Books with title Cars: The Essential Guide

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE INTERGALACTIC BATTLEFIELD Like many a great epic, Star Wars is rooted in a rich history of armed conflict. Now, for the first time, the facts, figures, and fascinating backstories of major clashes and combatants in the vast Star Wars universe have been documented in one fully illustrated volume. Extensively researched and inventively written, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare combines action-filled narrative with encyclopedic knowledge that: • explores notable military units and groups• traces the development of significant armaments and technologies• profiles key warship classes, ground units, and manufacturers• provides capsule biographies of great military leaders• presents eyewitness troopers’ accounts of combat• plus—enough additional profiles, intel, history, and lore to span the cosmos! Encompassing all of the Star Wars media, including the legendary films, the hit TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the bestselling books, comics, and videogames, and packed with original full-color artwork, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare is a conquering achievement.

Fasten your seatbelts! Lightning McQueen is revving up for another thrilling adventure, and this time he's racing around the world! In Cars 2, our favorite racing car is back in action with his trusty friend Mater in tow and is ready to take on the world's fastest and finest in this high octane new installment of the Cars saga. Packed with facts, character profiles, and amazing stills from the movie, the Essential Guide is the definitive reference to the world of Cars 2. © 2012 Disney

‘Ear Candling – The Essential Guide’ provides therapists, students and the public with an interesting and accessible introduction to ear candling. This book which was previously published as ‘Ear Candling in Essence’ has now been completely revised and updated. Ear candling has been used for millennia and this fascinating book covers the history of ear candling from its use by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and other world cultures. It provides advice on important ear candle safety features and explains how ear candles work. It also includes comprehensive information on the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the ears, nose, throat and sinuses as well as the benefits of ear candling and contraindications to treatment. It goes on to concentrate on practical application with step by step instructions on treatment and massage techniques. Information on ear candling courses and advice for therapists is provided, along with a list of relevant websites, further reading and a very useful glossary of terms. Written in an accessible style with colour photos and illustrations, numerous frequently asked questions and case studies, this book is the perfect introduction for therapy students, professional therapists topping up their skills or anyone wanting to learn more about the history and practice of ear candling. The authors are practising therapists and experienced tutors and teach a range of complementary therapy courses in the UK and abroad.

Being Catholic isn't easy. In fact, it's just gotten harder. With the recent election of our current Pope, a new wave of attacks is under way by the enemies of the Catholic Church. From this point forward, every Catholic will come face-to-face with the vicious anti-Catholic attacks that are being launched against the faith. Here at Catholic Answers, the most effective products for countering attacks and clearing up misunderstandings have been our tracts. They've been around since the beginning of the apostolate and have resulted in many thousands of conversions. These tracts provide a real point of contact for someone in discovering the truths of the Catholic faith. We've decided to compile seventy of the best tracts into one cohesive, comprehensive book that can be used by anyone, anytime, anywhere to defend the Catholic faith. "The Essential Catholic Survival Guide" is indexed according to topic in a unique question-and-answer format that allows the reader to find the right answer to any question instantly. It covers the questions and misconceptions people have about the Catholic faith on a variety of topics, including: * The Church and the papacy * Scripture and Tradition * Mary and the saints * The sacraments * Salvation * Last things * Morality and science * Anti-Catholicism * Non-Catholic churches and movements * Practical apologetics It's the essence of Catholic apologetics - all rolled up into one attractive, easy-to-use manual that is destined to become the most effective tool of its kind.

Explore the locations, characters, creatures, vehicles, and weapons of the bestselling video game Halo® in this all-encompassing essential guide. Halo: The Essential Visual Guide delves even deeper into the phenomenon that is Halo. Covering material from Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, and the latest game, Halo: ODST, the book provides amazing images and insightful information making you feel as if you yourself are part of the game! © 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE ULTIMATE INTERGALACTIC BATTLEFIELD Like many a great epic, Star Wars is rooted in a rich history of armed conflict. Now, for the first time, the facts, figures, and fascinating backstories of major clashes and combatants in the vast Star Wars universe have been documented in one fully illustrated volume. Extensively researched and inventively written, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare combines action-filled narrative with encyclopedic knowledge that: • explores notable military units and groups• traces the development of significant armaments and technologies• profiles key warship classes, ground units, and manufacturers• provides capsule biographies of great military leaders• presents eyewitness troopers’ accounts of combat• plus—enough additional profiles, intel, history, and lore to span the cosmos! Encompassing all of the Star Wars media, including the legendary films, the hit TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the bestselling books, comics, and videogames, and packed with original artwork, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare is a conquering achievement.

Discover all there is to know about the world's most lovable ogre in this colorful and hilarious visual guide to the Shrek fairy-tale universe. Writer Steven Cole captures the wacky sense of humor from both films in original descriptions of Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, Dragon, and all the other funny and exciting characters, settings, and situations from Shrek and Shrek 2.

The Star Wars universe is expanding faster than ever before, and Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters has received an exciting new face-lift–with completely updated text and more than a hundred brand new, full-color illustrations by extraordinary new artist Michael Sutfin. This all-new Essential Guide features detailed profiles of more than one hundred and thirty characters from across the Star Wars galaxy, including all of your favorites–such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and Mara Jade–as well as, from Episode II: • Jango Fett • Count Dooku • Anakin Skywalker • Zam WesellAnd the key players from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace:• Queen Amidala • Qui-Gon Jinn • Mace Windu • Darth MaulHere is complete, updated coverage of the novels from the incredible New Jedi Order and all of the classic movies, books, comics, TV specials, games, and the rest of the Star Wars universe.This must-have book describes the essential history and personal data for each character–with vital statistics, homeworlds, and political affiliations.More characters, more information, brilliant artwork–the Essential Guides are hotter than ever!

From the studio behind 2010's Tangled and this year's Wreck-It Ralph, Walt Disney Animation Studios presents Frozen, the coolest comedy-adventure ever to hit the big screen. When a prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, Anna, a fearless optimist, teams up with extreme mountain man Kristoff and his sidekick reindeer, Sven, on an epic journey to find Anna's sister, the Snow Queen Elsa, and put an end to her icy spell. Encountering mystical trolls, a funny snowman named Olaf, Everest-like extremes, and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction. Learn about the characters, locations, themes, and iconic moments of Disney's newest princess tale, Frozen. A fact-filled reference, Frozen: The Essential Guide takes you inside this enchanting world featuring beautiful movie stills and fun and interesting facts!