Most Popular Books by Nick Baker

Angry words screamed or shouted at someone can be harmful and cause damage to a person just as much as if they''d been punched in the face. But words can be soothing, especially when sung aloud with music. Join Nick and learn how singing and music are a healing force in the world.

Bernard the Bogeyman sounds deliciously frightening but also kind of sad in his lonely stance. The reader can''t help feeling for him, nursing his wounds in his run-down shed. Once again, Nick Baker and Sadie Giraud give us a fun, skilfully rhymed, beautifully illustrated story-poem that will please both children and adults.

A photographic celebration and investigation into the anomaly that is black and white colouration in wild animals. In this beautiful book Dr John Feltwell explores the nature of black and white in mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates as well as the remarkable albino and black forms of animals.The scientific community is still undecided on what evolutionary trick has caused some animals to develop rigid black and white colour patterns (as in pied birds) and random patterns in others (such as zebra). Our understanding of genetic mutations such as albinism and melanism is better understood but there has never yet been a book that looks at the many animals that display black and white colouration and why they do so.

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Have you ever wondered: What''s living in your backyard? How to create a nesting box? How to record the texture of tree bark? How to attract new wildlife into your backyard? Now you can become an expert nature explorer and learn fantastic facts to impress your friends and family! You''ll love that these hands-on books contain straightforward and safe step-by-step projects, allowing you to help your children discover the natural world. They are ideal supplements to school science projects and the perfect activities for weekends and vacations.

Don''t be fooled! A swimmer doesn''t need the "whole package" to realize their ultimate swimming goal. Take Hakeem, for example. He only learned to swim at the age of 13 and lacked the skills and physical stamina to compete in any race longer than a 50, but that didn''t prevent him from earning a swimming scholarship and becoming a top sprinter in college. Why? Because he made the best of what he had, never got discouraged, or doubted himself. Sadly, many swimmers hesitate or fail to give their all believing they don''t have what it takes to succeed. But that''s a costly mistake because a strong belief in oneself (no matter the odds) and a take-charge attitude can bridge the gap between the impossible and the possible.

"You can''t achieve million-dollar goals if your self-worth is bankrupt" The world of competitive swimming is very intense, to say the least, with swimmers in search of the magic that will take them to the top. Could the secret lie in the latest swimsuit design, an innovative training technique, or a cutting-edge diet? Perhaps, but I believe an essential mental quality known as self-worth tops them all. Simply put, if you want to achieve important things in your swimming life, you must first feel important, and nothing else matters more than this. Building that feeling is the singular purpose of this book. Please take it''s message to heart as the "magic" ultimately lies within you. -Nick Baker

In A Rural Legacy Lost. Net Salmon Fishing on the River Dart in Devon: An Occupation, Way of Life and Associated Dialect in Terminal Decline? we learn about the tradition of harvesting salmon as a means of business and pastime. Beginning with a biologically appropriate explanation of salmon as a species, a rare and hardy survivor of a fish that focuses its travels and migrations for the sole purpose of reproduction, Nick Baker commences an introduction of how people have worked to follow salmon, track its life cycle, and measure the strength of its population over time. Referencing multiple governmental agencies and professional organizations, Baker reveals the challenges the salmon population faces with regard to problems posed by global warming and climate change; illustrates and organizes historical dialect and jargon; and presents how the decline of salmon fishing and loss of farming has impacted the housing and economic structure of Stoke Gabriel in Devon. This expose of salmon fishing and the changing Devon community is concluded with a list of potential issues the people face and some solutions that may help.

Have you ever wondered: How old the trees in the woods are? What creatures live inside the forest? Where to watch animals without being seen? How to whistle like a bird and track a deer? Now you can become an expert nature explorer and learn fantastic facts to impress your friends and family! You''ll love that these hands-on books contain straightforward and safe step-by-step projects, allowing you to help your children discover the natural world. They are ideal supplements to school science projects and the perfect activities for weekends and vacations.

This is the most comprehensive account of Singapore''s wild animals ever produced in one volume. Almost all terrestrial vertebrates currently occurring are described and illustrated in brilliant habitat photographs taken in Singapore: 38 mammals, 87 reptiles, 25 frogs and toads, and 30 freshwater fishes. There are additional chapters on how and where to find wildlife in Singapore, as well as checklists of all species ever recorded in the country, including those extinct, introduced, or of indeterminate status.