This original, graphic-led book explores and explains the key ideas underpinning the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions, defines their importance to the musical canon, and places them into their wider social, cultural, and historical context. The nineteenth title in DK's bestselling Big Ideas series, The Classical Music Book combines accessible, authoritative text with bold explanatory graphics to make the subject of classical...

A picture book for Dementia patients, seniors & others (Level 2 Book). This is one of a series of picture books for dementia patients (or those with Alzheimer's), adults and seniors that have trouble reading. If your loved one is overwhelmed by 'normal' books but spry enough to feel offended with books labeled as dementia books or by being given a children's book, this is your answer.

This book is especially written for people with Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or rehabilitating after a Stroke. This book has 40 colorful photos of babies, one on each page. Each photo has been carefully selected to invoke tranquillity and feelings of calm and relaxation. No baby is crying! It has short positive affirmations with each photo to reassure the reader that all is well with them and the world around them. For example: All is well,...

This book is especially written for people with Dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or rehabilitating after a Stroke. This book has 40 colorful photos of beaches, one on each page. Each photo has been carefully selected to invoke tranquillity and feelings of calm and relaxation. Photos help conversation and invoke memories. It has short positive affirmations with each photo to reassure the reader that all is well with them and the world around them....

The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format. "Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves"--Publisher...

Using a bold, graphic-led approach, The Ecology Book explores and explains over 90 of the key ideas, movements, and acts that have defined ecology and ecological thought. The book has a simple chronological structure, with early chapters ranging from theideas of classical thinkers to attempts by Enlightenment thinkers to systematically order the natural world. Later chapters trace the evolution of modern thinking, from the ideas of Thomas Malthus,...

"The Literature Book is a fascinating journey through the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 crystal-clear articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea."--Amazon.com.

Explores the ideas behind one hundred iconic works of art while examining their historical context.

"Down by the Meadow follows the events of a woman who feels she just needs to see something new. Not sure what she'll find down by the meadow, she's open for anything."--Page 4 of cover.