Sims, Michael

"The Adventures of Henry Thoreau-chronicling the ten years in his life beginning with Harvard in 1837 and ending as he walked away from Walden Pond after living in his long dreamed-of cabin for only two years--tells the dramatic (and at times heartbreaking) story of how a troubled young man found a meaningful life in a tempestuous era"--Provided by publisher.

Michael Sims draws on poetry, science, literature, and mythology to explore the celestial events that form a day on Earth, explaining how and why the phenomena occur and what they meant to humans before they had the ability to understand them.

A collection of Victorian-era vampire stories from authors such as Aleksei Tolstoy, Fitz-James O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Good Lady Ducayne, and others from England, the United States, France, Russia, Germany, and Romania.

Combines three- and four-dimensional ultrasound images, computer-generated graphics, and commentary to examine the prenatal development of different mammals, including dogs, dolphins, and elephants.