For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone. On a deeper level, the genre has reflected important themes, concerns and developments in American society, so that a history of science fiction film also serves as a cultural history of America over the past half century.
Andrew Burke, Lonely Planet Iran
2004 | Lonely Planet | ISBN: 1740594258 | Pages: 410 | PDF | ~105 MB
The latest edition of 2004. They say perhaps a new edition will come out in 2008 (they already told that in 2006 as well).
This eBook is a preschool through kindergarten home school unit study on the solar system.
It is based on Fisher Price's Planet Heroes and is designed to teach children the names of the nine planets, their order from the sun, what letters they start with, and their colors, as well as one characteristic of each planet.
All of the printables needed for this unit study are included in this 49-page eBook. There is also a short supplies list of other materials needed to complete the unit. Pictures of each project have been included too.
Ender and Valentine Wiggin are brother and sister who both share the gift of genius. The monstrous Starways Congress has sent a warfleet to their home planet of Lusitania, containing two alien species and the deadliest virus ever known. They have also issued the order to destroy the planet.
Xenocide is the third installment of the Ender series. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to transform into adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effect of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entire planet and all who live there. The Fleet is on its way and a second Xenocide seems inevitable, until the Fleet vanishes.
UNEP’s quarterly magazine Our Planet features authoritative articles
on the theme of environment and development by world scientific and
political leaders. Our Planet has an estimated annual print readership
of around 300,000 a year, while the Internet editions are read by some
seven million people from 118 countries.
Our Planet is
published in English, French, and Spanish, with Korean, Chinese, and
Japanese language versions produced by local UNEP-linked groups. The
first issue of 2007 - which appeared on the occasion of the 24th
session of UNEP's Governing Council in early February - represented a
major overhaul of the magazine, in terms of both content and design.
Under the title 'Connected Dreams - Globalization and Environment' and
echoing the theme of the Governing Council, the new-look Our Planet
features a more modern design, a larger format, as well as a number of
new features: 'reflections', 'verbatim', 'numbers', 'books', 'people',
'awards and events', 'products', and a page on relevant Internet
resources.
Cover Story: Maintaining momentum - Financing action on climate
UNEP’s quarterly magazine Our Planet features authoritative articles
on the theme of environment and development by world scientific and
political leaders. Our Planet has an estimated annual print readership
of around 300,000 a year, while the Internet editions are read by some
seven million people from 118 countries. 
