Книги жанра Dorling Kindersley
Название: Pirates of Caribbean: Visual Guide
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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Discover what Captain Jack Sparrow and his unlikely allies are up to in this treasure chest of a guide! Ahoy there! Meet Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan, in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide. This visual guide to the two movies, Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest, is packed with movie stills and images of numerous props — from cutlasses to canons! — Includes artworks of ships, weapons and costumes — Features fascinating facts about the characters — Contains a spectacular fold-out of Jack's ship The Black Pearl
Название: Plants for Places
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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From damp shady spots to choosing the best climbers for pergolas, rely on the expertise and authority of the RHS to help you choose the plants that are ideal for your garden. Whether you want to attract wildlife or perfume your scented garden, quick-reference lists show you the best plants for every site and situation. With full colour photographs and growing information for over 1,000 tried and tested plants, this is the perfect pocket-sized guide for trips to the garden centre and nursery.
Название: Essential Managers: Project Management
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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Packed with straightforward advice for successful project management From setting out objectives to compiling the close-down report, from finding the right sponsership to selecting the right software, Project Mangagment shows you how to plan, run and monitor a project, and explains what to do if things go wrong. It contains a wealth of straightforward, expert advice on scheduling and budgeting, building and motivating a team, assessing risk factors, developing leadership skills, and more, — Practical techniques show you how to establish objectives, keep to schedules and budgets, provide effective leadership and tackle problems efficiently — Clear text and illustrations cover every aspect of running a successful business project — Simple checklists enable you to be fully prepared at every stage, from starting up to closing down — Accessible charts and flow diagrams explore different options for action and provide useful examples
Название: Puppy — Sticker book
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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Own the ultimate collection of puppy stickers! From lovely Labradors to cheeky Chihuahuas, children can find out everything they need to know about all types of dogs whilst getting creative with this fantastic Ultimate Sticker book. Choose from over 60 stickers to decorate the pull-out landscape included or create your very own project. The easy-to-peel stickers can be used more than once so you can create as many designs and scenes as you want!
Название: Rivers and Lakes
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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Discover fish, birds and all kinds of amazing wildlife on an extraordinary river and lake journey! Whether you want to meet mountain bears waiting to pounce on a leaping salmon, discover fearsome river reptiles or see incredible diving birds, everything you need to know about rivers and lakes is covered here. — New in paperback format — See captivating photography, fun fact boxes and a handy glossary — Discover a valuable Geography Key Stage 2 teaching aid for parents and teachers — perfect for first projects Eyewonder Rivers and Lakes is great for homework, particularly for reluctant readers. In a vibrant and accessible form, it is ideal for the age-range – with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. Fantastic facts and dramatic, atmospheric photography show this topic from a completely original angle and bring the amazing world of rivers and lakes to life.
Название: Seashore
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 1998
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Discover the fascinating world of the seashore — its strange and beautiful creatures and their secret lives This fascinating book reveals how the anatomy and behaviour of seashore animals and plants enable them to live in and out of salt water, and to survive being pounded by surf, buffeted by the wind, and dried by the sun.The seashore, stretching in a narrow ribbon around every portion of the world's land masses, is one of the most exciting and exacting of our planet's habitats. Twice each day the sea rises up the shore and then retreats, creating a demanding cycle of conditions for the plants and animals that live there. Their adaptations to this harsh world, their beauty and their complexity are revealed in this dazzling collection of specially commissioned photographs. Many of the animals featured are alive, while the fossil and mineral specimens come from specialist museum collections; all are reproduced with such clarity that you can almost feel their textures on the page. Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London, and the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Seashore is an exceptionally beautiful and informative visual guide to the strange and fascinating creatures that live between land and sea. — Here is an original and exciting new look at the fascinating natural world of the seashore — Stunning, real-life photographs of crabs, lobsters, rock pools, fish, seals, seabirds and more, offer a unique «eyewitness» view of life on the seashore — See a starfish on the move; how a sea-urchin disguises itself; a sea-anemone catch a prawn; the inhabitants of a rock pool; fish that change colour — Learn how a limpet grips the rock, how a crab grows a new leg; how a prawn becomes invisible; how seabirds catch fish; how a sea otter sleeps at sea — Discover how long seaweed can grow; why hermit crabs live in second-hand shells; which shells bore holes in solid rock; where a puffin lays its eggs
Название: Seashore
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2003
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Innovative, exciting and inspirational Be an eyewitness to the story of the seashore and the challenging lives of the creatures that survive its demanding conditions. — See how a sea-urchin disguises itself. — Find out how a crab grows new legs. — Discover how long seaweed can grow. Eyewitness: Seashore 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: Selling Successfully
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 successful selling, from developing self-confidence and clinching a deal, to understanding customers and managing a sales team. Selling Successfully not only shows you how to improve your powers of persuasion, it also provides practical techniques for building mutually rewarding, win-win relationships with customers. Power tips help you handle real-life situations and develop first-class selling skills that will dramatically improve your ability to make good transactions and hit sales targets. 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. — Practical techniques show you how to target customers, identify their needs, present your product effectively and win sales — Clear text and illustrations cover every aspect of successful selling — Simple checklists and points to remember enable you to be fully prepared throughout the selling process — Accessible charts and flow diagrams explore different options for action and provide useful examples of real-life situations — Within each volume there are exercises and questionnaires which encourage self-assessment and analysis to improve management skills — 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: Shakespeare
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2003
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Innovative, exciting and inspirational Be an eyewitness to one of the world’s greatest ever playwrights – from his Elizabethan world and the stories that inspired him to boy actors playing women and dramatic special effects. — See what the interior of the Globe Theatre looked like. — Find out how the music used in plays was like today’s film themes. — Discover what Shakespeare did when the theatres were closed due to the plague. Eyewitness: Shakespeare 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: Sharks and Whales — Sticker Book
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Bring the ocean into your home with the Ultimate Sharks and Whales Sticker Book. Learn about sharks and whales with this fun and informative sticker book. You can create your own dramatic stories about Hammerhead Sharks and Sperm Whales. This sticker book, from the best selling Ultimate Sticker Book Series has over 60 easy-to-peel, reusable photographic stickers; plus an informative booklet to put them in. Go sticker mad!
Название: Space Exploration
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2002
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A spectacular and informative guide to the mysteries beyond Earth and its atmosphere, now in a new paperback edition By exploring space, humankind has learnt more about the Universe that surrounds our planet. This superb collection of specially commissioned photographs brings these discoveries to life. Starting with the first rockets that travelled beyond the Earth's atmosphere, this book tells of the development of spacecraft that enabled people to travel into space. It follows the course of the module that first put a man on the moon, and finally looks at future space exploration. The book reveals exactly what it is like to be a travellor in space, and explores an astronaut's various roles. Featuring photographs taken at both the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Space Exploration is a unique and compelling introduction to life in space. — Original photography of spacecraft both before and after travelling in space and pictures of astronauts in space, offering a unique 'eyewitness' view of the history of space exploration and the daily life of astronauts — See an astronaut repairing an orbiting spacecraft from the outside; the first man on the moon; a fantastic photograph of Titan, Saturn's largest moon; the satellite tracking device that shows how red deer live — Learn how satellites in space help us to forecast the weather; about the first birth in space; how an astronaut's body is affected once re-entering the Earth's atmosphere — Discover how a special sleeping-bag helps astronauts to sleep in weightless conditions; how machines used on Earth were developed from material originally used in space; the Large Space Simulator and how it is used to test spacecraft
Название: Space
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Explore the wonders of the universe with Eyewonder Space, the perfect guide for any budding space traveller Enter a world of discovery with DK Eyewonder Space. This inspiring first guide will captivate young minds with its blend of fascinating facts and dramatic photography. — Guaranteed to stimulate interest and imagination — Eyewonder Space 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: Space — Sticker Book
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Sticker fun for the budding astronaut in your home For anyone who dreams of blasting off into space! Go out of this world and discover the spaceships, suits and satellites that astronauts use or create your own stories with over 60 reusable, easy-to-peel stickers. 5-4-3-2-1. count down to sticker fun!
Название: St Petersburg
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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Enjoy the sights and sounds of Russia's second city with this guide. Explore the buildings of Imperial Russia with cutaway maps and 3D models and use the entertainment listings to see some of the world's best ballet. This book also includes tips on the best vodka bars to sample Russia's premier tipple.
Название: Star Wars: Journey Through Space level 2
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone Practise your reading as you tour the galaxy! Exciting, fact-packed stories in this Star Wars DK Reader encourage and engage children who are starting to read alone. Part of a multilevel reading programme, this Level 2 DK Reader is intended to make reading practice fun and accessible for early readers. Featuring word repetition, simple sentences and picture dictionary boxes, DK Readers are specifically designed to be age-appropriate and improve reading skills at the correct level. Stunning photographs combined with lively illustrations and text are guaranteed to capture children's imaginations and interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge
Название: Star Wars: Star Pilot level 3
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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Level 3: Reading Alone. Practice your reading with this exciting Star Wars story! Thrilling tales from the world of Star Wars for young readers. Part of a multilevel reading programme, this Level 3 DK Reader is intended for children who are able to read alone, and features lively, fact-packed text about the spaceships and vehicles of Star Wars. The lively, age appropriate text encourages young readers to imagine they are characters in the film, struggling between the forces of good and evil! — What is the biggest spaceship? — What is the fastest vehicle? — This exciting book has all the answers! The stunning photographs, vivid film stills, combined with lively illustrations and engaging stories are guaranteed to capture children’s interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.
Название: Star Wars: What Is Wookiee? level 1
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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DK Readers Level 1: Beginning to Read Learn about Wookiees and all the other strange and wonderful creatures from Star Wars Exciting, fact-packed stories in this Star Wars DK Reader encourage and engage children who are beginning to read. Part of a multilevel reading programme, this Level 1 DK Reader makes learning to read fun and accessible to young readers. Featuring word repetition, simple sentences and picture dictionary boxes, DK Readers are specifically designed to be age-appropriate and improve reading skills at the correct level. Stunning photographs combined with lively illustrations and text are guaranteed to capture children's imaginations and interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge.
Название: Essential Managers: Strategic Thinking
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2005
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The instant reference library of management tips and techniques. Learn how to define, develop and implement a dynamic business strategy with Strategic Thinking. This concise and informative guide shows you how to plan short — and long-term objectives, how to put toether the right team for the right job, how to communicate your vision and how to maintain a flexible approach by monitoring past performance and predicting future trends. It covers the essential tools of strategic management, from SWOT analysis and feasbility studies to budgeting forecasts, to help give you a competitive edge in today's fast-moving business world. — Practical techniques show you how to set out your objectives, identify market trends, make a risk assessment and develop a flexible market plan — Clear text and illustrations cover every aspect of strategic management — Simple checklists enable you to be fully prepared when defining, developing and implementing a strategy — Accessible charts and flow diagrams explore different options for action and provide useful examples
Название: Succeed at Negotiating
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2006
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Learn to negotiate and win at work and at home, with strategies to ensure success Discover the basics of negotiation, how to manage the two-way exchange, honing skills and getting results in this Worklife guide. With solutions to key issues, learn how to get results — whether you need 5-minute fixes or high-impact techniques. Plus find a simple self-assessment exercise to help monitor progress. Follow as a complete course, or dip in and out of topics of particular interests. It's pocket-sized so you can take it wherever life takes you!
Название: The Way Things Work
Жанр: Dorling Kindersley
Год: 2004
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This new edition of the award-winning, bestselling guides takes a colourful look at the nuts, bolts and circuitry of a host of things that whirr, whiz, clunk, buzz and beep! What really makes the things around us tick? Did you know that the principle behind the zip fastener also governed the building of the pyramids? Or that the dentist's drill is a direct descendant of the first windmill? The inner workings of hundreds of machines and devices are explained in this fun, colourful and unique look at technology through time. Perfect for anyone who's ever wondered what really makes things tick.
