"The Third Chimpanzee" was first published in 1991 and has been in print ever since. This new, illustrated edition is aimed at a young readership. In it, Jared Diamond explores what makes us human and poses fascinating questions. If we share more than 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, how is it that we can write, read, talk, build telescopes and bombs, while we put our speechless and bomb-less close relatives in cages and zoos? What can woodpeckers teach us about spacecraft? Is genocide a human invention? Why does extinction matter? Why are we destroying the natural resources on which we depend for survival? ... |
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Fifteen-year-old Sam is not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral, and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. In fact he's ordinary and proud of it. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam's off to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where everyone's busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands. Sam knows he'll never belong, even if he wanted to. And that's before he ends up on stage wearing nothing but a fur onesie. A brilliantly funny look at fitting in, falling out ... |
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Sometimes you can choose your family. ... Avery (Night Owl) is bookish, intense, likes to plan ahead, and is afraid of many things. Bett (Dogfish) is fearless, outgoing, and lives in the moment. What they have in common is that they are both twelve years old, and their dads are dating each other. Bett and Avery are sent, against their will, to the same camp for the summer vacation. Their dads hope that they will find common ground and become friends - and possibly, one day, even sisters. Against all odds, the girls soon can’t imagine a life without each other. But when the worst happens, and their dads break up, Avery ... |
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The Emporium opens with the first frost of winter. While the Great War wages across Europe, there is a place of hope and enchantment in the heart of London. The Emporium sells toys that capture the imagination of children and adults alike: patchwork dogs that seem alive, toy boxes that are bigger on the inside, soldiers that can fight battles on their own. Into this family business comes young Cathy Wray, running away from a shameful past. But Cathy is about to discover that the Emporium has secrets of its own... "Engaging and enchanting, a fairytale for adults, with all the wonder - and terror - that that entails... ... |
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Bestselling author of "Time travelling with a Hamster". ... He smells. He'll eat literally anything. And he's humanity's only hope. When 12-year-old Georgie makes friends with an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test-subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual reality, 3D version of the future. Then a deadly virus threatens to wipe out every dog in the country, and Georgie's beloved dog Mr Mash gets sick. Which is bad - but worse is still to come. As the world is thrown into chaos, Georgie embarks on a desperate quest: to save every dog on earth and all of humanity... ... ... |
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"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. There are many different Irelands. There is the Ireland of peaceful rivers, green fields, and beautiful islands. There is the Ireland of song and dance, pubs and theatres - the country of James Joyce, Bob Geldof, and Riverdance. And there is the Ireland of guns, fighting, death, and the hope of peace. ... |
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"The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" takes us on a journey of many years-the story spooling outwards from the cramped neighbourhoods of Old Delhi into the burgeoning new metropolis and beyond, to the Valley of Kashmir and the forests of Central India, where war is peace and peace is war, and where, from time to time, 'normalcy' is declared. Anjum, who used to be Aftab, unrolls a threadbare carpet in a city graveyard that she calls home. A baby appears quite suddenly on a pavement, a little after midnight, in a crib of litter. The enigmatic S. Tilottama is as much of a presence as she is an absence in the ... |
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Doesn't everyone deserve their freedom? ... June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one - and a secret one. Not even her dad knows the truth. She's trapped like a butterfly in a jar. Then June meets Blister, a boy in the woods. In him, she finds a glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly far, far away. But freedom comes at a price. A heart-breaking page-turner with a shocking twist. From the highly acclaimed author of "Seed". "It broke my heart over and over. Destined to be one of the most important books this year." Melinda Salisbury, author of " ... |
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The awesome final step of "The Long Earth" series. Authors of the No. 1 bestseller "The Long Earth". ... 2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in ... |
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The idea of this book is to emphasize - on the example of analysing select emblematic pieces of Victorian and post-Victorian poetry - that the Past matters as it informs the mind about its present state and about actuality in the general sense of the word. My theoretical premises have been modern European ontophilosophy, existential ethics and hermeneutics. A scholar's academic past - flawed as it may be - contains the scholar's own personal experiental past (and thus a morsel of a general communal past. and vice versa. It is the author's humble hope therefor that some of the ideas and issues raised in this ... |
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"Walker Shock Single" е тройно сгъваема телескопична щека на "Trekmates". Щеката е снабдена с амортисьор, който омекотява натиска и облекчава натоварването на лактите и коленете. Разполага със стоманен връх, ергономична дръжка и фиксираща лента с регулатор. За да ви служи дълго време, при разгъване на трите секции е напълно достатъчно да го затегнете до надписа "Stop", не се опитвайте да го затегнете максимално. Измивайте само с чиста вода и сглобете щеките след като сте се уверили, че са напълно сухи. Характеристики: материал - Алуминий телескопична ергономична дръжка дължина в сгънат ... |
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"Nevada 3 UV 80" е триместна, двуслойна палатка с височина 115 cm и куполна конструкция. Палатката от "High Peak" е изработена от полиестер с алуминиево покритие и слънцезащитен UV фактор 80 по Standard 801, по който материята на продукта се тества в реални условия. Моделът е изцяло създаден за летния сезон - алуминиевото покритие редуцира топлината в помещението с до 17%, а допълнителната UV защита предпазва от проникването на вредни ултравиолетови лъчи. Разполага с преддверие, което е с функция "Rain Stop", предотвратяваща проникването на дъжд в палатката. Компактният ѝ размер ... |
