Resultados para "The Lost World" en Deportes y aire libre

Uncover the evolutionary secrets behind mass extinction in this awe-inspiring journey through prehistoric paleontology. Perfect for an educational commute, this poignant natural history brings ancient seas, swampy coal forests, and vanished ice age megafauna vividly back to life. Witness the...

Transform your commute with the archaeological secrets of a lost world where harsh deserts were lush savannas. This immersive scientific journey transports you across oceans of sand to decode ancient rock art of swimmers and hidden riverbeds visible only from space. Settle into deep-focus...

Experience a gripping narrative nonfiction survival history where human hubris collides with a lethal, living rainforest. Perfect for your daily commute, this tense and atmospheric journey tracks five centuries of doomed explorers who sought to conquer an untamed frontier with maps and steel...

Before the 1950 World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies were infamous for a record-breaking lack of achievement that dated from their conception in 1883 through the 1940s. When twenty-eight-year-old Robert Carpenter Jr. took over in 1944, the Phillies had won only a single National League title...

"An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair.”—Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs An...

THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR A Sunday Times Bestseller 'Thrilling . . . the best book on the subject written for the general reader since the 1980s.' The Sunday Times 66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today, Dr. Steve Brusatte, one of the leading...

When memory shatters, can a life be rebuilt? As a child, Derry O’Leary was misdiagnosed, slipped into a coma, and survived a brain tumour—waking to a world where his past was missing. What remained were fragments of a life he could no longer fully remember, like pieces of glass scattered across the years. But even shattered glass can catch the light. In his thirties, Derry began the long journey of piecing himself back together: relearning language and relationships, rebuilding identity, and discovering what it means to begin again—not just in survival, but in hope.

Narrated by the daughter of one of the team members, Janice Barton, with unprecedented access to the secrets and insights of the first ever woman's team, this is a multi-generational story celebrating the power of a group of women who refused to accept the status quo - revealing how the events of 1971 shaped mother and daughter's lives both personally and professionally.

In the tradition of Killers of the Flower Moon, a haunting murder mystery revealing the human story behind one of the most devastating crimes of our time: the ruthless destruction of the Amazon rain forest—and anyone who stands in the way Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do...

In the 1990s, a marine scientist named Brian Kingzett was commissioned to survey Canada's western coast. He saw amazing sights, from the wildest, most breathtaking coasts to the smallest of marine creatures. Along the western side of Vancouver Island, Kingzett nosed into an isolated pocket beach where he found something unusual. Amid the mussels, barnacles, and clams were round oysters - Olympias. Kingzett noted their presence and paddled on.

A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. ""THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY."" — Scientific American The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s...

Winner of the 2024 Richard Jefferies Award for nature writing Shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Writing on Conservation A Times Science Book of the Year ‘Sophie writes fantastically, chronicling the most important issues facing nature conservationists today.’ Chris Packham For...

America’s most sought-after voice in the fight to save female sports shares her unbelievable story and inspires readers to embrace common sense and truth in discussions about women's rights. Riley Gaines has been called many things: Collegiate athlete. All-American. Champion. But in 2022...

Bloomsbury presents Brutal written and read by Iwan Thomas. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2025 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 'Lays bare the realities of a sporting career' -Lord Sebastian Coe 'Gripping, revealing and honest' -Steve Cram OBE 'A gripping read ... Iwan runs and...

New evidence showing that the earliest origins of human culture, religion, and technology derive from the lost world of the Denisovans Explains how Göbekli Tepe and the Giza pyramids are aligned with the constellation of Cygnus and show evidence of enhanced sound-acoustic technology ...