Books by Martin Jenkins

A colourful and gentle introduction to the concept of animal camouflage for young children.Some animals hide in the desert, others hide in the snow ¿ and some don¿t hide at all! From insects that look like leaves to underwater creatures that can blend into their background, discover all the clever ways animals use camouflage. Written by the award-winning author Martin Jenkins and illustrated by Jane McGuinness, this beautiful picture book is a perfect introduction to animal camouflage.

A colourful and gentle introduction to animals that use tools, for young children.Some animals use sticks, others use stones ¿ and some can even sew! From the bird that can use drumsticks to the sea otters that can break open shells, discover all the clever ways animals use tools. Written by the award-winning author Martin Jenkins and illustrated by Jane McGuinness, this beautiful picture book is a perfect introduction to how and why some animals use tools.

Everyone recognizes the puffin with its black-and-white feathers and brightly coloured bill. But how does the puffin live? What happens down in its burrow? And how on earth does it carry all those fish in its bill? Discover the amazing world of the puffin in an exciting collaboration between the award-winning pair of author Martin Jenkins and illustrator Jenni Desmond. This new title in the celebrated Nature Storybook series is packed with interesting facts to inspire a love of the natural world.

A spectacular tour of a rainforest, with a convincing, affecting case to make about conservation ¿ underscored by extraordinary illustrations.Tropical rainforests are amazing places. More kinds of animals and plants live in them than live anywhere else in the world. This one is in Malaysia, in South East Asia. Let's go and take a look... So begins this magnificent new book from conservation-biologist Martin Jenkins and fine artist Vicky White, the award-winning team behind Can We Save the Tiger? and Ape. The breathtakingly-detailed illustrations are packed with life, from hornbills to gibbons, bats and the much-loved Asian Elephant, while the conversational text expertly weaves in complex biology to show young readers both how life in the jungle is intrinsically linked, and why we must work to protect it. With a powerful environmental message, this is a tour de force from two remarkable talents ¿ and a perfect choice for fans of Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris' The Lost Words, or Ben Rothery's Hidden Planet."Informative but never patronising, this book is guaranteed to instil in young readers a sense of the beauty and fragility of nature." The Independent on Sunday on Can We Save the Tiger?

Every enhancement of humanity has occurred in an Aristocratic society says Friedrich Nietzsche. Ubermen who are a unified complexity are alone, the source of change and creative human advance. The values of Democracy, Egalitarianism are the consequence of 2000 years of slave morality ascendency. From the collapse of the latter, the human type will re-emerge stronger, in its natural state of aristocracy whose dynamic is Will to Power. Yet the Will to Power can, with the insights of French Philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), be so interpreted to bring about a reading and a society that is the very opposite of Aristocracy...

The Dialectic is employed in Marxist Social and Political analyses. This short work examines its history from Hegel's Idealism, to Marx's materialist inversion of it and the subsequent contributions of Marxist Thinkers.

A beautifully illustrated picture book introducing young children to the concept of forces.

An award-winning picture book about the Emperor penguin's parenting.

A visually stunning and informative picture book about the world's endangered animals.

A bright, funny Nature Storybook about all kinds of frogs from prize-winning author Martin Jenkins, stylishly illustrated by Tim Hopgood.

A funny, philosophical book about the universal subject of money, by award-winning non-fiction writer Martin Jenkins.