Books with author John Wood

The Aqquyunlu was one of three waves of tribal domination over the Anatolia-Iran area in the 15th-16th centuries, a transitional time in Islamic history from the Later Middle to the Early Modern period. Drawing upon published and unpublished archival and documentary sources, Woods updates the bibliography and refines his analysis of some points in the 1976 edition (based on his 1974 doctoral dissertation, Princeton U.). Includes period maps, illustrations, and appended material on Aqquyunlu genealogy, confederates, and history. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A gorgeous follow-up to our innovative Mission: Space, Voyage: Ocean brings us back down to Earth and into the abyss of the deep, blue sea. Spectacular images take center stage as we explore the incredible ocean and the animals and plants that live there.Special spreads focus on man s interaction with and exploration of the ocean, explaining up-to-the minute scientific advances and developments.Informative text interacts with the imagery throughout this circular tome, making it an asset to any library, be it at home, school, aquarium, or beyond.

Kids have always been fascinated by the amazing world of insects and bugs. From colorful butterflies to battling rhinoceros beetles, there’s plenty for kids to discover in Creature Close-Up: Insects. This unique book is filled with interactive elements that give young readers a chance to explore the natural world like never before. Kids can use the removable dual-focus magnifier to examine close-up images of all types of insects, including the intricate wing markings of a monarch butterfly and the pollen basket of a honeybee. Creature Close-Up: Insects is filled with engaging text and photographs, and also includes a grasshopper model to build, reusable stickers, a plastic model beetle, and a foldout butterfly.

Contents: The black depths; Your mission; A midnight visitor; The big squeeze; The big chill; Lights in the dark; Spotlights and lures; Loosejaws and fangtooths; Weird and wonderful;- Mid-ocean drive; Looking for a giant; Fins and tentacles; Doomed liner; Disaster detectives; Rusting ruin; Pacific dive; A near miss; Over the edge; The challenger deep; The deep water challenge; Mission debriefing.

Here are honeybees, killer bees, butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, and hedge clippers, plus ants and wasps of many kinds. Here too are spiders and flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs, aphids, slugs, snails, and dragonflies. Some live behind bushes, or among flowers and grass, while others crawl beneath rocks, burrow underground, or swim in nearby ponds. For kids who are fascinated by bugs, the large and colorful books in this series describe insects, spiders, and an assortment of other creatures that creep, crawl, and fly—and that all live somewhere nearby. Descriptions are accompanied by much-enlarged color photos. Although kids will recognize many of the creepy-crawlies, they'll be inclined to think that some of the others are fugitives from a science fiction movie. Fortunately, many are harmless to people (some are actually beneficial), others are merely nuisances, and only a few are dangerous. In the pages of this volume, kids will discover them all.

Contents: The blue twilight; Your mission; Fishing the depths; Dawn descent; Getting darker; Getting colder; Coming up; Microscopic life; Marine snow; A deep-sea vampire squid; The deep scattering layer; Rise and fall; Big-eyed hunter; Top predators; Mirrors and light; Deepwater giants; Talking whales; Heading south; Deep currents; Diving with elephant seals; Mission debriefing.