Книги жанра Dorling Kindersley
Название: Jungle
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 1997
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Discover life in the tropical rainforest — from exotic birds in the tree tops to millions of insects on the forest floor Jungles are noisy and colourful. They are also dark, impenetrable, and mysterious. This stunning collection of specially commissioned photographs brings their rich diversity of plants, animals, and insects vividly to life, from forest floor to lofty canopy. Starting with the different types of rainforest, including mangrove swamps, and lowland and cloud forests, the book takes the reader on a breathtaking journey through all the jungles of the world. Learn about jungle produce and explorers, and the medicines derived from rainforest plants. Sadly, vast tracts of jungle around the world have already been destroyed for commercial gain. This book opens our eyes to their ecological importance and whey they must be protected. Written by botanist Theresa Greenaway, Jungle is a unique and exciting introduction to an extraordinary and endangered environment. — A spectacular and informative guide to some of the most extraordinary habitats on Earth — Superb colour photographs offer a unique 'eyewitness' view of the remarkable and colourful plants, animals, and insects of the world's jungles — See the beautiful but poisonous passionflower; the rare golden lion tamarin; a Heckel chew stick from Nigeria; the red howler monkey howling at dawn; a kangaroo climbing a tree — Learn how paper wasps make their nest; how a siamang moves; how wax is taken from the wax palm; how geckos 'fly'; how pitcher plants trap insects — Discover what red lemurs eat; how poison is taken from a poison dart frog; why bowerbirds build bowers; why canopy leaves have drip tips; where gorillas live; why chameleons change colour — and much, much more
Название: Kings and Queens (Ultimate Sticker Book)
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 1999
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Create your own picture book with over 60 superb full-colour stickers These activity books make learning fun — children create their own picture book as they find out about Kings and Queens. Read the captions in the eight-page booklet and, using the labels beside each sticker, choose the image that best fits in the space available. Don't forget that your stickers can be stuck down and peeled off again. You can also use the kings and queens stickers to decorate your own books, or for project work at school. Hours of fun! — The ultimate collection of kings and queens stickers, ideal for home projects and schoolwork — Choose the stickers to create your own book of kings and queens — Easy-peel stickers can be used more than once — Fact-packed labels accompany every sticker — This series will appeal to reluctant readers
Название: Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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From the Saxons to the Windsor's, discover the drama and the history of Britain's royal lineage Don't know your Albert from your Ethelred? Which Henry had six wives, and which was crowned at eight years old? This essential guide will sort your Tudors from your Stuarts, and help you to discover how each monarch helped to shape the country we live in today. — Easy to read biographies of each Sovereign highlight key dates and achievements — Includes family trees illustrating relations and ancestors — Supports the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3.
Название: London (Ultimate Sticker Book)
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 1998
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Create your own picture book as you learn about life in this exciting city These activity books make learning fun — children create their own picture book as they find out about London. Read the captions in the eight-page booklet and, using the labels beside each sticker, choose the image that best fits in the space available. Don't forget that your stickers can be stuck down and peeled off again. You can also use the London stickers to decorate your own books, or for project work at school. Hours of fun! — The ultimate collection of London stickers, ideal for home projects and schoolwork — Choose the stickers to create your own travel guide to London — Easy-peel stickers can be used more than once — Fact-packed labels accompany every sticker — This series will appeal to reluctant readers
Название: Essential Managers: Making Presentations
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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The instant reference library of management tips and techniques Learn all you need to know about improving your presentation skills, from thorough planning and preparation to selecting the best method of presenting and dealing with audience questions. Making Presentations not only shows you how to relax and prepare yourself mentally, but also provides practical techniques for you to use when making a presentation. Power tips help you to handle real-life situations and develop first-class presenting skills that will dramatically improve your impact. This innovative series covers a wide range of management and personal development topics. Each title is a comprehensive yet compact source of easy reference for all those in or aspiring to a position of responsibility, with a focus on developing and enhancing professional management practice. — Making Presentations offers practical advice and guidance on speaking with confidence and suggests ways to mentally prepare yourself for a presentation — Practical techniques show you how to structure your material, create visual aids, speak with confidence and handle an audience — Clear text and illustrations cover every aspect of both large — and small-scale presentations — Simple checklists enable you to be fully prepared before and during a presentation — Accessible charts and flow diagrams explore different options for action and provide useful examples — An exciting and unprecedented visual approach to international business publishing — Aimed at the novice and the experienced manager alike in every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses
Название: Mammal
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
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One of the most interesting and studied groups of animals, mammals are adapted to many ways of life — they can swim, walk, fly, live underwater or high up in forest trees. This collection of superb specially commissioned photographs brings their fascinating world vividly to life. Starting with a comparison of the two most famous mammals, humans and chimpanzees, the book describes the evolution and classification of a large variety of mammals, going on to look in detail at their anatomy. It follows a mammal from birth, showing how it grows, and the stages of life. Feeding, suckling, grooming, and playing are also studied. Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London, this book is a unique and compelling introduction to mammals' variety and complexity. — Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the natural world of mammals. — Stunning, real-life photographs of bushbabies, badgers, wallabies, and more, offer a unique «eyewitness» view of the natural history of animal behaviour and anatomy. — See how newborn mice develop; what the inside of a molehill looks like; what a whale has inside its mouth; how a chinchilla keeps its fur clean; the only mammals that can fly — Learn how to recognize mammal footprints, why some animals store food in their cheek pouches; why you are a mammal; how the porcupine frightens its enemies — Discover how camels can walk on sand; what mammals looked like in the Ice Age; why some mammals have spines instead of fur; what whiskers are for; why a wallaby has a pouch
Название: Mammal
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2003
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Innovative, exciting and inspirational Be an eyewitness to the lives of your remarkabke relatives, the mammals – from hedgehogs and bats to elephants and bushbabies. — See how new born mice develop. — Find out how to recognise mammal footprints. — Discover why a wallaby has a pouch. Eyewitness: Mammal is one of the latest titles in this classic series that combines visual brilliance with informative text to provide everything a child needs for projects, reference or just plain old discovery.
Название: Essential Managers: Managing Meetings
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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The instant reference library of management tips and techniques Learn all you need to know about meetings, from planning and preparing an agenda, to establishing formal procedures and dealing with potentially volatile situations. Managing Meetings shows how to chair and participate fully in a meeting, plus it also provides practical techniques for you to use to make meetings work for you. Power tips help you handle real-life situations and develop first-class meeting skills that will dramatically improve efficiency and decisiveness. This innovative series covers a wide range of management and personal development topics. Each title is a comprehensive yet compact source of easy reference for all those in or aspiring to a position of responsibility, with a focus on developing and enhancing professional management practice. — Managing Meetings helps you to plan a meeting, use formal and informal procedures, recognize non-verbal messages, and handle volatile situations — Practical techniques show you how to define the purpose of a meeting, prepare an agenda, get your point across, and reach a successful conclusion — Clear text and illustrations cover every aspect of formal and informal meetings — Simple checklists enable you to be fully prepared before and during a meeting — Accessible charts and flow diagrams explore different options for action and provide useful examples — An exciting and unprecedented visual approach to international business publishing — Aimed at the novice and the experienced manager alike in every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses
Название: Mars
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Discover the remarkable story of the Red Planet — from ancient myths to Martian rovers Could there really be life on Mars? From massive volcanoes twice the size of Mount Everest to a grand canyon as big as America, become a Mars explorer and discover everything there is to know about the Red Planet. Features the latest incredible photographs from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover program
Название: Mexico
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2003
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Whether you are going loco in Acapulco or exploring the mysterious pyramids of Chichen Itza, this guide should help you. It also includes tips on where to enjoy the best tortillas and tequilas in town, showing how you can soak up the true Mexican experience with the locals.
Название: Morocco
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Whether you want to trek across the Sahara or rock the kasbah make sure you bring this essential guide to Morocco. Using the unique cutaway maps and 3D models explore the ruins in Volubilis, the stunning Art Deco in Casablanca, and the quiet of the south. And with tips on the best restaurants to sample couscous and mint tea you can soak up the true Moroccan experience with the natives.
Название: Music
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 1998
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Ever since Stone Age humans used slabs to create sound, man has invented an extraordinary variety of instruments in the pursuit of new ways of making music. Many of the instruments featured in this dazzling collection of specially commissioned pictures come from specialist museum collections; all are reproduced with such clarity of detail that they give new insight into the fascinating world of music and musicians Starting with an explanation of how sound is created, Music explores the three main categories of instruments: wind, string and percussion, showing how different instruments are played, and describing the types of sound they produce. Music reveals how many familiar instruments have evolved from curious-looking early designs, and shows how some modern instruments are made. It also explores the fascinating rituals and traditions that lie behind much of the world's music. — Here is an original and exciting look at the fascinating world of sound and music — Superb, real-life photographs of instruments, ranging from zithers and panpipes to electric guitars and syntesizers, offer a unique 'eyewitness' view of ancient and contempory music — See how strings vibrate to make a note sound; how an invisible 'column' of air sounds a pipe; which instrument resembles a peacock; how sousaphone players wear their instruments — Learn who invented an important new key system; how to master the bagpipes; why pipe organs have 'ears' and 'mouths'; why French horns are 'doubled up' — Discover how a vegetable gourd charms snakes; why tangled fingers led to the invention of the piano; why spiders add a 'buzz' to zylophones'; where reindeer toe-bones were used as whistles
Название: Music
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2002
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Discover the intriguing world of musical sound and the extraordinary variety of instruments that create it, in this new paperback edition Ever since Stone Age humans used slabs to create sound, man has invented an extraordinary variety of instruments in the pursuit of new ways of making music. Many of the instruments featured in this dazzling collection of specially commissioned pictures come from specialist museum collections; all are reproduced with such clarity of detail that they give new insight into the fascinating world of music and musicians Starting with an explanation of how sound is created, Music explores the three main categories of instruments: wind, string and percussion, showing how different instruments are played, and describing the types of sound they produce. Music reveals how many familiar instruments have evolved from curious-looking early designs, and shows how some modern instruments are made. It also explores the fascinating rituals and traditions that lie behind much of the world's music. — Superb, real-life photographs of instruments, ranging from zithers and panpipes to electric guitars and syntesizers, offer a unique 'eyewitness' view of ancient and contempory music — See how strings vibrate to make a note sound; how an invisible 'column' of air sounds a pipe; which instrument resembles a peacock; how sousaphone players wear their instruments — Learn who invented an important new key system; how to master the bagpipes; why pipe organs have 'ears' and 'mouths'; why French horns are 'doubled up' — Discover how a vegetable gourd charms snakes; why tangled fingers led to the invention of the piano; why spiders add a 'buzz' to zylophones'; where reindeer toe-bones were used as whistles
Название: Mythology
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Be an eyewitness to the magical powers and amazing adventures of gods, heroes, and beasts in captivating stories from around the world Enter a world of myth and magic. Follow the adventures of Mighty Aphrodite, Heroic Hercules and Awesome Apollo — super-heroes of long ago! Everything you need to know about anything to do with Mythology. — Great for project work — From Andromeda to Zeus — introduces all the best-known mythological tales — Amazing mythology facts are revealed, and many questions are answered in the new reference section to this fascinating book
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Discover the secret world of the wild creatures who come out only at night. A glow-in-the-dark sticker book, with over 60 stickers. Discover the mysterious and murky world of animals who forage and feed at night. From the eerie desert dunes to the jungle at night – create your own stories and amaze your friends with the reusable glow-in-the-dark stickers. Easy-to-peel stickers can be used more than once
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2003
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This title explores all the different types of life beneath the ocean from lobsters, coral and starfish, to turtles, seals and sharks. There are over 60 photographic stickers and perfect for projects or play.
Название: Ocean
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2003
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Innovative, exciting and inspirational Be an eyewitness to the secret watery world that covers much of our planet and the incredible creatures that live in it's depths. — See a submersible that has investigated the wreck of the Titanic. — Find out why some fish have built-in lights. — Discover how octopuses make use of jet propulsion. Eyewitness: Ocean is one of the latest titles in this classic series that combines visual brilliance with informative text to provide everything a child needs for projects, reference or just plain old discovery.
Название: Ocean
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Witness the wonders of the ocean floor and learn how different sea creatures live together in harmony. From playful dolphins to stinging jellyfish — dive in and explore! Enter a world of discovery with DK Eyewonder Ocean. This inspiring first guide will captivate young minds with its blend of fascinating facts and dramatic photography. — Guaranteed to stimulate interest and imagination — Eyewonder Ocean is great for reluctant readers — Answers subject-related questions commonly asked by children — A valuable teaching aid for parents and teachers, and perfect for first projects.
Название: WorkLife: Perfect Your Presentaions
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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Organise ideas and communicate clearly with this WorkLife guide Develop your personal skills by understanding how to create a good presentation, with strategies to ensure success. This mini business manual includes solutions to key issues, from how to organise your ideas properly to communicating clearly and dealing with your audience, 5-minute fixes and high-impact techniques, plus a simple self-assessment exercise to help monitor your progress. Follow the guide as a complete course, or dip in and out of topics of particular interest. It's pocket-sized so you can take it wherever life takes you!
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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A glow-in-the-dark sticker book that explores the amazing history of pirates. Contains over 60 stickers. Arrr Matey! Are ye ready for a glow-in-the-dark pirate adventure? Beware the dangers of the high seas, search for treasure and prepare yerself for a pirate’s life. Create yer own stories with over 60 reusable glow-in-the-dark stickers – but be careful or you’ll be walking the plank! Arrr!!
