The Natural History of Edward Lear, New Edition, Paperback - Robert McCracken Peck

Reducere. A beautifully illustrated exploration of Edward Lear's little-known career as a natural-history artist--now in a new expanded paperback edition Edw...

Reducere. First published in 1998, "The Natural History of Eastern Massachusetts" is a comprehensive guide to the nature of the state east of Quabbin Reservo...

Reducere. This is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of New York state, with more than 300 full-color photographs, maps and illustrations. Everythi...

Reducere. English artist, illustrator, and poet Edward Lear is most famous for the volumes of limericks and nonsense poems that he published beginning with h...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Edward Lear was the greatest nonsensicalist of all time. This complete edition of Lear's nonsense verse - including the limericks, longer verses, a...

Reducere. Here is every line of every nonsense book written by Edward Lear. In a single volume you get "A Book of Nonsense, " "Nonsense Songs, " "More Nonsen...

A century before Charles Darwin, decades before the French Revolution, Gilbert White began his lifelong habit of measuring and observing the world ...

Reducere. "The Natural History of Pennsylvania" is a unique, comprehensive guide to the nature of Pennsylvania. There are more than 400 full-color photograph...

Reducere. The Natural History of Selbourne is a nature history book that describes the bird life of England and the Selbourne area specifically. Here is a pa...

Reducere. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, or just The Natural History of Selborne is a classic nature text by English naturalist and ornitho...

In the last years of World War II, a million tons of bombs were dropped by the Allies on one hundred and thirty-one German towns and cities. This t...

Reducere. The Natural History of Ireland by Philip O'Sullivan Beare (c.1590 - 1660) is an important source of the history of Ireland's natural environment an...

This is the story of plant life on Earth, retold through a remarkable record of spectacular fossils. Palaeobotanist Paul Kenrick explains the impor...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The Natural History Museum, London is home to one of the world's most important and comprehensive collections of natural history specimens, literat...

O antologie cuprinzatoare din poezia de un umor absurd a lui Edward Lear, poate cel mai indragit poet si desenator din cultura engleza de secol al ...

Reducere. Take this book with you on your next trip to the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands or keep it close to hand in your travel library. The Natur...

Reducere. No animal is more symbolic of the Arctic than the polar bear. In the short space of 150, 000 years, it has undergone behavioural and physiological ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Judith SumnerWild and cultivated plants have provided humans with cures for thousands of years. Aspirin, for example, the m...

Reducere. A top neurosurgeon and acclaimed author's unique and highly readable study of the paradox of pain, with fascinating anecdotes on childbirth, migrai...

Publisher: Pryor PublicationsAuthor(s): Albert SmithIllustration(s): 52 line drawingsNumber of pages: 126Publication date: 2004Dimensions: 106 x 13...

Covering the period 1286-1306 and written with reference to historic documents as well as the most up-to-date research, Under the Hammer examines t...

Reducere. ``Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.``-- Washington Post Book World From Biblical stories about virgins to a...

Reducere. - How did Bill Gates achieve his single greatest act of social dominance by being nice? - How does the flattery of the rich resemble the grooming b...

Reducere. If sexology--the science of sex--came into being sometime in the nineteenth century, then how did statesmen, scientists, and everyday people make m...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Wildlife of Japan Mark BrazilIllustration(s): 600+ color photos, illus., and mapsNumber of pages: 3...

The latest edition of the bestselling week-to-view diary from the Natural History Museum. All images are drawn from the award-winning Wildlife Phot...

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rit...

A comprehensive introduction to gemstones with stunning colour photographs, written by Natural History Museum curator Robin Hansen.Publisher: The N...

Reducere. Bullets in The Fire - The Saga of New York RedA sexually liberated young woman, Erma Louise Hill, comes of age during the depression under difficul...

Another fantastic adventure in the animal kingdom for readers aged 5 to 500. The Queen and her loveable pet corgi Mr Brown visit the Natural Histor...

Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process, telling how a research project on caring and social support is undertaken. It has much res...

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influenti...

A colourful guide to the Natural History Museum, London, designed especially for kids to enjoy.Publisher: The Natural History MuseumAuthor(s): The ...

The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment bre...

DescriptionField naturalists have observed the activities of weasels for centuries. Their descriptions were often accurate but sometimes misinterpr...

Reducere. Edward Lear (12 or 13 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his li...

Reducere. Now featuring a new introduction by Dr. M. Scott Peck, the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the classic bestseller The Road Less Traveled, celeb...

Reducere. Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and wa...

Publisher: The Museum of BrandsAuthor(s): Robert PoleIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 56Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 39 x...

An evocative, vivid and vibrant look at British history, this book uses Robert Opie's collection of ephemera to give us a glimpse of a bygone age.P...

What are dinosaurs? Where did they live? Did they fly? Did they lay eggs, and did any survive?! Tackle all these questions and more and become a fu...

Reducere. A monumental and beautiful guide to Earth's wildlife and natural history - its rocks, minerals, animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms - this l...

Edward Lear, the 20th child of a London stockbroker, entered the household of Lord Stanley as little more than a servant, but his sense of humour s...

Reducere. Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limer...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea; In a beautiful pea-green boat; They took some honey, and plenty of money; Wrapped up in a five-po...

The Mesozoic era ranged from 240 million to 65 million years ago. In British Mesozoic Fossils 365 species from this period are classified and illus...

Lively and hilarious limericks and illustrations celebrating the nonsensical, first published in 1846 under the pseudonym 'Old Derry down Derry'.