![]() Every five minutes, another crime is committed. ![]() ![]() In this fully dramatized version of H.G. Wells' classic, The Time Machine, Leonard Nimoy, John de Lancie, and cast members from Star Trek® feature films and all four series take you on an incredible journey. ![]() Think you know your computer? You've only scratched the surface until you've experienced this CD-ROM-equipped version of PC/Computing's How Computers Work. One of the bestselling computer books of all time, it features two valuable educational and entertainment resources in one affordable packagea CD-ROM and a colorfully illustrated book. ![]() The Rough Guide to Yosemite is the premier handbook to California''s most spectacular park. This new edition is being expanded from a mini-guide to B-format and now includes a full-colour section of 16 pages illustrating the highlights of this National Park. This guide gives evocative accounts of every natural wonder, from the sheer face of Half Dome to the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove. For your desired pursuits, this guide provides evocative descriptions and helpful advice on exploring, hiking, rock climbing or simply driving around the Park. The author gives in- depth reviews of lodges, campgrounds and hotels in and around the Park area and there are 22 maps covering every area. ![]() A city long shrouded in literary and historical mistsnot to mention real onesLondon seduces tourists and natives alike. From Big Ben to the grimy Victorian streets of Dickens novels on up to the sleek high-rises that dot the skyline of the twenty-first-century metropolis, the urban landscape of London is steeped in history, while forever responsive to the changing dictates of progress, industry, and culture. In London: A Life in Maps, acclaimed historian Peter Whitfield reveals a wealth of surprising truths and forgotten facts hidden in the city’s historic maps. ![]() Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general. |
![]() Now in paperback, this award-winning book features more than 400 reproductions of postcards depicting the Berkeley area during the early 1900s. The book's chapters include "History of the Postcard," "The City Beautiful," "Picturing the University," "The 1923 Berkeley Fire," "Greetings from Berkeley," as well as chapters on Berkeley neighborhoods, culture and events. The many postcards featured in the book record for posterity the classical buildings that transformed both the University campus and Berkeley's downtown, the homes built in outlying areas after the introduction of the Key System trains and streetcars, the Claremont Hotel in its romantic garden setting, and the events of the day that helped shape Berkeley. Handwritten messages on many of the cards tell fascinating stories and bring these postcards to life. ![]() Outlines the essentials of page layout, emphasizing the four concrete principles of designproximity, alignment, repetition, and contrastin an illustrated volume that features before and after examples of page design. Original. (All Users). ![]() For things to do and see visitors to London are spoiled for choice. Whether you are in London for a long trip or a quick taste of the city the Eyewitness Travel Guide will help you to make the most of your time. You will find suggestions on what to see, how to get about and where to eat and stay. New features in the Eyewitness Travel Guides are itineraries, each one follows a theme and sights are reachable with public transportation. Prices include travel, food and admission. The themes for each day are as follows; History and Culture, Shopping in Style, The Great Outdoors and Family Fun Day. ![]() Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was passionate about the sea. Before becoming a painter, he spent six months at sea, and, like many Europeans of his era, he took numerous seaside holidays. Manet made his public debut as a marine painter at the Paris Salon of 1864 with The Battle of the U.S.S. "Kearsarge" and the C.S.S. "Alabama," his dramatic depiction of a U.S. Civil War naval battle off the coast of France, and he continued to paint seascapes throughout his career. These extraordinary works clearly reflect his intimate knowledge of and love for maritime vessels and the sea. Manet and the Sea is the first book to highlight the French master's beautiful and varied seascapes. Essays by leading scholars discuss how Manet completely overturned the established academic conventions of marine painting in France. His provocative approach was equal to that of his contemporary Gustave Courbet, and his bold and innovative techniques inspired many younger artists, including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, James McNeill Whistler, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Essays on these and other artists place their seascapes in relation to Manet's pictures. This handsomely illustrated and designed book presents over one hundred paintings and drawings in full color. Anyone interested in the sea, maritime painting, nineteenth-century French painting, and particularly the role Manet played in the Impressionist revolution, will find this an essential book to own. |