Boats - Steamers - Icebreakers - and Ghost ShipsSet sail on a delightfully detailed and richly illustrated voyage into the world of ships and shipping that introduces young readers to an oceanic array of naval phenomena. Readers of every age will find something to dive into in this wonderfully diverse and in depth exploration of the maritime world. As in his previous book, Planes, Jan van der Veken takes a kaleidoscopic approach to his subject. Deftly weaving history, science, and culture, he looks

Follow our moon as it waxes and wanes across the night sky in this informative and stunning nonfiction picture book by an astronomer and award-winning illustrator

The brilliant new translation of the classic Taoist guide to meditation that Carl Jung made famous

Chain Length: 17 inches (43

Ernst offers a nontheological approach that treats the Qur'an as a historical text that unfolded over time

Nevertheless it is comprehensive enough

Victor Hugo

the elegist-offer a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece

With a focus on Book I of Aristotle’s Rhetoric

the exponents of Islamic legal doctrine were faced with the problems raised by ruling and administering a diverse and rapidly growing empire

and offers possible solutions in each instance

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