Books with author david-burnie

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics. Mammals can be found on every continent, and in every environment on Earth. Come along on a journey through an amazing array of habitats from the top to the bottom of the globe to examine mammals' incredible diversity and adaptation for survival. Join a pack of wolves on their chase for prey across a wintry landscape, glide through an underwater kelp forest with otters and sea lions, and shrink down into the miniature underground world of burrowing rodents. Special features and links throughout the book draw connections to related media for further exploration, and cutting-edge visual design ensures that this book will hold the attention of even the most sophisticated reader

The Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 1 takes you through the colorful and popular world of everyday American slang and idioms used by all native speakers of English in the US. It has been featured on CNN, BBC, Voice of America, and several other international TV broadcasts. For ESL (English as a Second Language) students, this book equals years of living in the USA and will help you to quickly integrate into the American culture by learning not only the slang and idioms, but we’ll also take you through the contractions and reductions used by everyone such as I dunno (“I do not know”) and D’jeet jet? (“Did you eat yet?”) and so many others. Entertaining dialogues, activities and games will make sure you have a blast (“have fun”) and don’t sweat it (“get tense”) as you get up to speed (“become current”) on all the typical slang and idioms used by virtually every native speaker! So chill out (“relax”), kick back (“get comfortable”) as you learn the real language spoken by virtually all of us in the USA! NOTE: Audio CDs sold separately. To order, just click on the Audio CD tab above. The Slangman Guide to STREET SPEAK 1 contains popular chapters on slang and idioms associated with: Parties Shopping Movies Airports Restaurants Health Markets At School Dating

Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics.Mammals live on every continent, and in every environment on Earth. Take a journey that spans the globe, and examines mammals' incredible diversity and adaptation for survival. Join a pack of wolves on their chase for prey across a wintry landscape, glide through an underwater kelp forest with otters and sea lions, and shrink down into the miniature underground world of burrowing rodents. Special features and links throughout the book draw connections to related media for further exploration, and cutting-edge visual design ensures that Navigators: Mammals by David Burnie will hold the attention of even the most sophisticated reader.

A comprehensive definitive dinosaur encyclopedia presented in chronological format. It combines hard dinosaur facts with intriguing details of lifestyle, habitat and conservation with an introduction to each dinosaur family, specifying its characteristics and entries detailing each member of the family. It also includes spectacular fossil finds that tell us about every aspect of prehistoric life.