehistoric Man
    Kings and Queens of Britain
    Smarter selling: how to grow sales by building trusted relationships
    Dinosaur Encyclopedia
    Staying Power: Building a Stronger Marriage When Life Sends Its Worst
    The Ultimate Dinosaur Book
    • Too often, when a life crisis hits, a marriage suffers--even a healthy one--and all the personality profiles and couples' therapy in the world won't keep your marriage from experiencing the tough stuff. So how do you and your spouse face the stresses put on your marriage and not only stay together but come out on the other side even more loving and committed? In Staying Power, two longtime couples offer insights, skills, and clear direction so that you can respond to trials in a way that strengthens rather than weakens your marriage. They show you how to - handle anger creatively, forgive freely, and persevere together - nurture one another in powerful ways - learn new techniques for connecting both verbally and nonverbally in the midst of crisis - and much more Don't let financial trouble, infertility, health challenges, parenting cares, addiction of a loved one, or heartbreaking loss destroy your marriage. Instead, learn how through your strong relationship you can overcome all of life's curveballs--together.

      Staying Power: Building a Stronger Marriage When Life Sends Its Worst
      4.7
    • Dinosaur Encyclopedia

      From Dinosaurs to the Dawn of Man

      • 376 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      This comprehensive reference book offers fascinating insights into the world of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, researched by a team of experts. It addresses thousands of intriguing questions about the dangerous realm of dinosaurs, showcasing a remarkable variety of life forms, including early flying reptiles, the first fish, and ape-like animals that paved the way for human evolution. Readers can visualize the ferocious T-rex battling a gentle therizinosaur or a giant ground-dwelling bird chasing an early horse, with realistic models and exceptional photography immersing them in this ancient world. Magnificent full-page reconstructions depict prehistoric environments, illustrating these creatures in their natural habitats, from Silurian seas to Pliocene grasslands. The encyclopedia is organized by cladistics, simplifying the understanding of how different animal groups evolved from common ancestors. An introductory overview covers fossils and evolution, followed by extensive sections on various prehistoric animals. Easy-to-use timeline bars facilitate quick identification of time periods, while scale indicators and fact boxes provide essential information. Additionally, a comprehensive reference section surveys the geological timescale, highlights leading paleontologists, and includes a glossary and index, making this a remarkable guide to the prehistoric world.

      Dinosaur Encyclopedia
      4.4
    • Kings and Queens of Britain

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The "Collins Gem Guide to Kings and Queens of Britain" offers comprehensive biographies of British rulers from pre-Roman times to the present, featuring key facts about their reigns. It includes valuable information on lesser-known rulers and dynastic charts for easy reference, making it an essential resource for history enthusiasts, researchers, and writers.

      Kings and Queens of Britain
      4.0
    • Mysteries of the Past

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Rock engravings at Thomas Reservoir discovered by M. Terry, pp.249-51.

      Mysteries of the Past
      2.5
    • The Missionary

      • 376 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      David Eller is an American missionary in Venezuela, married to missionary nurse Christie. Together they rescue homeless children in Caracas. But for David, that isn’t enough. The supply of homeless children is endless because of massive poverty and the oppressive policies of the Venezuelan government, led by the Hugo Chavez-like Armando Guzman.In a moment of anger, David publicly rails against the government, unaware that someone dangerous might be listening—a revolutionary looking for recruits. David falls into an unimaginable nightmare of espionage, ending in a desperate, life-or-death gamble to flee the country with his wife and son, with all the resources of a corrupt dictatorship at their heels.

      The Missionary
      3.7
    • Body Language 101

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      This amazing, revealing handbook contains all anyone will ever need to know about reading body language. With it, you can become a veritable human lie detector, spotting exactly when people are telling the truth, when they are lying, and even how they are feeling. What can you tell by folded arms, by the distance away someone stands when talking to you, from facial expressions, or from blinking eyes? The answer? Almost everything! With hundreds of examples illustrated in full color, Body Language 101 can help anyone from any culture know more about his or her friends, spouse, colleagues, lovers, competitors, and enemies.

      Body Language 101
      3.0
    • Soldiers of Uncertain Rank

      The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture

      • 252 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Focusing on the Black soldiers of the British Army's West India Regiments, the book explores their status and representation from the late eighteenth century until 1927. Through a detailed analysis of their portrayal in various media, it offers fresh insights into the intersections of race, British identity, and military service, contributing to ongoing discussions about these themes in historical context.

      Soldiers of Uncertain Rank
    • Focusing on the role and significance of geography in the secondary curriculum, this textbook equips student and new teachers with essential practical skills. It emphasizes lesson design, teaching techniques, and evaluation methods to create engaging and challenging geography lessons, making it a valuable resource for educators.

      Learning to Teach Geography in the Secondary School
    • The Kingfisher Book of the Universe

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      This text provides an exploration of our planet and beyond. The opening chapters lay bare the structure of the Earth from the surface down to the core - the white-heat engine that powers our world. Next, the great forces of nature - volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes and other destructive phenomena - are dramatically brought to life with illustrations. Life itself has also transformed our planet and this eventful study is recounted from the first stirrings of single-cell organisms to the impact of humans at the beginning of the new millennium.

      The Kingfisher Book of the Universe
    • Dinosaurier

      • 20 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      Die Dinosaurier lebten über 160 Millionen Jahre lang auf der Erde. Einige waren flinke Jäger, andere friedliche Pflanzenfresser. Die Dinosaurier sind lange vor dem Erscheinen der Menschen ausgestorben. Wir wissen nur etwas über sie, weil sich ihre Überreste in Gesteinen erhalten haben. Wann genau haben sie gelebt! Wie groß waren die größten Dinosaurier? Und warum sind sie ausgestorben? Band 1 der neuen großen Wissensreihe memo zeigt faszinierende Bilder von fossilen Dinosaurier-Skeletten, naturgetreuen Sauriermodellen und vom Leben der Urzeitriesen. Die Kombination von Bild und kurzen Texten macht das Lesen und Lernen leicht und macht zugleich neugierig auf mehr. Rubriken wie „Erstaunliche Fakten“, „Fragen und Antworten“ und „Rekordverdächtig“ vertiefen das vermittelte Wissen, ein Glossar am Ende des Buches gibt noch einmal einen Überblick über die Thematik. Ideal auch für Referate und Schulprojekte.

      Dinosaurier
      5.0
    • Alles über die Dinosaurier.

      • 254 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Erdgeschichte; Evolution; Fleischfresser; Fossil; Lebensraum; Pflanzenfresser; Saurier.

      Alles über die Dinosaurier.
      3.0
    • memo Wissen. Dinosaurier

      Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Archaeopteryx: Kompetentes Sachwissen und kahoot-Quizfragen. Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren

      • 72 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      memo Wissen. Dinosaurier
    • Tessloffs Buch der Meere

      • 95 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Das Leben im Wasser wird in all seiner Vielfalt von Fischen, Meeressäugern, Tiefseebewohnern, Pflanzen und Seevögeln beschrieben. Du erfährst auch wie Meere entstehen und wieder verschwinden, warum es Ebbe und Flut gibt und wie der Kreislauf des Wassers funktioniert. Mit vielen farbigen Fotos und Zeichnungen. (Quelle: Das Buch für Dich 98/99).

      Tessloffs Buch der Meere
    • Das Weltall

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Wissenswertes über das Planetensystem der Sonne und seine Erforschung mit Raumfahrttechnik, dargestellt in Bild und Wort. (ab 10).

      Das Weltall
    • Dinosaury a život v praveku

      • 376 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Kniha z edície Veľkých rodinných encyklopédií približuje čitateľovi v piatich kapitolách život v prehistorických časoch s jeho živočíchmi, od tých najnenápadnejších až po monumentálne tvory z éry dinosaurov. Nezostáva však len pri dinosauroch, ale pokračuje vývojom fauny až po bezprostredných predkov dnešných živočíchov vrátane človeka.

      Dinosaury a život v praveku
      5.0
    • Encyklopedický popis dinosaurů, od býložravých až po masožravce, mapky území jejich pobytu, složení potravy, velikost, a jiné. To vše v kapesním vydání.

      Dinosauři
      4.8
    • Jedním z hlavních předmětů v školních osnovách je zeměpis. Panuje totiž všeobecná shoda v tom, že je důležité, aby každý měl alespoň základní znalosti o světě. S nadšením pro zeměpis se pojí zvídavost: chceme vědět, jak naše planeta funguje jako celek. Může se ale stát, že vašeděti mají problémy s přípravou na hodiny zeměpisu. A daří se vám - rodičům - pochopit všechno, co se mají naučit? Zeměpis v edici Spolu to zvládneme se stane neocenitelným pomocníkem všech rodičů i jejich dětí. Díky modernímu vizuálnímu přístupu, založenému na postupném výkladu a doplněnému barevnými ilustracemi a fotografiemi, pochopí každý i složité geografické problémy. Zeměpis totiž není jen hromaděním faktů a čísel. Kniha se věnuje všem hlavním okruhům geografie - oceánům, tektonickým deskám, erozi, ekosystémům, globalizaci, udržitelnosti, klimatickým změnám… Při studiu pomůže rychle a jednoduše zvládnout různá úskalí tohoto předmětu. Dospělým a dětem přinese celou řadu příležitostí ke společné četbě a diskusím o světě. V této edici dosud vyšly Přírodní vědy, Matematika a Dospívání.

      Zeměpis : spolu to zvládneme : fyzická, sociální a praktická geografie