Do you dream of seeing some real, live bears? Then this essential guide to bear spotting, filled with offbeat humor and quirky illustrations, is for you!

In this perfect read-aloud, sure to delight kids and parents alike, a young aspiring bear spotter ventures into bear country . . . But coming face-to-face with the furry creatures themselves, whether black or brown, can be dangerous, and our protagonist--accompanied by a trusty teddy bear--might need to use some unconventional means to stay out of trouble and avoid being (gulp!) eaten.

This laugh-out-loud, how-to guide--brilliantly brought to life by New York Times bestselling illustrator David Roberts' expressive art--is a must-read for fans ofI Want My Hat Back and Secret Pizza Party.

Awards for There's a Lion in My Cornflakes
Winner, Best Picture Book - Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards
A Guardian Best New Children Book
The Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Week

L'antologia contiene i racconti finalisti della XII edizione del Premio Letterario 'Il Racconto nel Cassetto - Premio Città di Villaricca'. 'Le due facce dell'assassino' di Ruben De Luca. Serial killer, feticista o psicopatico? L'incontro del mostro con la vittima si svolge in un clima di paura, controllo dei pensieri, rabbia, violenza. 'La contabilità della santa' di Michele Piccolino. Gerardo Di Siena è l'erede emigrato in America di Giuditta Di Siena di Cavafratte, morta in odore di santità. Grande festa di benvenuto per Gerardo che a sera si ritrova nella casa della zia alla ricerca di un'eredità più consistente. 'La bellezza sfregiata. La prima indagine di Gavin Green scrittore ambulante' di Roberto Ritondale. È indagato Gavin Green, scrittore di libri gialli, perché presente nella casa di Massimiliano Soncin la sera in cui la moglie Carla è stata assassinata. Ma chi è Gavin Green? Un giornalista, uno scrittore, un investigatore?

In questo volume ci sono più di 400 schede di film di fantascienza, comprendenti curiosità, legami con sequel e remake e con pellicole che hanno la stessa ispirazione. Cosa accomuna queste pellicole tra le migliaia prodotte in tutto il mondo? Non si tratta delle migliori, o più famose, né di un certo periodo storico o sottogenere. L'elemento distintivo è quello di essere film tratti da romanzi e racconti preesistenti. E questo è una novità assoluta a livello editoriale, addirittura in tutto il mondo. Ci interessava esaminare quali sono le differenze, quali le analogie, se la trama viene rispettata, semplificata o addirittura arricchita, se l'idea di base o l'intendimento dello scrittore sono mantenuti... in una parola un raffronto tra testo scritto e rappresentazione scenica. In questo libro si troveranno dunque film tratti da capolavori della fantascienza come '1984', 'Il cacciatore di androidi', 'Cronache marziane', 'Dune', 'Fanteria dello spazio', 'Il giorno dei trifidi', 'Io robot', ma anche film bellissimi tratti da scritti meno conosciuti. Il volume comprende film e sceneggiati per la televisione, numerosi inediti, un'appendice dedicata ai telefilm e oltre 60 illustrazioni.

A pharmacologist and a veterinarian pull back the curtain on the human and animal health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”

Across the country, fracking—the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing—is being touted as the nation’s answer to energy independence and a fix for a flagging economy. Drilling companies assure us that the process is safe, politicians push through drilling legislation without a serious public-health debate, and those who speak out are marginalized, their silence purchased by gas companies and their warnings about the dangers of fracking stifled.

The Real Cost of Fracking pulls back the curtain on how this toxic process endangers the environment and harms people, pets, and livestock. Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Robert Oswald, a pharmacologist, combine their expertise to show how contamination at drilling sites translates into ill health and heartbreak for families and their animals. By giving voice to the people at ground zero of the fracking debate, the authors vividly illustrate the consequences of fracking and issue an urgent warning to all of us: fracking poses a dire threat to the air we breathe, the water we drink, and even our food supply.

Bamberger and Oswald reveal the harrowing experiences of small farmers who have lost their animals, their livelihoods, and their peace of mind, and of rural families whose property values have plummeted as their towns have been invaded by drillers. At the same time, these stories give us hope, as people band together to help one another and courageously fight to reclaim their communities.

The debate over fracking speaks to a core dilemma of contemporary life: we require energy to live with modern conveniences, but what degree of environmental degradation, health risks, and threats to our food supply are we willing to accept to obtain that energy? As these stories demonstrate, the stakes couldn’t be higher, and this is an issue that none of us can afford to ignore.


From the Hardcover edition.

Where is paradise: at the end of the earth
or at home on the sofa? For many, the word
paradise conjures up images of a sunny
beach with palm trees. For others, it might
mean pristine nature, a lively city with
much to see and do, lazing in a hammock,
or relaxing anywhere with a cool sea breeze.
All of these versions of paradise can be
found in the tropics.
Tropical regions around the globe have
always offered an extraordinarily diverse
range of impressions and inspirations. Yet
only recently have countries such as Brazil,
Colombia, Thailand, and Australia begun
to gain international recognition as go-to
sources for contemporary design ideas.
Today, the tropics offer style aficionados at
least as many, if not more, new things to
discover than classic design destinations
such as Italy or Scandinavia with their
established brands.
Living Under the Sun is the first comprehensive
showcase of modern tropical living
styles and their designers. Presenting tropical
interiors at the nexus of timeless tradition
and self-confident freshness, the book
brings their colors and elegantly easy-going
ambience to life. It captures the refreshingly
different coziness of rooms that seem
to flow seamlessly into the exteriors surrounding
them and are thus ideally suited
to local climates and weather occurrences
such as tropical storms.
Living Under the Sun features striking living
and working spaces in Asian homes,
African apartments, and Latin American
haciendas that meld aesthetics with functionality
in exceptional ways. The book also
explores the myriad stylistic devices that
characterize tropical interior design such
as precious woods, natural stone tiles, colorful
glass mosaics, and abundant vegetation
in the form of orchids, ferns, and other
lush plants. It includes stunning examples
of shady green patios, stylish terraces, and
enviable gardens.
Readers of Living Under the Sun are sure
to revel in the tropical charm of the book's
select interiors, décor, and design. Perhaps
they will even be inspired to create their
own paradise at home.

Train trips are classic yet very of the moment. Whether a quick escape through the Alps or a getaway from coast to coast lasting several days, this book takes its readers for a ride through beautiful routes on the most exceptional trains with the best interiors. Trains have always been the only truly cultivated way to travel. Today, in the age of budding airlines, never-ending security controls, and sustainability issues, this is truer than ever before. The slower rhythm from departure to arrival, the relaxed glide through the landscape, and the shift between city and country fill rail enthusiasts with great joy and are pleasures waiting to be discovered by the uninitiated. The Journey presents a varied selection of extraordinary travel opportunities by train from around the world. The reader is invited aboard modern high-speed trains, spectacular panoramic railways, dining carriages, rolling casinos, and elegant compartments of historic luxury trains. The book presents the exteriors and interiors of these different trains, their routes, and their defining character. It takes the reader on a journey to breathtaking canyons and romantic landscapes, recounts adventurous travel reports, and describes the history and current developments of well-known trains, including the Napa Valley Wine Train, the Venice Simplon Orient Express, the Japanese Bullet Train Shinkansen, the Glacier Express, the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the El Transcantabrico. Striking images, informative geographical materials, and personal experiences characterize these train adventures, ranging from the quick three-hour trip to the transcontinental journey lasting several days. The Journey also depicts the many other aspects that contribute to the whole experience of a successful train journey; the architecture of old and new train stations as sites for grand emotions, pictures of passing landscapes and travelling salesmen, advice from experienced train travelers on the right reading material, suitable snacks, recommended stopovers, and how to optimize luggage. Train travel is without a doubt one of the best ways to decelerate from our fast-paced daily lives. After all, the journey is also a destination.

Surprising spatial experiences for all senses: This book features art, interior design, architecture, and striking scenography that leave lasting impressions. It is not a paradox that today--in the era of digitalization and e-commerce--the creation of tangible spaces is gaining in importance. A personal encounter triggers profound thoughts, strong feelings, and memories that last. In other words, the foundation of a meaningful relationship between artist and audience, museum and visitor, shop and customer, or brands and their communities is based uopon an unforgettable experience. Yet all these groups are more discerning than ever before: They want a personalized moment, want to be informed and entertained, pampered, surprised, and inspired. Liquid Spaces shows the many different ways in which this desired effect can be achieved. Galleries, museums, temporary events, pop-up shops, and flagship stores provide the settings for a wide spectrum of unconventional architecture and interior design, where playfully experimental installations or complex productions can be presented. Surprising materials, colors, shapes, and surfaces provide the props, which alongside innovated smells, sounds, and lighting concepts come together in expansive, stage-like gestures with sculptural details. High-end cars are presented like works of art. Art is displayed in the laboratories. Workshops become sacred sites of authenticity. The line between art and commerce is fluid; the quality of the experience is all that matters. Artists, scenographers, and architects, as well as interior and exhibition designers create these extraordinary situations. Liquid Spaces presents the most innovative concepts, most radical designers, and most demanding clients. Those who manage to create incomparable event spaces with local and international appeal, and those responsible for adding the next destination of must-see locations to the map.

The life of urban nomads places new demands on cities, buildings, residences, and working spaces. This book presents temporary architecture and flexible room and furniture concepts, as well as the fitting tools and fashion, for a generation that feels at home in every corner of the globe. Today's internet generation no longer needs a home. It is mobile. It works six months in a shared office in Berlin, spends the summer in a caravan in Chile, and shows up just in time for the next project at a temporary desk for a client in New York. Growing up with the internet and digital tools means living and working differently. Aside from a functioning wireless connection and good coffee, we developers, designers, musicians, journalists, and other creative entrepreneurs need, above all, inspirationnew ideas, contacts, and international exchange. So they travel from one co-working space to the next, alternating countires and continents, as well as accommodation, friends, and cultures. The New Nomadsdocuments this trend, in particular showing the architecture, interior design, modular furniture, and multi-functional tools that this nomadic generation has developed for its own specific needs. Divided office floors with flexible uses, temporary living and working spaces that move with the nomads, multi-functional objects that are at once chair and storage space, table and bed, or cupboard and desk are all featured in the book. The necessary infrastructure is not hidden away but becomes the distinguishing design feature. Compactness and functionality meet a high standard for aesthetics, sustainability, and material. Representatives of this nomadic generation can be found across the globe. They leave traces, especially in major cities but also in transportation hubs. The sleeping pod at the airport is booked on short notice due to cancelled connecting flights. Desks, meeting rooms, showrooms, and catering are available or a few hours or days at a time if necessary. Experimental thinkers develop mobile units that can be used in conjunction with existing infrastructures or on their own. Putting down roots now means acquiring a weekend abode, a community garden, or a tree house. Through these innovative types of room concepts, furniture, and clothing, a multi-functional temporary living space becomes a nomadic home. What might currently be perceived as an exception is, in fact, rapidly becoming the rule. The new requirements that this creates for architects, interior and product designers, city planners, and employers are made clear in this book.

Interiors and Cooking and Private Food Experinces.

Interiors for Resturants Bars and Unusual Food Places.

Un po'diario di viaggio e un po'reportage, questo libro è frutto di un lavoro collegiale dove i testi di Michela Potito e Roberta Borghesi e le foto di Sara Casna e Michele Lapini compongono insieme il racconto in dieci tappe di un'Italia inedita. L'Italia di Genuino Clandestino, una rete di agricoltori e artigiani che hanno creato negli anni un mercato alternativo per affermare con il loro lavoro l'autodeterminazione alimentare e il valore della produzione locale di qualità. Partiti da Monteombraro, nel modenese, gli autori hanno percorso l'Italia in lungo e in largo fino a Ramacca, in provincia di Catania: hanno visitato aziende agricole e laboratori artigianali, hanno dormito sotto il tetto dei protagonisti di questa rivoluzione, mangiando e lavorando con loro per riportare su queste pagine un quadro autentico fatto di volti, gesti e scelte coraggiose di chi oggi lotta per ricordare a noi tutti la necessità di un rapporto più diretto e consapevole con la terra e il cibo. Postfazione di Wu Ming 2.

La mostra di Michele Roberto presenta un percorso espositivo attraverso 20 immagini provenienti dal suo archivio personale. Alba e tramonto sono il filo conduttore che le lega: lo sguardo attento, curioso e rivelatore si sofferma particolarmente sull'alba, un tema intrigante tra i fenomeni ripetitivi che la natura ci offre quotidianamente, cogliendo in particolare il senso profondo della ritualità del fenomeno con l'obiettivo aperto in diversi momenti del mattino, della notte, della sera alla ricerca della religiosità dell'emozione e di altri significati che questi aspetti sovente includono. Il volume è il Catalogo della mostra di Bari (Palazzo della Provincia, 17 settembre - 11 ottobre 2015).

'La formazione dei regimi oligarchici nel senso dei regimi democratici moderni è organica. In altri termini, essa è da considerarsi quale tendenza, alla quale deve soggiacere ogni organizzazione, persino la socialistica, persino la libertaria. Questa tendenza si spiega in parte colla psicologia, cioè coi cambiamenti psichici che le singole personalità subiscono nel corso del loro moto evolutivo nel partito; in parte invece anche, ed anzi in primo luogo, con ciò che si potrebbe chiamare la psicologia dell'organizzazione stessa, vale a dire colle necessità di natura tattica e tecnica, che derivano dal consolidarsi dell'aggregato in ragione diretta del suo procedere disciplinatamente sulla via della politica. Se vi è una legge sociologica, a cui sottostanno i partiti politici - e prendiamo qui la parola politica nel suo senso più lato - questa legge, ridotta alla sua formula più concisa, non può non suonare che all'incirca così: L'organizzazione è la madre della signoria degli eletti sugli elettori. L'organizzazione di ogni partito rappresenta una potente oligarchia su piede democratico. Dovunque, in essa, si rintracciano elettori ed eletti, ma, pure dovunque dominio quasi illimitato dei capi sulle masse elettrici. Sulla base democratica s'innalza, nascondendola, la struttura oligarchica dell'edificio'. (Roberto Michels, dal Capitolo I, Parte II). Introduzione di Carlo Gambescia e Jerónimo Molina.

Cauti passi all'ombra di olivi secolari e sull'arenile dove eterna l'onda si infrange. Terra di profumi... all'irrompere di passioni improvvise. - Il viaggio attraversa la notte con gli occhi attenti sul mondo di stelle di luci artificiali di uomini di donne dall'accento straniero. - Il cuore e la mente forgiano la memoria, la proteggono fedeli custodi di un tempo eroico troppo presto dismesso e oltraggiato. Il sangue si traduce in spirito... Marialucia, Roberta e Mario Michele prendono per mano il lettore e lo guidano per Meandri sconosciuti.

The articles in this carefully edited anthology for introductory sociology demonstrate the significance of sociology in everyday life, and show that what seems “obvious” is often not-so-obvious when subjected to sociological analysis.

As with prevision editions, this revision includes a range of styles and examples that reflect common experiences and phenomena; important social issues and problems; the relationship between the individual and society; and a sociological perspective on specific historic events. One overarching theme, represented by the metaphor of “architecture” in the title, is that as social beings, we are constantly building and rebuilding our social environments. Many readings are based on research done in the past five years, and others are sociological classics.