Word: text
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Probably the most embarrassed over the missing text is Pennsylvania, which will be host of the bicentennial celebration of the charter's ratification in Philadelphia next year. "We have no idea what happened to our copy," says the state's head archivist, Harry Whipkey. Next-door Delaware can't provide a copy either; like Maryland, Delaware returned its version to the Federal Government after the Bill of Rights' ratification. So Philadelphia officials are now contemplating crossing the Delaware to see if they can borrow New Jersey's original for the festivities...
...cartoon medium is uniquely suited to describing the essential facts of history and conveying a sense of everyday life in the ancient world. Because he can show us how people dressed, cut their hair, furnished their homes and conducted their religious ceremonies, Gonick can concentrate on using his text for historical or scientific narrative and explanation...
...third edition of The Random House Encyclopedia weighs as much as a standard Christmas turkey (12 lbs. 5 oz.) but provides longer-lasting nourishment. On its pages are some 3 million words of text and 13,500 illustrations, most of them in color. The cost is commensurate. Even at $129.95, the volume is so cannily organized and illustrated that many families might consider it a bargain...
...double-page spread on the Civil War, for example, provides a chart of slavery in the U.S. from 1790 to 1860, battle maps, a Mathew (misspelled Matthew in the text) Brady photograph, the Union and Confederate statistics at Gettysburg and graphic breakdowns of population, agriculture, manufacturing and finance in the North and South. An account briefly describes the origins of conflict and carries the war from secession to surrender. Related entries discuss the Reconstruction period and lead on to such topics as colonialism, states' rights, the career of Martin Luther King Jr. and Brown v. Board of Education...
...literary skills of writers like Lopez notwithstanding, nature remains its own best salesperson. Nowhere is the exuberant genius of the biosphere more on display than in the world's rain forests, and photographs convey the riches of these regions as well as any text. Chronicle Books is currently bringing The Rainforests, A Celebration ($35) to the U.S. A coffee-table book first published in Britain, it combines stunning photographs with a series of essays written by some of the leading students of tropical nature. The book takes the reader through the forests, showcasing the resident creatures, their different strategies...