Author: William Lindsay
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789436283
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Discover the secret lives of four spectacular dinosaurs. Specially created, incredibly realistic scale models are photographed in detailed action sequences that bring these awesome creatures to life. Full color.
On the Trail of Incredible Dinosaurs
Author: William Lindsay
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789436283
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Discover the secret lives of four spectacular dinosaurs. Specially created, incredibly realistic scale models are photographed in detailed action sequences that bring these awesome creatures to life. Full color.
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN: 9780789436283
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Discover the secret lives of four spectacular dinosaurs. Specially created, incredibly realistic scale models are photographed in detailed action sequences that bring these awesome creatures to life. Full color.
The Trail of the Dinosaur
Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099425014
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Trail of the Dinosaur contains some of Koestler's best-known political essays and speeches from the early Cold War period between 1946 and 1955. At that time the West was on the defensive and the majority of its progressive intellectuals were still turning a benevolently blind eye to Soviet foreign policy and the facts of life behind the Iron Curtain.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780099425014
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Trail of the Dinosaur contains some of Koestler's best-known political essays and speeches from the early Cold War period between 1946 and 1955. At that time the West was on the defensive and the majority of its progressive intellectuals were still turning a benevolently blind eye to Soviet foreign policy and the facts of life behind the Iron Curtain.
Weird Dinosaurs
Author: John Pickrell
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231543395
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
“A tour de force…highlights the odd reptiles that roamed all corners of the earth millions of years ago.”—Sydney Morning Herald From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carnivore bigger than T. rex that once lurked in North African waterways; a Chinese dinosaur with wings like a bat; and a Patagonian sauropod so enormous it weighed more than two commercial jet airliners. Other surprising discoveries hail from Alaska, Siberia, Canada, Burma, and South Africa. Why did dinosaurs grow so huge? How did they spread across the world? Did they all have feathers? What do sauropods have in common with 1950s vacuum cleaners? The stuff of adventure movies and scientific revolutions, Weird Dinosaurs examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies that are radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. “This history of the discovery of some of the most outlandish creatures that ever lived, and the excitement of paleontological research, will be sure to both entertain and instruct.”—Spencer Lucas, author of Dinosaurs: The Textbook, Sixth Edition “Fascinating.... Readers learn of beautiful opalised dinosaur bones from Australia and a crested dinosaur found approximately 13,000 feet up Antarctica's Mt. Kirkpatrick, demonstrating that dinosaurs were widely distributed across the globe.”—Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231543395
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
“A tour de force…highlights the odd reptiles that roamed all corners of the earth millions of years ago.”—Sydney Morning Herald From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf dinosaurs unearthed by an eccentric Transylvanian baron; an aquatic, crocodile-snouted carnivore bigger than T. rex that once lurked in North African waterways; a Chinese dinosaur with wings like a bat; and a Patagonian sauropod so enormous it weighed more than two commercial jet airliners. Other surprising discoveries hail from Alaska, Siberia, Canada, Burma, and South Africa. Why did dinosaurs grow so huge? How did they spread across the world? Did they all have feathers? What do sauropods have in common with 1950s vacuum cleaners? The stuff of adventure movies and scientific revolutions, Weird Dinosaurs examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies that are radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. “This history of the discovery of some of the most outlandish creatures that ever lived, and the excitement of paleontological research, will be sure to both entertain and instruct.”—Spencer Lucas, author of Dinosaurs: The Textbook, Sixth Edition “Fascinating.... Readers learn of beautiful opalised dinosaur bones from Australia and a crested dinosaur found approximately 13,000 feet up Antarctica's Mt. Kirkpatrick, demonstrating that dinosaurs were widely distributed across the globe.”—Publishers Weekly
Hunting Dinosaurs
Author: Louie Psihoyos
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 9780679764205
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
An anecdotal journey into the world of dinosaur paleontology chronicles the international odyssey of a renowned photojournalist who traveled the world in search of the great fossil hunters and their discoveries
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 9780679764205
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
An anecdotal journey into the world of dinosaur paleontology chronicles the international odyssey of a renowned photojournalist who traveled the world in search of the great fossil hunters and their discoveries
The Dinosaur Alphabet Book
Author: Jerry Pallotta
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1632895242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The perfect way to introduce children to the fascinating world of dinosaurs. Full of interesting facts--did you know some dinosaurs had sharp front teeth while others had no front teeth at all? This alphabet book explores both the known and the not-so-well known dinosaurs. Meet the heterodontosaurus (one of the smallest known to exist), the megalosaurus (the first dinosaur ever discovered), the iguanodon, the ultrasaurus, and more! Once again, Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello have combined their talents to create a unique children's book that will inform and entertain young readers.
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1632895242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The perfect way to introduce children to the fascinating world of dinosaurs. Full of interesting facts--did you know some dinosaurs had sharp front teeth while others had no front teeth at all? This alphabet book explores both the known and the not-so-well known dinosaurs. Meet the heterodontosaurus (one of the smallest known to exist), the megalosaurus (the first dinosaur ever discovered), the iguanodon, the ultrasaurus, and more! Once again, Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello have combined their talents to create a unique children's book that will inform and entertain young readers.
Dinosaur Tracks
Author: Annette Richter
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253021146
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This look at the field of ichnology is “an excellent compendium and a timely piece on a rapidly expanding and changing area of research” (Quarterly Review of Biology). The latest advances in dinosaur ichnology are showcased in this comprehensive and timely volume, in which leading researchers and research groups cover the most essential topics in the study of dinosaur tracks. Some assess and demonstrate state-of-the-art approaches and techniques, such as experimental ichnology, photogrammetry, biplanar X-rays, and a numerical scale for quantifying the quality of track preservation. The high diversity of these up-to-date studies underlines that dinosaur ichnological research is a vibrant field, that important discoveries are continuously made, and that new methods are being developed, applied, and refined. This indispensable volume unequivocally demonstrates that ichnology has an important contribution to make toward a better understanding of dinosaur paleobiology. Tracks and trackways are one of the best sources of evidence to understand and reconstruct the daily life of dinosaurs. They are windows on past lives, dynamic structures produced by living, breathing, moving animals now long extinct, and they are every bit as exciting and captivating as the skeletons of their makers. Includes photos and illustrations
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253021146
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This look at the field of ichnology is “an excellent compendium and a timely piece on a rapidly expanding and changing area of research” (Quarterly Review of Biology). The latest advances in dinosaur ichnology are showcased in this comprehensive and timely volume, in which leading researchers and research groups cover the most essential topics in the study of dinosaur tracks. Some assess and demonstrate state-of-the-art approaches and techniques, such as experimental ichnology, photogrammetry, biplanar X-rays, and a numerical scale for quantifying the quality of track preservation. The high diversity of these up-to-date studies underlines that dinosaur ichnological research is a vibrant field, that important discoveries are continuously made, and that new methods are being developed, applied, and refined. This indispensable volume unequivocally demonstrates that ichnology has an important contribution to make toward a better understanding of dinosaur paleobiology. Tracks and trackways are one of the best sources of evidence to understand and reconstruct the daily life of dinosaurs. They are windows on past lives, dynamic structures produced by living, breathing, moving animals now long extinct, and they are every bit as exciting and captivating as the skeletons of their makers. Includes photos and illustrations
Promise and Fulfilment - Palestine 1917-1949
Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447490029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This book consists of three parts, “Background”, “Close-up” and “Perspective”. The first part is a survey of the developments which led to the foundation of the State of Israel. It lays no claim to historical completeness and is written from a specific angle which stresses the part played by irrational forces and emotive bias in history. I am not sure whether this emphasis has not occasionally resulted in over-emphasis—as is almost inevitable when one tries to redress a balance by spot-lighting aspects which are currently neglected. But it was certainly not my intention, by underlining the psychological factor, to deny or minimize the importance of the politico-economic forces. My aim was rather to present, if I may borrow a current medical term, a “psycho-somatic” view of one of the most curious episodes in modern history. The second part, “Close-up”, is meant to give the reader a close and coloured, but not I hope technicoloured, view of the Jewish war and of everyday life in the new State. It opens and ends with extracts from the diary of my last sojourn as a war correspondent in Israel. The emphasis here is on life in the towns, with only occasional glimpses of the collective settlements, since I have given a detailed description of these in an earlier book. The third part, “Perspective”, is an attempt to present to the reader a comprehensive survey of the social and political structure, the cultural trends and future prospects of the Jewish State.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447490029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This book consists of three parts, “Background”, “Close-up” and “Perspective”. The first part is a survey of the developments which led to the foundation of the State of Israel. It lays no claim to historical completeness and is written from a specific angle which stresses the part played by irrational forces and emotive bias in history. I am not sure whether this emphasis has not occasionally resulted in over-emphasis—as is almost inevitable when one tries to redress a balance by spot-lighting aspects which are currently neglected. But it was certainly not my intention, by underlining the psychological factor, to deny or minimize the importance of the politico-economic forces. My aim was rather to present, if I may borrow a current medical term, a “psycho-somatic” view of one of the most curious episodes in modern history. The second part, “Close-up”, is meant to give the reader a close and coloured, but not I hope technicoloured, view of the Jewish war and of everyday life in the new State. It opens and ends with extracts from the diary of my last sojourn as a war correspondent in Israel. The emphasis here is on life in the towns, with only occasional glimpses of the collective settlements, since I have given a detailed description of these in an earlier book. The third part, “Perspective”, is an attempt to present to the reader a comprehensive survey of the social and political structure, the cultural trends and future prospects of the Jewish State.
Thieves in the Night
Author: Arthur Koestler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jewish fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Story of an English Jew who becomes deeply involved in the resettling of Palestine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jewish fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Story of an English Jew who becomes deeply involved in the resettling of Palestine.
Drums Along the Congo
Author: Rory Nugent
Publisher: Open Road Distribution
ISBN: 9781504036900
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally published in 1993 by Houghton Mifflin.
Publisher: Open Road Distribution
ISBN: 9781504036900
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally published in 1993 by Houghton Mifflin.
Never Follow a Dinosaur
Author: Àlex Latimer
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552569380
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Sally and Joe discover a mysterious set of footprints leading out into their garden and beyond -- and they are convinced the footprints were left by a dinosaur. Could they possibly be right? Join them in a clue-finding adventure and discover why you should never, ever follow a dinosaur! A joy to read-aloud, filled with funny ideas and a clever, cautionary twist!
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552569380
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Sally and Joe discover a mysterious set of footprints leading out into their garden and beyond -- and they are convinced the footprints were left by a dinosaur. Could they possibly be right? Join them in a clue-finding adventure and discover why you should never, ever follow a dinosaur! A joy to read-aloud, filled with funny ideas and a clever, cautionary twist!