Ireland (Eire) is Europe's third largest island, lying between the Ilrish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean about 50 miles off the western shores of Britain. Politically, it is divided into the Republic of Ireland, which covers the south, east, west andnorthwest, and Northern Ireland, the northeast part of the island, which is a state within the United Kingdom. Dublin and Belfast are their respective capitals. Not for nothing is Ireland known as the 'Emerald Isle'. Its mild,maritime climate and all-too-frequent gentle rainfall (heaviest in the west) produce lush green vegetation all over the island.Within the mountains that girdle nmch of the coastline lie low,central plains, bisected from north to south by the great River Shannon and its tributaries that form a huge network of navigable inland waterways.
武当山位于湖北省境内，主峰海拔1612米，为道教名山。山上建筑始建于唐贞观年间（627-649），此后历代续有修建，至明代永年间（1403-1424）达到鼎盛，形成庞大的道教建筑群。山上现存各代建筑200余栋，建筑面积药5万平方米，其规模宏大、布局巧妙、工艺精美，体现了建筑与自然的高度和谐，有人誉之为“挂在悬崖绝壁上的故宫”。 1994年，武当山古建筑群被列为世界文化遗产。
Close-up, full-colour illustrations of wild plants and flowers. Detailed facts about size, flowering season and growing conditions to helpyou identify each plant. Discover more than 180 plants, including garden flowers, snowdrops and other woodland flowers, wild herbs and pond plants,such as water-lilies and watercress.
Hank’s dad has decided to enter a crossword-puzzle tournament, and he wants to make a family road trip of it! So the family piles into the car—along with Frankie and Katherine the iguana (Hank and Emily each get to bring a “friend”). When they reach their destination, they’ll get to spend the day at a roller-coaster park during Hank’s dad’s tournament! The only caveat is that Hank has a homework packet to finish before they get there . . . which he somehow manages to lose at a stop along the way. Suddenly, Hank doesn’t feel so good . . . Can Hank and Frankie rescue the lost packet and get Hank on a roller coaster?
One steamy morning in the summer of 1950, Mary and Frank Littell-with their two young sons in tow-left America for a small working-class town in the South of France, where they spent one hilarious, unforgettable year. Filled with fascinating details of expatriate life, French Impressions is a riveting account of their (mis)adventures abroad.
