Author: Chuck Whelon
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486480992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Guide a Maiasaura mother through a maze to her missing babies, spot the differences among a flock of pteranodons, match fossilized skulls to the appropriate species, and solve other wacky dinosaurian dilemmas. 27 puzzles.
Dinosaur Rampage Activity Book
Author: Chuck Whelon
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486480992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Guide a Maiasaura mother through a maze to her missing babies, spot the differences among a flock of pteranodons, match fossilized skulls to the appropriate species, and solve other wacky dinosaurian dilemmas. 27 puzzles.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486480992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Guide a Maiasaura mother through a maze to her missing babies, spot the differences among a flock of pteranodons, match fossilized skulls to the appropriate species, and solve other wacky dinosaurian dilemmas. 27 puzzles.
Rampage
Author: Katherine S. Newman
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722371
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of troubled, disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. Rampage challenges the "loner theory" of school violence, and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with town residents, distinguished sociologist Katherine Newman and her co-authors take the reader inside two of the most notorious school shootings of the 1990s, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky. In a powerful and original analysis, she demonstrates that the organizational structure of schools "loses" information about troubled kids, and the very closeness of these small rural towns restrained neighbors and friends from communicating what they knew about their problems. Her conclusions shed light on the ties that bind in small-town America.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786722371
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of troubled, disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. Rampage challenges the "loner theory" of school violence, and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with town residents, distinguished sociologist Katherine Newman and her co-authors take the reader inside two of the most notorious school shootings of the 1990s, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky. In a powerful and original analysis, she demonstrates that the organizational structure of schools "loses" information about troubled kids, and the very closeness of these small rural towns restrained neighbors and friends from communicating what they knew about their problems. Her conclusions shed light on the ties that bind in small-town America.
The Art and Making of Rampage
Author: Ellen Wolff
Publisher: Insight Editions
ISBN: 9781683832102
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Art and Making of Rampage offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this action-packed movie starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Brad Peyton. Global megastar Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure Rampage, directed by Brad Peyton. Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson) shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend. The Art and Making of Rampage explores the creation of this blockbuster movie and provides an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the amazing design and concept art that brought this thrilling movie to life. Exclusive interviews with the cast and crew provide a closer look at the making of this action-packed movie. Filled with remarkable images and fascinating details, The Art and Making of Rampage is the ultimate guide for all fans.
Publisher: Insight Editions
ISBN: 9781683832102
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Art and Making of Rampage offers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this action-packed movie starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Brad Peyton. Global megastar Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure Rampage, directed by Brad Peyton. Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson) shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend. The Art and Making of Rampage explores the creation of this blockbuster movie and provides an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the amazing design and concept art that brought this thrilling movie to life. Exclusive interviews with the cast and crew provide a closer look at the making of this action-packed movie. Filled with remarkable images and fascinating details, The Art and Making of Rampage is the ultimate guide for all fans.
Virus
Author: Luc Montagnier
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN:
Category : HIV (Viruses)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The co-discoverer of HIV and one of the world's preeminent virologists relates the Pasteur Institute's leading role in investigating the AIDS virus and the virus's devastating course throughout the world. Photos.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN:
Category : HIV (Viruses)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The co-discoverer of HIV and one of the world's preeminent virologists relates the Pasteur Institute's leading role in investigating the AIDS virus and the virus's devastating course throughout the world. Photos.
Crabs on the Rampage
Author: Guy N. Smith
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780440200222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Thought dead by the public, a horde of giant mutant crabs returns to terrorize the countryside
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780440200222
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Thought dead by the public, a horde of giant mutant crabs returns to terrorize the countryside
Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses
Author: Christof Mauch
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739134612
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters_seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local and global communities. Hollywood has also produced numerous disaster movies in recent years, some of which have become blockbusters. This volume demonstrates that natural catastrophes_earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc._have exercised a vast impact on humans throughout history and in almost every part of the world. It argues that human attitudes toward catastrophes have changed over time. Surprisingly, this has not necessarily led to a reduction of exposure or risk. The organization of the book resembles a journey around the globe_from Europe to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and from the Pacific through South America and Mexico to the United States. While natural disasters appear everywhere on the globe, different cultures, societies, and nations have adopted specific styles for coping with disaster. Indeed, how humans deal with catastrophes depends largely on social and cultural patterns, values, religious belief systems, political institutions, and economic structures. The roles that catastrophes play in society and the meanings they are given vary from one region to the next; they differ_and this is one of the principal arguments of this book_from one cultural, political, and geographic space to the next. The essays collected here help us to understand not only how people in different times throughout history have learned to cope with disaster but also how humans in different parts of the world have developed specific cultural, social, and technological strategies for doing so.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739134612
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Catastrophes, it seems, are becoming more frequent in the twenty-first century. According to UN statistics, every year approximately two hundred million people are directly affected by natural disasters_seven times the number of people who are affected by war. Discussions about global warming and fatal disasters such as Katrina and the Tsunami of 2004 have heightened our awareness of natural disasters and of their impact on both local and global communities. Hollywood has also produced numerous disaster movies in recent years, some of which have become blockbusters. This volume demonstrates that natural catastrophes_earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, etc._have exercised a vast impact on humans throughout history and in almost every part of the world. It argues that human attitudes toward catastrophes have changed over time. Surprisingly, this has not necessarily led to a reduction of exposure or risk. The organization of the book resembles a journey around the globe_from Europe to North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and from the Pacific through South America and Mexico to the United States. While natural disasters appear everywhere on the globe, different cultures, societies, and nations have adopted specific styles for coping with disaster. Indeed, how humans deal with catastrophes depends largely on social and cultural patterns, values, religious belief systems, political institutions, and economic structures. The roles that catastrophes play in society and the meanings they are given vary from one region to the next; they differ_and this is one of the principal arguments of this book_from one cultural, political, and geographic space to the next. The essays collected here help us to understand not only how people in different times throughout history have learned to cope with disaster but also how humans in different parts of the world have developed specific cultural, social, and technological strategies for doing so.
Animal Horror Cinema
Author: Katarina Gregersdotter
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137496398
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This first full-length scholarly study about animal horror cinema defines the popular subgenre and describes its origin and history in the West. The chapters explore a variety of animal horror films from a number of different perspectives. This is an indispensable study for students and scholars of cinema, horror and animal studies.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137496398
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This first full-length scholarly study about animal horror cinema defines the popular subgenre and describes its origin and history in the West. The chapters explore a variety of animal horror films from a number of different perspectives. This is an indispensable study for students and scholars of cinema, horror and animal studies.
Nature Wars
Author: Jim Sterba
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307341976
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
For four hundred years, explorers, traders, and settlers plundered North American wildlife in an escalating rampage, but in the twentieth century an incredible turnaround took place. Conservationists created wildlife sanctuaries, restored habitats, and imposed regulations on hunters and trappers. Over decades, they nursed many wild populations back to health. Then, after World War II, something happened that conservationists hadn’t foreseen: sprawl. People moved into suburbs, and then kept moving outward. All the while, well-meaning efforts to protect animals allowed wild populations to burgeon out of control, causing damage costing billions, degrading ecosystems, and touching off disputes that polarized communities. The result is a mix of people and wildlife that should be an animal-lover’s dream, but often turns into a sprawl-dweller’s nightmare. Deeply researched, eloquently written, and perceptively humorous, Nature Wars expresses the need for organic reconnection with our natural ecosystem by offering a provocative look at how Americans created an inadvertent mess.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307341976
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
For four hundred years, explorers, traders, and settlers plundered North American wildlife in an escalating rampage, but in the twentieth century an incredible turnaround took place. Conservationists created wildlife sanctuaries, restored habitats, and imposed regulations on hunters and trappers. Over decades, they nursed many wild populations back to health. Then, after World War II, something happened that conservationists hadn’t foreseen: sprawl. People moved into suburbs, and then kept moving outward. All the while, well-meaning efforts to protect animals allowed wild populations to burgeon out of control, causing damage costing billions, degrading ecosystems, and touching off disputes that polarized communities. The result is a mix of people and wildlife that should be an animal-lover’s dream, but often turns into a sprawl-dweller’s nightmare. Deeply researched, eloquently written, and perceptively humorous, Nature Wars expresses the need for organic reconnection with our natural ecosystem by offering a provocative look at how Americans created an inadvertent mess.
At Risk
Author: Piers Blaikie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134528604
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
At Risk reasserts the significance of the human factor in disasters. Establishing that the social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural environment, the book argues that disaster mitigation is rooted in the potential humans have to understand their vulnerability and to take common action. Famines and drought, biological hazards, floods, coastal storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides: At Risk draws practical and policy conclusions with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of a safer environment.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134528604
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
At Risk reasserts the significance of the human factor in disasters. Establishing that the social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural environment, the book argues that disaster mitigation is rooted in the potential humans have to understand their vulnerability and to take common action. Famines and drought, biological hazards, floods, coastal storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides: At Risk draws practical and policy conclusions with a view to disaster reduction and the promotion of a safer environment.
Nature Study
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description