Cruikshank: 29 books
by George Cruikshank
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
It is fair to characterise the three suites of original water-colour drawings, as executed by our artist, as unique examples of the great George Cruikshank's special individual proficiency as an exponent of this branch of technical dexterity.
More-over, it may be regarded as a fortunate circumstance...
Learning to Be Old
Gender, Culture, and Aging
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Margaret Cruikshank’s Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism. In this book, Cruikshank proposes alternatives...
by George Cruikshank, Laman Blanchard, Editor
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2014
This edition features a linked Table of Contents.
ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL AND WOOD.
About the Author "George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during...
by Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2006
Most hardware and software companies experience cycles of success and failure, that pattern is certainly not a compelling publishing topic. When you add in the name of Apple Computer, the picture changes from ho-hum to humdinger though.
Right now, Apple’s shares have surged to a 4-year high,...
The Man Who Sold America
The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
We live in an age of persuasion. Leaders and institutions of every kind--public and private, large and small--must compete in the marketplace of images and messages. This has been true since the advent of mass media, from broad circulation magazines and radio through the age of television and the...
Discovering Pluto
Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Discovering Pluto is an authoritative account of the exploration of Pluto and its moons, from the first inklings of tentative knowledge through the exciting discoveries made during the flyby of the NASA New Horizons research spacecraft in July 2015. Co-author Dale P. Cruikshank was a co-investigator...
by George Cruikshank, and Other Artists ofEminence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
The Centenary Garland by George Cruikshank, and Other Artists of
Eminence.
Moving Natures
Mobility and the Environment in Canadian History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Mobility - the movements of people, things, and ideas, as well as their associated cultural meanings - has been a key factor in shaping Canadians' perceptions of and interactions with their country. Approaching the burgeoning field of environmental history in Canada through the lens of mobility reveals...
The People and the Bay
A Social and Environmental History of Hamilton Harbour
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
This masterful social and environmental history raises questions about how decisions being made about the natural world today will shape the cities of tomorrow.
In 1865, John Smoke braved the ice on Burlington Bay to go spearfishing. Soon after, he was arrested by a fishery inspector and then...
by George Cruikshank
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
My Sketch Book by George Cruikshank.
Do Glaciers Listen?
Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Do Glaciers Listen? explores the conflicting depictions of glaciers to show how natural and cultural histories are objectively entangled in the Mount Saint Elias ranges. This rugged area, where Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory now meet, underwent significant geophysical change in...
Meditate Your Weight
A 21-Day Retreat to Optimize Your Metabolism and Feel Great
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The mind makeover that makes over your metabolism.
Hundreds of medical studies have shown the spectacular health benefits of meditation. Now Tiffany Cruikshank, founder of Yoga Medicine, puts that scientific research to good, practical use by incorporating easy-to-use, targeted meditations...
by Peter Cruikshank
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Legend says a Covenant between an ancient race of dragons and a halfling king vanquished a relentless evil. Two thousand years later, the evil has returned, better prepared and hungering for vengeance. When the legacy falls to the twins Willoe and Rowyn, sixteen-year-old descendants of the mythical...
by Peter Cruikshank
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Tracked by minions of the evil Shin-il priests, the Dragon-Called twins, Rowyn and Willoe, journey on a quest to the Hoarfrost Mountains. These lands are rife with dangers, including savage Sköll Wolves and the fearsome Ice Giants, and may hide more than just the sought-after Sword and the Staff....