In spite of their miniature size, ants are known for their hardworking nature. These tiny creatures are able to dig massive tunnel systems and lift objects more than 10 times their body weight. Ant brings readers closer to the resourceful insects that are so prevalent in gardens around the world.
This book provides a remarkable account of our planet's structure and the literally Earth-shattering process that shape it -- often with savage consequences for human being and other living things. Lavishly and spectacularly illustrated, with many unusual views of the Earth and its features, DK Guide to Savage Earth offers a comprehensive approach to understanding the making and shaping of plan…
Easy-to-understand, and packed with both technical instructions and creative ideas, celebrated author and photographer John Hedgecoe walks you through the world of digital photography and shares his considerable expertise on this ever-changing medium.
The amazing variety of life that exists on our planet is so rich that new kinds of organisms are still being discovered every day. More than 2 million species (types of organisms) have been named and described by scientists, and there are probably millions more waiting to be discovered. But these are only a tiny fraction of the species that have ever existed on earth in the past.
I forget who first jokingly defined sculpture as something you bump into when you step back to look at a painting. I n any case, like most witticisms, this one contains a germ o f truth: both the general public and scholars pay more attention to painting than to sculpture. There are undoubtedly many reasons for this. We are a society geared to experiencing things on a flat plane rather than in …
This book rebuts these erroneous ideas, but it does not replace them with idealized views of adulthood and old age. Rather, it paints an accurate picture of what it means to grow old today, recognizing that development across adulthood brings growth and opportunities as well as loss and decline. To begin, we consider the life-span perspective, which helps place adult development and aging into…
Injil hari ini mengajak kita belajar dari Ibu Maria, Bunda Allah, Bunda kita. Dalam kegembiraan menggendong dan memeluk Bayinya, Bunda Maria tetap menyadari bahwa ia sekaligus memeluk dan menggendong misteri amat besar dan agung yang tak mampu ia pahami. Namun, kabar para gembala menunjukkan bahwa misteri yang ia pendam ternyata bukan hanya miliknya, melainkan juga milik orang-orang sederhana, …