The cover is wonderful- Rupert is on top of an outcrop rock in a Welsh looking Snowdonia like scene. In his hand he is clutching the straps of a camera in a case. Dinky the Cat is to his left and Algy Pug and a rabbit look on. When you open the book out and look at the back cover together with the front you get the full beauty of the scene and the wonderful composition that was the genius of Alfred Bestall who's signature is written on the foot extreme left. Bill Badger and Edward Trunk are climbing after him and on a further rock sits Tom Pied Piper's son together with Margaret the little girl from Robin Down from the story `Rupert and the Distant Music'.
Seeing the Elephant - Understanding Globalization from Trunk to Tail
Thanks to globalization, more countries depend on each other for trade, capital, and ideas than ever before. Yet politically, these countries are drifting further apart. In Seeing the Elephant, author and emerging markets expert Peter Marber describes how increasing economic integration and the rise of new actors is drastically altering the geopolitical landscape, and offers insights on how the US can maintain a leading role in the 21st century and beyond.
From the opening bars, when the body of Tony Aliso is pulled from the trunk of his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud on Mulholland Drive, to the final grace note on a Hawaiian beach, Connelly has crafted a jazzy, funky, roller coaster of a book. The return of maverick L.A. homicide detective Hieronymous (Harry) Bosch (from 1995's The Last Coyote) is cause for rejoicing.
Acland's DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy - 03- The Trunk (VIDEO)
The third DVD in this remarkable and beautifully produced DVD anatomy atlas explores the fundamental structures of the Trunk. DVD 3 consists of four sections, describing the musculoskeletal aspects of The Spine; The Thorax; The Abdomen; and The Pelvis.
