Ballard: 265 books
Control is Not a Four?Letter Word!
Establishing Positive Classroom Behavior for the Year in the First Five Days
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Teachers provide today's youth with the tools to become a positive part of society. Whether they are successful or not determines the fate of our civilization. Unfortunately, teacher training does not completely prepare the individual for this crucial role. All teachers need to: > Know the student and...
50 Specialty Libraries of New York City
From Botany to Magic
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Everyone knows that New York maintains one of the great library systems in the world - the two lions that guard the 42nd street library among the most important icons in the city. Less well known are a host of specialty libraries that have grown up around the rich intellectual and cultural life of...
Large Mammals of the Rocky Mountains
Everything You Need to Know about the Continent’s Biggest Animals—from Elk to Grizzly Bears and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
This is the ultimate guide to big mammals of the Rocky Mountains—Elk, Grizzly Bears, Wolves, Bison, Black Bears, Moose, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Lions, and Whitetail Deer. This book offers up substantive yet easily digestible information on these big mammals, from where they live to what they prey...
Art and Analysis
An Essay toward a Theory in Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Aesthetics, fledgling of the philosophic brood, is the most suspect of that family. It is suspected of all the philosophical sins: vagueness, disorder, dogmatism, emotionalism, reductionism, compartmentalization. Sometimes its youth is thought to be a sufficient excuse for these divagations. Sometimes...
Hiking the White Mountains
A Guide to New Hampshire's Best Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
State Hiking Series
Each guide includes:
- Hikes suited to every ability
- Accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails
- Up-to-date trail descriptions with mile-by-mile directional cues
- Detailed trail maps and GPS coordinates
- Difficulty ratings,...
The True Writer's Life
Discovering the Author and Finisher of Our Faith
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
This book has the potential to transform aspiring writers into published authors! Inside every reader is a writer, and inside every writer is a spiritual being, but even deeper than that, every spiritual being has the ability to tap into the mind and heart of God. Where does writing come from? Where...
by Jack Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Whitetail Deer presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this medium-size animal. Where do they live? How do they communicate? This book contains all the information you need to become familiar with these fascinating animals. Accompanied by numerous full-color photos of...
by Jack Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Falcon Pocket Guide: Moose presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this elusive animal. Where do moose live? What enemies do they have? How do they communicate?
This book contains all the information you need to know to become familiar with these fascinating animals....
Wildlife Photography
Proven Techniques for Capturing Stunning Digital Images
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Viewing wildlife in action is always a pleasure–capturing that action with your camera is one of the most rewarding and challenging ways to become even closer to Nature. Birders, hikers, national-park visitors, and international travelers are all discovering the joys of wildlife photography. Recent...
by J. G. Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
"This fable lifts a great freight of ideas effortlessly…The story of an expedition driven on by wishes of possession and power but guided internally by myths of America whose sources lie in the late 20th century." —Guardian
Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth century,...
by J. G. Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
An apocalyptic dystopia like no other, one whose "originality and power [of] vision can be felt" (Times Literary Supplement).
Weird and mesmerizingly grotesque, The Drought tells the chilling story of the world on the brink of extinction, where a global drought, brought on by industrial...
by J. G. Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
"[A] chilling . . . tale about humans who gamely follow their own worst instincts.”—Chicago Tribune
Led by a charismatic and slightly unhinged woman, a group of environmentalists wrest control over a small South Pacific island in hopes of cultivating it into their own private Eden....
by J. G. Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
The classic novel of luxury and depravity, now a major motion picture.
From the author of the celebrated dystopian classics Kingdom Come, The Drowned World, and The Drought, High Rise is a prescient story of class warfare. The film adaptation by acclaimed director Ben Wheatley (Sightseers,...
by Justine Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
‘Make your presence felt’ with this short and ‘to the point’ book, packed with ways to help you shine and increase your impact. It will help you to clarify your ‘presence goals’, assess your current impact, take relevant action and easily build rapport through using verbal and non-verbal...