Megadeth. Countdown To Extinction (CD)

Countdown to Christmas is a fantastic gift purchase to celebrate the arrival of Christmas. At the back of the book you find an Advent calendar which extends on a gatefold and encourages readers to return to the book and open the numbered flaps every day. It also has interactive turn the wheel features on each page. Children and parents will love looking at the beautifully illustrated scenes of woodland animals getting ready for a snowy Christmas, putting decorations on the tree and baking gingerbread for their friends

Eating to Extinction is an astonishing journey through the past, present and future of food, a love letter to the diversity of global food cultures, and a work of great urgency and hope • From a tiny crimson pear in the west of England to great chunks of fermented sheep meat in the Faroe Islands to an exploding corn in Mexico that might just hold the key to the future of food - these are just some of the thousands of foods around the world today that are at risk of being lost for ever • In this captivating and wide-ranging book, Dan Saladino spans the globe to uncover the stories of these foods. He meets the pioneering farmers, scientists, cooks, food producers and indigenous communities who are preserving food traditions and fighting for change

From a tiny crimson pear in the west of England to an exploding corn in Mexico, there are thousands of foods that are at risk of being lost for ever. Dan Saladino spans the globe to uncover their stories, meeting the pioneering farmers, scientists, cooks, food producers and indigenous communities who are defending food traditions and fighting for change • Eating to Extinction is about so much more than preserving the past. It is about the crisis facing our planet today, and why reclaiming a diverse food culture is vital for our future

Comes with a festive advent calendar gift so you can count down to Christmas along with the characters! • Christmas is coming and the countdown has begun! • Bear has made a Christmas game for his friends, with a present to find each day • There's a toy cow on wheels for Hedgehog and a candy cane for Raccoon but some of the other presents seem a bit strange. Beaver gets some straw and Toad gets some donkey ears! And what is Badger supposed to do with a tea towel? Why is Bear giving them all these presents? What is his big surprise? Join in the festive fun as the characters open their presents one by one to reveal a fun festive finale!

The New York Times Bestseller • 'A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read' • At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its core rose to millions of degrees. Sixty-thousand buildings were obliterated. A third of the city's population died, by heat, by the blast, and by a terrible new weapon in the history of warfare: radiation • In this riveting account, Stephen Walker follows the stories of real people in the extraordinary weeks leading up to the explosion and in its aftermath. From the atomic engineer who armed the bomb in mid-air to the Japanese doctors treating thousands of burnt bodies on the ground. From the flight crews and scientists to world leaders and civilian victims

It's bedtime, but Peppa and George aren't tired! Count down with them to a lovely, sleepy rest! • What happens when Peppa isn't tired, but it's time to go to bed? • Peppa and her family all join in counting all the bedtime things that she loves • This brilliant story will help little ones everywhere settle down for a good night's sleep! • Adapted by Lauren Holowaty