This series explains nature's life cycles in a wonderfully simple and engaging way

Product Description: What's that huge, terrifying thing clawing its way onto your bookshelf? It's the biggest, bloodiest, most creepy collection of new terror tales you'll find this year! Creepy Comics Volume 1 gathers all of the new material from the first two years of Dark Horse's celebrated new Creepy series and collects it into one gargantuan book! This 184-page monstrosity features a spellbinding assortment of gory stories about all your favorite terror-inducing topics including cannibals, lurking demons, werewolves, zombies, psychic trauma, and psychotic murderers, illustrated in glorious black and white, following the great tradition of classic Creepy...read more

Product Description: Explore more of the dark and gritty history of America known as the Wild West! Outlaw Territory continues to bring together some of the best and brightest creators in comics as they weave their own brand of tales about the Old West.

Product Description: Did you know . . . People first used skis more than 8,000 years ago? The first wheels were used in pottery--not for transportation? Traffic jams often clogged the streets of ancient Rome? Transportation technology is as old as human society itself...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . .The Scythians used guerrilla warfare more than 2,500 years ago? The Chinese general Sun-tzu wrote the first military manual in the fourth century B.C.? Some ancient Greek warships had more than 150 oarsmen? Military technology is almost as old as human society...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . . Doctors in ancient Peru performed brain surgery? Ancient Greek doctors ran medical schools? The ancient Indians knew how to protect people from smallpox? Medical technology is as old as human society itself. The first humans on Earth used simple healing techniques...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . .Ancient cultures measured time accurately with water clocks? An engineer in the first century B.C. designed an odometer to calculate distance traveled? People computed the first values of pi about four thousand years ago? Computing technology is as old as human society itself...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . . Ancient people used bows to drill holes and start fires? The ancient Chinese built a machine to detect earthquakes? The ancient Romans operated a factory for milling grain? Machine technology is as old as human society itself...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . . Ancient Romans invented a machine to harvest grain? Farmers in ancient China destroyed the pests that harmed crops by bringing in their natural predators? The ancient Mayans restored nutrients to the soil by planting corn and beans together? People learned to farm more than twelve thousand years ago...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . . The ancient Maya built magnificent pyramid-temples? Ancient Chinese builders created central home heating systems? One ancient Greek monument was taller than a ten-story building? Construction technology is as old as human society itself...read more

Product Description: Did you know . . . People first used road signs more than 2,000 years ago? Ancient Rome had its own postal service? Egyptian writers used flakes of limestone for scrap paper? Pens, storytelling, alphabets--communication technology is as old as human society itself...read more

The division of ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture. Throughout history, the rural has been attributed with many meanings: as a source of food and energy; as a pristine wilderness, or as a bucolic idyll; as a playground, or a place of escape; as a fragile space of nature, in need of protection; and as a primitive place, in need of modernization. But is the idea of the rural still relevant today? Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in Geography and related disciplines. Drawing extensively on the latest research in rural geography, this book explores the diverse meanings that have been attached to the rural, examines how ideas of the rural have been produced and reproduced, and investigates the influence of different ideas in shaping the social and economic structure of rural localities and the everyday lives of people who live, work or play in rural areas. This authoritative book contains case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world to introduce and illustrate conceptual ideas and approaches, as well as suggested further reading. Written in an engaging and lively style, Rural challenges the reader to think differently about the rural.

Product Description: A fictional sequel to Exploration Fawcett. The Colonel resurfaces in the modern world, intent on ousting the New World Order. He has the means, too - an Elixir offering a biblical lifespan to those who join his Crusade.

Product Description: Rural policy has presented some of the most difficult and unexpected challenges of the first decade of the UK's New Labour government. From the Foot and Mouth crisis to the rise of the Countryside Alliance, from farm protests to concerns about rural crime, rural issues have frequently seized headlines and formed the basis of organized opposition to the government...read more

Product Description: What Now Lord? addresses ten foundational matters that are central to the growth and maturity of every Christian. If you are a new believer, one who has attained a degree of maturity or a "seasoned saint," you will be blessed by this book...read more

Describes what volcanoes are and how they form, explains why they can cause the damage they do, and describes the aftermath of several significant volcanoes from the past two centuries.

'With dramatic images and firsthand survivor stories-- plus the latest facts and figures-- this book shows you terrifying tsunami disasters up close'--P. [4] of cover.

Describes mudflows and landslides, providing information on how they develop, where they are most likely to occur, what tragedies have happened in the past, and what steps can be taken to develop warning systems that will save lives.

Discusses famous storms and presents information on how tornados form, how scientists predict them, and how to prepare for them.

Explains why fires are so deadly and describes devastating fires throughout history.

Describes what earthquakes are and explains what causes them and tells what happened during and after major earthquakes that have occurred in the past two hundred and fifty years.

Describes what causes floods, how they do damage, and what relief efforts are involved in cleaning up the devastation they cause, and covers major floods that have happened since 1889.

Describes what hurricanes are and how they form, explains why they can cause the damage they do, and describes the aftermath of several significant hurricanes and cyclones from the past two centuries.

Explains what avalanches are and how they occur, describes the destruction they can cause and the rescue efforts often used to find people in the snow, and provides a history of major avalanches the have occurred since prehistoric times.