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Author: Camilla De la Bédoyère
Publisher: Miles Kelly
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781848109087
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explore the awesome planet and everything in it with remarkable guide. The book focuses on the extremes of core reference subjects. From deadly animal battles and futuristic spy technology to super volcanoes and other coldest places in the universe.
Author: Mike Veseth
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2013-07-17
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1442219246
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Extreme Wine, wine economist and best-selling author Mike Veseth circles the globe searching for the best, worst, cheapest, most expensive, and most over-priced wines. Mike seeks out the most outrageous wine people and places and probes the biggest wine booms and busts. Along the way he applauds celebrity wines, tries to find wine at the movies, and discovers wines that are so scarce that they are almost invisible. Why go to such extremes? Because, Mike argues, the world of wine is growing and changing, and if you want to find out what’s really happening you can’t be afraid to step over the edge. Written with verve and appreciation for all things wine, Extreme Wine will surprise and delight readers.
Author: Francis Tsai
Publisher: IMPACT
Published: 2009-11-06
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781600613418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a highly practical guide for budding artists who want to create their own extreme sci-fi worlds. Core elements of sci-fi art are taught through ingenious exercises and eleven detailed step by step projects. Subjects covered include aliens, robots, space ships, weapons, space stations and strange planets.
Author: Bill Curtsinger
Publisher: White Star
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788854400788
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lovers of marine life and connoisseurs of photography will delight in this beautifully produced book dedicated to the surprising elements of the "unseen." In Extreme Nature, National Geographic photographer Bill Curtsinger takes us to locations around the globe, from the North to the South Poles, where he reveals in amazing detail the lives of elusive water creatures-some never before photographed-and those that are ubiquitous but rarely observed close up. These images represent some of the best of his thirty-year career, and here he reflects on the subtle elements that make his art so powerful.The splendid photography in Extreme Nature is the result of a profound sensitivity to the aquatic environment. "I worship the single-minded effort that still photography embodies," Curtsinger says, "the challenge, the solitary immersion in an animal's world and the rewards that are often found in such an adventure." The reader accompanies him on these adventures, plumbing the depths around icebergs and volcanoes, meeting sharks, sea turtles, seals, narwhals, whales, and many others along the way. As he shares his wondrous visions, the author also explains his approach to the photographic artistry. "My goal," he says, "is to immerse myself in an animal's world so that I can extract from those moments a new image, or a new insight into behavior heretofore unseen. I become the creature I pursue, in theory anyway . . ." This elegant book becomes a journey not only into aquatic wildlife but also into the art of photography itself.
Author: Peter Lane Taylor
Publisher: Schaum's Outline Series
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chronicles the adventures of the men and women who are not only scientists but explorers devoted to unraveling the mysteries of the natural world.
Author: Sean Finnigan
Publisher:
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781584539889
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Extreme sports can be both exciting and dangerous to do. This book is about many different kinds of extreme sports people like to do.
Author: Kimberly Ridley
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Published: 2018-06-12
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 0884485781
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Selected for the 2018 Bank Street College of Education Best STEM Children’s Books of the Year What do the goblin shark, horseshoe crab, the “indestructible” water bear, and a handful of other bizarre animals have in common? They are all “extreme survivors,” animals that still look much like their prehistoric ancestors from millions of years ago. Meet ten amazing animals that appear to have changed little in more than 100 million years. They are the rare exceptions to the rule. More than 99 percent of all life forms have gone extinct during the 3.6-billion-year history of life on Earth. Other organisms have changed dramatically, but not our extreme survivors. Evolution may have altered their physiology and behavior, but their body plans have stood the test of time. How have these living links with Earth’s prehistoric past survived? The search for answers is leading scientists to new discoveries about the past—and future—of life on Earth. The survival secrets of some of these ancient creatures could lead to new medicines and treatments for disease. Written in a lively, entertaining voice, Extreme Survivors provides detailed life histories and strange “survival secrets” of ten ancient animals and explains evolution and natural selection. Extensive back matter includes glossary, additional facts and geographic range for each organism and a geologic timeline of Earth. F&P Level V
Author: Pramod K. Nayar, Professor of English at the University of Hyderabad, India
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017-02-08
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1783483679
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines extremity as a political and cultural phenomenon in the late 20th and early 21st century. It argues that we can discern a ‘continuum of extremes/extremity’ on which we may locate practices as diverse as Abu Ghraib, extreme sports, biomedical TV series and horror films.
Author: Eric Brymer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-03-27
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 1317340736
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Understanding the motivations behind those who partake in extreme sports can be difficult for some. If the popular conception holds that the incentive behind extreme sports participation is entirely to do with risking one’s life, then this confusion will continue to exist. However, an in-depth examination of the phenomenology of the extreme sport experience yields a much more complex picture. This book revisits the definition of extreme sports as those activities where a mismanaged mistake or accident would most likely result in death. Extreme sports are not necessarily synonymous with risk and participation may not be about risk-taking. Participants report deep inner transformations that influence world views and meaningfulness, feelings of coming home and authentic integration as well as a freedom beyond the everyday. Phenomenologically, these experiences have been interpreted as transcendent of time, other, space and body. Extreme sport participation therefore points to a more potent, life-enhancing endeavour worthy of further investigation. This book adopts a broad hermeneutic phenomenological approach to critique the assumed relationship to risk-taking, the death wish and the concept of "No Fear" in extreme sports, and repositions the experience in a previously unexplored manner. This is valuable reading for students and academics interested in Sports Psychology, Social Psychology, Health Psychology, Tourism, Leisure Studies and the practical applications of phenomenology.
Author: Charlotte Guillain
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1410962989
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduces some of the world's most extreme athletes, including a brother duo of desert marathoners, a disability team of off-road automobile racers, and a world record-holding long-distance cyclist.
