Author: Anna Award
Publisher: Popular Rewards
ISBN: 9781782701514
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
All-new titles for this ever-popular collectable series of short stories for the younger reader. Each book contains 12 stories with clear text and illustrations throughout. Age 5-8
Shimmer and the Great Whale
Author: Anna Award
Publisher: Popular Rewards
ISBN: 9781782701514
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
All-new titles for this ever-popular collectable series of short stories for the younger reader. Each book contains 12 stories with clear text and illustrations throughout. Age 5-8
Publisher: Popular Rewards
ISBN: 9781782701514
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
All-new titles for this ever-popular collectable series of short stories for the younger reader. Each book contains 12 stories with clear text and illustrations throughout. Age 5-8
Among Whales
Author: Roger Payne
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Taking readers on a journey across the spectrum of life to discover the answers to the larger questions of life on Earth, an eminent field biologist addresses a wide range of subjects--from the purpose of the brain to the possibilities of peaceful cohabitation among the world's creatures. 9 charts.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Taking readers on a journey across the spectrum of life to discover the answers to the larger questions of life on Earth, an eminent field biologist addresses a wide range of subjects--from the purpose of the brain to the possibilities of peaceful cohabitation among the world's creatures. 9 charts.
A Shimmer of Possibility
Author: Paul Graham
Publisher: Steidl
ISBN: 9783865218629
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in late 2007, Paul Graham's a shimmer of possibility was quickly hailed as "one of the most important advances in contemporary photographic practice that has taken place in a long while" and marked a paradigm shift in the medium. The first edition redefined what a photobook can be. Comprising 12 individual hardback books in an edition of 1,000 copies, it sold out immediately. This second edition brings together the 12 books in one single volume at an accessible price. Loosely inspired by Chekhov's short stories, a shimmer of possibility comprises a series of photographic short stories of everyday life in today's America. Each story is a small sequence of images, such as a man smoking a cigarette while he waits for a bus in Las Vegas, or a walk down a street in Boston on an autumn afternoon. Often two, three or four sequences intertwine in a single chapter, like separate but related lives co-existing in suburban America. Sometimes the quiet narrative breaks unexpectedly into a sublime moment - while a couple carry their shopping home in Texas a small child dances with a plastic bag in a garden; as a man cuts the grass in Pittsburgh it begins to rain and the low sun breaks through to illuminate every raindrop. These filmic haikus avoid the forceful summation we usually find in photography, shunning any tidy packaging of the world into perfect images. Instead, life simply flows around and past us while we stand and stare, quietly astonished by its beauty and grace. The radical form of this work is reflected in the book's sequences, giving the flow of life precedence over conclusiveness, where nothing much happens, but nothing is foreclosed either, where everything shimmers with possibility." -- Publisher's description
Publisher: Steidl
ISBN: 9783865218629
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in late 2007, Paul Graham's a shimmer of possibility was quickly hailed as "one of the most important advances in contemporary photographic practice that has taken place in a long while" and marked a paradigm shift in the medium. The first edition redefined what a photobook can be. Comprising 12 individual hardback books in an edition of 1,000 copies, it sold out immediately. This second edition brings together the 12 books in one single volume at an accessible price. Loosely inspired by Chekhov's short stories, a shimmer of possibility comprises a series of photographic short stories of everyday life in today's America. Each story is a small sequence of images, such as a man smoking a cigarette while he waits for a bus in Las Vegas, or a walk down a street in Boston on an autumn afternoon. Often two, three or four sequences intertwine in a single chapter, like separate but related lives co-existing in suburban America. Sometimes the quiet narrative breaks unexpectedly into a sublime moment - while a couple carry their shopping home in Texas a small child dances with a plastic bag in a garden; as a man cuts the grass in Pittsburgh it begins to rain and the low sun breaks through to illuminate every raindrop. These filmic haikus avoid the forceful summation we usually find in photography, shunning any tidy packaging of the world into perfect images. Instead, life simply flows around and past us while we stand and stare, quietly astonished by its beauty and grace. The radical form of this work is reflected in the book's sequences, giving the flow of life precedence over conclusiveness, where nothing much happens, but nothing is foreclosed either, where everything shimmers with possibility." -- Publisher's description
Shriek: An Afterword
Author: Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 0374721173
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword. An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris—previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer’s acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen—Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice’s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city. After reading this introduction to the Family Shriek—part academic treatise, part tell-all biography—you’ll never look at history in quite the same way.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 0374721173
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword. An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris—previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer’s acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen—Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies. Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice’s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city. After reading this introduction to the Family Shriek—part academic treatise, part tell-all biography—you’ll never look at history in quite the same way.
Robert and Frances Flaherty
Author: Robert J. Christopher
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773528765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This biographical study of the filmmaker Robert Flaherty and his wife Frances reveals, through unpublished diaries, their lives and careers prior to the release of his film 'Nanook of the North' in 1922.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773528765
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
This biographical study of the filmmaker Robert Flaherty and his wife Frances reveals, through unpublished diaries, their lives and careers prior to the release of his film 'Nanook of the North' in 1922.
Over the Rainbow
Author: Georgina Wren
Publisher: Shake, Shimmer & Sparkle Books
ISBN: 9781789585704
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You're like a rainbow on a rainy day, you light up my life in every way. A heartfelt, rhyming story book that is perfect for sharing or reading at bedtime, with a glittery rainbow to shake, shimmer, and sparkle. Shake the book to create a colorful cascade of glitter and foil shapes inside the rainbow, which is secured to the inside of the book so you can make the rainbow shake, shimmer, and sparkle on each page. The gentle, rhyming story, swirling glitter and foil stars, and cute illustrations will calm and reassure little ones at bedtime.
Publisher: Shake, Shimmer & Sparkle Books
ISBN: 9781789585704
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You're like a rainbow on a rainy day, you light up my life in every way. A heartfelt, rhyming story book that is perfect for sharing or reading at bedtime, with a glittery rainbow to shake, shimmer, and sparkle. Shake the book to create a colorful cascade of glitter and foil shapes inside the rainbow, which is secured to the inside of the book so you can make the rainbow shake, shimmer, and sparkle on each page. The gentle, rhyming story, swirling glitter and foil stars, and cute illustrations will calm and reassure little ones at bedtime.
The Whalestoe Letters
Author: Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375714413
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lièvre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love. Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 0375714413
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lièvre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love. Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.
Song for the Blue Ocean
Author: Carl Safina
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429984260
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 1429984260
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.
Whale is Stuck
Author: Karen Hayles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
While leaping about in the open sea one day, Whale lands on an ice floe, where all the Arctic animals attempt to get him back into the sea where he belongs.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
While leaping about in the open sea one day, Whale lands on an ice floe, where all the Arctic animals attempt to get him back into the sea where he belongs.
The Best of Card Creations
Author: Jennifer Schaerer
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1609000765
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Offers more than 500 card projects from recent special issues of Card Creations, published by the editors of Paper CraftsR magazine.
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1609000765
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Offers more than 500 card projects from recent special issues of Card Creations, published by the editors of Paper CraftsR magazine.