For 40 days and 40 nights rain poured from the heavens, enveloping the world. Only Noah had been warned by God of the great flood and only Noah could save life on earth. This powerful story of salvation has fascinated people of all ages for centuries. Now, four-time Caldecott Honor-recipient Jerry Pinkney captures all the courage, drama, and beauty of this ancient parable in ri...(展开全部)

The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of  each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel.  Peter Spier uses his own translation of a  seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous  menagerie. A Caldecott Medal Book, The  American Book Award, An ALA Notable Children's Book, A  New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year  (1977), The Christopher Award, Inte...(展开全部)

The author uses his own translation of a 17-century Dutch poem about the most famous menagerie. Sparkling, fun-filled, full-color illustrations. Caldecott Medal winner.

Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of phylum, act...(展开全部)

Through a series of competitions, speculative commissions, and built work, FOA's first monograph is structured to reflect the development of their specific attitude and as a compendium of the technical arsenal that they use to within their practice. With the spirit of scientific classification, the genesis of an architectural project is identified within a series of phylum, act...(展开全部)

A classic from the renowned Japanese novelist about isolation and the threat of a nuclear holocaust, The Ark Sakura is as timely today as it was at its original publication. In this Kafkaesque allegorical fantasy, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an “ark” capable of surviving the coming nuclear holocaust and is now in search of his crew. He falls victim, how...(展开全部)

In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'. While searching for his crew, he falls for the tricks of a wily insect dealer and his friends. In the surreal drama that ensues, the ark is invaded by first a gang of youths and then a sinister group of elderly people, before Mole himself becomes trapped in the ark's cent...(展开全部)

The Ark of Speech investigates the interplay of speech and silence in the dialogue between God and human beings, one human being and another, and human beings and the world. Ranging from the Old Testament and its depiction of God's creative word and responsiveness to human beings, via the New Testament and its focus on the life and words of Jesus as the Word of the Father, the...(展开全部)

The Ark of Speech investigates the interplay of speech and silence in the dialogue between God and human beings, one human being and another, and human beings and the world. Ranging from the Old Testament and its depiction of God's creative word and responsiveness to human beings, via the New Testament and its focus on the life and words of Jesus as the Word of the Father, the...(展开全部)