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America has always presented a unique challenge to architects: should they emulate the Old World or respond to the demands of the New? David Handlin tells the complex story with lucidity and insight. Almost from its seventeenth-century beginnings, American architecture was subject to two apparently contradictory processes--the practical and the...

The current, thoroughly revised and updated edition of this approved title, evaluates information sources in the field of technology. It provides the reader not only with information of primary and secondary sources, but also analyses the details of information from all the important technical fields, including environmental technology,...

For thousands of years, the geography of Eurasia has facilitated travel, conquest and colonization by various groups, from the Huns in ancient times to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the past century. This book brings together archaeological investigations of Eurasian regimes and revolutions ranging from the Bronze Age to the modern...

Toot toot! All aboard the Dinosaur Train! In this storybook, Buddy decides to find out what sort of dinosaur he is. He knows he's not a Pterandodon like Tiny, Shiny and Don, but what is he? One day, the family take the dinosaur train to a new place and Buddy finds out that he is a T. rex. ROAR! "Dinosaur Train" is a brand new animated series for...

When the Cutter family's next-door-neighbours, the Langleys, are gunneddown in their house one hot August night, the Cutters' world is turnedupside down. That violent death should have come so close to them isshocking enough in suburban Promise Falls, but at least the Cutters canconsole themselves with the thought that lightning is unlikely to...

Fletcher's 1st edition of "Climate Change: What the Science Tells Us" places strong emphasis on the peer-reviewed literature in reporting the impacts of climate change on the ocean, terrestrial ecosystems, the water cycle, human communities, dangerous weather patterns, and potential future Earth systems. The book offers detailed discussion of...