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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the Kew Experts series, this book is perfect book for the house plant gardener, filled with invaluable tips, tricks and handy advice to help your plants thrive! Are your house plants forlorn Do they need more knowledgeable attention With the help ofexperts from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, discover which plantsare delicate and which indestructible,whether these are cacti, succulents, air plants or those famous for their flowers,foliage, fragrance and even air freshening powers.Learn how to nurture your house plants and cultivate an oasis of calm using the advice and projects in this pretty guide to 70of the best. Here you'll find plantsfor all tastes,all rooms, cold and warm temperatures, all light levels and every skill set.Find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home. Thisbeautifully illustrated guide mixesexquisite botanical printswith 12 step-by-step photographedprojects that show how to create and display the trendiest and lushest arrangements today. Author Kay Maguiregoes back to thebasics ofchoosing,potting, feeding and care, then looks furtheratpruning and propagating in order to make more plants. This is theperfect bookfor new orexperienced stay-at-home gardeners wanting to improve their outlook, freshen their air and cultivate a little bit of calm. This book is from theKew Expertsseries, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include:Companion to Medicinal Plants,Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Roses,Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing HerbsandGuide to Growing Vegetables.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - One name above all others has become associated with walking in the Lake District: A. Wainwright, whose seven-volumePictorial Guide to the LakelandFells, first published in 195566, has become the definitive guidebook. Wainwright's meticulously hand-drawn maps, diagrams and drawings take you up the 214 principal hills and mountains of the Lake District, describing the main routes of ascent from different starting points, as well as lesser-known variants, showing the summit viewpoint panoramas and the ridge routes that can be made to create longer walks.The North Western Fells, Book Six of Wainwright's Walking Guide, covers the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, bordered by Crummock Water and Buttermere to the west and by Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwent Water to the east. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Explore the incredible ways evolution works, from the beginnings of life 3.5 billion years ago to the walking, talking super-apes better known as human beings. Amazing Evolution is filled with fascinating facts!' - The Week Junior Evolution can be a difficult idea to wrap our brains around: it deals with random, unlikely events, combined with vast lengths of time too enormous to comprehend. But the evidence is all around us in the fossils of long-dead creatures, and in our genes and the relationships between all living beings.Amazing Evolution shines a light on this incredible process, from the beginnings of life around 3.8 billion years ago, to the millions of different species alive today, including the moon-walking, talking apes with super-powerful brains human beings!Filled with clear explanations, beautiful illustrations and fascinating facts about the planet's strangest and most spectacular creatures, Amazing Evolution will keep children (and adults, too!) enthralled for hours.Delve into the pages and learn what makes a fish a fish, why giraffes have such long necks and how all living things, from cabbages to tigers, are related!Amazing Evolution is the perfect first book about evolution for young readers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Meshing deft scientific text with Tuttle's sumptuous images, it's a superb introduction to the baroque morphologies and flying prowess of these beguiling beasts.'- NatureBats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species looks in detail at the more than 1,300 species known today. Nocturnal, fast-flying and secretive, they are endlessly fascinating, yet extremely difficult to observe and catalogue. The diversity of bats is both rich and underestimated and the threats they face from humans are very real. This guide illuminates the world of bats and reveals their true nature as intelligent, social and deeply misunderstood creatures.This extravagantly illustrated handbook features the work of famed nature photographer Merlin D. Tuttle and in-depth profiles of 288 bats, from the Large Flying Fox, which has a wingspan of more than five feet, to the Bumblebee Bat, contender for the world's smallest mammal. Bats includes close-up images of these animals' delicate and intricate forms and faces, each shaped by evolution to meet the demands of an extraordinarily specialized life, and a thorough introduction which explores their natural history and unique adaptations to life on the wing. If you like this you might also be interested in Owlsby Marianne Taylor . . .…