Shhh!: Lift the Flaps But Don't Wake Up the Giant!

Shhh!: Lift the Flaps But Don't Wake Up the Giant! Review

Readers take a tip-toe tour through an intriguing castle and are dared to peek under the flaps into different rooms without waking the scary giant who is slumbering somewhere within.

Jack and the Giant: A Story Full of Beans

Jack and the Giant: A Story Full of Beans Review

Jack and the Beanstalk told with hilarious western flavor

Tales from the Odyssey: The One-Eyed Giant - Book #1

Tales from the Odyssey: The One-Eyed Giant - Book #1 Review

When Odysseus must leave his home to fight the Trojan War, he never imagines that he’ll be away from his family for so many years. Now, at long last, he is leading his men home across the seas. But many dangers await them – and none is more terrifying than Polyphemus, the one-eyed giant.

The Age of Giant Corporations: A Microeconomic History of American Business, 1914-1992, A Third Edition (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)

The Age of Giant Corporations: A Microeconomic History of American Business, 1914-1992, A Third Edition (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) Review

A popular text and valuable resource since the first edition was published in 1972, Robert Sobel's The Age of Giant Corporations is now available in a third edition, bringing the history up to the present. This book describes the industries and corporations that have played major roles in the nation's economic growth since the outbreak of World War I. It concentrates on management, technology, marketing and finance, and is concerned with the interrelations and intertwining of political and industrial power. The current edition includes a new chapter covering the impact of junk bonds and corporate governance in the 1980s and early 1990s, an age of restructuring and re-creation in giant corporations. Taking a chronological approach, the volume opens with a chapter on American business during World War I. The author then covers the 1920s in two chapters, one on the glamour industries of the era and one discussing power, consolidation, and mass distribution. Turning to the Depression era in Chapters 4, 5, and 6, he then considers the failure of finance capitalism, business during the New Deal, and growth elements during the Depression. Chapter 7 considers government-business relations in World War II, and Chapter 8 discussed monopsony and conglomerates in postwar America. Turning to the 1960s and 1970s, the next two chapters are devoted to big business and then to decline, revival, and renewal. The final chapter covers the era of the junk bond and its aftermath. The Age of Giant Corporations will continue to be a valuable book for students and scholars of U.S. economic history.

Giants of Science - Johann Gutenberg

Giants of Science - Johann Gutenberg Review

Inspiring stories of scientific pioneers and their successes and failures along the path of scientific discovery spark interest among readers. Each of these books include:

• Glossary
• For More Information section
• Index

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Four Great Histories: Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry V, and Richard III (Giant Thrifts)

Four Great Histories: Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry V, and Richard III (Giant Thrifts) Review

Four Great Histories: Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry V, and Richard III (Giant Thrifts) Feature

• Paperback with a scene form a Shakespere play
• 5" x 10"

Beginning with the madcap adventures of Prince Hal in Henry IV,

Part I, through spectacular battles and tender love scenes in Henry IV, Part II, and concluding with his reign as the ideal monarch in Henry V, Shakespeare masterfully combines comedy and actual events from 15th-century England in these 3 outstanding plays. Also includes the ever-villainous Richard III.

Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast

Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast Review

Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast Feature

• ISBN13: 9781550174663
• Condition: Used - Like New
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Is there a more bizarre-looking animal in the sea than the octopus? A baggy, boneless body surmounted by a pair of soulless eyes and fleshy horns. Eight snake-like arms with hundreds of suction cups, a stubby funnel projecting like a left-over piece of fire hose... not to mention its three hearts and blue blood. The word cuddly doesn't spring to mind when contemplating these creatures but all are superbly mobile and beguilingly clever.

This book is the culmination of more than forty years of undersea photography and study of the most impressive octopus on the Pacific coast, the giant Pacific octopus. This fascinating monster of the deep--the largest known octopus species in the world--is a master of disguise that can mimic not only the colour but also the texture of its surroundings. It can alter its shape so effectively that small specimens have escaped captivity by slithering down aquarium filter pipes. Wet, cold and slimy, it hunts and pulls apart hardshell crabs. Normally shy, it may interact with divers it comes to recognize. It can learn how to pry open a food container and remember the technique for the next feeding.

Groundbreaking research and previously unpublished biological behaviours are presented along with octopus legends, anecdotes from aquarists and divers and colour photographs of the giant Pacific octopus and other cephalopods found along the Pacific coast, including the Humboldt squid and ruby octopus.