Focuses on events that began to transpire some 11,000 years ago when the concerns of our earliest hunting and gathering forebears turns from the transient mysteries of the Animal Powers to the regenerative potential of the Seeded Earth.

"This is the story of a country built on belief. A land unlike any other, where tradition and transformation live peaceably together. And this is the story of the people who believe adversity lives next to prosperity. Spirit leads to hope, and anything is possible"--Container.

Watch the continents drift apart, see how wind, water and ice sculpt valleys and mountains, see a new island emerge as a volcano erupts, find out how landscapes are formed over millions of years. Transparent pages help you discover the world around you and understand how things change.

"Astronauts of the lunar exploration age were the superstars of their time. This inspiring book discusses how astronauts survived in space--then and now--by keeping to a strict diet, bedtime, and training schedule. Special sections explain how spacesuitskept them alive in and outside the space capsule and how they moved around their cramped quarters. Maps of the Moon show the lunar nearside that we can see from Earth, and the lunar farside that faces...

"The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the foremost secret society of magical academicians in the world. Those who earn a place among the Alexandrians will secure a life of wealth, power, and prestige beyond their wildest dreams, and each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to be considered for initiation ... When the candidates are recruited by the mysterious...

"Taste the World! It's truly a feast of wonder: Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of incredible ingredients, food adventures, and edible wonders. Ready for a beer made from fog in Chile? Sardinia's "Threads of God" pasta? Egypt's 2000-year-old egg ovens? But far more...

Vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment, six Alexandrians grapple with the ethics of their astronomical abilities while the outside world mobilizes to destroy them, forcing them to decide what they're willing to betray for limitless power and who will be destroyed along the way.