Books with author James Barber

Discusses the life and work of six artists of the Italian Renaissance whose works represent important innovations and achievements in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Included are Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Discusses the life and work of six artists of the Italian Renaissance whose works represent important innovations and achievements in painting, sculpture, and architecture, including Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael

The Yangtze is a dragon of a river -- serpentine, deadly, reluctant to be tamed. For eons before the first primitive villages grew up close to its banks, China's longest river had been flowing east from the mountains of Tibet three thousand miles to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean. For hundreds of generations, no one could have imagined that this mighty dragon could ever be tamed. Yet within the past fifty years, a mere tick on the clock measuring the life of the Yangtze, political and social events within China have contrive to alter the river to improve the quality of life in China. Within this short period of time, factories, ship traffic, dams, and excessive pollution have left the river in dire straights. As the 21st century dawns, some view these changes have provided China with a great leap forward while others believe they are looking at a great leap back.

The Rio Grande is the workhorse of America's Southwest. Originating high in Colorado's Rocky Mountains, this great rive plunges down through the heart of the searing deserts of New Mexico before slicing along Texas' border on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. As it flows, this great river is relentlessly depleted while providing water for irrigation canals, burgeoning desert populations, factories, and many dams. Drained of its life-giving water, the suffering Rio Grand is a river that is no longer able to flow to the sea.

Lucent's Endangered Animals & Habitats titles focus on species and environments that are threatened with extinction. Each book provides a revealing description of the endangered animal or habitat and a critical examination of the methods employed to save it. Part of Lucent's popular Overview Series, Endangered Animals & Habitats impartially assesses the delicate balance between ever-expanding human needs and the desire to maintain an environment rich in biodiversity.

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