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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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Featuring more than five hundred images of paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures, this visual tour through various art movements also provides profiles of key figures behind some of the world's best-known artworks.
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"Highlighting the seven wonders of the world -- the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Wonders of the World, a new title in the Eyewitness series, showcases these architectural feats and the marvels of engineering behind these timeless treasures."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 16 x 22 cm
Description
"Through striking and humorous figurative drawings, the iconic artist and musician David Byrne depicts daily life in intriguing ways. His illustrations, created while under quarantine, expand on the dingbat, a typographic ornament used to illuminate or break up blocks of text, to explore the nuances of life under lockdown and evoke the complex, global systems the pandemic cast in bright light. Edited and designed by Alex Kalman in close collaboration...
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 226 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Whether you want to create a cozy winter wonderland in your living room, a blooming summertime welcome on your deck, or an autumn refuge by your fireplace, Liz Marie Galvan's Cozy White Cottage Seasons gives you the inspiring photos, DIY ideas, and fun recipes you need to feel at home on any budget and in every season. DIY interior designer and popular blogger Liz Marie Galvan helps you create space to snuggle up, stretch out, or kick back at home...
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No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
312 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
Description
"Revised and updated since the first edition's celebrated 2018 release, The Game Console 2.0 is an even bigger archival collection of vividly detailed photos of more than 100 video-game consoles. This ultimate archive of gaming history spans five decades and nine distinct generations, chronologically covering everything from market leaders to outright failures, and tracing the gaming industry's rise, fall, and monumental resurgence. The book's 2nd...
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 162 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Readers of all ages can learn about the magnificent unicorns of the past and the charismatic creatures of today with this beautifully illustrated treasure trove of unicorn lore and history"--
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Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.]
Physical Desc
[127 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm]
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Step on to a stage full of stories with this beautiful anthology of 12 stories from Shakespeare, rewritten to be accessible to children ages 7+. A section at the back gives details about Shakespeare's life and further information about the plays. Each story is rewritten in a comprehensive way that is accessible for children and stunningly illustrated by collage artist Alice Lindstrom.
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Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
61 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
Everyone has been bitten by a mosquito, stung by a wasp or had something itchy hiding in their hair. But how much do you actually know about these annoying insects? Ever wondered how mosquitoes find you? Or how wasps can build nests up to 16 feet wide? Or how fleas can jump 150 times their own height?
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Series
Princess in Black volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia's glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia and Frimplepants are transformed into the Princess...
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
64 pages cm
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Every day, all over the world, people travel: short trips or great, long voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast speeds. They make their trips in cars, trains, planes, ships and on bikes-and some people have even blasted off in rockets! But how did these vehicles become what we know now? With intricately illustrated timelines, this book takes readers on a journey through the developmental history of various modes of transportation...
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"The seas are filled with strangeness -- dancing feathers, goblin teeth, see-through heads -- but what is the strangest thing of all? Budding ocean explorers will delight in learning about 12 bizarre and little-known sea creatures, such as the goblin shark, hairy frogfish, vampire squid and more! Each animal will propose, then deny that it is the strangest thing in the sea, until finally the strangest thing of all is revealed." --
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Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
91 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
This portrait of a fiercely independent creative thinker is filled with whimsical pictures and informative texts to depict the entire arc of Coco's life and career, from schoolgirl rebel to haute couture icon. Young Gabrielle came from a poor family, was orphaned at age 12, and learned to sew in a convent school. She worked as a seamstress and sang in cabarets, where she was given the nickname Coco. This story--and the remarkable career that followed--is...
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Kingfisher Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
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45 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"Engineering is all around you! From raising agents in bread to life-saving medicine and eco-friendly fuel, chemical and bio engineering have transformed our lives. Discover the animal inspiration behind running blades, watch DNA technology in action, and witness how engineering can help to feed the world. Meet the engineers whose groundbreaking discoveries changed history, including Tu Youyou, Markus Rehm, and Jamie Garcia. Then put your engineering...
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Phaidon Press Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations (mostly colour) ; 28 cm
Description
This book is a unique and groundbreaking visual celebration of Christmas, a joyous religious and cultural occasion observed by billions of people around the world. The origins of Christmas are in the Christian observance of the birth of Christ on 25 December and, since the early 20th century, it has become a secular holiday with a myriad decorations, rituals, and themes.00Key themes covered include advent and the nativity; the Christmas tree and holiday...
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Publisher
The Morgan Library & Museum
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was one of the greatest portrait artists of his time. While he is best known for his powerful paintings, he largely ceased painting portraits in 1907 and turned instead to charcoal drawings to satisfy commissions. These drawn portraits represent a substantial, yet often overlooked, part of his practice, and they demonstrate the same sense of immediacy, psychological sensitivity, and mastery of chiaroscuro that animate...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Description
Think rocks are boring? Hard to like? Kinda just sit there, doing nothing? Why even write a whole book about them?? Bethany Barton will tell you why . . . because we wouldn't be here if there were no rocks! From the Grand Canyon to volcanoes to diamonds and fossils, geology--the study of rocks--shows us where we've been and where we're going. With tons of humor and scores of fascinating facts, Bethany Barton introduces younger readers to geology and...
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Rebel Girls, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Rebel Girls Champions: 25 Tales of Unstoppable Athletes celebrates the stories of 25 phenomenal women in sports all written in fairy tale form. It is part of the award-winning Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. This paperback collection showcases some of the most beloved stories from the first three volumes of the New York Times best-selling series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. It also features brand new tales of game-changing athletes...
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