Kieron Connolly Libri

Tantissimi tra i più spaventosi e pericolosi mostri, draghi e creature della notte che abbiano mai inquietato l’animo dell’uomo nel corso della storia. Schede illustrate di ogni creatura, con le principali caratteristiche fisiche, curiosità e mappe della provenienza. Affascinanti testi raccontano le origini e la storia di ogni mostro, corredati da magnifiche illustrazioni che completano lo scenario. Un’imperdibile panoramica di mostri e draghi di ogni tempo e di ogni luogo, dai più famosi apparsi nei libri e in televisione a quelli più antichi o nascosti in angoli remoti del pianeta.

The History of Hollywood is the story of sex and excess, murder and suicide, ambition and betrayal, and how money can make almost everyone compromise. Intensively researched and superbly entertaining, the book reveals that the stories behind the silver screen are at least as gripping as many of those on it.

Ruined cities overgrown by jungle. Towns buried beneath the ground. Statues lying half- hidden in the sand. Why do civilisations collapse? Why are towns abandoned? And how do once mighty cities come to be forgotten about? From the pyramids of Egypt to the ruins at Angkor in Cambodia and on to the mysteries of the Easter Island moai statues, Abandoned Civilisations is a brilliant pictorial work examining lost worlds. What emerges is a picture of how vast societies can rise, thrive and then collapse. We admire how whole cities develop, but equally fascinating is what happens when their moment has passed. From the 9th century temples at Khajuraho in India which were lost in the date palm trees until stumbled across by European engineers in the 19th century to Mayan pyramids in the Guatemalan jungle to Roman cities semi-buried – but consequently preserved – in the North African desert, the book explores why societies fall and what, once abandoned, they leave behind to history. With 150 striking colour photographs exploring 100 worlds, Abandoned Civilisations is a fascinating visual history of the mysteries of lost societies.

A hundred years old, Hollywood is the world's largest film business with its movies adored around the globe. But the drama on-screen has been matched, and is often exceeded by the lives off-screen.

Featuring over 150 stunning color photographs, this book showcases hauntingly beautiful locations, including ghost towns and majestic shipwrecks. Each image captures the eerie allure of these sites, inviting readers to explore the stories and history behind them. The layout spans one or two spreads per location, providing a captivating visual journey through these remarkable and often forgotten places.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln Is the story of the United States that of George Washington, John Adams and Barack Obama? Or of slave rebel Nat Turner, of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King? Or Sitting Bull and Al Capone? Or Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and OJ Simpson? Of course, it is the story of all these, of both civil war and world war, of gold rush and dust bowl, of the Pilgrim Fathers and religious cults, of Prohibition and the Mafia, of the Salem Witch Trials and the McCarthy-era witch-hunts. From the Iroquois and early European settlers to the Revolutionary War and Civil War, from slavery to segregation, from the frontier to the Reservations, Bloody History of America is a chronological examination of the United States through politics, labour, big business, crime and culture. Featuring such varied characters as Thomas Jefferson and John Brown, Bugsy Siegel and J P Morgan, Calamity Jane, Chuck Berry and Bonnie & Clyde, it tells the story of the first 'new nation', the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule, and how it became the world's most powerful country. Extensively researched and illustrated with 180 color and black & white artworks and illustrations, Bloody History of America is a lively and fascinating account of the darker side of the story of the United States.

"Full of fun facts, A-Z of dinosaurs explains the meanings of each animal name and shows you how to say it out loud"--Back cover

Extensively researched and illustrated with 180 photos and artworks, The History of America is a lively and fascinating account of the history of the United States of America.

Forests cover a third of our planet's land mass. They are home to more than three-quarters of the world's species. They absorb a quarter of the carbon dioxide that industries pump into the air. Their existence supports human life. We both treasure them and waste them. Forests explores more than 130 fascinating woodlands from around the world.

Hollywood liczy sobie sto lat i jest największym centrum przemysłu filmowego na świecie, a jego filmy podziwiane są dosłownie wszędzie. Ale dramaty rozgrywające się na ekranie często mają swoje dużo mroczniejsze odpowiedniki za kulisami.