Author: Trudy Becker
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1637395647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This informative book introduces young readers to the habitat, physical features, diet, and behavior of weta. The book also includes a "That’s Amazing!" special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
Weta
Author: Trudy Becker
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1637395647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This informative book introduces young readers to the habitat, physical features, diet, and behavior of weta. The book also includes a "That’s Amazing!" special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1637395647
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This informative book introduces young readers to the habitat, physical features, diet, and behavior of weta. The book also includes a "That’s Amazing!" special feature, several "Did You Know?" facts, a table of contents, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
Weta
Author: Daniel Falconer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869509293
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Weta Workshop is best known for the award-winning design and effects work on such films as The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, District 9, King Kong and Avatar. Beginning with The Lord of the Rings and now including Dr. Grordbort's, Halo, Doctor Who, District 9, The Art of John Howe, King Kong, The Muppets, Superman Returns, Hellgate: London, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian among others, the company has produced several hundred high-end collectible art pieces, appealing to a wide audience of discerning collectors around the world. The artists working on the collectible art are very often the same ones to have created that creature, character, costume or prop for the film upon which it was based, bringing an unrivalled level of authenticity and purity of vision to the pieces. For the first time anywhere, this book collects all that work in one place, each piece lavishly illustrated with imagery by Weta Workshop's own photographers Steve Unwin and Simon Godsiff, and collated and written by designer Daniel Falconer. The book is a celebration of a 10-year relationship with the collecting world and contains behind-the-scenes anecdotes, biographies of many of the artists responsible and more than a thousand beautiful photographs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781869509293
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Weta Workshop is best known for the award-winning design and effects work on such films as The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, District 9, King Kong and Avatar. Beginning with The Lord of the Rings and now including Dr. Grordbort's, Halo, Doctor Who, District 9, The Art of John Howe, King Kong, The Muppets, Superman Returns, Hellgate: London, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian among others, the company has produced several hundred high-end collectible art pieces, appealing to a wide audience of discerning collectors around the world. The artists working on the collectible art are very often the same ones to have created that creature, character, costume or prop for the film upon which it was based, bringing an unrivalled level of authenticity and purity of vision to the pieces. For the first time anywhere, this book collects all that work in one place, each piece lavishly illustrated with imagery by Weta Workshop's own photographers Steve Unwin and Simon Godsiff, and collated and written by designer Daniel Falconer. The book is a celebration of a 10-year relationship with the collecting world and contains behind-the-scenes anecdotes, biographies of many of the artists responsible and more than a thousand beautiful photographs.
Waata the Wētā
Author: Jo Carson-Barr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473360870
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Waata the weta leaves his home in the woodpile and sets out a journey to find the perfect home.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473360870
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Waata the weta leaves his home in the woodpile and sets out a journey to find the perfect home.
Wool to Weta
Author: Paul Callaghan
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775580741
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Evaluating the competitiveness of New Zealand's current economy, this authoritative analysis argues the need to switch from agriculture and tourism as the economic backbone of the country and suggests that the emerging industries of science, technology, and intellectual property will offer more prosperity. Highlighting interviews with entrepreneurs who are creating successful science- and technology-based businesses—including Weta workshop, the cinema special effects company that worked on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy—the study explores vital topics regarding sustainable wealth and cultural change. Interviewees include physicist Andrew Coy, professor Bill Denny, entrepreneur Stephen Tindall, and Weta workshop creator and director Richard Taylor.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775580741
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Evaluating the competitiveness of New Zealand's current economy, this authoritative analysis argues the need to switch from agriculture and tourism as the economic backbone of the country and suggests that the emerging industries of science, technology, and intellectual property will offer more prosperity. Highlighting interviews with entrepreneurs who are creating successful science- and technology-based businesses—including Weta workshop, the cinema special effects company that worked on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy—the study explores vital topics regarding sustainable wealth and cultural change. Interviewees include physicist Andrew Coy, professor Bill Denny, entrepreneur Stephen Tindall, and Weta workshop creator and director Richard Taylor.
Giant Weta
Author: Natalie Lunis
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617727318
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Introduces the giant weta, a type of grasshopper that lives on lislands near New Zealand, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and the way in which it defends itself against predators.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617727318
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Introduces the giant weta, a type of grasshopper that lives on lislands near New Zealand, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and the way in which it defends itself against predators.
Wiri the Weta finds a new home
Author: Sandra Keyworth
Publisher: Big Books Small Books
ISBN: 047317961X
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
This is an enchanting story of Wiri, the cutest Weta, whose happy life is interrupted by a screaming man with a torch. Wiri has an adventure before finding a new home in the Old Gold Mine at Zealandia, the eco sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand. Along the way, many of the people Wiri meets scream when they see him and this concerns Wiri. He really doesn't understand why anyone would want to scream at him. Fortunately for Wiri, a brave little boy called Charlie rescues him and he and his Dad take Wiri to Zealandia where he gets used to people screaming at him. Wetas are amongst the largest and heaviest insects in the world and are most commonly associated with New Zealand. The name Weta comes from the Maori name of Weta punga and are sometimes referred to as the ‘god of the ugly things’.
Publisher: Big Books Small Books
ISBN: 047317961X
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
This is an enchanting story of Wiri, the cutest Weta, whose happy life is interrupted by a screaming man with a torch. Wiri has an adventure before finding a new home in the Old Gold Mine at Zealandia, the eco sanctuary in Wellington, New Zealand. Along the way, many of the people Wiri meets scream when they see him and this concerns Wiri. He really doesn't understand why anyone would want to scream at him. Fortunately for Wiri, a brave little boy called Charlie rescues him and he and his Dad take Wiri to Zealandia where he gets used to people screaming at him. Wetas are amongst the largest and heaviest insects in the world and are most commonly associated with New Zealand. The name Weta comes from the Maori name of Weta punga and are sometimes referred to as the ‘god of the ugly things’.
The Art of The Adventures of Tintin
Author: Weta Workshop
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781869509309
Category : Adventures of Tintin (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
An incredible visual insight into one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2011. In autumn 2011 Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up to launch The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. The first of two movies being produced, this film will bring to life the enormously popular books by Herg� in performance-captured, 3D form. Starring Jamie Bell (of Billy Elliot fame) as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig as the nefarious Red Rackham, this will be the film of Christmas 2011. Published alongside the groundbreaking film, this book will reveal the incredible creative design process behind it. The conceptual design and visual effects for the movie are being created by Weta, the multi Academy Award winning company behind blockbusters such as Avatar, The Lord of the Rings, District 9, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia and many others. The designs for the book will be put together by the very same Weta artists, giving the readers a true inside story on the how the original comics were transformed into the final look on the big screen.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781869509309
Category : Adventures of Tintin (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
An incredible visual insight into one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2011. In autumn 2011 Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up to launch The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. The first of two movies being produced, this film will bring to life the enormously popular books by Herg� in performance-captured, 3D form. Starring Jamie Bell (of Billy Elliot fame) as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig as the nefarious Red Rackham, this will be the film of Christmas 2011. Published alongside the groundbreaking film, this book will reveal the incredible creative design process behind it. The conceptual design and visual effects for the movie are being created by Weta, the multi Academy Award winning company behind blockbusters such as Avatar, The Lord of the Rings, District 9, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia and many others. The designs for the book will be put together by the very same Weta artists, giving the readers a true inside story on the how the original comics were transformed into the final look on the big screen.
Insect Conservation and Islands
Author: Tim R. New
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402087829
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A series of original papers and reviews dealing with the peculiarities of island insects and their conservation in many parts of the world. Contributions to this special issue of Journal of Insect Conservation range from biogeographical analyses and ecological features of island insects and their evolution to the variety of concerns for their wellbeing, and practical conservation through a variety of, sometimes novel, approaches. They provide a valuable and up-to-date resource for entomologists and conservation practitioners.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402087829
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A series of original papers and reviews dealing with the peculiarities of island insects and their conservation in many parts of the world. Contributions to this special issue of Journal of Insect Conservation range from biogeographical analyses and ecological features of island insects and their evolution to the variety of concerns for their wellbeing, and practical conservation through a variety of, sometimes novel, approaches. They provide a valuable and up-to-date resource for entomologists and conservation practitioners.
Global Re-introduction Perspectives
Author: Pritpal S. Soorae
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 283171320X
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"This is the second issue in the Global Re-introduction Perspectives series and has been produced in the same standardized format as the previous one. The case-studies are arranged in the following order: Introduction, Goals, Success Indicators, Project Summary, Major Difficulties Faced, Major Lessons Learned, Success of Project with reasons for success or failure. For this second issue we received a total of 72 case-studies compared to 62 in the last issue. These case studies cover the following taxa as follows: invertebrates (9), fish (6), amphibians (5), reptiles (7), birds (13), mammals (20) and plants (12) ... We hope the information presented in this book will provide a broad global perspective on challenges facing re-introduction projects trying to restore biodiversity."--Pritpal S. Soorae.
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 283171320X
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"This is the second issue in the Global Re-introduction Perspectives series and has been produced in the same standardized format as the previous one. The case-studies are arranged in the following order: Introduction, Goals, Success Indicators, Project Summary, Major Difficulties Faced, Major Lessons Learned, Success of Project with reasons for success or failure. For this second issue we received a total of 72 case-studies compared to 62 in the last issue. These case studies cover the following taxa as follows: invertebrates (9), fish (6), amphibians (5), reptiles (7), birds (13), mammals (20) and plants (12) ... We hope the information presented in this book will provide a broad global perspective on challenges facing re-introduction projects trying to restore biodiversity."--Pritpal S. Soorae.
The Art of District 9
Author: Daniel Falconer
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062064312
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Book description to come.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062064312
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Book description to come.