Ambassadors from Earth - Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft
Gallentine, a film and video engineer and a lifelong space buff, tells tales about the exciting early days of unmanned space exploration in this sprawling account. From Sputnik through James Van Allen and his assistant George Ludwig's discovery, with a tape recorder, of massive amounts of radioactivity above the atmosphere, to the two Voyager missions with their gold-plated Rosetta stones, many lifelong space buffs will know Gallentine's story by heart. What makes his account special is the amount of access he had to Van Allen and Ludwig, who shared previously unknown details of their early collaboration.
A series of four books progressing from beginner to intermediate level, for students starting grammar at or around the age of nine.
Grammar is a progressive series of four illustrated books for schools where English grammar is taught from an early age. Grammar Two contains * Short texts showing how each structure is used * Grammar notes * Oral and written exercises * Activities and pairwork
A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession- strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician David Byrne-who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since the early 1980s-relates his adventures as he pedals through an engages with some of the world's major cities.
The Byzantine world underwent a remarkable recovery of intellectual energy in the period following the recovery of Constantinople in 1261. The reaction of the emperors and their entourage of well-educated high officials to their political disasters was a deliberate reivial of the glories of ancient Greek culture. The main subject of this book is the preservation and dissemination by this learned elite of such ancient literature, philosophy and science as still survived then, the development of editorial techniques which resulted in more complete and less corrupt texts, and their improvement buy the addition of commentaries and other innovations.
Collaborative Intervention in Early Childhood: Consulting with Parents and Teachers of 3- to 7-Year-Olds"This is an incredibly helpful book - informed by research in infant/early childhood mental health, insights from the neurosciences, and the latest findings on sensory-regulatory processing difficulties. With its use of plain language and empathic stance, it both demystifies the complex processes underlying young children's development and offers ways to understand and respond to a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. Collaborative Intervention in Early Childhood is an outstanding resource that early childhood specialists will embrace."--Gerard Costa, Ph.D
