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This book is a delightful introduction to stones and geology written for children. It is a faithful reproduction of the original text and details how to identify different rocks, how to test their hardness, how to start a rock collection, how rocks are made and much more.

This book is a delightful introduction to stones and geology written for children. It is a faithful reproduction of the original text and details how to identify different rocks, how to test their hardness, how to start a rock collection, how rocks are made and much more.

Excerpt from The First Book of TreesAmerica is a land of trees. They grow almost everywhere in our country. Most of us see them so often that we some times forget how important they are. Thousands and thousands of things come from trees. Right this minute you may be sitting in a chair made partly of wood from a tree. You may live in a wooden house. Perhaps you are wearing a rayon blouse. That was made from wood treated in a special way. The pa...

Cormack describes the various stylistic changes in the use of the camera and lighting which took place between the early sound films of 1930 and "Gone With the Wind" at the end of 1939.

Hollywood films of the 1930s are frequently treated as if they all conformed to one cinematographic style. This book shows that this was not the case and describes the various stylistic changes in the use of the camera and lighting which took place during the decade. These changes did not, of course, occur in a vacuum and the ideological conditions in which the films were made is shown to be a crucial factor in explaining these changes.

Excerpt from The First Book of Trees America is a land of trees. They grow almost everywhere in our country. Most of us see them so often that we some times forget how important they are. Thousands and thousands of things come from trees. Right this minute you may be sitting in a chair made partly of wood from a tree. You may live in a wooden house. Perhaps you are wearing a rayon blouse. That was made from wood treated in a special way. The ...