Harpercollins sep 2011 (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.The Ultimate Navigation Manual is a unique guide to finding your way on land - from the basic principles right up to the advanced technology of GPS. Designed to allow even the absolute beginner to find their way anywhere in the world, it also develops a unique confidence in navigation - with or without technical aids.With a preface by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, contents will also include:Environmental clues - Using the natural environment to navigateMaps - An introduction to the different types of mapsThe Compass and North - How compasses work, how to use them and how to choose the right oneMap and Compass Navigation - twenty-five easy-to-learn skills are describedRelocation Procedures - What to do when lost, dealing with well-known relocation procedures and some ground-breaking new onesStellar Navigation - Simple methods that are easy to learnGNSS (GPS) Navigation - Why Global Satellite Navigation Systems are the most significant advance in navigation since the invention of the magnetic compass; details all of the systems now available, including the American GPSSpecialist environments and equipment - Which techniques are best, where and how to use them in environments such as the Arctic, coastal areas, desert regions, jungles or forests, mountains and urban areasWritten by one of the world's leading search and rescue consultants and highly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs designed to emphasise navigation problems - this is the ultimate guide to not losing your way.HarperCollins Publishers, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 C9W8, Dublin 368 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Don't miss this wholly originalcelebration of the power of imagination, winner ofa Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. This picture book with its visual humor and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson.A box is just a box.unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. This board book edition has sturdy pages and is a good size for the youngest readers.Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill whenpretendfeels so real that it actually becomesrealwhen the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.After reading this book aloud, continue the fun by drawing shapes like a triangle or circle, and asking your child what the triangle is NOT! 28 pp. Englisch. Portis, Antoinette (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.' Sunday TelegraphDenmark, 1807When Lieutenant Richard Sharpe arrives in Copenhagen on a secret mission to help stop a war, he finds a city swarming with spies and deceit. Yet the French forces are gathering, their eyes on the Danish navy's impressive battle fleet: one that could replace every ship they lost at Trafalgar.The city burns, attacked by the French and besieged by the British. And discovering that he'll have to make his own rules, fighting through the shadowy maze of friends and foes, is Sharpe . . .'A master storyteller' DAILY TELEGRAPH 352 pp. Englisch.…