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A comprehensive guide to the photographs, paintings, drawings and diagrams appearing in top periodicals from 1977 through 1981. A very useful index... Highly recommended for libraries with picture files and for those with general periodical collections. --ARBA

**** The series is cited in BCL3, Sheehy, and Walford, and Volume 6 is described in the April 1989 RandR Book News. This seventh volume of the Illustration Index covers the years 1987- 1991. It follows the patterns of scope, style, and arrangement set in volumes four through six. The depth of the indexing is attested to by the existence of some 19,000 individual subject headings, encompassing about 28,000 entries. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

An index of photos and illustrations in US magazines, arranged alphabetically by category. Publications were selected for their richness of illustration and for the availability of back issues in libraries. Ads are excluded. Each illustration within each journal article is treated separately. This eighth volume is entirely new and covers the years 1992-1996, encompassing some 28,000 entries. It follows the patterns of style and arrangement of previous volumes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A comprehensive guide to the many thousands of photographs, paintings, drawings and diagrams appearing in top periodicals from 1982 through 1986. A reference to hard-to-locate illustrations in National Geographic, American Heritage, Natural History, Ebony, Sports Illustrated, Travel/Holiday, Smithso

This non-technical and well illustrated book tells the story of what was accomplished during the Shuttle-Mir programme by three of the astronauts. Based on interviews granted to the author by the astronauts, the book describes the experiments they took and the lessons they learned. In doing so it provides a unique insight into how adversity and challenges can be overcome in the process of exploration, making it ideally suited to those planning space missions of a long-duration. Amongst the topics covered are: growing food in space, curing disease with space crystals, and lessons learned form Mir. It also contains interviews with managers of the space programme at the Johnson Space Centre and scientists involved in the experiments.

Lida et sa petite soeur Larissa sont capturées par les nazis et séparées l'une de l'autre. Lida est envoyée dans un camp de travail. Les conditions sont extrêmement pénibles et elle oeuvre de l'aube au coucher du soleil en ne mangeant que de la soupe et du pain, vêtue d'une robe légère et sans souliers. Si elle réussit à survivre à cette affreuse guerre, comment parviendra-t-elle à retrouver sa soeur?

One hundred historical sites are covered with five clues provided for each. Civil War, Old West, Native Americans, sports, famous birthplaces and homes, African Americans, military, Hispanic settlers, and the Washington, D.C., area are the topics covered.

Rates more than 17,000 movies on video. Cross-indexed by director and star. More than 800 new entries.