Janey Levy: 6 books

Budding art enthusiasts will learn how to use perspective to represent three-dimensional objects. This guidebook illustrates the concepts of horizon and vanishing point through famous paintings of the Renaissance. Students are given the instructions to create a "Renaissance" artwork of their own.

This book provides students with a foundational and concise history of architecture and goes on to highlight the concepts of parallel and perpendicular through focusing on the style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Includes comparative models of architecture, a breakdown of Wright's houses with illustrative, geometrical line drawings, and a discussion of the famous Fallingwater house.

Students will learn about one of the most amazing trade routes in human history. This book uses details about the Silk Road to explain how to use map scale to measure distances. It includes photographs of Silk Road sections, annotated maps with scale explanations, and a concise history of each Great...

This intriguing narrative provides an overview of esophageal cancers. The esophagus is the muscular tube that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The two main types of esophageal cancer are squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. Unfortunately, both types usually aren't diagnosed...

Immigration, both legal and illegal, has been debated passionately for centuries. The terrorist attacks of September 11th focused more attention on illegal immigration, making the debate more highly charged and the need for a solution more urgent. This insightful book provides readers with the basics...

The rallying cry “Remember the Alamo” is famous, but how much does the average person actually know about the Texas mission and the 1836 battle that took place there? This volume traces the Alamo’s history, from the Native American peoples who lived in the area when the mission was first built...