Frankenstein: How a Monster Became an Icon: The Science and Enduring Allure of Mary Shelley's Creation, Hardcover

DescriptionA thrilling and gruesome look at the science that influenced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The year 1818 saw the publication of one of th...

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Reimagining Dinosaurs is aimed at literary scholars, historians of science, and curious general readers. Unlike previous works, which suggest that ...

Reducere. Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West...

Unpicking the ever-changing myth of the West in photography, from the 19th century to nowPublished for an exhibition at the Figge Art Museum in Dav...

Reducere. Pairing free verse with over three hundred pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations, Mary's Monster is a unique and stunning biography of ...

Reducere. "It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another." Mary Shelley, Franken...

DescriptionCompletely annotated and provided with maps, essays, and chilling illustrations, this unique edition of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" an...

The extraordinary story of a slave-girl who rose from concubine to become the Ottoman Empire's only queen.

Completely annotated and provided with maps, essays, and chilling illustrations, this unique edition of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" answers some ...

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Publisher: FantagraphicsAuthor(s): Casanova FrankensteinIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dime...

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Bernard Villemont's poster art can be seen everywhere--in galleries, museums, and poster shops throughout the world. Whether promoting Perrier, Bal...

DescriptionBen was just a young boy living in a small town; but, already had a life that was less then perfect. Just a normal boy that wanted to pl...

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Takes us into the heart of the biggest company on earth, ever, to show how the 'Wal-Mart effect' shapes lives everywhere, whether for cleaners in A...

Reducere. Description- Helps bridge the gap between love of God and love of nature - A separate Facilitator's Guide accompanies the book for small group usag...

A revealing look at how antislavery scientists and Black and white abolitionists used scientific ideas to discredit slaveholders In the context of ...

DescriptionIn celebration of the Brady Bunch's 50th anniversary, TV writer Kimberly Potts writes a Seinfeldia-like definitive history of the show t...

Reducere. Sir Romeo Beau is a sweet and unique basset hound service-work doggie. In recent years, basset hounds have increasingly been used as therapy dogs b...

Reducere. This is the original, 1818 text of Frankenstein. In 1831, the more traditionally first "popular" edition in one volume appeared.This version of the...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): James CrowdenNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 42Cover type: Hardback...

Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): James CrowdenNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 39Cover type: Paperbac...

DescriptionFrom the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story of espionage, survival, and friendship during World War II. Bertie Brad...

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Reducere. Through people-to-people encounters, we expand our sense of mutual understanding and respect.Welcome Back to Abuja Once Again: How I Became a Citiz...

History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they co...

When angsty teenager Mary Shelley is not interested in carrying on her family's celebrated legacy of being a great writer, but she soon discovers t...

Reducere. A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from--for the first time--the point of view of the userIn a shockingly short amount of ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is the original 1818 'Uncensored' Edition of Frankenstein as first published anonymously in 1818...

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Technology, a word that emerged historically first to denote the study of any art or technique, has come, in modernity, to describe advanced machin...

Reducere. Pirates have green teeth--when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle an...

An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding ...