Is this the right book for me? RAISE HAPPY CHICKENS is a quickly accessible but authoritative guide, suitable for total beginners, that provides all the information you need to start keeping your own chickens. Telling you which breed of bird lays best and providing useful guidance on housing, equipment and the necessities of day-to-day care, it meets all the needs of anyone who dreams of a garden full of happy, clucking birds. It also goes beyond just chickens to other types of poultry, and gives advice and practical guidelines on housing, with full explanation of key areas like welfare, behav... View More...
Resolving conflict in the workplace? No problem! Working your way through a conflict in the office can present unexpected challenges, but there's no need to feel unprepared -- "Workplace Conflict Resolution Essentials For Dummies" has you covered! In the book, you'll find practical, expert guidance on various approaches to negotiating and mediating a successful resolution for you and your team. You'll get coverage of negotiation techniques, mediation methods and solutions for managers and employees dealing with workplace conflict, and tons of tips on building and maintaining successful teams t... View More...
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is a dark and daring story of obsessive love and transgression. Humbert Humbert's lust for his pubescent step-daughter, Lolita, shocked readers when it was first published in the 1950s; yet the novel was also celebrated for its beautifully lyrical writing. Almost fifty years after its first publication, Lolita remains a powerful tale of perversion and love gone wrong. About the Author: Born in St. Petersburg in 1899, Vladimir Nabokov was the eldest son of an aristocratic and culturally educated family. Russian, French and English were spoken in the Nabokov household ... View More...
This definitive guide to the subject, written by three experts in the field, offers a window into a fascinating world. Notorious species such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnel-web sit alongside less wellknown but equally intriguing spiders such as the ant-mimics and net-casting spiders. The introduction covers spider structure, evolution, reproduction, silk and venom, together with peculiarities of the family within an Australian context. The two main sections of the book deal with Trapdoor Spiders and Modern Spiders, and within each section there is a chapter on each of the 80 or so spide... View More...
Covers all methods for grafting and budding. Gives detailed step-by-step instructions. Clearly illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Grafting and Budding is an updated and expanded version of Grafting and Budding Fruit and Nut Trees and now includes the grafting of ornamental plants. It is a comprehensive and clearly written, practical guide on all of the grafting techniques the professional and home gardener is likely to need. The book begins with an introduction to vegetative propagation, which includes growing plants from cuttings as well as from grafts. It provides a brie... View More...
Two magical adventures packed with pixie power! The other fairies in Pixie Hollow are always asking Prilla for help. Prilla always says yes... even when she'd rather not. Then, to avoid hurting a friend's feelings, Prilla tells a little lie about one of the jobs and ends up in charge of a whole herd of butterflies. But there's something very important that Prilla doesn't know about butterflies... When one of Captain Hook's cannonballs lands in Pixie Hollow, Tinker Bell decides it's time the pirate paid for his attacks on the fairies and her friend, Peter Pan. Tink finds herself taking ch... View More...
Two magical adventures packed with pixie power! Meet Tink. She's the sassiest, most impatient fairy in the whole of Never Land. She's also the most loyal friend anyone could ever have and she has an amazing talent for fixing things. In this story, Tink needs her friends help with the one thing she cannot mend for herself - her broken heart. Lily is the best garden fairy around and can use her talent to make any plant bloom and grow. But when Lily plants a mysterious seed, it grows into an ugly, stinky plant, which makes everyone sneeze! None of the other fairies like the peculiar plant ... View More...
In 1942, Japanese forces invaded the island of New Guinea and started a bitter, three-year campaign against allied Australian and American forces. Fought in dense jungles and across rugged mountaintops, the grueling fight pushed men to their very limits and forced commanders to adopt new strategies and tactics for the harsh island terrain. Filled with new rules, scenarios, and unit types, this supplement for Bolt Action provides players with all of the information they need to set their games in this unforgiving battlefield. About the Author: Warlord Games is one of the world's leading ... View More...
Far from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa, Allied forces fought a very different war against another foe, from the jungles of Burma to the islands of the Pacific and the shores of Australia. This new Theatre Book for Bolt Action allows players to command the spearhead of the lightning Japanese conquests in the East or to fight tooth and nail as Chindits, US Marines and other Allied troops to halt the advance and drive them back. Scenarios, special rules and new units give players everything they need to recreate the ferocious battles and campaigns of the Far East, from Guadalcanal t... View More...
In 1939, Germany shattered the peace of Europe with a lightning-fast strike against Poland. The next year, it captured Denmark and Norway, before launching its famous Blitzkrieg against France, Belgium and The Netherlands. In less than two years of fighting, Nazi Germany became the master of mainland Europe. This new Theatre Book for Bolt Action allows players to command armies of German tanks driving across the continent or to lead the desperate defense of the outgunned Allied armies. New scenarios, special rules and units give players everything they need to recreate the devastating battles ... View More...
Take charge of Operation Barbarossa and drive towards Moscow or command the steadfast defenders of the Soviet Union. From the early battles for Leningrad and Sevastopol to the tank clash of Kursk and the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, this new Theatre Book for Bolt Action provides wargamers with new scenarios and special rules that give them everything they need to focus their gaming on the Eastern Front. View More...
This book examines the causes, symptoms, and treatments of this debilitating disease, and identifies who might be at risk. It also provides essential information about testing, diagnosis, and complications that can arise from untreated attacks. Recommendations are included for diet, lifestyle, and other beneficial measures that can be used to effectively control this condition. View More...
This pack contains 1 copy of the Pearson Science 8 Student Book, 1 copy of Pearson Science 8 Activity Book, and access to Reader+.
Retaining the market-leading inquiry approach to science learning with new and updated content informed by feedback from users of the first edition.
The Pearson Science Second Edition Activity Book is a write-in resource designed to develop and consolidate students’ knowledge and understanding of science by providing a variety of activities and questions to apply skills, reinforce learning outcomes and extend thinking.
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The majority of teachers and parents would agree that students who wish to achieve confidence and success at this level should: - Understand all the basic ideas and rules - Practise these rules and ideas by going through graded exercises - Understand why and how they made errors,so that hopefully they are reduced or eliminated in further exercises. This book has been written to fulfill these 3 vital requirements by incorporating the following features: Firstly, the book has been split up into the 10 major important topics which have been finalised in the New Austral... View More...
The Understanding Maths series has long been the most popular maths study guide in the market because it is suitable for children of all abilities. The new Understanding Year 6 Maths: Australian Curriculum Edition covers the following topics: Numbers and Algebra - 1. Numbers and Place Value 2. Fractions and Decimals (Part 1) 3. Fractions and Decimals (Part 2) 4. Money and Financial Mathematics 5. Patterns and Algebra. Measurement and Geometry - 6. Using Units of Measurement 7. Shape 8. Location and Transformation 9. Geometric Reasoning. Statistics and Probability - ... View More...
Wayne Bennett, coach of the Brisbane Broncos, is known as one of Rugby League's shrewdest and most innovative managers and motivators. He is also a man of great compassion, courage, tenacity and humour with powerful family ties. In this book, Bennett discusses what it takes to be a winner, in football and in life. Wayne Bennett's DONt DIE WItH tHE MUSIC IN YOU is a book full of anecdotes, inspiration and homespun philosophies that reflect Wayne Bennett's love for his family, friends and footballers, his great talent for teaching and his enormous respect for rugby league and the men who play it... View More...
Not strictly related to football, this text capture's Bennett's philosophy of what it takes to succeed. It includes inspirational quotes and comments from high-profile people across a range of subjects and Bennett's own profiles of the inspiring individuals he has come into contact with. View More...
Most of my poetry started out written by pen or pencil on whatever paper was available at the time; such as paper napkins (accompanying a coffee and the compulsory cookie or cake), or the inside of a emptied breakfast cereal box. The poems were collected in a scrapbook, currently residing in the bottom drawer of my filing cabinet. Many were then typed on a small portable typewriter in its tan coloured case. The scrapbook and typewriter accompanied me by car out of British Columbia, the furthest west province of Canada; down the western coast of the United States through Washington, Oregon and ... View More...
With all the latest information, this new fifth edition of The Puberty Book answers all of those direct (pre) teenage questions: What's a wet dream? How do you ask a girl on a date? How are sperm made? After sex do you get sick? What do you do if your penis is small? How does milk get into breasts? When should you start shaving your legs? With simple language and honest answers, the authors discuss the changes that happen at puberty - sex and sexuality, health, relationships, pregnancy and birth. View More...
This beautiful book guides the reader through Wendy's inventive style of work: from piecing and layering fabrics and creating textures to painting and embellishing with hand and machine stitching. This book contains a wealth of inspiration for any textile artist, showing how to create gorgeous, textured pieces of art and then, in the final chapter, offering inspiration for how to transform these pieces into three-dimensional items such as cushion covers, notebooks, 3-d vessels, and even a wedding dress, which Wendy made for her daughter. The book contains six beautiful step-by-step projects, b... View More...
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