Author: Ann VanderMeer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765374218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 961
Book Description
The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century's worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations. This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu's "Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers"). In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler's Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life.
The Time Traveler's Almanac
Author: Ann VanderMeer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765374218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 961
Book Description
The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century's worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations. This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu's "Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers"). In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler's Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765374218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 961
Book Description
The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century's worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations. This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu's "Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers"). In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler's Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life.
Federal Employees Almanac
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910582629
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910582629
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Poor Dancer's Almanac
Author: David R. White
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822313199
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Combines how-to information with voices of working artist. An essential resource tool for choreographers, performance artists, dancers, producers and managers. Offers in-depth discussions from personal livelihood to professional career development, from medical care, housing and unemployment insurance to management, touring and legal issues.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822313199
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Combines how-to information with voices of working artist. An essential resource tool for choreographers, performance artists, dancers, producers and managers. Offers in-depth discussions from personal livelihood to professional career development, from medical care, housing and unemployment insurance to management, touring and legal issues.
Nemo's Almanac
Author: Ian Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781259504
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A literary quiz full of quotes that will challenge, cheer and enlighten book buffs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781259504
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A literary quiz full of quotes that will challenge, cheer and enlighten book buffs.
Seafood Lover's Almanac
Author: Mercédès Lee
Publisher: Audubon's Living Oceans Program
ISBN: 9780967697604
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
For the various species, includes information on how they are caught, whether they are endangered, and where they live. Also included are recipes, nutritional information and food safety.
Publisher: Audubon's Living Oceans Program
ISBN: 9780967697604
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
For the various species, includes information on how they are caught, whether they are endangered, and where they live. Also included are recipes, nutritional information and food safety.
A Sand County Almanac
Author: Aldo Leopold
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345345053
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The environmental classic that redefined the way we think about the natural world—an urgent call for preservation that’s more timely than ever. “We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.”—San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape—the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordinary vision after another, Aldo Leopold takes readers with him on the road and through the seasons on a fantastic tour of our priceless natural resources, explaining the destructive effects humankind has had on the land and issuing a bold challenge to protect the world we love.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345345053
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The environmental classic that redefined the way we think about the natural world—an urgent call for preservation that’s more timely than ever. “We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.”—San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape—the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordinary vision after another, Aldo Leopold takes readers with him on the road and through the seasons on a fantastic tour of our priceless natural resources, explaining the destructive effects humankind has had on the land and issuing a bold challenge to protect the world we love.
Game Management
Author: Aldo Leopold
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299107736
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although A Sand Country Almanac is doubtless Leopold’s most popular book, Game Management may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299107736
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
With this book, published more than a half-century ago, Aldo Leopold created the discipline of wildlife management. Although A Sand Country Almanac is doubtless Leopold’s most popular book, Game Management may well be his most important. In this book he revolutionized the field of conservation.
A Sand County Almanac
Author: Aldo Leopold
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0197500269
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0197500269
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with a call for changing our understanding of land management.
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Author: Leo Troy
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
ISBN: 9780130423696
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first step in determining a company's true measure of performance and value just became easier -- because the Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios now expands to 50 the number of comparative performance indicators that it puts at your command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data! Derived from the latest available IRS data on 4.8 million U.S. and international companies, this vastly expanded Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 192 industries. Data for each industry are subdivided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category, and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. Book jacket.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
ISBN: 9780130423696
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first step in determining a company's true measure of performance and value just became easier -- because the Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios now expands to 50 the number of comparative performance indicators that it puts at your command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data! Derived from the latest available IRS data on 4.8 million U.S. and international companies, this vastly expanded Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 192 industries. Data for each industry are subdivided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category, and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. Book jacket.
Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac 2022
Author: Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781510768819
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Announcing the first edition of Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac 2022. Designed to help authors, editors, agents, publicists, and anyone else working in book publishing understand the changing landscape of book publishing, it is an essential reference for anyone who works in the industry. Written by industry veterans and co-published with Publishers Weekly magazine, here is the first-ever book to offer a comprehensive view of how modern book publishing works. It offers history and context, as well as up-to-the-minute information for anyone interested in working in the field and for authors looking to succeed with a publisher or by self-publishing. You’ll find here information on: Finding an agent Self-publishing Amazon Barnes & Noble and other book chains Independent bookstores Special sales (non-traditional book markets) Distribution Foreign markets Publicity, Marketing, Advertising Subsidiary rights Book production E-books and audiobooks Diversity, equity, and inclusion across the industry And more! Whether you’re a seasoned publishing professional, just starting out in the business, or simply interested in how book publishing works, the Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac will be an annual go-to reference guide and an essential, authoritative resource that will make that knowledge accessible to a broad audience. Featuring original essays from and interviews with some of the industry's most insightful and innovative voices along with highlights of PW's news coverage over the last year, the Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac is an indispensable guide for publishers, editors, agents, publicists, authors and anyone who wants better to understand this business, its history, and its mysteries.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 9781510768819
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Announcing the first edition of Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac 2022. Designed to help authors, editors, agents, publicists, and anyone else working in book publishing understand the changing landscape of book publishing, it is an essential reference for anyone who works in the industry. Written by industry veterans and co-published with Publishers Weekly magazine, here is the first-ever book to offer a comprehensive view of how modern book publishing works. It offers history and context, as well as up-to-the-minute information for anyone interested in working in the field and for authors looking to succeed with a publisher or by self-publishing. You’ll find here information on: Finding an agent Self-publishing Amazon Barnes & Noble and other book chains Independent bookstores Special sales (non-traditional book markets) Distribution Foreign markets Publicity, Marketing, Advertising Subsidiary rights Book production E-books and audiobooks Diversity, equity, and inclusion across the industry And more! Whether you’re a seasoned publishing professional, just starting out in the business, or simply interested in how book publishing works, the Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac will be an annual go-to reference guide and an essential, authoritative resource that will make that knowledge accessible to a broad audience. Featuring original essays from and interviews with some of the industry's most insightful and innovative voices along with highlights of PW's news coverage over the last year, the Publishers Weekly Book Publishing Almanac is an indispensable guide for publishers, editors, agents, publicists, authors and anyone who wants better to understand this business, its history, and its mysteries.