"A practical guide to drawing and painting the built environment. From town houses to cottages and from churches and classical architecture to continental cafes and street scenes, Richard Taylor's guidance and advice will encourage you to meet the exciting challenges of drawing and painting buildings using a wide variety of techniques."--Back cover.

Describes how the Wright brothers developed the first airplane and places their achievement in the context of the aeronautic technology of the time.

The story of Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager and their airplane, Voyager.

Captain Charles E. Yeager breaks the sound barrier.

Frodo makes his way through the darkness to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Aragon learns of his destiny as the true King and the others prepare for a massive battle that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth.

The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason. The epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed...

Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.