Celebrate the beautiful and the unique with a sticker compendium of more than 1 000 stunning selections from the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Celebrate the beautiful and the unique with a sticker compendium of more than 1 000 stunning selections from... Lees meer.

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Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian s collections curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a... Lees meer.

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Packed with thousands of facts stats and illustrations covering all the questions that children love to ask. When. Where. What. Why. This stimulating and comprehensive encyclopedia answers all the questions that circle through the minds of children almost every d... Lees meer.

From the smallest seeds to the tallest trees this beautiful children s guide is a must-have for any budding botanist or plant lover. We can t live without plants. We need them for food shelter even the air we breathe yet we know surprisingly little about them. Why d... Lees meer.

Which president holds the record for the most vetoes. Which president had the largest shoe size. Who was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II. Who was the tallest president. These questions and many many more are answered in The Smithson... Lees meer.

This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space from Sputnik s launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond. Spaceflight chronicles how in the six decades that f... Lees meer.

A comprehensive study of the development and significance of airpower in World War I comparing various military political technological industrial and cultural aspects of airpower in the major combatant powers and discussing aviators lives and their attitudes tow... Lees meer.

Focusing primarily on dancers who have performed with the Paris Opera Ballet this portfolio of forty-six duotone images taken between 1953 and 1994 pays homage to the art as revealed in dancers bodies. Rudolf Nureyev stands intently playing a piano in a prop-filled st... Lees meer.

Since the seventh century the Hajj or Great Pilgrimage to Mecca has been a lifelong goal of devout Muslims throughout the world. Entire households may save for years to send a respected family member to Mecca. Egyptian Hajjis or Hajjas if female traditionally cele... Lees meer.

Papers from the August 1992 conference describe the importance of key airline pioneers and the links between commercial air carriers and the military focusing on the economic political and social bases of civil and commercial aviation in the US and other countries du... Lees meer.

In these 19 insightful and frequently witty meditations Stephen E. Weil examines the purposes and functions of the museum in the late 20th century proposing museums make encounters with a variety of visitors more central to their operation.... Lees meer.

Written by leading scholars each book in this series provides an up-to-date assessment of a particular area of the ancient world. Abundantly illustrated in full color the series places readers at the cutting edge of modern archaeological thinking.A pioneer in the fiel... Lees meer.

Provides information on the field of cultural ecology. This book includes biological and climatic data and ethnographic and archaeological evidence that reemphasize the complexity of the ecosystem. It intends to broaden our understanding of sophisticated adaptations am... Lees meer.