sestavili Mary Cartwrightová a Andrew Dixon * Svět divočiny se podrobně věnuje fauně i flóře deštných pralesů, savan, horských oblastí i polárních krajů a vysvětluje, jak jednotlivé druhy přežívají ve svém prostředí. Nádherné realistické ilustrace jdou ruku v ruce s jednoduchým a čtivým textem. Poskytuje tak ucelený pohled na svět i těch nejneobvyklejších živočichů, od tropických pralesů až po zamrzlé oblasti Antarktidy
Kniha z edice: Příručka mladého přírodovědce Ilustrace: David Astin, Denise Finney, David Hurrell, David Wright, John Gosler, Andy Martin
A memoir from one of the most admired players in baseball, the captain of the New York Mets, David Wright David Wright played his entire Major League Baseball career for one team, the team he dreamed of playing for as a kid: the New York Mets. A quick fan favorite from Virginia who then earned his stripes in New York, Wright came back time and again from injury and demonstrated the power of hard work, total commitment, and an infinite love of the game. Wright’s stats are one thing. He was a seven-time All-Star, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, and a two-time Silver Slugger Award winner. He holds many Mets franchise records and was nicknamed "Captain America" after his performance in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. But there is more: The walk-offs. The Barehand. The Subway Series and World Series home runs. And the electricity that swept through Shea Stadium then Citi Field whenever number 5, “the Captain,” was in the game.
Exploring the evolution of Chinese society and culture, this book highlights the impact of a booming economy and the production of various goods. It offers insights into China's historical development and its growing global influence, allowing readers to understand the complexities of this powerful nation through its rich past.
As part of the Gorgias Handbook Series, this book provides a political and military history of the Sasanian Empire in Late Antiquity (220s to 651 CE). The book takes the form of a narrative, which situates Sasanian Iran as a continental power between Rome and the world of the steppe nomad. číst celé
The 'Usborne Spotter's Guides' series offers enthusiasts a range of pocket-sized field guides that help identify animals, plants, minerals and astronomical objects. Each title contains glossaries, maps, reference materials and illustrations.
Aimed at the railway and diorama modeller, this new book includes photographs of existing structures and detailed illustrations and plans, followed by step-by-step photographs of the various stages in their creation. Practical tips and constructive advice are provided alongside. Special emphasis has been placed on the use of scrap and low-cost materials. Further topics covered in this book ·The challenges of constructing miniature versions of historic buildings and structures when the prototype no longer exists ·Guidance on modelling imaginary buildings and structures, with an example project presented from start to finish ·Details of a complete fantasy-based model railway diorama, from concept and design through to the completed layout. ·How to select and construct an imaginative landscape to complement a historic building or fantasy structure, including a review of how artists and film-makers have used such settings in the past. ·A practical guide to mixing the right paint colours and shades for realistic and convincing results. The author has written this book to inspire the modeller to try something innovative, and to attract new entrants to this creative hobby. Drawing on his own experience, he shares practical guidance to help the reader to produce models they will be proud of.
'We'll give a free dinner to the person who tells the best story. Now put up your hands if you agree'. The pilgrims all held up their hands. A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story to keep the others amused. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them
English Romantic poetry from its beginnings and its flowering to the first signs of its decadence. Nearly all the famous piéces de résistance will be found here - 'Intimations of Immortality', 'The Ancient Mariner', 'The Tyger', excerpts from 'Don Juan' - as well as some less familiar poems. As far as possible the poets are arranged in chronological order, and their poems in order of composition, beginning with eighteenth-century precursors such as Gray, Cowper, Burns and Chatterton. Naturally most space has been given over to the major Romantics - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Clare and Keats - although their successors, poets such as Beddoes and Poe, are included too, as well as early poems by Tennyson and Browning. In an excellent introduction David Wright discusses the Romantics as a historical phenomenon, and points out their central ideals and themes.
