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New Zealand is a country of stunning and diverse natural beauty: jagged mountains, rolling pasture land, steep fjords, pristine trout-filled lakes, raging rivers, scenic beaches, and active volcanic zones. These islands are one of Earth's most peculiar bioregions, inhabited by flightless birds seen nowhere else such as a nocturnal, burrowing parrot called the kakapo, and kiwi. Kiwi are not only one of the national symbols but also the name New Zealanders usually call themselves.

Why Mediterranean? The countries and cities that are in the Mediterranean region of the world enjoy some of the lowest rates of obesity, heart problems, diabetes, and other diet related illness in the entire world. And if you've ever been there you probably saw that nearly everyone over there is thin, healthy, and beautiful. So just what is it about this area of the world that keeps the people living there looking good, feeling good, thin, and healthy?

Hawaii has something for everyone. The island of Oahu, the most populous and home to the state capital and largest city of Honolulu, is great for people who wish to experience the islands and still keep the conveniences of a large city. Rain forests and hiking trails are located just minutes from Waikiki Beach, one of the world's best tourist destinations. In the winter, large waves on Oahu's north shore turn the normally sleepy area into the surfing capital of the world.

Organic food can change all of this and give you a completely new outlook on life. You will really notice a huge boost in energy levels! The taste of organic food is not the only advantage. It really does change many aspects of your life. It's time to change your bad habits and start a new life with organic food. I am going to help you along the way so you can set up your very own organic garden as fast as possible. This is a book of action, I have outlined the essentials steps you need to take to know everything that I know of years of research and studying in as little as a couple of hours.

Beneath the gloss of Walmart's corporate social responsibility program lies the reality of how the stores are actually managed on a daily basis. This booklet asks whether corporate social responsibility can make up for bad customer treatment and faulty management. Do corporate-level programs geared to societal problems compensate in terms of the company's reputational capital and to the customers? The booklet also looks at whether managers and other employees of a large retail company can be so incompetent that the incompetence itself, apart from any related "attitude," is unethical, given societal expectations as to how businesses are normally operated and customers treated.

Tembo Makaburi, the Swahili term for “elephant cemetery,” is the stuff of which dreams are made for ivory hunters. This is the story of a greedy man's quest for riches and glory as he relentlessly pursues a bull elephant and his valuable ivory tusks across the vast expanse of the Serengeti plains. A chilling tale of greed and revenge!

In this audiobook, part of Jimmy Russell's Games Console History series, narrator JD Kelly talks us through over 100 amazing facts about Nintendo's seminal NES, the most significant console the company has ever made. Covering many areas such as the hardware, rare games, the legacy of the console today and much more, this is perfect for anyone interested in classic gaming. Whether you were there at the time or you're a n00b who thinks a Playstation is old school, you're sure to enjoy this fascinating trip through gaming history.

Great Bald Eagle may sound like a really cool name for a Native American Indian, and if he had have stayed, or even grew up in the settlements of his forefathers, then things might have different. But time moved on, his forefathers spread about a bit, and eventually Great Bald Eagle was born. GBE, Jeebee, to his friends, was raised by Native Americans that were so far from their ancestry, they barely knew anything about it, apart from the fact that they used to call their kids noble heroic names such as Geronimo, and Dances With Wolves.

This book brings together many different writings that Tolkien wrote of these two great lovers in the First Age. Through a very long story poem, called the "Lay of Leithian", and many different First Age books Tolkien's writings are now put together to help the average reader learn about the legend of Beren and Luthien.

In the world of Palatovia, a demon lord seeks an ancient artifact - the Book of Stars - in the city of Centuria to gain power over the entire planet. Through his dark arts, he now commands all of the demons and other vulgar beasts - including several members of the royal family now existing as demons. Ptolemy, age 10, counts himself in their number - but the demon lord doesn't yet know the demon who was once a boy possesses what he seeks.

Have you ever wondered what it means to be a Taoist? Have you already read some books on Taoism and wonder where you should go next? Are you looking to better your life? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. This book expands upon many Taoist ideals and explains more about Lao Tzu's belief system.

This audiobook contains stories from each of the empires, some of them fables, some of them religious stories, and others simply history. It also contains information on each one of these empires, discussing the history of each of them as well as how they have influenced the world that we live in today.

Learning to read tarot cards is both exciting and fun. As a beginner, you might find it a little challenging, but with time and practice, you will certainly start enjoying the reading more and will become better at it as well. This guide will help you gain insight into what tarot is, how it came into being, the uses of tarot cards, reading the major arcana cards and interpreting their meaning, and combining different cards. It will teach you the steps you need to take to read tarot cards.

Professor Cuddlefish teaches the young scientist cephalopods to play Key of Sea. Papuensa plays clambyls, Latimanus plays the concha drums, Pfefferi plays the xyloshells and Sepio plays the whelk as Little Gololi sings the song that entices all the sea creatures to come out of their shells and crevasses for the once a year trip around their coral reef known as Phylum Molluska.

Beekeeping is a fun, easy-to-learn, inexpensive, and uniquely rewarding hobby that nearly anyone can do. Perhaps that's why it's growing in popularity, with new members joining local and national beekeeping groups in greater numbers each year, and new apiculture conferences and even scholarships coming online. Interest is up all around the world, as evidenced by numerous backyard beekeeping meetups, community workshops, and beekeeper training events that seem to crop up almost everywhere you look.

The ancient Greeks were explorers in many ways. They traveled to new places, creating colonies in strange lands far from their original homes. They were survivors. They were honorable thieves. They used their cunning to explore the frontiers of philosophy and they wrested from the chaos of the surrounding wilderness the building blocks of civilization.

In Pirates: True and Untold Stories That Will Shiver Your Timbers, you'll learn about six of the most famous pirates of all time. From dangerous and cruel men, to those who were only in it for the bounty, you will discover what motivated them, how they moved forward and why they chose to pirate in the first place. All of these pirates have stories, some which have been lost in time and untold until this very moment.

Follow Detective Frank in another episode of Animal Detective. Henry the Bobcat was taken from the San Diego Zoo last night! Walk through all the exhibits questioning each of the zookeepers about their whereabouts, find clues and hunches along the way from surprise witnesses, and slowly discover who took him and why! Follow along as Detective Frank solves yet another case.

Most of the time, when you sit down with a book of history, you are going to be reading about men. Men who win wars and men who lose wars. Men who create empires, and men who destroy empires. Men who author great works and design great machines that change the course of the world.

Though the world came to know of the Norse and their legends through Roman interaction at about the time of Christ, most of what we came to know were handed-down from folk tales gathered by native writers like Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179 - 1241). This was from a time when the Norse had already been converted to Christianity.