Welcome to the world of fearsome and majestic beasts, soaring through the skies or lurking in their fiery
realms, of epic, magical, and wondrous adventure. The dragon is one of the most iconic and popular creatures in fantasy
art. Dragon Art explores a whole range of stunning work depicting these winged wonders.
Biography
Indisputably one of the biggest names in business, Steve Jobs and innovation have become practically synonymous.
One of the early pioneers in the world of computers, Jobs was renowned for his work as head of Apple, helping to establish
the company as a worldwide technological leader and standard bearer with a devoted consumer base. In this fascinating new
book, bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson takes us inside the mind and life of Steve Jobs, touching on everything from
his career to his family, friends, colleagues, and enemies. Drawing from over forty interviews, Isaacson’s biography
is an unquestionably definitive portrait of one of the greatest icons of our age.
The story of the life and loves and work of Leonard Cohen, the poet, songwriter and singer. this detailed biography
draws on scores of new intervews conducted with Cohen's band members past and present, his business associates, editors, friends,
fans, producers, colleagues, enemies and peers. It features an authoritative summary of every Cohen album with insights
and recollections supplied from the musicians who appeared on the recordings. Also featured are many previously unpublished
photographs.
Neil Young has been described as brilliant, cantankerous, enigmatic, and vexing. Regardless, his generation-spanning fan
base and his profound musical influence cannot be denied. While a number of narrative titles have chronicled Neil Young in
one manner or another, this is the first illustrated history to span his 41 studio albums, 6 live releases, and 40-plus years
as a recording and touring musician. From Young's earliest days in the Canadian rock scene through his tenures with Buffalo
Springfield and CSNY and on to his varied solo career, each aspect of the musician's career is covered. Photography from rock
photographers of the 1960s to the present, as well as concert posters and memorabilia from around the world, are complemented
by commentary from notable musicians around the world and a discography.
Neil Young will turn 60 in 2005. Kevin Chong will turn 30. To celebrate these two milestones, Chong sets off on a road
trip in search of his boyhood hero. Crisscrossing the continent, he visits Winnipeg, where Young formed his first band; Toronto,
where Young was a Yorkville folkie; Los Angeles, where he became a star with Buffalo Springfield; and other noteworthy stops
before ending up in Seattle, where he finally sees Neil Young on stage. Along the way he spars with rabid Neil fans, talks
to people who knew Young as a kid, and puzzles over Young's strange, sometimes contradictory pronouncements on such topics
as digital music, the environment, AIDS, and Ronald Reagan. More than just an entertaining account of Chong's journey, Neil
Young Nation is a celebration of rock and roll, contrarianism, the allure of the road, being cool, and aging gracefully.
Environment
First Nations
Over three decades, Edward Curtis studied the many tribes of the North American West. His annual summer
expeditions above the Medicine Line (the 49th Parallel) included numerous seasons, cruising the British Columbia coast and
one massive trek to cover the tribes of Alberta.
A former curator at Banff's Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Edward Cavell has pored through hundreds
of thousands of photographs in archives, museums and private collections across Canada and abroad. The striking black-and-white
First Nations portraits in this collection chronicle a voyage through Canada's cultural past. Selected for their aesthetic
value as well as their historical interest, these photographs provide a unique visual portrait of Canada's early days.
In 1864, a Tsilhquo'in war party killed members of a road crew carving out a mountain shortcut to the Cariboo
gold creeks. Other violence followed in the tragic episode now known as the Chilcotin War, a historical drama filled
with unforgettable characters. An obsessed entrepreneur who risked everything to make his dream a reality. A humiliated
war chief who feared for the future of his people. A legendary trader with a secret that made him impervious to bullets.
A frontier judge tormented that an official's actions might set murderers free. A new governor who faced his worst nightmare,
or perhaps his greatest triumph.
This dictionary is the first published compilation by the Squamish Nation of Skwxwu7mesh Snichim, one of
ten Coast Salish languages. The Squamish peoples' traditional homeland includes the territory around Burrard Inlet (Vancouver,
B.C.), Howe Sound, and the Squamish and Cheakamus river valleys. The Squamish Nation, while a critically endangered language
community, remains a crucial voice of the Squamish. The language offers a view of modern daily life, and contains the historical
record, protocols, laws, and concerns of generations of Squamish people.
Health
Topics include primitive surgery, historical models of the body and disease, how doctors learned to read
the signs of illness, plagues and pandemics through history, and germ theory and contagion.
Since its development in the 1910s as an alternative to heroin and morphine, oxycodone
has moved from a prescription pain reliever to a widely abused and highly addictive drug. Through objective overviews, primary
sources, and full color illustrations this title examines How Serious a Problem Is Oxycodone Abuse? What Impact Does Oxycodone
Abuse Have on Health? Should the Government Do More to Control Oxycodone? How Can Oxycodone Abuse Be Prevented?
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal substance in the United
States and the world. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines Is
Marijuana a Dangerous Drug? Should Marijuana Be Legal for Medical Use? Should Marijuana Laws Be Changed? Are Efforts to Prevent
Marijuana Use Effective?
History
From September 1940 until March 1945 German aircraft dropped thousands of bombs on cities throughout the
British Isles. The Blitz, as it has become known, was the most devastating aerial bombardment the world had ever
seen. These momentous events are recounted here through the archives of the Daily Mail, London Evening Standard,
and London Evening News in a detailed visual history.
Contemporary news reports and over 1000 compelling photographs of World War II from the archives of the
Daily Mail, many seen here for the first time, evoke the epic scale of the combat.
Mathematics
Topics
include counting and measuring from ancient times, the Ancient Egyptians and geometry, working out the movement of the
planets, algebra, solid geometry, and how statistics came to rule our finances.
Opposing Viewpoints/At Issue Social Issues
The
book explores the arguments for and against animal experimentation.
The
book explores the arguments relating to offshore oil well drilling and the environmental aspects of oil spills.
The
book presents a arguments for and against lowering the drinking age.
The book explores the many arguments from and against human embryo experimentation.
The book explores many issues relating to child labor and sweatshops.
Poetry
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Poet Janeczko gives voice to the heartrending creative community of the Czech concentration camp known
as Terezin in this stirring new collection that goes inside the walls of the notorious camp to portray the indomitable spirit
of those incarcerated there. Illustrations.
Through poems and poetic prose pieces, acclaimed children's author Arnold Adoff celebrates that uniquely American form
of music called the blues. In his signature “shaped speech” style, he creates a narrative of moments and joyous
music, from the drums of the ancestors, the red dirt of the plantations, the current of the mighty Mississippi, and the shackles,
blood, and tears of slavery. Each chop of the ax is a beat, each lash of the whip fashions another line on the musical staff.
But each sound also creates the chords and harmonies that preserve the ancestors and their stories, and sustain life, faith,
and hope into our own times.
Psychology
Clearly explaining more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the field, The Psychology Book uses accessible text and easy-to-follow
graphics and illustrations to explain the complex theoretical and experimental foundations of psychology.
From its philosophical roots through behaviorism, psychotherapy, and developmental psychology, The Psychology Book
looks at all the greats from Pavlov and Skinner to Freud and Jung, and is an essential reference for students and anyone with
an interest in how the mind works.
Reference
It's an Olympic year, and to celebrate, the latest incarnation of
the world's biggest selling annual unveils its most thrilling edition yet- with a dynamic new widescreen design, thousands
of new and classic records, never-before-seen photos and an exciting selection of new topics and features.
For the legions of dedicated Ripley's fans, and anyone
else on the planet who loves unbelievable facts and jaw-dropping images, the latest annual in our bestselling series is a
feast of delights. Be amazed at a portrait made from 200,000 dead ants, the man who traversed the English Channel by holding
onto a bunch of balloons, and the single human hair featuring paintings of all 42 American presidents. A compendium of incredible
and bizarre facts, stories, interviews and features, presented in a stunning new design, this book also drives readers to
Ripley's fully interactive website. There are intriguing interviews with some of the astounding individuals who are featured
in the book that spotlight their achievements and reveal more about what motivates them.
Science
At one time or another, just about everyone has talked about the end of the world. But what does this
phrase really mean? Does it mean the end of the human race? The end of planet Earth? And if the world were
to actually end, how and when would it happen?
People have been asking these questions for thousands of years. Many religious prophets have predicted
the end of the world. Science fiction writers have created many end-of-the-world stories. Scientists explain how
natural events, such as asteroid strikes and gamma-ray bursts, could cause great death and destruction on Earth. This
book looks at all sorts of scenarios--everything from the 2012 Mayan prophecy to nuclear disaster to the end of the Sun and
the solar system.
Short Stories
The junction of Highways 20 and 97 forms a rough right angle around which lies the city of Williams Lake.
These are the coordinates by which Christian Petersen's fiction can be charted. From the building of the Gaol at Soda Creek
to ruminations on the origins of the Barkerville fire, All Those Drawn to Me explores the unpredictable, romantic and
spiritual qualities of life in rural BC.
The harshness of the wild west permeates Petersen's second collection of short fiction. In the story "Horse from Persia,"
a condemned man contemplates the injustice of life at his hanging speech: "I wished mightily that I could climb up on that
horse and escape the sorrowful puzzle my days had become. For if it's true time is a gift, mine was not altogether pleasant."
But Petersen is just as comfortable extrapolating truths from present-day life, as in "Laketown Breakdown" where a young man
struggles to stay on the right side of the law while coping with the death of his parents. And in the title story, "All Those
Drawn to Me," Petersen creates a masterful blend, shifting from the gold rush to the contemporary with three motives, three
lives and three battles with death on the treacherous waters of the Upper Quesnel River.
Whether in the past or present, Petersen's characters explore romance, poverty and spiritual quandaries as they wander
amid the landscape and back streets of the dusty little cities of BC's Central Interior
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