Jan Adkins is een auteur en illustrator wiens werken zich verdiepen in geschiedenis, technologie en een breed scala aan andere onderwerpen. Geprezen om zijn vermogen om complexe onderwerpen toegankelijk en boeiend te maken, creëert Adkins verhalen die zowel informatief als meeslepend zijn. Zijn kenmerkende stijl wordt gekenmerkt door nauwgezette details en duidelijke, vaak handgetekende illustraties die de tekstuele inhoud verrijken. Met zijn boeken probeert Adkins nieuwsgierigheid te wekken en een dieper begrip van de wereld te bevorderen.
Pearson English Literature is an exciting new textbook with integrated online resources, which comprehensively covers the 2011 Literature syllabus. For students and teachers of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, written and developed by a practising IB teacher, assistant examiner and workshop leader.
Bound set of Getting Started in Boats, from WoodenBoat magazine, issues 1-20. Each issue is 8 pages, with topics like Building the Lumberyard Skiff, to Building the Peace Canoe, Flat bottomed skiffs, strip planking, small boat shapes, annual painting, wood selection, home boatshops, reading boat plans, and more.
The almost forgotten craft of shifting large weights with brains instead of engines. Beginning with practical rules for moving like Get the Ming vase out of the Room. All the way out, and What goes up comes down heavier. This is a fascinating description of applied physics in the real world. If you move engine blocks, concrete mooring sinkers, or nothing heavier than this book from table to lap, you'll enjoy the encouraging narrative and the precise drawings. Not everyone moves coffins with marbles or sheet steel with baseballs, but you might very well find an idea to help you move Uncle Harry's monstrous bathtub out of the basement, or a reluctant oak stump out of the yard.