Category Archives: Globes
The Sketchbook Project World Tour
The Sketchbook Project is a crowd-sourced library of over 30,000 sketchbooks (and counting) submitted by people of all ages and backgrounds from all over the world. Organised continent by continent and featuring work from 135 different countries, The Sketch Book Project World Tour will showcase the best and brightest work from hundreds of artists. Along
World Antique Political ITMB Wall Map
World Antique Political Wall Map by ITMB. Legend Includes: International boundary, State/ Province line, Main Route, Main Railway, River, International Date Line, Mountain summit, Waterfall, etc.
High Alpine Cuisine: Inspired Dishes from Extraordinary Mountain Escapes Around the World
Pack up your hiking gear and skis because we`re heading to the mountains. Marla Meridith, celebrity food and lifestyle blogger, travels the world looking for the best of the mountains.Inspired by Marla`s travels to the mountains of the Swiss Alps, Austria, Utah and Colorado, these recipes are perfect for stick-to-your-ribs comfort food that will fuel
World Political ITMB Wall Map LARGE
World Political Wall Map by ITMB. Legend Includes: International boundary, State/ Province line, Main Route, Main Railway, River, International Date Line, Mountain summit, Waterfall, etc.
American Eclipse: A Nation`s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another fought to prove that science was not an anathema to femininity. And a young, megalomaniacal inventor sought to test his bona fides and light the world
World Antique Political ITMB Wall Map LARGE
World Political Wall Map by ITMB. Legend Includes: International boundary, State/ Province line, Main Route, Main Railway, River, International Date Line, Mountain summit, Waterfall, etc.
On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World`s Tropical Rainforests
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world`s rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World
A continuation of the New York Times bestselling series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World is a children`s book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the lives of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the present. The volume recognizes women who leave their homeland to seek refuge,
Capturing the World
Capturing the World is award-winning photographer Nick Rains`s guide to capturing remarkable travel photos. This is not a regular photography tip book – this is about how to take the best photos in real world photography situations. Having been a professional photographer for the last 30 years, Nick has taken every genre of travel photo,
I Heart the World: A Celebration of Land, Sea, Flora, Fauna and People around the Globe
Ready for a global adventure? I Heart the World is your ticket to the breathtaking flora, fauna, people, sights and eye-popping wonders of our land, sea and sky. Pack your passport and a sense of wonder as you explore our amazing world through the pages of this book!
Destination Coffee: A Little Book for Coffee Lovers All Over the World
`Destination Coffee` offers travel inspiration for the best coffee destinations in the world. It showcases the world`s greatest coffee cities, from Portland to Trieste, Melbourne to Rome, and uncovers coffee-drinking histories from around the world. It will guide you to the best cafe enclaves and help you to choose what to drink when you get
The Art of Being a Tourist at Home: Expand Your World Without Leaving Your Home Town
The Art of Being a Tourist at Home takes you on a journey through your neighbourhood streets and local parks, through museums and libraries, art galleries and bookshops. There`s wonder to be found in the theatre and music-making all around us, vibrancy of fresh-food markets, new friends to meet through hobbies and clubs, and so
Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience
With authenticity, integrity, and insight, this collection of poems addresses the many issues confronting first and second generation young adult immigrants and refugees, such as cultural and language differences, homesickness, social exclusion, human rights, racism, stereotyping, and questions of identity. Poems by Elizabeth Acevedo, Erika L. Sanchez, Samira Ahmed, Chen Chen, Ocean Vuong, Fatimah Asghar,
Patrol
`Already loose sand had drifted over the stamped-down square which momentarily had distinguished the subaltern`s grave: no there was no sign, no mark, no indication whatsoever. There had been, here, eleven men. Now ten rode away` In the Mesopotamian desert during World War I, the leader of a British patrol is shot and killed, by
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
This is 99% Invisible. A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along?Or what the
Food Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of Our Edible World
Get your recommended daily allowance of facts and fun with Food Anatomy, the third book in Julia Rothman`s best-selling Anatomy series. She starts with an illustrated history of food and ends with a global tour of street eats. Along the way, Rothman serves up a hilarious primer on short order egg lingo and a mouth-watering
The Plant-Hunter`s Atlas: A World Tour of Botanical Adventures, Chance Discoveries and Strange Specimens
The Plant Hunter`s Atlas is a lavishly illustrated volume telling some of the most extraordinary tales of horticultural discovery and exploring the characters behind the stories. Taking in the world`s inhabited continents and spanning the centuries, the stories range from tales of derring-do in the age of discovery to modern-day botanists working at the cutting-edge
