landscapes of the vast South American continent. It is a land of great extremes stretching from the Antarctic to the Equator. It has the planet's greatest river sys...
dramatic landscapes of the vast South American continent. It is a land of great extremes, stretching from the Equator almost to the Antarctic, from tropical seas to ice-capped peaks, and it has the planet's greatest river system, longest mountain chain, biggest and richest rainforest and driest desert. Using the latest camera techniques, including infrared night vision cameras, we show little known animals, whilst our specialist aerial cameraman soars over the continent, revealing an entirely new perspective on its varied and dramatic landscape. These six programmes take us from the depths of the Amazon basin to the icy peaks of the Andes, from the great plains and grasslands, through the vibrant jungle rainforest to the continent's spectacular coastline - on a journey of a lifetime.
extraordinary fauna and flora, the chances are your mental image is of somewhere African. But as this handsome text demonstrates, the enormous South American land mass, that stretches from Patagonia to Panama, is equally as blessed in bio-diversity, and in some ways more interesting for being so much less well known Not many of you will have heard of the Brazilian termite mounds that glow in the dark.Ostensibly and structurally, the book is a gazetteer--an A to Z of national parks, conservation areas and general wilderness, from all over the continent. Brazilian jungles, Chilean fjords and the Peruvian highlands, and the jaguars and tapirs that inhabit them, are all generously documented, along with more obscure ecologies like the Pampas and the Pantanal savannah. As such, the book could be used as a primer for those intending an ecotour of the area: you could map out an entire zoological holiday from these pages, and by watching the BBC TV documentary series which accompanies publication. But for those with no intention of such a trip,Amazon to Andesis a relishable surrogate; check out the gruesomely up-close photo of the coupling anacondas on page 120, or the chillingly vivid snap of the killer whale on page 140, if you need confirmation that sometimes it's best to stay home. --Sean Thomas
Advantages: well designed site, quite easy to navigate, good for books /dvds mainly for me Disadvantages: not good for all products-shop around as always for what you want
...The Amazon website and brand was founded in 1994 and was launched online in 1995. It started off initially as an online book shop providing an alternative to traditional offline bookshops. Since then the website has diversified to include a wide range of products including Dvd's,computer games,toys, Cd's.Mp3's, electronics etc. It is currently America's largest online retailer.
It has some separate sites for individual countries such as the Uk , Canada, France and Germany amongts others.
The Amazon website is quite well designed and easy to navigate with tabs and links on the side showing the different departments and product categories. You can also search for a specific product if you want to.You can choose to buy from amazon themselves or there are other marketplace options with sellers who are registered on amazon who may...
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...Most of us with internet access will have probably stumbled onto Amazon.co.uk at some point - you can find just about anything and everything available for sale here (the site has come a long way since the early days when it specialised in books and other media products). Whilst the company itself sell an untold number of items, you can also buy from private sellers & other businesses through what is known as 'Amazon marketplace'.
I myself have sold numerous items through the marketplace - just find the product you have to sell, click the 'got one to sell?' button, give your item a rating with regards to condition, add a description (not compulsory) & a price & bingo! your item is up for sale!
Shipping costs are usually fixed, dependant on the category the item is in. A CD will be one price, a book another, a kitchen item another...
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...I received a damaged item from Amazon.co.uk. I filled out the return form and sent the item back. I wrote and called the UK from Spain (where I am currently located). I was told both in an email and a phone conversation to call back after the item had been sent back quoting the postal charges (I presume they would want a copy of the receipt, which I am quite happy to provide them with). When I called them I was attended by Ignaca, he told me that I could not be refunded the amount until they had received the item. I explained to him that this had occurred before and I had been refunded with no fuss. The amount was 7.47 euros (not breaking the bank here). He refused and when I then asked to speak to a supervisor (as I we had been discussing the same thing for about 20 minutes) he told me that if I did not speak to him in "a business like...
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