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My First Car Was Red
Your first car is always the best. And your first trip is unforgettable - even when it doesn't go exactly to plan. 'Grandpa brought me a surprise. 'For you,' he said. It was rusty. Really rusty. But you could tell what it was - a little car! Exactly my size. 'Diesel or gas?' I asked Grandpa. 'Sweat...
Singing Home the Whale
An extraordinary story of a boy who protects a baby whale that locals believe is threatening their livelihood. Will Jackson is hiding out, a city boy reluctantly staying with his uncle in small town New Zealand while he struggles to recover from a brutal attack and the aftermath of a humiliating YouTube...
The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam
'This is the finest single-volume history of Vietnam in English. It challenges myths, and raises questions about the socialist republic's political future' Guardian 'Powerful and compelling. Vietnam will be of growing importance in the twenty-first-century world, particularly as China and the US rethink...
This is Planet Earth: Your ultimate guide to the world we call home
The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is. Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special, but somehow it evolved to become the most am...
From a Mountain in Tibet: A Monk's Journey
Lama Yeshe didn't see a car until he was fifteen years old. In his quiet village, he and other children ran through fields with yaks and mastiffs. The rhythm of life was anchored by the pastoral cycles. The arrival of Chinese army cars in 1959 changed everything. In the wake of the deadly Tibetan Upris...
Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness
"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world." --The New York Times Book Review(Editors' Choice)"A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the...
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