The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures – gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen –are now victims of their own success. They are heroes who’ve outlived their usefulness.But then gold is discovered in Alaska and the adjacent Canadian Klondike and a new frontier suddenly looms - an immense unexplored territory filled with frozen waterways, dark spruce forests, and towering mountains capped by glistening layers of snow and ice.
"They sat for a while, engulfed by sunlight, cool air and silence. A raven planed down from the rim, circled around a cottonwood, landed on a Russian olive across the canyon floor and perched, waiting for them to die."
• Twenty-five spectacular houses • Hundreds of full-color photos plus floor plans • Presents the story behind each design What makes a house a home? That’s the question answered by each of the twenty-five remarkable houses showcased in this colorful book, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and floor plans. In-depth commentary by the contributing architects explores the personality and mood of each design, as well as the technical details. Houses Now takes readers into the minds of the designers and the homeowners to reveal how thinking outside the box produces beautiful and inspiring architecture.
Added by: silyuntj | Karma: 1039.76 | Fiction literature | 22 February 2011
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The Brightest Star in the Sky
Welcome to 66 Star Street... In the top floor flat lives music exec Katie. She spends her days fighting off has-been rock stars and wondering how much cheesecake you’d need to eat yourself to death.
Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?: And Other Questions About Your Health and Body
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Humans use only ten percent of their brains. If you cross your eyes, they'll stay that way. You may have heard these common sayings and beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let's investigate seventeen health-related statements and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out if the five second rule for dropping food on the floor is true! Discover if eating chocolate can give you pimples! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
