Author : Gary Larson
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 1992
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : 9780751504620
The eighth collection of The Far Side.
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393063828
The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe. The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to wreak havoc with the British whaling trade. Meanwhile, Stephen Maturin has a mission of his own in the world of secret intelligence and comes face to face with the harsh realities for women of the age. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific—typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, an ill-fated affair, murder, and criminal insanity—as well as a bold rescue by a crew of seafaring female warriors.
Author : Peter Grego
Publisher : Firefly Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781552978887
A night-by-night guide to studying the moon. The moon is usually the first celestial body that captures a stargazer's attention and imagination. Throughout history, the moon has endured as a universal subject of myth, poems, entertainment and intense scientific endeavor. In clear language and with full color photographs and illustrations throughout, Moon Observer's Guide offers practical guidance to amateur astronomers viewing Earth's only natural satellite. There is valuable advice for observing the Moon with the naked eye, binoculars and telescopes. Central to this book is a detailed 28-day guide to lunar features. Lunar geology and the various causes of physical features, such as craters and volcanoes, are described. Also included are: Guidelines for choosing binoculars and telescopes Ways of recording observations Digital and conventional photography Using Internet resources, personal computers and lunar software programs Safety tips for observing the moon during solar and lunar eclipses Detailed moon maps This book is an ideal reference for the growing numbers of beginning astronomers.
Author : Gary Larson
Publisher : Little, Brown and Compagny Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 1992
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : 9780751502381
This collection of "The Far Side" cartoons is taken from "Hound of the Far Side", "The Far Side Observer" and "Night of the Crash-Test Dummies". Yet again, the author's odd and dark sense of humour is expressed in the doings of man and beast.
Author : Katie Mack
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 37,74 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 1982103558
Mack looks at five ways the universe could end, and the lessons each scenario reveals about the most important concepts in cosmology. --From publisher description.
Author : Scott MacGregor
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1683358252
A novel based on a true tale of heroism and invention in the tunnels beneath Lake Erie in 1916 This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the intersecting stories of a brilliant African American inventor, Ben Beltran (based on the real-life Garrett Morgan, Sr.), desperate immigrants tunneling beneath Lake Erie, and corrupt overseers who risk countless lives for profit. As historical fiction, Fire on the Water sheds light not only on one of America’s earliest man-made ecological disasters but also on racism and the economic disparity between classes in the Midwest at the turn of the century.
Author : Andrew Solomon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0743236726
The National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon explores the consequences of extreme personal differences between parents and children, describing his own experiences as a gay child of straight parents while evaluating the circumstances of people affected by physical, developmental or cultural factors that divide families. 150,000 first printing.
Author : Bryan Talbot
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1630084042
Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest center of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years preceding his most famous book, Alice in Wonderland, and here are buried the roots of his surreal masterpiece. Enter the famous Edwardian palace of varieties, The Sunderland Empire, for a unique experience: an entertaining and epic meditation on myth, history and storytelling and decide for yourself — does Sunderland really exist?
Author : Luke O'Neil
Publisher : OR Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 27,22 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1682192156
When Luke O’Neil isn’t angry, he’s asleep. When he’s awake, he gives vent to some of the most heartfelt, political and anger-fueled prose to power its way to the public sphere since Hunter S. Thompson smashed a typewriter’s keys. Welcome to Hell World is an unexpurgated selection of Luke O’Neil’s finest rants, near-poetic rhapsodies, and investigatory journalism. Racism, sexism, immigration, unemployment, Marcus Aurelius, opioid addiction, Iraq: all are processed through the O’Neil grinder. He details failings in his own life and in those he observes around him: and the result is a book that is at once intensely confessional and an energetic, unforgettable condemnation of American mores. Welcome to Hell World is, in the author’s words, a “fever dream nightmare of reporting and personal essays from one of the lowest periods in our country in recent memory.” It is also a burning example of some of the best writing you’re likely to read anywhere.
Author : Gary Larson
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 1987
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