Getaway 21 Years of African Travel Writing

Getaway 21 Years of African Travel Writing
Author: Cameron Ewart-Smith
Publisher: Jacana Media
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1770098860

This wonderful collection of travel writing captures the very best of Getaway's articles over the past 21 years of travel, exploration and adventure.

Trevor the Tree Spider

Trevor the Tree Spider
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-07-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648135913

Children's picture book with bright and vibrant illustrations and a rhyming story about Trevor, a friendly little tree spider who knows how to share. But who keeps on taking over his home?

A to Zoo

A to Zoo
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 3583
Release: 2018-06-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Spider

Spider
Author: Patrick Mcgrath
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2015-08-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501125400

Spider is gaunt, threadbare, unnerved by everything from his landlady to the smell of gas. He tells us his story in a storm of beautiful language that slowly reveals itself as a fiendishly layered construction of truth and illusion. With echoes of Beckett, Poe, and Paul Bowles, Spider is a tale of horror and madness, storytelling and skepticism, a novel whose dizzying style lays bare the deepest layers of subconscious terror.

Billy Buttonup Has a Blood Test

Billy Buttonup Has a Blood Test
Author: Claire Bickford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2021-03-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648135937

A children's illustrated picture book with colourful pictures and cute animal characters to help explain and distract before or during a child's blood test. Little Billy Buttonup has to go for a blood test and his special friends come to be by his side to support him and help keep him calm. And to add extra distraction, there is the opportunity to count to ten and also to find the Quokka on each page!

Reconstructing the Tree of Life

Reconstructing the Tree of Life
Author: Trevor R. Hodkinson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2006-12-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1420009532

To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b

Matey Mate and Milldred and the Not So Funny Bone.

Matey Mate and Milldred and the Not So Funny Bone.
Author: Dave Bowles.
Publisher: Smashwords
Total Pages: 22
Release: 2021-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1005030049

Two dogs, matey Mate, a Jack Russell cross and Milldred a boxer, have to prevent a power-mad crustacean from overturning the world for his own evil intentions. The dogs apparently are the only one's capable of preventing this from happening. This is one of many adventures the dogs become embroiled in. Matey Mate and Milldred are dogs; and best friends, Matey Mate is a Jack Russell cross and Milldred is a Boxer. Every day is an adventure to them, this is just one of many such adventures. A Bone with unknown powers and capabilities has shown up to persuade them to prevent a catastrophe of epic proportions from happening. It would lead to a world that would be changed forever. The dogs find it hard to accept what is expected of them and find it that much harder to believe that they are in communication with a Bone. Matey Mate with all his cunning and know-how is relied on to set a plan into action to save the day while Milldred is, simply put, a clumsy galloopa. Between them, odd as it seems, make a good team.

Farewell Faithful Old Friend

Farewell Faithful Old Friend
Author: Claire Bickford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2019-07-21
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN: 9780648135920

A children's illustrated picture book to help you and your family say farewell and remember your faithful old dog who has been a much-loved part of your family. At the end of the book, you can write your loved pet's name, age and your favourite memory - and there is also room to add a photo too.

Amphibians' End (A Kulipari Novel #3)

Amphibians' End (A Kulipari Novel #3)
Author: Trevor Pryce
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 161312824X

Watch the Netflix original series based on the books starting September 4, 2016! The future of the Amphibilands has never looked so bleak. With Lord Marmoo still maniacally bent on taking over the outback, Darel can’t fathom why the Rainbow Serpent wants him to lower the Veil, the Amphibilands’ only source of protection. But the Serpent’s message is clear, and in preparation for the inevitable battle, Darel and the Kulipari go in search of someone—anyone—to fight on their side. In their travels, the frog warriors make a perilous discovery: the outback’s water supplies are mysteriously disappearing. With the odds stacked against them, Darel and the Kulipari must take one final stand to protect their home, before it becomes . . . the Arachnilands. The Kulipari trilogy comes to its thrilling conclusion in this action-packed adventure by Trevor Pryce and acclaimed comics artist Sanford Greene.