Featuring over 300 pieces of artwork spanning decades of Ian's work, this collection is a treat for all lovers of great fantasy art - from Lovecraft novel covers to Tolkien bestiaries to Warhammer 40,000 concept art, through a veritable trove of gothic humour, fantasy battles, dragons, beasts and a world of nightmarish visions.
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Set in a future where Earth's first off-world colony on Zhinu has fallen silent, the story follows Macpherson Yenko, a renowned yet contentious quantum physicist. He embarks on a perilous mission to investigate the ghost town that was once a thriving capital, discovering small remnants of communities. As he delves deeper, Yenko uncovers a chilling truth that poses a grave threat to humanity's survival, blending elements of science fiction with suspenseful exploration and existential stakes.
A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott.Everybody has bad dreams. Horrible things move towards you in the dark, things you can hear but not see. Then you wake up, in your own warm bed, and turn over to go back to sleep. But imagine that you wake up on a hard floor, in a darkness blacker than the blackest night. You listen to the silence, and smell a wet dead smell. Death is all around you, waiting . . . In these stories by Edgar Allan Poe, death whispers at you from every dark corner, and fear can send you mad . . .
Exploring Irish history through the human body, the narrative delves into intriguing artifacts like the Clonycavan Man, a 2,000-year-old bog body, and ancient skulls thought to belong to giants. Medical historian Dr. Ian Miller presents a captivating examination of how physical remains reveal insights into Ireland's past, intertwining gruesome events with historical significance. This unique approach offers a fresh perspective on the country's rich heritage, blending entertainment with education in an engaging exploration of mortality and identity.
"Other than air, the only substance more vital to life is water. Our bodies brim with it, and if we're deprived of it for even a few days, the results can be fatal. Our planet, too, is mostly water, with oceans across approximately 70 per cent of its surface. But potable water has in many times and places been a scarce resource. Water traces the history of our relationship with drinking water -- our attempts to find it, keep it clean and make it widely available. From ancient times to the present, humans have tried many ways to render water palatable: boiling it for tea, distilling or brewing it as part of alcoholic beverages, or piping it from springs, bubbles and all. Ian Miller covers the histories of water treatment and supply, belief in its medicinal powers, the rising popularity of branded bottled water and much more. As access to fresh water becomes an ever more potent problem worldwide, this book is a fascinating reminder of our long engagement with this most vital fluid."--Book jacket.
L'ironie et le paradoxe façonnent ce singulier roman d'éducation, devenu un classique de la littérature enfantine, alors qu'il est bien plus que cela. Un enfant de quatorze ans, Jim Hawkins, y fait l'apprentissage e la maîtrise, avec pour mentor le plus faussement débonnaire des boucaniers. Sa folie s'avère bonne conseillère, et ses nombreux écarts de conduite sauvent le clan des adultes, gardiens d'une loi décidément trop sage. Quant au trésor, escamoté au nez et à la barbe des pirates, il est aussitôt dépensé, comme s'il brûlait les doigts, comme si à l'appel de l'or avait succédé sa malédiction. Nourri d'émotions élémentaires, entre émerveillement et terreur, rêve et cauchemar, ce récit consacre le plus subtil des écrivains, en élevant l'aventure au rang d'art majeur.
Extraordinary artwork recreates three classic Poe tales.
"Masks have been a ubiquitous and oft-politicized aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of painstakingly organized pre-pandemic planning documents led public health experts to initially discourage the use of masks, or even insinuate that they could lead to increased rates of spread. Yet seemingly in a matter of days in spring 2020, leading infectious disease scientists and organizations reversed their previous positions and recommended masking as the key tool to slow the spread of COVID and dramatically reduce infections. Unmasked tells the story of how effective or ineffective masks and mask mandate policies were in impacting the trajectory of the pandemic throughout the world. Author Ian Miller covers the earliest days of the pandemic, from experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicting their previous statements and recommending masks as the most important policy intervention against the spread of COVID, to the months afterward as many locations around the globe mandated masks in nearly all public settings. With easy-to-understand charts and visual aids, along with detailed, clear explanations of the dramatic shift in policy and expectations, Unmasked makes the data-driven case that masks might not have achieved the goals that Fauci and other public health experts created."-- Provided by publisher
The discovery that her horse can talk leads Rowan on an adventurous quest with her brother and cousins to find a cure for a looming threat to their loved ones. As they delve deeper, they uncover the possibility that Gypsy, their beloved horse, may be a mythical creature with a history of aiding humanity in times of crisis. The story blends elements of fantasy and family bonds, highlighting themes of courage and the unexpected connections between humans and animals.
