Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic (Todaro Lenora)(Pevná vazba)

Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of Pandemic (Todaro Lenora)(Pevná vazba)

What would happen if people all around the world stayed inside, away from animals' habitats? Twelve fascinating real-life stories of creatures around the globe who reclaimed their habitat during the COVID-19 quarantine show animal lovers and aspiring citizen scientists how to help wildlife by

Legacy of the Lions - Lessons in Leadership from the British & Irish Lions (Hastings Gavin)(Pevná vazba)

Democracy in Times of Pandemic (Maduro Miguel Poiares)(Pevná vazba)

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an important case study, on a global scale, of how democracy works - and fails to work - today. From leadership to citizenship, from due process to checks and balances, from globalization to misinformation, from solidarity within and across borders to the role of

Information Pollution as Social Harm: Investigating the Digital Drift of Medical Misinformation in a Time of Crisis (Lavorgna Anita)(Pevná vazba)

The coronavirus pandemic struck the world in a very distinctive way: experience from past pandemics or from more recent outbreaks could give us only a limited understanding of how the situation was likely to unfold. In this context, and with cyberspace being increasingly used to support

The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia (Fedonkin Mikhail A.)(Pevná vazba)

Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of Animals--a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early radiation of the animal kingdom--fully captures this moment in geologic time.Five of the world's leading

The Fill-In Boyfriend (West Kasie)(Paperback)

When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkable...convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. The task is simple: two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.The

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals (Field Jacob F.)(Pevná vazba)

A Short History of the World in 50 Animals provides a new perspective on the grand sweep of our planet's making, taking readers from the time of the dinosaurs to the time of Dolly, the first cloned mammal. This book will include a great variety of beasts from across the animal kingdom, some

Laurent Baheux: Lions - Laurent Baheux

The French photographer Laurent Baheux dedicates his new book to the “King of the Animals”—the lion. Breathtaking black-and-white images create a powerful portrait of one of the most majestic and endangered species in the world. Think of lions and one might think of the powerful member of the

Burn (Ness Patrick)(Paperback)

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm...Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their

The History of Football in 90 Minutes: (Plus Extra-Time) (Jones Ben)(Pevná vazba)

A lot can happen in 90 minutes. From soccer's codification in 1863 to the modern era - goals, red cards, and even substitutions have led to some of the strongest and most remarkable sporting legacies. The game has grown into the world's largest and most supported sport, with all aspects of modern

Dance, Dolphin, Dance: A California Ocean Adventure (MacCarthy Patricia)(Pevná vazba)

Out in the ocean, deep down in the kelp forest, Dolphin dances with sea lions. But suddenly he meets a Great White Shark... and then a Killer Whale... Dance, Dolphin, dance for your life A dramatic underwater chase, set in the Pacific Ocean, with 36 sea creatures and birds to spot, from the Red

The Sea of Silence: A Nathan Peake Novel (Hunter Seth)(Pevná vazba)

Volume #7 in the Nathan Peake series. The war moves to the Americas as Captain Nathan Peake, freed from service in the Royal Navy, is secretly commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to command a naval operation in the Caribbean Sea and frustrate plans to establish a new French Empire on the

Remembering Lions (Raggett Margot)(Pevná vazba)

- The stunning fourth book in the Remembering Wildlife charity series - The aim of the creators is to make the most beautiful photographic book ever seen on a species and to use that to raise awareness of the plight facing that animal and also funds to protect it - Features images generously

Burn - Patrick Ness

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm… Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their

Fight Club (Palahniuk Chuck)(Pevná vazba)

Every weekend, in the basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with whitecollar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded just as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the

Hunted (Spirit Animals, Book 2), 2 (Stiefvater Maggie)(Pevná vazba)

The adventure continues in this second book in the New York Times bestselling series.In the world of Erdas, only a rare few are able to summon a spirit animal in the way Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have. The bond they share with their animals is a partnership that allows them to access

Animals in Our Midst: The Challenges of Co-Existing with Animals in the Anthropocene (Bovenkerk Bernice)(Pevná vazba)

This book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under

The Art of Us (Hughes Kl)(Paperback)

Eighteen-year-old Charlee Parker met the love of her life in a parking lot--a leggy brunette with a valedictorian medal hanging from her rear-view mirror and an attitude as biting as a Boston winter. Alexandra Woodson was guarded, a nineteen-year-old orphan set on a bright future in hospitality

The Starless Sea (Morgenstern Erin)(Pevná vazba)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book

Geopolitics for the End Time - From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis (Macaes Bruno)(Pevná vazba)

*A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2021*’GRIPPING, TERRIFYING AND REVEALING IN EQUAL MEASURES.’ – Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the World’PERCEPTIVE.’ – The EconomistA sharp vision of our changing world order as Covid and climate breakdown usher in a new

Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic: Social Work in the Time of Covid-19 (Tosone Carol)(Pevná vazba)

The proposed edited work begins with a foreword by Dr. Charles Figley, the Paul Kurzweg Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and Director of the Tulane University Traumatology Institute. Dr. Figley is perhaps best known as the originator of the term compassion fatigue. Foreword by

ON THE MOVE UP IN THE AIR (PRIDDY ROGER)(Pevná vazba)

How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide (Pappalardo Bruno)(Pevná vazba)

This title is an exploration of a life at sea in the time of Captain Cook and Admiral Nelson, covering topics as wide-ranging as science, exploration, mutiny, and discipline.Rigidly organised and harshly disciplined, the Georgian Royal Navy was an orderly and efficient fighting force which played a

In the Time of Foxes (Lennan Jo)(Pevná vazba)