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What makes a frog an amphibian but a snake a reptile? Both classes may lay eggs, but they have different skin coverings and breathe in different ways. Fun facts will help kids identify each animal in the class like a pro after listening to the fourth book in Arbordale's Compare and Contrast series.

There are many different kinds of clouds all around us. Clouds come in diverse shapes and colors. Some clouds are fluffy, and others are wispy. Some clouds float high in the sky, and others sit low on the ground. Some clouds warn of storms, and other clouds tell of fair weather. Compare and contrast the characteristics of different types of clouds.

Ever wonder how a balloon is made? Follow the journey of a balloon from its beginnings as gooey sap in a tree to its completion at a rubber factory. You'll be surprised to discover what a balloon started out as and how it becomes the bright, air-filled decoration that you enjoy today.

Follow this audio journal of a red fox as he explores the world around him during the first few months of his life. He's about a month old when he first comes out of the den. Watch as he learns to hunt through play and by using his senses. See the changes as he grows from a young kit to a young fox. After all, by the next summer, he'll have kits of his own!

Spotting wildlife is a thrill, but it's not easy. When Cole comes to visit his friend, Helena, he can't wait to see all the wildlife the forest has to offer - and is disappointed when all he sees are a few birds. Together, the kids set out on a hike and encounter plenty of animal signs along the way. Through observation and her knowledge of animal behavior, Helena helps Cole learn what each of the signs means: Something had been there; something had done that.

Trees grow in many habitats all around the world. Some trees are short, and some are tall. Some grow in hot deserts, and others grow on cold mountains. Some have leaves that are broad and wide, and others are short and narrow. Some trees stay green all year round while others have leaves that change color. Compare and contrast the different characteristics of trees.

All mammals share certain characteristics that set them apart from animal classes. But some mammals live on land, and other mammals spend their lives in water - each is adapted to its environment. Land mammals breathe oxygen through nostrils, but some marine mammals breathe through blowholes. Compare and contrast mammals that live on land to those that live in the water.

The BrainTrust was first built to be home for all the Silicon Valley immigrant engineers expelled by the Red government. With its growing fleet of cruise liners anchored far off the coast of San Francisco, it has become the source of many of Earth's innovations—innovations that threaten the dogmas of every power bloc in the world.

As the BrainTrust's uneasy peace with the Reds, Greens and Blues unravels, the brilliant young researcher Dr. Dash arrives with plans to take the first step toward a cure for aging. Crisis follows on her heels: The man who most needs Dash's therapy is the American President for Life. His Chief Advisor will stop at nothing to grab the cure and the young scientist herself. Dash soon finds her fate inextricably bound with the fate of the BrainTrust itself.

Forcible Confinement is a study of the warped thinking that went into some of the world's most macabre crimes, as well as a clinical examination of the purpose-built rooms, hidden spaces, and soundproofed dungeons prepared for victims.

Among the 34 cases covered are: Pamela Smart, a volunteer at a high school drug awareness program who urged her 15-year-old lover and his friends to kill her husband; Nancy Kissel, an expat American in Hong Kong who served her investment banker husband a strawberry milkshake laced with drugs then clubbed him to death with a statue; and Celeste Beard whose husband was disemboweled by her lesbian lover.

Erst im Alter von sechsundsechzig Jahren wagte es die britische Literaturnobelpreisträgerin Doris Lessing, sich mit der schwierigen Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter und der unglücklichen Kindheit in der britischen Kolonie Südrhodesien auseinanderzusetzen. Scharfsichtig und mit klaren Worten entwirft sie das unsentimentale Portrait zweier Frauen, die einander ein Leben lang fremd blieben - eine nachdenkliche Reflexion über das Aufwachsen und das Verhältnis zwischen Mutter und Tochter.

Ein neuer Geniestreich des Bestsellerautors von "Er ist wieder da". Nur noch fünf U-Bahn-Stationen trennen die junge Lektorin Anke Lohm von einer Dusche und dem frisch bezogenen Bett im Gästezimmer ihrer besten Freundin. Zwar nervt sie nach einer Bahnreise mit allen Komplikationen der einzige andere Fahrgast im leeren Zug, aber beim nächsten Halt will der junge Mann aussteigen, und dann ist endlich, endlich Ruhe. Sollte diese nächste Station nicht eigentlich längst da sein?

Someone's been sending Gemma compromising photos. Photos she doesn't remember posing for. She can't recall much about that night during a work conference - she'd written off her headache the next morning as the result of too much drinking at the hotel bar. But then increasingly disturbing photos start appearing in her email, along with bills and other items she can't account for. As the blackmailer grows bolder and events start to escalate beyond her control, Gemma fears for her already shaky marriage and worries that the truth of what really happened that night must be more twisted than she imagines.

When Tess Clarke wakes up in the hospital the day after her son Jamie's eighth birthday, she's sure of these things: She's been stabbed, her son is missing, her brother-in-law and her grief counselor are involved. But no one is listening to her. After her husband, Mark, died suddenly in a terrible accident a few months earlier, the only thing keeping Tess together is Jamie. But there in the hospital, confused and surrounded by people who won't listen, Tess’s world falls apart. To save her son, she must piece together what happened.

Brought together by a brutal murder, a psychological profiler who’s lost her memory and a teenage boy with a fiercely guarded secret become unwitting, unlikely partners in this race to stop a killer.

Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire's capital - her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village's tithe has been the same woman. Gilene's sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies with the magic only she possesses. But this year is different. Azarion, the Empire's most famous gladiator, has somehow seen through her illusion - and is set on blackmailing Gilene into using her abilities to help him escape his life of slavery.

Pu der Bär trifft Latte Igel. Igel lebt mit ihrem Stoffhund Schnuff glücklich auf einer kleinen Insel im Fluss - bis Schnuff verloren geht. Igel macht sich sofort auf die Suche. Zum Glück trifft sie viele neue Freunde! Mit Maulwurfine, Eule, Biber und Henne an ihrer Seite findet sie Schnuff wieder und lernt auch das Mädchen Annika kennen. Die hat ebenfalls etwas verloren: ihr geliebtes rotes Notizbuch. Klar, dass Annika auf die Tiere zählen kann!

Wunderschönes Sachhörbuch für die ganze Familie. Vom versteinerten Stromatolith über die gepanzerten Knochenplatten eines Stegosaurus bis zum bekanntesten aller Dinosaurier Tyrannosaurus – Zahlreiche Fossilien von Tieren, Steinen und Pflanzen sind in diesem klangvollen Dinosaurierhörbuch vereint! Spannende Fakten und zauberhafte Klänge bringen den Hörer auf eine atemberaubende Reise durch die Vergangenheit.

From Maeve Binchy’s earliest writings to the most recent, her work is filled with wisdom and common sense and also a sharp, often witty voice that is insightful and reaches out to her listeners around the world and of all ages. Whether it is one of her best-selling novels or a short story, Maeve shows us that times may have changed, but people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friends whose secrets are shared; they go on holidays and celebrate new jobs....

Alex Dale is lost. Destructive habits have cost her a marriage and a journalism career. All she has left is her routine: a morning run until her body aches, then a few hours of forgettable work before the past grabs hold and drags her down. Every day is treading water, every night is drowning. Until Alex discovers Amy Stevenson. Amy Stevenson, who was just another girl from a nearby town until the day she was found unconscious after a merciless assault. Amy Stevenson, who has been in a coma for fifteen years, forgotten by the world.