signs and symbols

Discusses ways people communicate without talking, such as body language, Morse code, maps, smoke signals, and pantomime.

Examines the use and breaking of codes throughout history featuring many color illustrations. Covers codes from hieroglyphs to DNA, graffiti, the Zodiac Killer, and "The Da Vinci Code.".

A collection of universal symbols that are used in communicating with explanations on grammar construction and how to use these symbols to show more complex ideas.

A look at man's creation of and reliance on talismans, amulets, and good luck charms as a framework for life and civilization.

An illustrated compendium of religious, philosophical, and cultural symbols from around the world, encompassing both Eastern and Western traditions and drawing from a variety of contexts.

An illustrated reference guide to the symbolic meanings of figures, objects, settings, and colors that appear in Western painting and sculpture, focusing on biblical subjects from the early Christian period, and the mythological subjects depicted from the Renaissance and beyond.

Chronicles the history of the peace symbol, from its origins as a nuclear disarmament symbol in the 1950s through its many uses for activist idealism in the following decades and into the twenty-first century.

Tells how people of different languages and cultures communicate through the use of wordless signs called pictograms.

Describes a variety of signs telling you where to shop, eat, and find people, places, and things.

Photographs, maps, and simple text introduce young readers to the Washington Monument and what it symbolizes for America.