Selection of the world's most quotable remarks ranging from painful puns to graveyard gags and laughable last words

Presents brief accounts of altruistic and humane actions of Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, Harriet Tubman, Corrie ten Boom, and others.

Startling photographs and a clear text in a large-format book recount the story of Egypt's most famous mummy, Tutankhamen, showing details of his tomb, telling of life in the boy pharoah's day, and recapturing the excitement of the tomb's discovery.

Here is a definitive guide on mixing colors in acrylic, an ideal medium for experimenting with a range of brilliant colors. Inside you'll learn that acrylic is versatile and easy to use, and the colors are bright and long lasting. And after a brief introduction to color theory, you'll be on your way to creating an exciting new array of both intense and subtle colors. o Discover the basics of color theory--hue, value, and saturation o Learn the exact ratios for mixing dozens of blues, greens, yellows, oranges, reds, and purples o Master the tricks of paring color complements o Explore the importance of neutral and how to mix a variety of browns and grays o Be inspired by glorious painting demonstrations and still life arrangements, complete with color call-outs and color mixing ratios

Introduces the gods of the ancient Greeks, and recounts the stories of the creation, the battles of Zeus and the Titans, Bellerophon, Perseus, Jason, Theseus, Heracles, the Trojan War, Odysseus, and other myths and legends.

Product Description: Many of the 500,000 AS/400 computers now in service are being adapted to run Windows NT (soon to be Windows 2000). This manual offers the most complete and authoritative information for this implementation. Based on the IBM Redbook on the subject, this exhaustive book has been edited into a concise, clear version complete with the figures and graphics typical of the best computer guides...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fighting tyranny, as notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This reference book for art students, teachers, and professionals presents examples of finished paintings, as well as color charts that demonstrate color mixing as it applies to watercolors, acrylics, and oils. Students learn how to choose and mix colors to produce the maximum color range from the minimum number of paints...read more

Bug World, an insect-themed amusement park, falls prey to the jealous owner of rival bug theme park, WaspWars, and chaos ensues.

Product Description: This book is part of the Archive Photographs series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.

Product Description: This book covers clinical examination in orthopaedics at an advanced level, bringing together important techniques and concepts that can normally only be found in large, specialist surgical texts. It adopts a systemic approach, taking each region in turn, and uses bullet points, key information tables, algorithms, summary boxes and clear photographs or line drawings to present information in an easy-to-read way and to and highlight important hints and common pitfalls...read more

The journal of a young woman who went missing on a trip up the Nile to search for the tomb of the god Osiris in 1926 provides readers with detailed observations of the many incredible things seen and explored during her previous travels via photos, detailed drawings, foldout maps, and postcards.

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny, and includes illustrated notes explaining the historical basis of the legend.

The people of Shortsville have lost all their hair due to an evil wizard's curse, and the reader can help them break the spell by solving the picture puzzles set in different scenes around town.

Collects four picture puzzle books involving dragons, knights, evil spells, stolen swords, and aliens.

A guide to dragons for the aspiring owner covers babies, flight, hoarding tendencies, enemies, and how to find one.

Presents an account of how the mother country relearned the game, and opened her heart and wallet to a generation of foreign stars and a host of foreign managers. From the first forays in the late 19th century to the golden age of Cantona, Henry and Mourinho, and the Russian Revolution at Stanford Bridge, this work tells football's great story.

The definitive biography of motor cycling legend Barry Sheene