Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481427687
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Berk Dragon Riders finds a baby dragon in the forest who is part of an entirely new species! After discovering it has the ability to fly in a flaming cyclone pattern, they name the species the Tymphoomerang and the dragon Torch. But Toothless isn't nearly as excited about Torch as everyone else is. Does he know something Hiccup and his friends don't?
A Fiery Discovery
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481427687
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Berk Dragon Riders finds a baby dragon in the forest who is part of an entirely new species! After discovering it has the ability to fly in a flaming cyclone pattern, they name the species the Tymphoomerang and the dragon Torch. But Toothless isn't nearly as excited about Torch as everyone else is. Does he know something Hiccup and his friends don't?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481427687
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Berk Dragon Riders finds a baby dragon in the forest who is part of an entirely new species! After discovering it has the ability to fly in a flaming cyclone pattern, they name the species the Tymphoomerang and the dragon Torch. But Toothless isn't nearly as excited about Torch as everyone else is. Does he know something Hiccup and his friends don't?
A Fiery Discovery
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481427695
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Join Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the gang at the Berk Dragon Training Academy as they encounter their first new species of dragon in this 8x8 storybook retelling based on a popular episode of Riders of Berk! The Berk Dragon Training Academy finds a baby dragon in the forest that is nothing like anything they’ve ever seen before—it’s part of an entirely new species! After discovering it has the ability to fly in a flaming cyclone pattern, they name the species the Tymphoomerang and the dragon Torch. But Toothless isn’t nearly as excited about Torch as everyone else is—does he know something Hiccup and the gang don’t? DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk © 2015 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481427695
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Join Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the gang at the Berk Dragon Training Academy as they encounter their first new species of dragon in this 8x8 storybook retelling based on a popular episode of Riders of Berk! The Berk Dragon Training Academy finds a baby dragon in the forest that is nothing like anything they’ve ever seen before—it’s part of an entirely new species! After discovering it has the ability to fly in a flaming cyclone pattern, they name the species the Tymphoomerang and the dragon Torch. But Toothless isn’t nearly as excited about Torch as everyone else is—does he know something Hiccup and the gang don’t? DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk © 2015 DreamWorks Animation L.L.C.
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Author: Eric Foner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039308082X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039308082X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, this landmark work gives us a definitive account of Lincoln's lifelong engagement with the nation's critical issue: American slavery. A master historian, Eric Foner draws Lincoln and the broader history of the period into perfect balance. We see Lincoln, a pragmatic politician grounded in principle, deftly navigating the dynamic politics of antislavery, secession, and civil war. Lincoln's greatness emerges from his capacity for moral and political growth.
Trumpeting a Fiery Sound
Author: Jacqueline Miller Carmichael
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820325759
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
When twenty-seven-year-old Margaret Walker's first collection of poems, For My People, won the Yale Poets Award in 1942, she was just beginning her long and distinguished career as a poet, novelist, biographer, and teacher. When her novel Jubilee was published to great acclaim in 1966, the New York Review of Books said, "[It] chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondages." Jubilee is noteworthy for being one of the first novels to present African American history from both a black and female perspective. It is a historical and fictional account of Walker's great-grandmother's life, from slavery through Reconstruction, as told to Walker by her maternal grandmother. In Trumpeting a Fiery Sound, Jacqueline Miller Carmichael examines the novel's genesis and composition, the process of revision and publication, the work's structure and narrative strategies, its use of history and folklore, and its critical reception in the three decades since its first publication.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820325759
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
When twenty-seven-year-old Margaret Walker's first collection of poems, For My People, won the Yale Poets Award in 1942, she was just beginning her long and distinguished career as a poet, novelist, biographer, and teacher. When her novel Jubilee was published to great acclaim in 1966, the New York Review of Books said, "[It] chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondages." Jubilee is noteworthy for being one of the first novels to present African American history from both a black and female perspective. It is a historical and fictional account of Walker's great-grandmother's life, from slavery through Reconstruction, as told to Walker by her maternal grandmother. In Trumpeting a Fiery Sound, Jacqueline Miller Carmichael examines the novel's genesis and composition, the process of revision and publication, the work's structure and narrative strategies, its use of history and folklore, and its critical reception in the three decades since its first publication.
Out of the Fiery Furnace
Author: Robert Raymond
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271004419
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271004419
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Lancet
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1960
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1960
Book Description
The Works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Fire
Author: Andrew C. Scott
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192565613
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Fire is rarely out of the headlines, from large natural wildfires raging across the Australian or Californian countrysides to the burning of buildings such as the disasters of Grenfell tower and Notre Dame. Fire on these scales can represent a serious risk to human life and property. But the advent of fire made and controlled by humans also represented a crucial point in our evolution, allowing us to cook our food, forge our weapons, and warm our homes. This Very Short Introduction covers the fundamentals of fire, whether wild or under human control, starting with the basics of ignition, combustion, and fuel. Andrew Scott considers both natural wildfires and the role of humans in making and suppressing fire. Despite frightening reports of wildfire destruction, he also shows how landscape fires have been part of our planet's history for 400 million years, and do not always have to be extinguished. He also considers the problem of fires in urban settings, including new ways to prevent fires. The cost of wildfire can be steep - as well as the burning, post-fire erosion and flooding can have a great impact on both humans and the environment. It can also have a lasting effect in shaping ecosystems and plant life. Scott ends by examining the relationship between fire and the climate, and considering the future of wildfire in a warming world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192565613
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Fire is rarely out of the headlines, from large natural wildfires raging across the Australian or Californian countrysides to the burning of buildings such as the disasters of Grenfell tower and Notre Dame. Fire on these scales can represent a serious risk to human life and property. But the advent of fire made and controlled by humans also represented a crucial point in our evolution, allowing us to cook our food, forge our weapons, and warm our homes. This Very Short Introduction covers the fundamentals of fire, whether wild or under human control, starting with the basics of ignition, combustion, and fuel. Andrew Scott considers both natural wildfires and the role of humans in making and suppressing fire. Despite frightening reports of wildfire destruction, he also shows how landscape fires have been part of our planet's history for 400 million years, and do not always have to be extinguished. He also considers the problem of fires in urban settings, including new ways to prevent fires. The cost of wildfire can be steep - as well as the burning, post-fire erosion and flooding can have a great impact on both humans and the environment. It can also have a lasting effect in shaping ecosystems and plant life. Scott ends by examining the relationship between fire and the climate, and considering the future of wildfire in a warming world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Tests of Time
Author: Lisa M. Dolling
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400889162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 759
Book Description
The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products--the currently prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology--have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology of primary readings chronicles the birth and maturation of five such theories (the heliocentric theory, the electromagnetic field theory, special and general relativity, quantum theory, and the big bang theory) in the words of the scientists who brought them to life. It is the first historical account that captures the rich substance of these theories, each of which represents a fascinating story of the interplay of evidence and insight--and of dialogue among great minds. Readers sit in with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo as they overturn the geocentric universe; observe the genius of Faraday and Maxwell as they "discover" the electromagnetic field; look over Einstein's shoulder as he works out the details of relativity; listen in as Einstein and Bohr argue for the soul of quantum mechanics in the Completeness Debate; and watch as Hubble and others reveal the history of the universe. The editors' approach highlights the moments of discovery that rise from scientific creativity, and the presentation humanizes the scientific process, revealing the extent to which great scientists were the first to consider the philosophical implications of their work. But, most significantly, the editors offer this as their central thesis: although each was ushered in by a revolution, and each contains counterintuitive elements that delayed its acceptance, these five theories exhibit a continuous rational development that has led them to a permanent place in the worldview of science. Accessible to the general reader yet sufficiently substantive that working scientists will find value in it, The Tests of Time offers an intimate look into how physical theory has been developed, by the brilliant people who have developed it.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400889162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 759
Book Description
The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products--the currently prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology--have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology of primary readings chronicles the birth and maturation of five such theories (the heliocentric theory, the electromagnetic field theory, special and general relativity, quantum theory, and the big bang theory) in the words of the scientists who brought them to life. It is the first historical account that captures the rich substance of these theories, each of which represents a fascinating story of the interplay of evidence and insight--and of dialogue among great minds. Readers sit in with Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo as they overturn the geocentric universe; observe the genius of Faraday and Maxwell as they "discover" the electromagnetic field; look over Einstein's shoulder as he works out the details of relativity; listen in as Einstein and Bohr argue for the soul of quantum mechanics in the Completeness Debate; and watch as Hubble and others reveal the history of the universe. The editors' approach highlights the moments of discovery that rise from scientific creativity, and the presentation humanizes the scientific process, revealing the extent to which great scientists were the first to consider the philosophical implications of their work. But, most significantly, the editors offer this as their central thesis: although each was ushered in by a revolution, and each contains counterintuitive elements that delayed its acceptance, these five theories exhibit a continuous rational development that has led them to a permanent place in the worldview of science. Accessible to the general reader yet sufficiently substantive that working scientists will find value in it, The Tests of Time offers an intimate look into how physical theory has been developed, by the brilliant people who have developed it.
The works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description