Author: Hope Lim
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536226785
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
When a young boy and his mother travel overseas to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined. Will he be able to see it the way Mommy does? This gentle, contemplative picture book about family origins invites us to ponder the meaning of home. A young boy loves listening to his mother describe the place where she grew up, a world of tall mountains and friends splashing together in the river. Mommy’s stories have let the boy visit her homeland in his thoughts and dreams, and now he’s old enough to travel with her to see it for himself. But when mother and son arrive, the town is not as he imagined. Skyscrapers block the mountains, and crowds hurry past. The boy feels like an outsider—until they visit the river where his mother used to play, and he sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain. Sensitively pitched to a child’s-eye view, this vivid story honors the immigrant experience and the timeless bond between parent and child, past and present.
Mommy's Hometown
Author: Hope Lim
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536226785
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
When a young boy and his mother travel overseas to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined. Will he be able to see it the way Mommy does? This gentle, contemplative picture book about family origins invites us to ponder the meaning of home. A young boy loves listening to his mother describe the place where she grew up, a world of tall mountains and friends splashing together in the river. Mommy’s stories have let the boy visit her homeland in his thoughts and dreams, and now he’s old enough to travel with her to see it for himself. But when mother and son arrive, the town is not as he imagined. Skyscrapers block the mountains, and crowds hurry past. The boy feels like an outsider—until they visit the river where his mother used to play, and he sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain. Sensitively pitched to a child’s-eye view, this vivid story honors the immigrant experience and the timeless bond between parent and child, past and present.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536226785
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
When a young boy and his mother travel overseas to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined. Will he be able to see it the way Mommy does? This gentle, contemplative picture book about family origins invites us to ponder the meaning of home. A young boy loves listening to his mother describe the place where she grew up, a world of tall mountains and friends splashing together in the river. Mommy’s stories have let the boy visit her homeland in his thoughts and dreams, and now he’s old enough to travel with her to see it for himself. But when mother and son arrive, the town is not as he imagined. Skyscrapers block the mountains, and crowds hurry past. The boy feels like an outsider—until they visit the river where his mother used to play, and he sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain. Sensitively pitched to a child’s-eye view, this vivid story honors the immigrant experience and the timeless bond between parent and child, past and present.
AIRCRAFT CLRG BK (10) PB
Author: Smithsonian Institute
Publisher: Smithsonian
ISBN: 9780874748253
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
These handsome coloring books are based on some of the most popular collections in the Smithsonian Institution. The text and detailed illustrations have been carefully researched by Smithsonian scholars and scientists. Each book features twenty-nine drawings accompanied by informative captions.
Publisher: Smithsonian
ISBN: 9780874748253
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
These handsome coloring books are based on some of the most popular collections in the Smithsonian Institution. The text and detailed illustrations have been carefully researched by Smithsonian scholars and scientists. Each book features twenty-nine drawings accompanied by informative captions.
Programs and Activities - Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Smithsonian Year
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt
Author: Marie Svoboda
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606066536
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This publication presents fascinating new findings on ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in international collections. Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until recently, few of these paintings had undergone in-depth study to determine by whom they were made and how. An international collaboration known as APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research) was launched in 2013 to promote the study of these objects and to gather scientific and historical findings into a shared database. The first phase of the project was marked with a two-day conference at the Getty Villa. Conservators, scientists, and curators presented new research on topics such as provenance and collecting, comparisons of works across institutions, and scientific studies of pigments, binders, and supports. The papers and posters from the conference are collected in this publication, which offers the most up-to-date information available about these fascinating remnants of the ancient world. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at www.getty.edu/publications/mummyportraits/ and includes zoomable illustrations and graphs. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606066536
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
This publication presents fascinating new findings on ancient Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits preserved in international collections. Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until recently, few of these paintings had undergone in-depth study to determine by whom they were made and how. An international collaboration known as APPEAR (Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research) was launched in 2013 to promote the study of these objects and to gather scientific and historical findings into a shared database. The first phase of the project was marked with a two-day conference at the Getty Villa. Conservators, scientists, and curators presented new research on topics such as provenance and collecting, comparisons of works across institutions, and scientific studies of pigments, binders, and supports. The papers and posters from the conference are collected in this publication, which offers the most up-to-date information available about these fascinating remnants of the ancient world. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at www.getty.edu/publications/mummyportraits/ and includes zoomable illustrations and graphs. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book.
AB Bookman's Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Paperbound Books in Print
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Paperbacks
Languages : en
Pages : 1614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paperbacks
Languages : en
Pages : 1614
Book Description
Rabbits, Hares and Pikas
Author: Joseph A. Chapman
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831700199
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This Action Plan provides an overview of the state of knowledge about all species of lagomorphs, provides a contemporary framework about their importance to humans and the world’s ecosystems, reviews their status on a worldwide scale, and makes recommendations for conservation action to prevent the extinction of any lagomorph species and to allow their populations to recover to safe and production levels.
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831700199
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This Action Plan provides an overview of the state of knowledge about all species of lagomorphs, provides a contemporary framework about their importance to humans and the world’s ecosystems, reviews their status on a worldwide scale, and makes recommendations for conservation action to prevent the extinction of any lagomorph species and to allow their populations to recover to safe and production levels.
Sociobiology
Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674002350
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
When this work was first published it started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. It shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for biological understanding of human nature.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674002350
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
When this work was first published it started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. It shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for biological understanding of human nature.
The Conservation Biology of Tortoises
Author: IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2880329868
Category : Nature conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2880329868
Category : Nature conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description