Christopher Lowell's Seven Layers of Design

Arts & Photography

Lowell

Architecture

Discovery Books

The story of the human body is perhaps the greatest story ever told--spelled out over millions of years of evolution and repeated by each of us in our own lifetime. We live it, and yet remain largely unaware of the intricate processes that play out within ourselves and those around us. For example, why can very young children learn languages more easily than adults? Why do our bodies break down during old age? How can a baby--a separate and genetically different human being--be created inside a mother without being rejected by her body? How have our complex and little-understood brains contributed to making us the most successful species on the planet? Now The Learning Channel presents Intimate Universe, the extraordinary story of human life from birth to death, which explores, at each stage, the incredible physical workings of our bodies. It is a unique and enthralling account of the body's journey from the miracle of conception and the shock of birth through the rapid and turbulent changes of adolescence and the gradual deceleration into old age and death. In Intimate Universe, author Anthony Smith transcends anatomical trivia to chronicle the body's powerful tale. In a clear and captivating style, he narrates the miraculous dramas that unfold within the hidden architecture of our internal structures. Whether it's the week-by-week account of an unborn baby's development, the uncanny signals and connections made by the brain, the remarkable abilities of the immune system, or simply the way our body sustains itself under different conditions, Smith explains the basics of physiology simply and elegantly. To support the author's exceptional narrative, Intimate Universe includes over 150 full-color illustrations, computer-generated images, and state-of-the-art microphotography that illuminate and add context to the topics discussed. In addition, the book provides relevant anecdotes for each of the major chapters. An excellent addition to any family library, Intimate Universe is not only a valuable and comprehensive reference, but a resource that will provide new insight into our bodies' physiological challenges and fascinating secrets, allowing us to better understand ourselves. EXPLORE THE MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE HUMAN BODY All the DNA present at the moment of conception of the 5.8 billion people alive today would weigh only one thousandth of an ounce. Here's how to spot the brain at work: Stand directly in front of someone and ask an arithmetical question. Left-brain activity will cause the person's eyes to avert to the right; ask a spatial question and the eyes will avert to the left, reflecting right-brain activity. If the body's branching network of blood vessels were placed end to end, they would stretch for nearly 60,000 miles--more than seven times the distance around the equator. Hearing is never more acute than at birth and declines gradually with time. By the age of ten, a child will have heard more sounds than he will hear during the rest of his life. As skin becomes less elastic, the repeated puckering caused by facial expressions begins to etch permanent lines. Scientists estimate it takes 200,000 frowns to make a brow line. No one is born with freckles. They are a protective response against sunlight. During a child's first year, 60 percent of her food intake goes toward providing energy for brain growth and development.

Intimate Universe (Tlc Adventures for Your Mind)

SMITH, Anthony

Health, Fitness & Dieting

For untold ages, the awesome power of the world's greatest mountains has lifted our spirits, inspired our imaginations, and fed our sense of adventure. Indeed, such legendary peaks as Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro, and Annapurna represent the ultimate challenge to the human spirit. Now, in its continuing quest to bring the world's wonders to lovers of knowledge and exploration, Discovery Books presents Distant Mountains, a celebration of magnificent summits and the adventurers who overcame adversity and danger to conquer them. Distant Mountains showcases over 150 full-color photographs by mountaineering's most respected photographer. An experienced climber, John Cleare has spent his life scaling famous ranges, including the Western Alps, the Canadian Rockies, the Scottish Highlands, the Indian and Nepalese Himalayas, and Chilean Patagonia, to bring back extraordinary, diverse images of vast mountainscapes, treacherous glaciers, crystalline icefalls, and snow-clad summits. Accompanying these arresting images are dramatic essays from ten world-renowned mountaineers who have braved their own mountain odysseys. These evocative accounts--marked by awe and exhilaration, achievement and disappointment, fear and relief--will transport the reader to exotic and far-reaching locales, including the sublime, low-altitude peaks of Scotland's Western Isles, the intriguing monoliths of Arizona, the ice-fluted walls of the Peruvian Andes, and the savage spires of the Karakorum of Pakistan. In addition, Cleare provides his own narrative on Chilean Patagonia. With its visual grandeur, enthralling storytelling, and informative "fact-file" sections that follow each chapter, Distant Mountains is an important addition to the genre of mountain literature and a must-have book for both the active and armchair enthusiast.

Distant Mountains: Encounters with the World's Greatest Mountains

Science & Math

Cleare, John

Nature & Ecology

In 30 b.c., against the backdrop of Alexandria, Egypt, one of the most majestic of all ancient cities, a great queen proudly and defiantly took her life. More than two thousand years later, the world remains fascinated and haunted by this most intriguing woman, Cleopatra VII, yet practically everything we know about her is based on ancient text fragments, literature, and myth. Was she the temptress of legend? A ruthless, ambitious conqueror? Or was she a strong, brilliant, visionary ruler, a passionate and loyal woman, and a fiercely devoted mother? Discovery Books presents Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend--a dramatic look at Cleopatra's world based on ancient accounts and modern scholarship. Gifted storyteller Laura Foreman brings Cleopatra's legendary tale to life, from the founding of Alexandria by Alexander the Great, to Cleopatra's ascent to the Egyptian throne amid treachery and betrayal, to her passionate alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and her doomed battle against Octavian. But the legend doesn't end there. Cleopatra's Palace also presents the astounding recent findings of world-renowned underwater explorer Franck Goddio, who, with his team of underwater archaeologists, has succeeded in mapping the Royal Quarter of Ancient Alexandria, long submerged beneath the Mediterranean by cataclysmic earthquakes early in the millennium. In a fascinating narrative illustrated by exclusive underwater images, the expedition's successes are presented, including the discovery of such artifacts as jewelry, statues, sphinxes, rare pottery, and an ancient shipwreck, as well as architectural remains that were found on the site of this magnificent drama. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 extraordinary full-color photographs, expedition images, fine-art reproductions, drawings, and maps, and interlaced with discussions on the art, architecture, religion, politics, and society of the Graeco-Roman period, Cleopatra's Palace is sure to captivate all lovers of discovery. Blending biography, history, and modern exploration into great storytelling, Cleopatra's Palace re-creates the glory of Egypt's long-vanished capital and its Royal Quarter, and brings Egypt's greatest queen unforgettably to life.

Cleopatra's Palace : In Search of a Legend

History

Laura Foreman

Middle East

Newark 1976 Discovery. ISBN 0-913976-03-2. Hardcover. Octavo, 95pp., cloth. **Signed by Tsuda. Near Fine, in Good plus DJ, lightly frayed on edges.

Urban River

Tsuda, Margaret

The Complete Encyclopedia of Home Repair

Worthington, J. , Pennycock, R.

Reference

This Dad is, quite simply, brilliant! He's as strong as a gorilla, fantastic on roller skates, and can sing like a pop star! And not only all that, but he's a dab hand at cooking too! Find out what else he can do in this colourful book that positively bursts over with appreciation for pa's...Everyone's dad is brilliant at something! This delightful new hardback padded edition of a well-loved picture book is sure to sell like hot cakes all year round - but especially on Father's Day!

My dad is brilliant!

Butterworth,Nick

Children's Books

collectible little book for kids beginning to read

Outdoors (Me and my friends)

Roffey, Maureen

Rosie's Armchair Exercises : A Complete Body Workout from the Comfort of Your Own Armchair

Coastlines of North America

Kraulis, J.A.

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