Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

• 

  Himalayan Adventures - True...

  Various Various

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Real-life memoirs taken from the diaries of seven great explorers - dating from 60 to 180 years ago.  
  Of these seven adventure stories, five take place in the 1800's and two take place in 1953. 215 minutes of listening pleasure. These stories are narrated directly from the respective explorers' diaries, with no editing. The language used is the English usage of that decades-ago time period, with no substitution of modern words or phrases. The seven true tales are particularly good for youngsters who could benefit from hearing such stories read to them - but any age will appreciate them, particularly when traveling and/or stuck in commuting traffic. Includes Sir Edmund Hillory's diary entry which articulates the historic first ascent, in 1953, of Mt. Everest, with Tenzing Norgay.  
  There is the story of the Japanese explorer with no funds, who finds himself solo, on a steep snowy mountainside at night, with his only companions being two sheep he commandeered to carry his gear. Another story tells of the Austrian who set out alone to be the first to summit a towering Himalayan peak, and winds up spending an entire night standing upright on a near-verticle ice cliff - with only an ice-screw keeping him from falling thousands of meters. 
  Narrated by Ken Albertsen in a non-rushed comfortable manner. Most narrators think they have to sound excited every moment, in order to keep the listener interested. Many audio books edit-out spaces between words and sentences - which give the narration a rushed/clipped unnatural sound. In this Himalayan series, the true stories speak for themselves, with no need for theatrical or clipped voices.  

  Zum Buch

• 

  Derrick the Difficult

  Sunita Apte

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Janise's new school has one thing in common with all the other schools she has attended: it has a bully. Janise encourages the kids in her class to stand up to Derrick. But when he picks on her, she doesn't follow her own advice. To her surprise, the other kids come to her defense. They have come to realize Derrick feels left out and doesn't know how to make friends.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Horned Lizards

  Cari Meister

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  In Horned Lizards, beginning readers will learn about the physical features and behavior of the horned lizard, including its unusual methods of defense. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as the discover the fascinating world of the horned lizard. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a horned lizard’s body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about horned lizards online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Horned Lizards also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Horned Lizards is part of Jump!’s Reptile World series.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Queen Zixi of Ix

  L. Frank Baum

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  In the magical lands of Noland and Ix, two regions adjacent to Oz, the fairies of the forest of Burzee have made an incredible magic cloak that grants its wearer one wish. Queen Zixi, who is now 683 years old but appears just sixteen, covets the cloak in the hopes of reversing a curse that makes mirrors reflect her true age.

  Zum Buch

• 

  Familiar Letters on Chemistry

  Justus von Liebig

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and is known for his discovery of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient. These letters “were written for the especial purpose of exciting the attention of governments, and an enlightened public, to the necessity of establishing Schools of Chemistry, and of promoting by every means, the study of a science so intimately connected with the arts, pursuits, and social well-being of modern civilised nations.” (Summary by Wikipedia and J.M. Smallheer)

  Zum Buch

• 

  The Sugar Ball

  Helen Perelman

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  In preparation for the upcoming Sugar Ball, all of the Candy Fairies are making fabulous new dresses to wear and candy treats to share. Cocoa wants to make her outfit extra special (to impress the Sugar Pops, her favorite boy-band) and so creates a magical chocolate wand to match her stunning new gown. But things go wrong when she loses her wand and it ends up in the wrong hands. Now Sugar Valley is a total chocolate mess! There are chocolate puddles everywhere and the spring candy crops are all smudged with chocolatey goo. Can Cocoa and her friends find the culprit and clean up the mess before the Sugar Ball is canceled?

  Zum Buch