A celebration of the extraordinary and ordinary power of dogs of all kinds, in sly and cheerful verse from celebrated poet David Elliott. Features artwork from an all-star cast of bestselling and award-winning illustrators.In so many hearts you're number one! Agile! High-spirited! Obedient! Fun! You hunt. You fish. You search and find. You cheer the old. You guide the blind.In this ode to our most loyal companions, you'll meet the Labrador Ret...
Creative and diverse approaches to ethnographic knowledge production and writing Ethnographic research has long been cloaked in mystery around what fieldwork is really like for researchers, how they collect data, and how it is analyzed within the social sciences. Naked Fieldnotes, a unique compendium of actual fieldnotes from contemporary ethnographic researchers from various modalities and research traditions, unpacks how this research work...
The participants in an epic battle fought thousands of years ago have risen again, and the world as we know it is almost at an end. When seventeen year-old Alex Stone leaves Northwood Boarding school to accompany her father on a controversial archeological dig in Egypt, she has no idea that she will be responsible for awakening Set, the dark god of chaos. The balance between good and evil has tipped in Set's favor, and only Isis, goddess of li...
Want to score highly in the AHAA? Look no further than The Ultimate AHAA Guide, the only AHAA resource on the market.The AHAA is a new admissions exam, replacing the HAA, HSPSAA, and others for students applying to:Anglo Saxon, Norse, and CeltiAsian and Middle Eastern Studies, EducationHistoryHistory and PoliticsHistory and Modern LanguagesHuman Social and Political SciencesThe AHAA is a brand new test, so being well prepared can give you a hu...
Frank Capra is an icon of American popular culture. But he is so much more than simply the director of It's a Wonderful Life, the most beloved Christmas movie of all time. TidalWave's comic book biography traces the course of Capra's life from penniless immigrant to Hollywood royalty, and examines his unique and invaluable contribution to America's war effort.
Return to the prehistoric era and discover a host of creatures both novel and familiar, from the mysterious trilobite to the famed T. rex.Care to meet a dunkleosteus? An apatosaurus? How about the dragonflyesque meganaura? In a collection that's organized chronologically by epoch and is sure to intrigue everyone from armchair dino enthusiasts to budding paleontologists, David Elliott and Matthew Trueman illuminate some of the most fascinating ...
The year is 2085, and planet Earth remains on the edge of a nuclear precipice. At any moment, either of two vast rival power blocs, to the West and the East, might unleash a torrent of missiles, bringing about the terrible certainty of Mutual Assured Destruction.
An impossible poisoning case... A master thief discovers something nasty in a chimney... A murder is committed on Baker Street in broad daylight, and the culprit is captured, but one man still has his doubts. Six new cases featuring Victorian England's greatest detective, these mysteries are sure to delight Holmes fans old and new.
, National Dreams and Rude Awakenings' brings together twenty important essays by the late Emory Elliott, a leading scholar of American literature and American Studies for the past forty years. Representing the key areas of Elliott's prolific career, this collection includes essays on the Puritans and their legacy, politics and art in Melville and Twain, the relationship between multiculturalism, aesthetics, and the literary canon, and the imp...
A collection of Sherlock Holmes radio scripts with detailed notes on Canonical references, rewrites, influences and the challenges of adapting Conan Doyles original tales for a 21st Century audience.
An invaluable companion to both the UK and US hit series, analysing each episode (including the un-filmed pilot for Elementary), identifying trivia, offering criticism and considering Canonical fidelity.