Adventures With Reptiles And Amphibians

Adventures With Reptiles And Amphibians
Author: Karen Kwek
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2021-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9811241678

Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians is an immersive encounter with more than 20 representatives of some 14,000 cold-blooded species worldwide. How can you tell if a snake is venomous? How does the chameleon change its colours? Why is the Japanese giant salamander a rare sight in the wild? Lumber with the world's largest lizard, the komodo dragon. Discover the secrets of the Galapagos tortoise. And admire (but don't touch!) the brightly coloured poison dart frog. From leafy forests to muddy wetlands, and sandy deserts to fast-flowing rivers, experience the remarkable world of reptiles and amphibians as never before!

World Of Science (Set 2)

World Of Science (Set 2)
Author: Karen Kwek
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9811242623

The World of Science series engages, educates and entertains children, imparting scientific facts, while nurturing the love of Science through dynamic, full-colour comics enriched by Augmented Reality. All topics covered are in line with the Singapore primary Science syllabus and the Cambridge primary Science curriculum, and also offer beyond-the-syllabus insights designed to stretch inquiring young minds. In this set of five books, the titles are:

Amy Alice and the Alchemists

Amy Alice and the Alchemists
Author: Paul Dowell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2007-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1847530834

"Doppleganger! What's a Doppleganger?" Amy asked her granddad as she watched the liquid in the bottle change colour. "A Doppleganger was a magical creature which could change shape and become whatever it wished." he told her. Amy couldn't believe that granddad was secretly an Alchemist and could make magic potions, but maybe this new potion he had created could solve her problems. She would be able to deal with that bully Kristian once and for all! However, Amy's problems had only just begun. When granddad is kidnapped she must use her new shape changing powers, along with the help of an apprentice alchemist and some magic potions to rescue granddad and the other missing alchemists. Amy Alice and the Alchemists is a fast paced magical adventure featuring secret laboratories, fairy tale creatures and magic potions and is suitable for children aged 8-12 years old.

Karma

Karma
Author: Boy George
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-01-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1684815398

The Official Story of a Musical Icon─Told in Full for the First Time in his Own Words! Karma is the definitive autobiography from the incomparable Grammy, Brit, and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of Culture Club, and LGBTQ+ vanguard: Boy George. Nothing short of an amazing story. Karma is the long-anticipated celebrity memoir from Boy George. The memoir delivers a searingly honest and captivating account of his extraordinary life. Take a front-row seat to the highs and lows of a life lived in the spotlight. Boy George's compelling storytelling shines a light on his encounters with legendary figures like David Bowie, Prince, and Madonna, providing an intimate peek into the music industry's glittering world. Humor, sarcasm, and signature style. This is the explosive and honest account of Boy George's life as a child growing up in sixties London and coming out to his Irish Catholic family. Hear his account of his exploration of his sexuality through the hedonism of the seventies (the glam rock and punk rock revolution that birthed Culture Club), his recollections of the heydays of the nineties, and his ultimately embracing the man and artist that he is today. For those seeking books on self-acceptance and recovery from addiction, Karma stands as an example of the transformative power of embracing one's true self. Inside explore: • An explosive self-acceptance journey • The glitz and glamour as well as personal struggles that have shaped Boy George's life • An essential addition to the library of celebrity autobiographies and LGBTQ+ books for adults If you enjoy lgbtq+ celebrity autobiography books such as Pageboy, Unprotected, or Starving In Search of Me, then Boy George’s Karma is for you.

In At The Sharp End (Stories From The Front Line Of The Music Business)

In At The Sharp End (Stories From The Front Line Of The Music Business)
Author: Ron McCreight
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-12-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1398464791

Anyone interested in music will consider this to be essential reading! Covering every genre, it provides intimate inside stories about many artists, songwriters, and music execs never previously documented. Those included are KYLIE MINOGUE, BURT BACHARACH, GEORGE MARTIN, BOB GELDOF, STOCK/AITKEN/WATERMAN, SIMON COWELL, RONNIE WOOD, JUSTIN HAYWARD, GRAHAM GOULDMAN, LEO SAYER, PAUL JONES, JASON DONOVAN, SINITTA, ALLAN CLARKE (The Hollies) and many more. Revelations: How Kylie nearly missed her big chance; when Simon Cowell lost it all; how George Martin signed The Beatles out of pure sympathy; the rise and subsequent disappearance of Clive Calder – the wealthiest man in music; what motivated Bob Geldof to stage the greatest show of all time; where the classic songs originated from: Burt Bacharach, Elton John, Lieber and Stoller, Neil Sedaka, Gene Pitney, Randy Edelman, Tony Hatch, Tony Macaulay, Roger Greenway, Les Reed/Barry Mason plus modern day songwriter of the year, Jamie Hartman.

Arthur Banana and the World's Deadliest Frog

Arthur Banana and the World's Deadliest Frog
Author: Clive Jordan
Publisher: Book Guild Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2024-03-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1835740642

Why are extraordinary creatures disappearing from the Banana Sanctuary for Amazing Animals? When explorer Billy Banana mysteriously vanishes while on a mission to rescue the world’s deadliest – and smelliest – Amazonian frog, his son Arthur is left home alone. Can Arthur save their beloved sanctuary from the clutches of Aunt Hernia and her gang of terrifying underworld villains? With the help of cousin Rubella, the pair of young eco-warriors desperately try to foil Hernia’s dastardly plot to turn the sanctuary into flats. Easier said than done when your master plan involves a zombie sloth that only wants to eat brains, a penguin with an attitude problem and a miniature gorilla who refuses to be squeezed into a pair of pyjamas for an important meeting!

Chameleon

Chameleon
Author: J.E. Marriott
Publisher: Wyrdwood
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1988332095

Chameleon Man is not at the top of the food chain and hasn't been for a very long time. Shipton-under-Wychwood is a sleepy English village where Kate Henson arrives to study at theatre school. She meets the son of the local peerage, and they fall deeply in love, however, they come from two very different worlds. Something is not quite right, and as more mysterious deaths occur in the nearby town of Oxford, the truth finally begins to unravel exposing a world hidden in plain sight. A world far more terrifying and deadly than anyone could imagine. Between England and Croatia, the body count rises as a struggle for power emerges. An accidental event turns the wheels of fate and our lovers find themselves caught in the middle. One finds the truth and the other…well, vampires don’t exist, everyone knows that… but the myths and legends behind them do. Sadly, one will die, while the other remains immortal. Forced apart how can they ever be together? The answer comes from the unearthing of an ancient and frightening secret society of deadly creatures masquerading as humans. Mankind is not at the top of the food chain and hasn’t been for a very long time. Finally, an amazing destiny is discovered from within the ancient world of the Chameleon.

Hoolies

Hoolies
Author: Garry Bushell
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2010-04-26
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1843589753

Skinheads, Mods, Teddy Boys, Hell's Angels, Punks, Glory Boys to name just a few ... this fascinating book is the definitive guide to hooligan history in the UK. It examines who the men behind the cults were, what made them tick and why they fought their battles.These warring youth factions inspired copycat cultures around the globe. This in-depth book cuts through the myths that Fleet Street built up around the cults; it tells the truth about the young, angry Britain of the 1970s that inspired a kaleidoscope of chaos which continues to this day with copycat scenes everywhere from Argentina to China and Japan.

Chameleon's Morrow

Chameleon's Morrow
Author: Sid Prise
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2012-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1105824950

Aurelia of Rasil'yon, a young elfin sorceress, is poised to discover herself and her world. She embarks upon an epic journey that will take her to many countries, through many bodies and forms, and to dealings with many gods and goddesses, of foreign peoples for whom she once had naught but enmity. This odyssey shall not end until she herself ends--coming to the precipice of goddesshood, and to the end of her mortality. She must confront her elfin racism, the haughty curse of her people, and make common cause with orcs and dwarves and gnomes and humans of various nations. Only then is she able to catch a glimpse of the Codex--that tome of truth, inscrutable, that her Uncle Aurel died attempting to recover. Along the way, she meets and touches many beautiful souls, fights many more evil ones, and begins to learn the measure of her destiny. Will she learn the beauty of revolt and liberation, and win her fight against tyranny? Or will she succumb to the force of Madness in the cosmos, and become a God?