Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
Reference book on every sort of passion flower.
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean as a gift for his wife. This simple object is a starting point for a dazzling narrative that touches on a number of the most important issues facing us today. Follow ...Show more
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good
Based on the popular series of articles which appeared in the Telegraph, Edward Stourton muses on the meaning of life and all things canine as he walks his dog Kudu. 'If you are accompanied by a dog you can talk to anyone, and anyone can talk to you - about anything'. And they do. Edward Stourton's wa ...Show more
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine
The story of seabirds - the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire from one of our greatest nature writers. "I was entranced...It is a work that takes wing in the mind." ROBERT MACFARLANE Seabirds have always entranced the human imagination and Adam N ...Show more
Category: Gardening | Reading Level: very good
Helps the succulent lover to make sensible choices when deciding what species are appropriate for their contemporary garden. Descriptions and cultivation information are given for 60 genera and hundreds of species of these fascinating water-storing plants. Illustrated with 350 colour photographs.
Category: Natural History | Series: Teach Yourself - General | Reading Level: very good
Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicte ...Show more
Category: Natural History | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser. | Reading Level: good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves--and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and destroyed them. Now, Penguin brings you th ...Show more
Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good
This is the story of how human beings have consumed the resources they need for their own future. It examines the original "future eaters" who were the first people to leave the Afro-Asian homeland and travel down the chain of islands to Australasia and became the Aboriginal, Maori and other Polynesian ...Show more
Category: Children Non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
This fascinating book introduces 11 unique living things that can be seen in the New Zealand bush.Meet: a moth with no mouth that lives for only one night; an insect with four ears; a mischevious parrot that likes to pull cars apart; and a bird with nostrils at the end of its beak! Guess the identity of ...Show more