The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife Mark Boyle explores the hard-won

Mark Boyle explores the hard-won joys of building a home with his bare hands

this amazing and unique shark fact book will delight all children and will provide a perfect introduction to the wild and wonderful underwater world of sharks for new and expert shark fans everywhere

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The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife Mark Boyle explores the hard-wonThe life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great Auk The great auk was a flightless, goose sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea. Fat, flush with feathers and easy to capture, the birds were in trouble whenever sailors visited their once remote breeding colonies. Places like Funk Island, off north east Newfoundland, became scenes of unimaginable slaughter, with birds killed in their millions. By 1800 the auks of