Authors:Jules Verne,  William Butcher,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: extraordinary, journeys, world, classics, oxford, centre, journey, earth
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1998-09-17
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0192836757
ISBN-13: 9780192836755

Now available in a new translation, this classic of nineteenth century French literature has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel travel across Iceland, and then down through an extinct crater toward a sunless sea where they enter a living past and are confronted with the origins of man. Exploring the prehistory of the globe, this novel can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important as arrival or discovery. Verne’s distinctive combination of realism and Romanticism has marked figur

Authors:Susan Butcher, David Monson,  Sarah Dougla,
Publisher: University of Alaska Pre
Keywords: granite
Number of Pages: 36
Published: 2007-06-29
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0975402900
ISBN-13: 9780975402900

Susan Butcher was a four-time champion of the Iditarod Trail sled dog race. Granite was her greatest lead dog, but he didn’t start that way. He was a shy, scraggly pup that the others pushed around, but Susan saw his potential. Together they worked until he became leader of the team. While they were training for the Iditarod, Granite became deathly ill. The veterinarians said he would never be strong enough to run the race. Granite refused to accept this, and slowly he started to recover. By the time of the race he was strong enough to start, but Susan wondered if he could finish the entire

Author: Butcher
Publisher: Academic Pre
Keywords: geophysics, international, cycles, biogeochemical, global
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1992-09-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0121476855
ISBN-13: 9780121476854

Describes the transformation/movement of chemical substances in a global context and is designed for courses dealing with some aspects of biogeochemical cycles. Organized in three sections, it covers earth sciences, element cycles and a synthesis of contemporary environmental issues.

Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: tourism, geographies, leisure, mobility, contemporary, saving, sun, sand, moralisation, world
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-12-23
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0415296560
ISBN-13: 9780415296564

This work seeks to respond to some of the criticism made at tourism in recent times. It focuses on the counter position of ’new’ forms of tourism--ecotourism, alternative tourism, community tourism and ethical tourism--which have been presented as morally superior alternatives to the package holiday. Using a host of international examples it examines what the advocates of ’new tourism’ see as being wrong with mass tourism and looks critically at the claims made for the new alternatives.

Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Ace
Keywords: book, alera, codex, calderon, furies
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2005-06-28
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 044101268X
ISBN-13: 9780441012688

In the realm of Alera, where people bond with the furies--elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal--fifteen-year-old Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. But when his homeland erupts in chaos--when rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies-- Tavi’s simple courage will turn the tides of war.

Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Roc
Keywords: book, files, dresden, guilty, proven
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2007-02-06
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0451461037
ISBN-13: 9780451461032

The White Council of Wizards has drafted Harry Dresden as a Warden and assigned him to look into rumors of black magic in Chicago. Malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in the Windy City, but it’s all in a day’s work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob...

Author: Jim Butcher
Publisher: Pocket
Keywords: spider, man, star, pocket, darkest, hours
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-06-02
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1416594760
ISBN-13: 9781416594765

Peter Parker’s life has hit a peaceful stretch. No evildoers have tried to flatten him in weeks, his marriage to Mary Jane is stronger than ever, and he’s enjoying his job as a high school science teacher. Life is good. Naturally, that doesn’t last. When Peter learns that his old enemy the Rhino is on a rampage in Times Square, he suits up as Spider-Man to stop the destructive villain in his tracks. But he’s unexpectedly foiled in his attempts by the Black Cat, a former ally and old flame. The Cat informs Peter that the Rhino is just a distraction -- the real threat