age ~78
from Dillard, GA
New York City is a lot of things, but most of all it's a city of skyscrapers. From the cake-icing Gothic detailing of the Woolworth Building to the shimmering Art Deco of the Chrysler Building, tall buildings make Manhattan the ideal image of a city. Manhattan Skyscrapers was the first book to docum...
Author
Eric Nash
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
216
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN #
1568985452
EAN Code
9781568985459
ISBN #
11
Taking nonfiction into the realm of bedtime read-to-me stories, this rich, melodic text paired with detailed color pencil illustrations describes how 13 North American animal species—such as black bear, ermine, pileated woodpecker, porcupine, river otter, and ruffed grouse—survive harsh winter snow...
Author
Lynda Graham-Barber
Binding
Paperback
Pages
24
Publisher
Birdsong Books
ISBN #
0966276167
EAN Code
9780966276169
ISBN #
9
Narrated in journal entries from the point of view of a red knot—a robin-sized shore bird that migrates 20,000 miles annually, from the tip of South America to the Arctic Circle and back—this book depicts one such dramatic journey in stunningly detailed colored-pencil illustrations of the flight ove...
Author
Nancy Carol Willis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
32
Publisher
Birdsong Books
ISBN #
0966276159
EAN Code
9780966276152
ISBN #
6
This educational tale of the migration, mating, and nesting habits of a pair of robins as they raise and care for their young will delight parents, teachers, and children. Beginning with the welcome return of the robins in early spring, simple language and beautifully detailed colored-pencil illustr...
Author
Nancy Carol Willis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
32
Publisher
Birdsong Books
ISBN #
0966276116
EAN Code
9780966276114
ISBN #
5
Describing a year in the life of a raccoon family as the mother teaches her cubs to climb trees, find food, and survive predators, this fun and educational wildlife guide teaches children about one of North America's most intelligent and ubiquitous mammals. Detailed illustrations portray the birth a...
Author
Nancy Carol Willis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
32
Publisher
Birdsong Books
ISBN #
0966276132
EAN Code
9780966276138
ISBN #
4
New York Deco profiles the architecture of the city during its most stylish and dazzling decades: the 1920s and early 1930s. New York City landmarks were born in this age - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, and the Waldorf-Astoria - as well as dozens of lesser-kn...
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
160
Publisher
Welcome Books
ISBN #
1599620782
EAN Code
9781599620787
ISBN #
3
A rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the construction of the Empire State Building. The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
192
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN #
0393732312
EAN Code
9780393732313
ISBN #
2
Although fundamental factors of program, technology, and economics make tall buildings everywhere take similar forms, skyscrapers in New York and Chicago developed very differently in the first half of the twentieth century. In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies ...
Author
Carol Willis
Binding
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN #
1568980442
EAN Code
9781568980447
ISBN #
1