Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception

Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception 

by Al Seckel 

Language: English 

Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2010. 

312 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm. 

ISBN: 9781554071517, 1554071518 

Summary: Presents nearly three hundred optical illustions along with an explanation for how each works.

Reviews: Leonardo

Great Buildings: The World's Most Influential, Inspiring and Astonishing Structures

Great Buildings: The World's Most Influential, Inspiring and Astonishing Structures 

by Kelly Knauer, Patricia Cadley

Language: English 

New York: Time Books, 2010. 

[vi] 154 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. 

ISBN: 9781603201612, 1603201610 

Summary: An updated edition with 180 photos provides 16 pages of completely new content--including the newest buildings from the past five years, such as the Burj Dubai--and also profiles all the classic buildings, such as the ancient pyramids of Giza, the Sydney Opera House, the Taj Mahal and more.

Earth Then and Now: Amazing images of Our Changing World

Earth Then and Now: Amazing images of Our Changing World 

by Fred Pearce 

Language: English 

Richmond Hill, Ont.: Firefly Books, 2010. 

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 20 cm. 

ISBN: 9781554077717, 1554077710 

Summary: Back book cover: Earth then and now records the dramatic changes that our planet has undergone in just the past 100 years. Drawing on the archives of print, picture, and space agencies, this compelling book presents issues such as climate change in a powerfully visual form. A collection of 250 stunning images showing locations around the world as they were and as they are now. Each pair of photographs or satellite images has been selected to tell a thought-provoking story-of a melting glacier, an ever-rising cityscape, or a volcanic eruption-presenting a stark, visual comparison that is sometimes breathtaking, sometimes shocking, but always fascinating. Concise captions explain the facts and leave us to draw our own conclusions about the Earth Then And Now, and to meditate on the earth to come.

Reviews: Natural History; Booklist; Science News

Rainforest

Rainforest 

by Thomas Marent, Ben Morgan 

Language: English 

London: Dorling Kindersley, ©2010. 

360 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.

ISBN: 9780756665999, 075666599X 

Summary: This volume is the result of Thomas Marent's 16-year journey across five continents. It celebrates the fascinating behaviour and variety of rainforest animals and plants - from resourceful leaf-clutter ants to the multi-hued clouds of butterflies and birds that flutter high in the tree tops.

Reviews: Booklist; Library Journal; Wildlife Conservation; Geographical Magazine

Invisible no more : a photographic chronicle of the lives of people with intellectual disabilities

Invisible no more : a photographic chronicle of the lives of people with intellectual disabilities 

by Vincenzo Pietropaolo 

Language: English 

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, ©2010. 

x, 150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. 

ISBN: 9780813547688, 0813547687 

Summary: "For too long people with intellectual disabilities have been shut out of most societies around the world, or more accurately, they have been shut in - forcibly confined in mental institutions, quietly hidden inside their families' homes, isolated from public view as much as possible, and prevented from achieving the full potential that any human being inherently enjoys. Invisible No more rights this wrong."--Back cover

Reviews: Canadian Medical Association Journal

What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets

What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets 

by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio 

Language: English 

Napa, Calif., Berkeley [Calif.]: Material World Books ; Ten Speed Press, ©2010. 

335 pages : color illustrations, map ; 32 cm. 

ISBN: 9780984074402, 0984074406 

Summary: "A photographic collection with stories of 80 people and the food they eat over the course of one day, organized by total daily calorie count and including detailed food lists"--Provided by publisher

Reviews: Publishers Weekly

Amazing Baby : the amazing story of the first two years of life

Amazing Baby: the amazing story of the first two years of life

by Desmond Morris 

Language: English 

Richmond Hill, Ont.,: Firefly Books, [2010], c2008. 

192 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm. 

ISBN: 9781554077434, 9781554074198, 1554077435, 1554074193 

Summary: A discovery tour through a baby's first two years of life; from conception, to development in the womb, to birth and early development.

Haunted Houses

Haunted Houses 

by Corinne May Botz 

Language: English 

New York: Monacelli Press, 2010. 

208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 27 cm. ISBN: 9781580932912, 1580932916 

Summary: A collection of photographs and first-person accounts from Corinne May Botz that reveal eighty reportedly haunted buildings throughout the United States, including Edgar Allan Poe's house in Baltimore, a Massachusetts farmhouse, private residences, and other locations.

Monsters Caught on Film: Amazing Evidence of Lake Monsters, Bigfoot and Other Strange Beasts

 

Monsters Caught on Film: Amazing Evidence of Lake Monsters, Bigfoot and Other Strange Beasts 

by Melvyn Willin 

Language: English 

Newton Abbot: David & Charles,  2010. 

141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. 

ISBN: 9780715337745, 0715337742

Summary: Contains full-color and black-and-white photographs of supposed monsters caught on film, along with explanations of what each image shows and whether these unusual creatures could actually exist.

Crop Circles: Art in the Landscape

 

Crop Circles: Art in the Landscape 

by Lucy Pringle 

Language: English 

London: Frances Lincoln, 2010. 

108 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. 

ISBN: 9780711230927, 0711230927

Summary: Whether they are scientific enigmas, paranormal phenomena, mischievous hoaxes or inspired land art, the scale, beauty and mathematical and symbolic complexity of crop circles continues to astound. Throughout the summer months every year, in fields of oilseed rape, barley and wheat, a rash of ever-more elaborate circles and designs appear. Lucy Pringle has been photographing and researching crop circles for nearly twenty years. She here presents a catalogue of her aerial photographs taken across the south of England, guaranteed to amaze believers and sceptics alike.