Books in Collins Gem series

In all of the most common travel situations, non-natives need the reassurance that they can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable, and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and the completely re-designed Collins Gems assures you that the right word will always be at your fingertips. With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use a new language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on vacation, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. With the inclusion of fully updated travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, you need never be lost for words again.

The unrivalled beginner's guide to identifying the most common species of tree in northern Europe. This is the perfect pocket guide for anyone who wants to identify those deciduous or evergreen species they may come across on hill or in dale, in the town or in the countryside. For each tree included in the book, there is a wealth of both textual and visual identification information. Remarkably detailed illustrations show not only the overall shape of the tree but also details of leaf shape, flowers, fruits, and bark. There's also information on the origin of each species, its height, preferred habitat, and growing conditions. Illustrations of cones, catkins, nuts, and fruits allow you to distinguish between similar species at a glance. The introduction covers the life cycle of trees, the establishment of woodland, people's relationship with forests, and how to go about identifying trees, plus the all-important question—what exactly is a tree?

In all of the most common travel situations, nonnatives need the reassurance that they can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable, and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and this completely redesigned guidebook ensures that the right word will always be at your fingertips. With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use a new language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on vacation, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. With the inclusion of fully updated travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, and grammar and pronunciation sections, you need never be lost for words again.

This full color highly illustrated and engaging compact guide to stars, asteroids, meteors and comets, presents a world of possibility in your pocket. This Smithsonian Gem features individual charts for all 88 constellations of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, complete with star charts and a star atlas of the entire sky. It details the brightest stars and objects of interest which can be seen with the naked eye, binoculars and small telescopes. An ideal book for practical observation of the stars throughout the world all year round.

In all of the most common travel situations, non-natives need the reassurance that they can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable, and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and the completely re-designed Collins Gems assures you that the right word will always be at your fingertips. With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use a new language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on vacation, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. With the inclusion of fully updated travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, you need never be lost for words again.

In all of the most common travel situations, non-natives need the reassurance that they can communicate with ease. A reliable, portable, and easy-to-use phrasebook is a travel essential, and the completely re-designed Collins Gems assures you that the right word will always be at your fingertips. With a whole new look inside and out that includes a new cover and easy-to-navigate layout, it is now simpler than ever to use a new language effectively and with confidence. This indispensable language guide covers the topics and phrases that crop up everyday on vacation, from finding a hotel to choosing wine. With the inclusion of fully updated travel information and tips, a 3,000 word dictionary, a comprehensive menu decoder, grammar and pronunciation sections, you need never be lost for words again.

A colorful, authoritative pocket guide to fossilsDetails on the process of fossilization and preservationHelpful maps, advice, and safety tips for fossil hunters and enthusiastsIllustrations of fossilized objects from plants and coral to birds and dinosaursPublished in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, America's foremost authority in history and science.